Audition Celebrity Dance Battle launched at SOP

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines’ first TV dance game contest based on a popular online music game was successfully launched on SOP last May 17, GMA Network’s top rating Sunday musical variety show. Audition Celebrity Dance Battle, which features the hottest GMA Kapuso stars, runs on SOP from May 17 until June 7. The winning couple will receive P100,000, half of which will be donated to the Family Vaccine Specialty Clinics (FVSC) beneficiary families. First to battle on May 24 are Rainier Castillo and Ryza Cenon versus Vaness Del Moral and Dominic Roco, to be followed by a showdown between Mark Herras and Chynna Ortaleza versus JC Tiuseco and Yasmien Kurdi on May 31. The contestants will be performing dance moves from Audition Dance Battle, an online game provided by X-Play Online Games Inc., a joint venture between IP e-Game Ventures Inc., (e-Games) and GMA New Media Inc. (GMA-NMI). The colorful, Korean pop outfits of the contestants are also inspired from fashion also showcased in the game itself, with clothes from sponsors Terranova and Mint. Scores will be based on the judges’ vote (50 percent) and via SMS or text voting (50 percent). Voting period and SMS codes will be announced during the show. Viewers who vote for their favorite pairs through text will also get a chance to win special prizes. For more information, go to www.clubaudition.com.ph Besides being the online arm of GMA Network Inc., GMA NMI wholly owns Media Merge Corp., the company that runs GMANews.TV. - GMANews.TV