This Sunday evening, even as ABC
was televising the ceremony of the 92nd Academy Awards, NBC was
airing a conclusion of its own, for the second season of their special-edition “America’s
Got Talent: The Champions” reality talent competition. With the finale
happening this week, the remaining performers that were voted on by judges and “Super-fans”
to advance are now preparing to put their best foot forward to overcome the
others and be named the “Got Talent” grand champion. Among them is Marcelito
Pomoy, “PGT” veteran and dual-voice singer. And while he has been advised that
his talent is not so surprising now, he has channeled it again one more time.
ABS-CBN News reports that “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” finalist
Marcelito Pomoy has let it rip again with his wonderful falsetto singing for
the finals of the special-edition competition. On his semi-finals appearance judge
Simon Cowell suggested that he tried to do something new aside from his
twice-done one-person duets that have caught viewers by storm, “The Prayer”
during the preliminaries and “Time to Say Goodbye Now” for the semis. While
sensible advice, the “Pilipinas Got Talent” season 2 winner decided to stick
with his strongest point for the finale.
On his last performance, Pomoy
decided to bring his dual-voice to bear with the Disney classic theme ballad “Beauty
and the Beast” by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. Said choice has been one of the
popular options proposed by Pinoy netizens on social media for Marcelito to
sing in the finals. And he did not disappoint; with a greater frequency of
voice-switching on his part than ever before, the ensuing performance from
Pomoy once again sent the audience and judges to their feet, bar Simon. In
contrast to the latest round of gushing praise from Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel
and Alesha Dixon, the notoriously prickly judge was subdued this time.
While reaffirming Marcelito Pomoy’s
talent, Simon Cowell remarked that his choosing to perform a third duet, and of
another familiar song, robbed the Filipino champion of a chance to be
unpredictable now that his ability is no longer a surprise. The other judges
and the audience did not agree with his assessment, but now the final decision
will be up to the viewer votes this time, with Marcelito being just one of ten
finalists vying for the grand champion title. “America’s Got Talent: The Champions”
season 2 concludes Monday, February 10 (US time) on NBC.
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