Leyte IDOL Season 7 Final 8 named

By Provincial Media Relations Center
March 20, 2012

TACLOBAN CITY  –  After gruelling months of semifinal round, Leyte IDOL Season 7 announces its Top 8 Grand Finalists who would vie as this year’s best vocal talent.

Rendering some ballad songs for their performance at the Provincial Gymnasium – Leyte IDOL’s official home and studio, the following made it to the Final 8: Richard Rey Bajar of Tacloban City who sang “The Warrior is a Child”; Chelka Mae Seboquero of Ormoc City with “ Dito Ba”; Jessa Vilbar of Hilongos, Leyte sang “Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw”; Carl Mae Enfermo of Tanauan, Leyte who performed “Ngayon at Kailan Man”; Vanesa Grace Tempo of Tacloban City with “Wala na Bang Pag-Ibig”; Justine Charles Batican of Albuera, Leyte who sang “Ikaw”; Shintara Rose Crisostomo of Sogod, Southern Leyte with “Sa Puso Ko”; and, Jeslee Ann Pacio of Tacloban City  who sang “Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal”.

This year’s Leyte IDOL is an odd mix of singing talents from all over the region as Leyte IDOL Season 7 opened its search to other provinces and held grand auditions regionwide.

Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla earlier said that he also would like to discover other talents from other parts of Eastern Visayas and give them with the opportunities that Leyte IDOL provides for its talented pool of singers and performers.

The provincial government of Leyte through Gov. Petilla vowed to continue to discover singing talents and help them develop and explore their potentials for personal development and later for professional practice.

The finalists will be performing special shows every Sunday at the Provincial Gymnasium until the Grand Finals Night set in May this year.

They would vie for the grand prize worth P200,000. Of this amount, cash prize is worth P150,000 and another P50,000 worth of other prizes and the chance to be Leyte ’s singing sensation.