American Idol 111 Best and Greatest Performances

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American Idol Current Judges 

Fantasia Barrino 

Adam Lambert 

Chris Daughtry 

Jessica Sanchez 

Katharine McPhee 

Joshua Ledet

American Idol will have its final curtain call with its last season premiering tonight. The Fox Channel reality singing competition maintained its popularity and high television ratings in the first few years of 2000s but suffered sharp blows and major setbacks with the emergence of new and relatable rival reality singing competition like The Voice and X-Factor in the decade of 2010s with the fans clamoring for more up to date performances which they can relate and follow which is the very reason for the American Idol all-time low ratings which a lot of audience think is outdated and irrelevant and they thought that the singing competition always choose a surprising winner which usually is inferior to their runners-up. The drop in television viewership is manifested in some of the show's winners and other contestants lackluster album sales.

Other than its fading popularity, the reality show has its fair share of memorable moments to share somewhat surprising, annoying and amusing while some are inspiring and the show never runs of success stories, triumphs, laughs and tears most especially with the deaths of some of its contestants notably Michael Johns and Joanne Borgella of Season 7. Let's admit that this show has entertained us for awhile with its contestants, with the almost "nuisance" contestants some are weird, some are unusual while some were just pretty bland who loves music but the music doesn't love them and not to outdo or outshine were who else but the judges themselves who sometimes has cat fights among them the notorious one were the alpha female rivalry of Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj and who can't forget the acerbic Simon Cowell with its mean and straight to the face lashing out?

However, the most unforgettable moments of the 15-season run reality singing competition are the goosebumps inducing, thought provoking and earth shattering performances of its contestants. Before American Idol will finally say good bye and turn off mic, let's take a look back at the show's most defining moments in its 14 seasons. Here is my list of American Idol's 111 Best and Greatest Performances.


Ranking In Order:

1. Jessica Sanchez - I Will Always Love You
2. Fantasia Barrino - Summertime
3. Adam Lambert - Mad World
4. Joshua Ledet - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
5. Bo Bice - In A Dream


Season 1

Kelly Clarkson - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Kelly Clarkson - Respect
Kelly Clarkson - Stuff Like That There
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
Justin Guarini - Get Here
Justin Guarini - Route 66
Tamyra Gray - Raindrops Will Fall
Tamyra Gray - If I Were Your Woman
Tamyra Gay - Minnie The Moocher
Tamyra Gray - A House Is Not A Home
Tamyra Gray - Feel The Fire
Trenyce - Proud Mary


Season 2

Clay Aiken - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Clay Aiken  - Solitaire
Clay Aiken - At This Moment
Clay Aiken - Vincent
Clay Aiken - This Is The Night
Clay Aiken - Unchained Melody
Clay Aiken - I Could Not Ask For More
Ruben Studdard - Smile
Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings


Season 3

Fantasia Barrino - I Believe
Fantasia Barrino - A Fool In Love
Fantasia Barrino - All My Life
Fantasia Barrino - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Fantasia Barrino - Chain Of Fools
Fantasia Barrino - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
Jennifer Hudson - Circle Of Life
Fantasia Barrino - Summertime
Jennifer Hudson - I Have Nothing
Latoya London - Ain't Goin' Down Til' The Sun Comes Up
Latoya London - Don't Rain On My Parade


Season 4

Bo Bice - In A Dream
Bo Bice - Drift Away
Bo Bice - Whipping Post
Bo Bice - Spinning Wheel
Bo Bice - Vehicle
Bo Bice - Heaven
Constantine Maroulis - Bohemian Rhapsody
Constantine Maroulis - Nights on Broadway


Season 5

Katharine McPhee - Over The Rainbow
Elliott Yamin - A Song For You
Chris Daughtry - Suspicious Minds
Chris Daughtry - I Walk The Line
Chris Daughtry - Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
Chris Daughtry - Renegade
Kellie Pickler - Bohemian Rhapsody


Season 6

Melinda Doolittle - My Funny Valentine
Melinda Doolittle - I Got Rhythm
Lakisha Jones - Stormy Weather
Melinda Doolittle - I'm A Woman


Season 7

Ramiele Malubay - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
David Archuleta - Imagine
David Archuleta - Another Day In Paradise
David Cook - Happy Together
Jason Castro - Hallelujah
David Cook - Hello
Ramiele Malubay - In My Life
Kristy Lee Cook - God Bless The USA
Michael Johns – It’s All Wrong, But It’s Alright
David Cook - Always Be My Baby
David Archuleta - Think of Me
David Cook - The Music of the Night
David Cook - Baba O'Riley
Syesha Mercado - Me and Mr. Jones
David Archuleta - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me


Season 8

Alison Iraheta - Alone
David Lambert - Mad World
David Lambert - Whole Lotta Love
David Lambert - Track Of My Tears
David Lambert - Ring of Fire
Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby

Season 9 

Crystal Bowersox - Hand In My Pocket
Casey James - Mrs. Robinson


Season 10

Pia Toscano - I'll Stand By You
Thia Megia - Out Here On My Own
Casey Abrams - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Casey Abrams - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Haley Reinhart - Bennie and the Jets
James Durbin - Uprising
James Durbin - Without You
James Durbin - You Got Another Thing Coming


