Pinoy Boyband Superstar Top 7 Grand Finalist

Last weekend the final 7 contestants of Pinoy Boyband Superstar was revealed, the first four were announced in the Saturday live show wherein the 8 remaining boyband hopefuls were paired and pitted with each other in a sudden death round to choose who will be automatically part of the grand finals and who will face the elimination in the Sunday live show.

The first match up was between Boyband Joao Constancia and Tristan Ramirez as they performed "What Do You Mean" by Justin Bieber, Dara picked Joao in that round.

Next is Boyband Russell Reyes and James Ryan, Yeng picked Russel over James in this round.  

Followed by Boyband Niel Murillo and Ford sang NeYo's "So Sick". Aga chose Niel over Ford. 

And Finally Boyband Mark Oblea and Tony Labrusca who performed "You'll Be Safe Here" by Rivermaya. Vice Ganda picked Mark over Tony by a hairline of advantage to become the last grand finalist for the night. 

Tristan, James, Ford, and Tony faces the Sunday show which give them the final chance to perform their last song for the elimination, Tristan performed "Knocks Me Off My Feet" by Stevie Wonder. 

He's followed by James who sang "Sunday Morning"by Maroon 5. 

Ford came next with the song "I'm not the only one" by Sam Smith.

And Last was Tony, who sang "Pagka't Mahal  Kita" by Bugoy Drilon

In the end, Boyband Ford was named the fifth grand finalist after garnering the highest number of votes, followed by Tony who got the second highest vote. The superstar judges picked Tristan over James to become the 7th grand finalist that will perform in the grand finals next week that will be held at the ABSCBN compound open parking. Who among these 7 hearthrobs will be chosen to be part of the 5 member group?.   

Dahil Sa'Yo - Inigo Pascual

Nokia: The Resurgence

After years of rumors and speculations about Nokia's return to the smartphone market, finally the former number one mobile phone manufacturer revealed that they are set to make a comeback this 2017. 

The confirmation started after Nokia announced that their CEO Risto Silasmaa is set to have a keynote this coming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this March 2017, until the finnish brands official Facebook page confirmed that they are working with HMD Global Oy another finnish mobile company that is owned by Smart Connect LP and most of the employees were part of the old Nokia Mobile arm that Microsoft bought and was sold back to them. 

In April 2014, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop sold the Mobile Phone arm of Nokia to Microsoft, prohibiting Nokia to produce any mobile phones until the end of 2015, early 2014 the Fins started to work on their own android launcher called Nokia Z that eventually became the launcher of their first android tablet manufactured by Foxconn that was named Nokia N1. 

The release of the Nokia N1 fueled the speculations of the return of Nokia to the mobile phone scene as the Microsoft Mobile (Formerly Nokia) starts to end the production of Lumia devices which sales began to fall after MS dropped the brand Nokia. 

Many renders came up to the internet showing the rumored android devices that Nokia is working on, but the most prominent and the closest to reality is the Nokia C1, that features a 5 inch LCD with aluminum unibody design that runs on the latest android os which is the 7.1 nougat. 

Things gets more exciting as we get near the MWC 2017, will Nokia's resugence affect the current mobile phone battle? Can Nokia attract their old patrons? Can Nokia start another revolution in the Mobile phone scene? I am just so excited for this and I know you fellow Nokians are also excited for this. 

#UAAPLXXIX Juniors Basketball: 12/3/16

The Ateneo Blue Eaglets dominates the UPIS Junior Maroons 79-55.The Blue Eaglets showed their might over the Junior Maroons in the first period, having a dominant 26-8 lead in the quarter leaving the latter hapless. Moving to the second period UPIS was able to catch up with Ateneo scoring 25-15 quarter output to cut the lead down to 33-41 at the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Blue Eaglets outperformed the Junior Maroons again, pushing their lead up again to 58-46 at the end of the third. Finally in the last quarter the Blue Eaglets were able to fly high as they leave the UPIS down after a 21-10 fourth quarter output, securing them of the win.

Jason Credo had 15 points for the Blue Eaglets followed by SJ Belangel with 14, Dave Ildefonso added 12 points, while Joaquin Manuel added 11 points. Juan Gomez De Liano was the lone bright spot for the UPIS scoring 16 points and 13 rebounds.

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The DLSZ Junior Archers thrashes the UE Junior Warriors 86-54. Even though the Junior Warriors started the game with an early 17-13 lead, they weren't able to sustain their good start as they started to struggle going to the succeeding periods scoring 12 points combined in the second and third period to give Zobel the opportunity to take over the game producing 50 points in the next two quarters to take the lead at 63-29.

Though UE was able to bounce back in the final period scoring a 25-23 quarter output, it wasn't enough to atleast push the Junior Warriors to stage a full comeback in the game as the lead already ballooned to 36.

Jan Sobrevega led the Junior Archers with 21 points, followed by Rob Mariano with 12 and Bryant Terrado with 11 points. Meanwhile,  Cruz Gonzalez and Sean Manaug scored 16 points and 10 points with 10 rebounds respectively for UE.

