On March 3rd, 2011- Thia became the only fourth Filipino-American to ever make it into the finals of American Idol in ten years. She is one of the Top 13 finalists currently competing for the title and a recording contract. Six years since Camille Velasco and Jasmine Trias took the Idol stage and three years since Ramiele Malubay’s time.

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Get ready Gleeks! The season two premiere of Glee is just a few days away and we’ve got another juicy spoiler. Singing sensation Charice is set to make her first appearance on the hit show and she’s starting some serious drama!

Charice is set to take on the role of foreign exchange student Sunshine Corazon who proves to be a thorn in Rachel Berry’s side (played by Lea Michele).

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Last month, a rumor spread that Charice is joining the hit musical TV show, Glee this coming Fall for its second season. Though she quickly stopped the buzz, couldn’t help but wonder if Charice’ camp knows what they’re doing after all.

Charice is joing the cast of Glee!

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I’m still quite sad over Karla Garcia’s short lived stint in So You Think You Can Dance and promised myself will stop watching the rest of the show this season. So I head over to my least liked reality talent show, America’s Got Talent (AGT) just to see what they have been showing.

Watching “America’s Got Talent” turned out to be a cheer me up for me. Oh my, watching and hearing 14 year old Thia Megia sing out “I am Changing” by Jennifer Holiday was unreal. But there she was, confident, beautiful and powerful! Seeing is believing! I have been scouring her and people have already compared her to Youtube sensation Charice.

Yes, she is of Filipino descent, born in Redwood City, California in 1995. Her long full name again gave her “filipino-ness,” Thialorei Lising Megia. (Any relations to Filipino comedian Gary Lising?)

Watch her audition video on America’s Got talent where the crowd goes wild for her, leaving all three judges wowed and awed. Her mom is also shown in the vid:

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Something to smile about! A Filipino-American dancer Karla Garcia from Oxon, MD is part of this season’s So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Top 20. She is 23 years old currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. Her dance style is Jazz and Contemporary.

For those unfamiliar with the show, SYTYCD is a dance competition looking for America’s favorite dancer. It has the same premise of Idol to find the best in America- in this case, the best dancer. The contestants are asked to perform different styles of dancing every week tutored by America’s best choreographers. The catch, they have very little time to rehearse and learn the dance ranging from hiphop, broadway, jazz, jive, disco, ballroom, salsa, etc. and my favorite- contemporary. If the contestants find themselves in the bottom three that week, they are asked to “dance for your life” in the hope that the judges will save them from eliminations. Two dancers are cut every week until it gets to the finals.

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I don’t know anymore why I still watch Grey’s Anatomy now on its 5th season. There was a time when this Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning television show was at its best. Their peak was in Seasons 1-3, 2005 to early 2007 then it went downhill. The show is highly-acclaimed for its so called blind-casting, resulting in a racially diverse cast. It is also praised by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) group for its gay-themed storyline- a scarcity in primetime television these days. All is changed. I had faith in Shonda Rhimes, creator of the show but it is soon wading into oblivion.

The recent speculations that Katherine Heigl and TR Knight are leaving the show would have to be the clincher for me.

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Talk about great timing for the princesses of YouTube to pay Ellen DeGeneres a visit! Rin on the Rox, that would be Erin Paula and Roxanne, made their first ever television appearance on Tuesday, February 3 on the highly-popular, syndicated worlwide- Ellen DeGeneres Show. As a thank you, Ellen handed them a pair of tickets to see the Grammys where huge popular music stars attend every year! Confirmed performers Rin and Roxanne will witness are: Neyo, Rihanna, Radiohead, Jennifer Hudson, Katy Perry, Chris Brown, T.I., Carrie Underwood, Justin Timberlake, Estelle, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney and U2!! The Oscars of music and Rin on the Rox are going to see it! Ellen so casually reminded them to bring a camera for this big event that you and I won’t probably ever get to see live in our lifetime! Of course, they MUST bring a camera!

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As the Finale for the breakout hit Survivor Philippines draws to a close, the true battle begins for the last five remaining castaways.

Perhaps everyone are heaving a sigh of relief that Marlon Carmen aka “the waiter,” the most disliked cutthroat and aggressive person (?) in the competition is already eliminated; and agreeably has now come down to the ‘brainy’ Charisse, the ‘driver’ Cris, the ‘hunky’ athlete, JC, the self-proclaimed ‘loverboy,’ Rob, and the endearing laundry woman, ‘nanay’ Zita, vying for that 3 million peso prize and the title FIRST “Sole Survivor.”

If this show does not excite Filipino TV viewers, I don’t know what does?!

Here’s Part two of the exclusive interview with Survivor Philippines’ only resident doctor. The ever cheery, at times self-effacing, definitely sharp and multi-talented, Dr. Zoe. Read on:

Considering that this show is literally about surviving amidst starvation, mind games and various intense physical challenges, and that is what the contestants have signed up for– still a medical and rescue team is most obligatory and essential in overseeing the castaway’s conditions without compromising the rules of the game.

Call me lucky to know a member of the production team! This is an exclusive two-part Q&A interview on one of the unsung “heroes” of the show….

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