Season 11

Heejun Han - Angels
Jessica Sanchez - I Will Always Love You
Jessica Sanchez - Turn The Beat Around
Jessica Sanchez - Everybody Has A Dream
Colton Dixon - Piano Man
Skylar Laine - Gunpowder and Lead
Colton Dixon - Decode
Jessica Sanchez - Sweet Dreams
Elise Testone - Whole Lotta Love
Jessica Sanchez - Stuttering
Phillip Phillips - Volcano
Joshua Ledet - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Jessica Sanchez - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going


Season 12

Amber Holcomb - My Funny Valentine
Candice Glover - Lovesong
Amber Holcomb - Without You


Season 13

Malaya Watson - Take Me to the King
Dexter Roberts - Sweet Home Alabama
Dexter Roberts - Boondocks
Jena Irene - Can't Help Falling In Love
Caleb Johnson - Skyfall
Caleb Johnson - Dazed and Confused


Season 14

Clark Beckham - When A Man Loves A Woman
Joey Cook - King of Spain
Clark Beckham - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
Joey Cook - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Clark Beckham - Every Breath You Take
Clark Beckham - Moon River
Jax - My Generation 



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Miss Universe 2015 Best Themed Glamour Photos

The theme for this year's Miss Universe 2015 Official Glam photos for the program books is Casino Royale taken by the famed master lens man Fadil Berisha. 

Watchful Eyes Of A Silhouette selected the following photos as the best themed glam photos. Thanks to Fadil Berisha for the following photos for Miss Universe:

1. Spain - Carla Barber Garcia 

2. Colombia - Ariadna Gutierrez 

3. India - Urvashi Rautela

4. USA - Olivia Jordan

 

5. Thailand - Aniporn Chalermburanawong

 

6. Argentina - Claudia Barrionuevo 

7. Venezuela - Mariana Jimenez

 

8. Brazil - Marthina Brandt 

 

9. Mexico - Wendy Esparza

 

10. Philippines - Pia Wurtzbach

 

11. Curacao - Kanisha Sluis

 

12. Costa Rica - Brenda Castro

 

13. Panama - Gladys Brandao Amaya

 

14. Haiti - Lisa Drouillard 

15. Serbia - Daša Radosavljević 

16. Ireland - Joanna Cooper

 

17. Indonesia - Anindya Putri

 

18. Greece - Michaela Fotiadi

19. Kosovo - Mirjeta Shala 

20. Chile - Maria Belen Jerez 

21. Paraguay - Myriam Arevalos 

22. Dominican Republic - Clarissa Molina

23. Poland - Weronika Szmajdzińska

 

24. Georgia - Janet Kerdikoshvili

 

25. Austria - Amina Dagi

Pioneering Filipino Films

In four years time, Philippine cinema will celebrate its 100 years of film making and entertaining the Filipinos through the moving pictures. Like any other motion pictures, Filipino motion picture has its fair share of milestones. I would be glad to share with you some of the milestones in Philippine cinema. Would you add some more?

 A scene from the movie Dalagang Bukid (1919) 

Dalagang Bukid (1919) movie poster 

First Film Projected In The Screen In The Philippines - Espectaculo Scientifico de Pertierra was shown in Salon Pertierra, Escolta, Manila on January 1, 1897.  It is presentation of stills and chronophotographs by businessman named Sen~or Pertierra.

First Filipino feature-length film. Dalagang Bukid released on September 12, 1919. Directed by David Nepomuceno. 

First talkie film - George Musser's Ang Aswang (1933) is regarded as the first talking film in Philippine cinema when some of the lines were uttered in one scene and starred by the queens of horror films, Monang Carvajal and Mary Walter. 


First completely talking film - Punyal Na Ginto or Golden Dagger (1933) was credited as the first all completely talking motion picture premiered on March 9, 1933, at the Lyric theater. However, the spoken dialogues were in Spanish and English. 

First completely talking film in Filipino language - Makata at Paraluman or Poet and Maiden (1933) is credited as the first full or completely talking motion picture in Filipino language premiered on April 5, 1933 at the Lyric theater.

First Color  Sequence Film - Ibong Adarna (1941) directed by Vicente Salumbides and a cast that includes Mila del Sol, Fred Cortes, Ester Magalona, Deanna Prieto. In one scene, the Adarna bird was hand-painted frame by frame. 

First Full Color Film - Batalyon XIII (1949) is widely regarded as the first Filipino full color film. Directed by Eddie Romero its cast include Carmen Rosales, Jaime de la Rosa, Mario Montenegro, Tony Santos, Joseph de Cordova, Jose Cris Soto, Alfonso Carvajal, Justina David, Horace Curry and Horacio Morelos

First Filipino Female Director - Brigida Perez Villanueva directed her first film in 1933. She also has the distinction of directing the, 

Last Silent Film  - Pendulum of Fate

First Filipino film to be shown and competes at an International Film Festival  - Genghis Khan (1950) at the 13th Venice International Film Festival (1952) held from August 20 - September 12, 1952, in Venice, Italy. Venice International Film Festival is considered the oldest international film festival in the world.

