As many of you know from reading this blog that I am a fan of Filipino music whether it be stars like Charice singing Celine Dion songs or her own to Arnel Pineda singing with Journey but my favorites are  Original Pinoy Music (OPM) aka original pilipino music.

Recently, I became aware of a show called Pinoy’s Got Talent or Philippines Got Talent or something of the sort so I sit down to watch it. From watching many good singers in my years in the Philippines I have to admit the show’s talent did not live up to what I expected. It seemed that 90% of the talent on there was just out to show themselves on TV and were more comedy than serious artists. In all fairness I see the same thing when I watch Americas Got Talent but at least in Americas Got talent there are a few like Fil-Am Thia Megia who really belong on the big stage. Also in fairness I’m not a regular viewer of the Filipino Show so I might have caught it on a bad night. I’ll try to watch some later shows and give it a fair chance but I hope it doesn’t end like my first experience.

And speaking of Arnel Pineda it seems some people including the Philippine’s National Historic Institute have a problem with Arnel’s version of “Lupang Hinirang” prior to the start of the Pacquiao-Clottey bout in Texas last weekend. Seems he didn’t sing it as written and I guess there is a law saying you must sing it exactly as written. To read more about this subject go to the Manila Bulletin’s article: NHI to make formal objection against Pineda; prosecutors ready to act

And finally since we are on the subject of Filipino Talent. I’d like to share a video I made while in Macaleeng Pangasinan during the recent town’s Fiesta. These guys are the true OPM talent!