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The Adamson Baby Falcons outperformed the UST Tiger Cubs 86-43. The Baby Falcons showed that they mean business this season to the Tiger Cubs as they opened the game with a commanding 29-15 advantage over UST, going to the second period Adamson slowed down, but they didn't let the Tiger Cubs make any runs to cut the lead as they end the first half on top, 41-25.  

The Baby Falcons showed a complete domination at the start of  the second half, as they unleashed a 32-10 third quarter output to push their lead up 73-35, they even extend it to a 45 lead in the final period as the hapless UST squad was limited to just 8 points in the final period.

Gerry Abadiano and Flo Serrano partnered to lead the Baby Falcons in this game having 21 and 16 points respectively. Meanwhile, Inand Fornillos scored 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Tiger Cubs.

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The FEU Baby Tamaraws takes their second defeat after losing to the defending champions NU Bullpups 78-67. 

The Bullpups went on an early run in the opening period as they were able to establish a commanding 24-14 lead, though going to the second period the Baby Tams were able to bounce back as they outscore NU 21-14 in the second period to end the first half down 35-38. 

Going to the second half the Baby Tams were able to tie the ball game at 54 in the third period, but the Bullpups had a huge fourth quarter run, outperforming FEU-FERN 24-13 to take the solo second spot. 

The Baby Tams dropped to 4-2 despite the efforts given by Jun Gabane who scored 16 points, and Jack Gloria and LJ Gonzalez who both scored 10 points respectively. Meanwhile, John Lloyd Clemente topped the scoring for the Bullpups with 15 points and 11 rebounds, followed by Win Coyuca with 14 points, while Karl Penano and Joshua Callejo both added 12 points. 

#UAAPLXXIX Finals Game 1: La Salle Takes Game 1.

The De La Salle Green Archers draws the first blood in their best of three finals showdown against their arch nemesis and bitter rivals Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles 67-65.

The Green Archers went on a hot and dominant start to open the game with a huge 19-6 lead over Ateneo, though going to the second in the second period La Salle slowed down a little bit giving the Blue Eagles the opportunity to trim the lead down to 26-36 deficit. 

In the second half the Blue Eagles continue to cut the lead of La Salle down in the third period and they even went on to take a 10 point lead mid part of the third period. But still the Gree Archers was able to tie the game at 52 to end the third. 

Going to the final period the game intensifies as it became a tit for tat battle for both squads, entering the final frame of the game with Ateneo having a 65-64 lead with a few seconds left in the game, but Jeron Teng pushed La Salle up to 66-65 after making sure that his final basket will count Kib Montalbo sealed the game on their side after securing one of his two freethrows, 

MVP of the season Ben Mbala led the Green Archers with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while Rookie of the Year Aljun Melecio had 12 points, and Jeron Teng added 10 points. Aaron Black was the only Blue Eagle that scored in double figures with 12 points. 

Dubbed as the Dream match, the La Salle vs Ateneo Finals game 1 only had 16k gate attendance, which is a tad bit lower than the past game 1 of FEU vs NU in 2014 with 17k and FEU vs UST last year which had 18k gate attendance all were at the Mall of Asia Arena. 

The game 2 of the "Dream Match" will be this Wednesday, December 7, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

#UAAPLXXIX Men's Basketball MVP Race

#Tanduay2017 X Ellen Adarna

TANDUAY sets 2017 on fire as it welcomes the year of the Fire Rooster with an emblazing reveal of its hottest 2017 Calendar Girl – Ellen Adarna.

Elegant, fierce, fiery, feisty, beautiful – Ellen Adarna will be the epitome of a woman that a man would want to have.  Ellen will unbridle the inhibitions, debunk every myth, and guide every man into becoming a whole new version of themselves in return – confident, aspirational, and snappy – definitely a man every woman would want to have.

2017 will be an exciting year where Tanduay will be very aggressive on digital and content with Ellen Adarna as the flagbearer. Series of webisodes will be curated that will guide every man on how to become better versions of themselves as Ellen debunk misconceptions and inspire confidence on relevant everyday situations such as swinging the Valentine’s date and asking Miss Independent out, making the best out of summer and being sociable the right way, giving the best impression at work and even lifestyle grooming guides from what to wear to how to impressively introduce yourself in a bar among others.

The year of 2016 has been the launch pad of Tanduay as it started getting more aggressive in terms of content. Starting with trend jacking content, to tent poling on events, rallying with different ambassadors such as Derek Ramsay, Jesse Mendiola and Kenneth Cobonpue, and curating snackables such as the voice of students during Halalan 2016 and Tanduay mixology guides, among the other efforts of Tanduay. Expect the brand to be more aggressive on 2017 as it further explores daring content and become brave various platforms.

Cheers to a hot new start for #Tanduay2017 with Ellen Adarna as the newest Tanduay Calendar Girl.

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