El Gamma Penumbra is first Asia's Got Talent Grand Winner

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Filipino pride El Gamma Penumbra was named first-ever grand winner of Asia's Got Talent in the finals night held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on Thursday, May 14, 2015.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY1ojXmywPXDZq-x1sDehTM3PCowWZtOHypgEXJPyjRIuck2sGC9htX6Uk9hJE9gPHjEyDF3euNbFIWFWdvhQ3cLV-fuV7rs5rWvWtILj8TV5OGVfXpajk1S9TBiIig3n78fQPUWqxeoF/s1600/El-Gamma_penumbra-agt-winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="El Gamma Penumbra AGT grand winner" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY1ojXmywPXDZq-x1sDehTM3PCowWZtOHypgEXJPyjRIuck2sGC9htX6Uk9hJE9gPHjEyDF3euNbFIWFWdvhQ3cLV-fuV7rs5rWvWtILj8TV5OGVfXpajk1S9TBiIig3n78fQPUWqxeoF/s640/El-Gamma_penumbra-agt-winner.jpg" title="El Gamma Penumbra AGT grand winner" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Gamma Penumbra | Credit: Asia's Got Talent Facebook page</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra from Tanauan City, Batangas earned the highest percentage of votes from Asian audience. El Gamma Penumbra was among the top 3 finalists of the first pan-regional edition of the hit global "Got Talent" franchise airing on AXN.<br /><br />"Our journey in Asia's Got Talent is the highlight of, not only our career, but of our lives," El Gamma Penumbra said.<br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Congrats to El Gamma & Khusugtun on making to the Top2. ONE will be crowned the very first <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AsiasGotTalent?src=hash">#AsiasGotTalent</a> winner! <a rel='nofollow' href="http://t.co/P4bKrUx8df">pic.twitter.com/P4bKrUx8df</a></div>— AXN Asia (@axnasia) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/axnasia/status/598843503989391360">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Musical ensemble Khusugtun from Mongolia placed second in the competition. Filipino classical singer Gerphil Flores finished her journey on third spot. <br /><br />"This is so amazing. We don't have any words to express ourselves. Thank you!" says one of the members of Khusugtun.<br /><br />"We speak for so many people when we say THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING! We all know how tough...," Gerphil-Geraldine Flores said.<br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GerphilFlores?src=hash">#GerphilFlores</a> you are STILL <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/officialdfoster">@officialdfoster</a>'s Golden Buzzer Girl with a bright, bright future! <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AsiasGotTalent?src=hash">#AsiasGotTalent</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="http://t.co/YTNj4MkcWr">pic.twitter.com/YTNj4MkcWr</a></div>— Asia's Got Talent (@asiasgottalent) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/asiasgottalent/status/598844134846169088">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Nine finalists battled for the title on Thursday night which also include two other Filipino acts - teen dance troupe Junior New System and 10-year-old singer Gwyneth Dorado. The rest are from Thailand, China, Singapore, Mongolia and Japan.<br /><br />AGT trimmed down the list to top 6 with El Gamma Penumbra (Philippines), Gerphil Flores (Philippines), The Talento (Thailand), Triqstar (Japan), Khusugtun (Mongolia) and Junior New System (Philippines).<br /><br />The top 4 was named next. Triqstar and Junior New System got eliminated.<br /><br />Based from the social media poll created by Asia's Got Talent on Facebook, El Gamma Penumbra was also the top choice ahead of Khusugtun.<br /><br />Charice and illusionist Cosentino (Australia's Got Talent season 5 runner-up) performed in the results night, with the judges covering their own version of "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire.<br /><br /><b>WATCH: El Gamma Penumbra 'Colors of the Wind' AGT Grand Finals Performance (video courtesy of Asia' Got Talent)</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ReuOnKSi0s" width="600"></iframe></center><br /><br />The grand finals of Asia's Got Talent landed as the most talked-about topic on social media on Thursday night with '#AsiasGotTalentGrandFinals' topped Philippine Twitter trends.<br /><br /></div>

El Gamma Penumbra is first Asia's Got Talent Grand Winner

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino pride El Gamma Penumbra was named first-ever grand winner of Asia's Got Talent in the finals night held a...

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