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If you like Audition Dance Battle on iGMA.tv, you'll love it live--on "SOP!" Bukod sa pinaghandaan ito nang husto, it's also all for a good cause.
Magiging espesyal na concert party ang 'SOP' this Sunday as online meets live action performances in Audition Celebrity Dance Battle! Walo sa ating paboritong mga Kapuso stars will strut their stuff onstage sa isang contest na magpapatunay na there is but a thin line that divides the virtual from the real. Text and Photos by Erick Mataverde. Ang number one online casual game, ang Audition Dance Battle, which has been challenging gamers for close to three years now, will literally come alive starting this Sunday, May 17, 2009 in SOP. Eight Kapuso stars will figure in a battle of the hottest and hippest dance moves—live! This game is being published by X-Play Online Gaming Inc. (X-Play), a joint venture between IP e-Game Ventures Inc., and GMA New Media Inc.(GMA-NMI), and the contest will run for four weeks until June 7, 2009. A charitable cause What's more, ang contest na ito is being held for a very worthy cause. Half of the proceeds of the P100,000 prize money will go to the sponsored beneficiaries courtesy of Family Vaccine and Specialty Clinics, Inc. (FVSC), a healthcare division of IP Foundation, X-Play's charity partner. Likewise, the audience will be given a chance to choose their favorite pair since fifty percent of the scores will be based on the judges' vote, and the other fifty percent via SMS or text voting Kaya starting this Sunday, similar to the game's 'Couple Mode,' kung saan players will compete in pairs, mapapanood natin ang mga pairing nila Chynna Ortaleza at Mark Herras, Yasmien Kurdi at JC Tiuseco, Vaness del Moral at Dominic Roco, and Ryza Cenon at Ranier Castillo as they show off Audition's signature dance moves para sa charity beneficiary nilang inii-sponsor. Preparing for the battle Noong Martes, May 5, 2009, ang iGMA.tv ay witness sa rehearsals na ginanap kung saan abala ang ating mga Kapuso sa kanilang pag-eensayo. "We'll be using songs from Audition Battle, and I gave a video clip of all the signature moves to the choreographers so that they may inject the signature moves of the game itself to the choreography of our artists, so when they watch on the said dates there will also be a lot of similarities in your TV screens and when you play Audition. There will also be arrow keys," explains Jason Tomas, X-Play Community Manager. Says Vaness del Moral, who will dance for Aling Olivia, a single mother of four children, "Itong tandem obviously siyempre, hindi joke. Para sa akin parang basic na ito kasi lagi ko ginagawa. pero siyempre para sa Audition Celebrity Dance Battle ito, kailangan pagalingan. So kailangan maganda 'yung step na gagawin mo, magaling ka para magustuhan ka ng crowd 'tsaka ng fans para ma-vote ka nila—'yung tandem ninyong dalawa ng partner mo." "Sana po tulungan niyo po kami through text at para magtulungan din po tayo through text. Ipagkalat niyo po sa mga barkada ninyo—lahat-lahat, sa barangay,sa Pilipinas—na sana po bumoto po kayo sa amin ni JC para matulungan po natin si Kuya Danny," urges Yasmien who, together with JC, will dance to win for Kuya Danny, a recovered leprosy patient. "At gagawin po namin 'yung best namin sa dance para ma-appreciate naman ng mga judges sa live [performance]. Tapos through text din, sabay-sabay natin para go for gold, 'di ba? Kaya sana po tulungan niyo po kami." Chynna Ortaleza, who will strut her stuff together with Mark Herras, for the benefit of John—a working student who supports his family of seven—realizes the importance ng objective ng competition na ito. "Hi sa lahat ng mga Kapuso at 'tsaka sa lahat ng friends and supporters namin ni Mark, sana iboto niyo kami para makatulong kami sa family nila. Alam niyo naman po na maganda 'yung purpose nito, mapapag-aral po natin silang lahat. So vote lang kayo and promise na gagalingan namin 'yung sayaw namin. Promise 'yan, at least may inspiration kami at kayo 'yon. So, thank you so much din at nandito kayo para sa amin," promises the SayawOne member. "Gagawin po talaga namin lahat ng magagawa namin para siya matulungan. At dun sa lahat, sa lahat ng mga Kapuso, sana po tulungan niyo po kaming i-save si Mang Rick. Basta iboto niyo po 'yung group namin ni Ranier. Makakatulong po sa kanila 'to. Sana po tulungan niyo po sila at tulungan niyo rin kami sa vote para makuha nila 'yung gusto nilang makuha. Message po sa kanila," invites Ryza Cenon in behalf of Mang Rick, who suffers from a kidney ailment. Si Ranier naman ay pinaghahandaan nang mabuti ang kanilang routine as he states during the rehearsals: "Hindi readying-ready, medyo ready lang—kami kasi, 'yung mga set namin halo-halo, eh. May mga basic, may floor works, may pahip-hop pero ewan ko ako kasi hindi naman talaga ako dancer dati pero, mahirap talaga. [Pero] ibang klaseng hataw [ ang gagawin namin] na talagang mag-eenjoy ang mga tao dito." Going mainstream "To our valued readers of iGMA.tv, watch Audition Celebrity Dance Battle, where the hottest online dance music game meets with the coolest and hippest Sunday show this side of the Pacific. Watch your favorite SOP stars groove to the music and dance of Audition Dance Battle. Vote for your favorite team through Fanatxt! This will be a landmark TV event in the Philippines and you'll be thrilled on what we have in store for you! So don't miss it!" ang paanyaya ni Mr. George Royeca, Vice President ng X-Play, sa lahat ng viewers at online gamers. Maging in touch sa inyong mga paboritong Kapuso dance celebrities! Send FANATXT to 4627 to get your list of Kapuso celebrities whom you could text! Telco charges apply. This service is only available in the Philippines. Alamin kung ano pa ang pinaka-hottest issues sa showbiz by logging on to the iGMAForums! Not yet a member? Register here!