To The Top: The First Showdown

By Elisa Aquino

Published On: Jul 28, 2015, 09:11 PM

Updated On: Oct 04, 2020, 11:02 AM

The 18 contenders of ‘To The Top’ battled it out in their first showdown. Which among the three teams did you root for?

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Team A

Meet Team A: Chris Yumang, Luis Gragera, Bryan Olano, AJ Ajrouche, Lance Busa and Louie Pedroso.

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Team B

Meet Team B: JP Palanca, Ken Carpena, Martin de Vera, Joshua Jacobe, MJ Magno and Seph Manlapaz

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Team C

2Meet Team C: Mico Cruz, Adrian Pascual, Edric Ulang, Miko Manguba, Lharby Policarpio and Cholo dela Cruz

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I Want It That Way

Team A delivered a powerful rendition of Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way.’

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Dubstep

The artists from Tem A dubstepped in the middle of their performance arranged by their vocal coach Sweet Plantado and choreographed by their dance coach Prince Paltu-ob.

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Impress

Did Team A receive the highest praises from the judges?

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Get Down

Team B grooved to ‘Get Down’ by the Backstreet Boys.

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B-boying

Team B took down the house with their voices and b-boying moves, thanks to their coaches OJ Mariano and Jesse ‘Reflex’ Gotangco.

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Salute

Would the judges return their salute after their first public performance?

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Pop

Team C commanded the crowd with their version of N’SYNC’s ‘Pop.’

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Hip-hop

The boys of Team C loosen up to their routine arranged by their coaches Moy Ortiz and Madelle Paltu-ob.

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Enough

Was their performance enough to receive the highest votes?

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Judges and coaches

The judges and coaches in full support for the boys first public performance.

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Best

Who emerged as the best team in the boys’ first showdown?

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Proud

The proud mentors held up hand signs for the team they are rooting for.

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Julian Trono

Press conference host Suzi Entrata also introduced the show’s online host, the Pop Prodigy Julian Trono.

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Selfie

Julian taking a selfie with the ‘To The Top’ artists.

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Rally

Family, friends and supporters rallied for the artist they are supporting.

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Voting

The judges and coaches were joined by the audience in choosing the strongest performers.

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Mr. C

The Maestro, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab expresses delight , seeing the improvement of the boys since their online auditions.

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Winner

And the winner is team C!