First Darna heroine - Rosa del Rosario played the title role, Darna (1951) and subsequently released on May 31, 1951. Originally a Filipino comics magazine character it was made into a film due to its popularity. Darna has been portrayed several times in the movies and in television thereafter by several actresses notably Vilma Santos.

First Dyesebel - Just like Darna, Dyesebel is originally a popular Filipino comics magazine character immortalized in the cinema due to its popularity. Dyesebel is a mythical creature and Filipino version of the mermaid, half-fish half-human and is called "sirena" in Filipino. The actress who holds the distinction of being the first to portray dyesebel in Filipino film was Edna Luna in 1953. The character was also portrayed by Vilma Santos, Alma Moreno and Alice Dixson among others.

First Love Team - Mary Walter and Gregorio Fernandez, they first paired in the 1927 Jose Nepomuceno film "Ang Lumang Simbahan"

First to Wear Bathing Suit - Mona Lisa then known as "Fleur de Lis" in her pre-war films. She was the first to wear the bathing suit in a Filipino film, Giliw Ko (1939).

First Porn Film - Uhaw (1970) is credited as the Philippines' first soft-core porn film (Filipinos called "bomba" film) with actors Tito Galla, Lito Legaspi and Merle Fernandez as its main cast.

First Gay Film - Jack en Jill (1954) starring Dolphy, Lolita Rodriguez, Rogelio dela Rosa, Etang Discher and Luis Gonzales. 

First Gay sex scenes - The film which shows the very first homosexual sexually explicit scenes in Philippine cinema is Tubog sa Ginto (1971) with main actors, Eddie Garcia and Mario O'Hara playing the gay roles in their most steamy scenes.  




Source: 

http://culture360.asef.org/film/from-rice-to-cultural-history-via-jose-nepomuceno/

http://imdb.com 

http://www.silosfamily.com/resources/Augusto_Manuel/Philippine%20Firsts%20in%20Cinema.htm

PHILIPPINES SILENT FILMS FROM 1919 - 1930s

This is the list of the Philippines ' Filipino silent films from 1919 - 1930s. Most of these films are believed to be vanished forever. 


1919  
Dalagang Bukid
Los Petalos De Lao-Tze
La Venganza de Don Silvestre


1920
La Mariposa Negra

1921
El Capullo Marchito

1922
Estrellita Del Cine

1923
Hoy o nuca, bésame

1924
Sampaguita 

1925
Miracles Of Love 

1926
Ang Tatlong Hambog 

1927
Ang Manananggal 
Hot Kisses
The Filipino Woman
The Three Tramps
La Mujer Filipina

1928
Ang Lumang Simbahan 

1929
Nanay Ko
Desperation 
Sa Landas Ng Pag-ibig
Ang Mutya Ng Pamilihan
Patria Amore

1930
Prinsipe Teñoso
Maria Luisa 
Bago Lumubog Ang Araw
Dugo sa Kapirasong Lupa
Noli Me Tangere
Oriental Blood
Infierno Sa Mundo
Ang Anak Sa Ligaw
Sa Mutya Ng Libingan
Mystery Of The Convent
Dugong Makamandag

1931
Ang Multo sa Libingan 
Ang Lihim ni Bathala
Ang Monghita 
Moro Pirates 
Dalaga 
La Monjita

1932
Ligaw Na Bulaklak 
Tianak
Sa Labi Ng Lumang Libingan 
Mang Tano
Impyerno sa Mundo
Ilaw Ng Kapitbahay 
Lantang Bulaklak 
Ang Gayuma
Ulong Inasnan 
Satanas 
Sa Pinto Ng Langit
Luha

1933
Ang Mga Ulila 
Mag-Inang Ulila
Ang Mga Ulila

1934
Ang Dangal 
Anting-anting 
Sawing Palad
X3X
Hinagpis ng magulang
Liwayway ng Kalayaan 


1935
Kuwintas Ng Himuntok
Sumpa ng Aswang
Himala ni Bathala
Ang Gulong ng Buhay
Santong Diablo

1936
Birhen Walang Dambana
Ang Buhok ni Ester
Diwata Ng Karagatan

Anak-Dalita
Ang Itinapon
Kalupitan ng Tadhana
Lagablab ng Kabataan
Sa Paanan ng Krus 
Malambot Na Bato
Gagamba

1937
Anak ng Pari
Ang Pagbabalik
Asahar At Kabaong
Brides of Sulu
Anak ng Kadiliman
Ang Kumpisalan at ang Batas
Zamboanga a.k.a. Fury In Paradise
Gamu-gamong Naging Lawin 
Hiram Na Ligaya
Ilaw Ng Langit
Lihim ng Ina
Magkapatid
Nang Magulo Ang Maynila 
Nasaan ka Irog
Sampaguitang Walang Bango
Taong Demonyo
Teniente Rosario
Via Crucis

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014-2015 HD

This is the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show held last December 2, 2014 in London, England. Sorry for blurry video because the whole show will be broadcasted next week in CBS. We are hoping that Victoria's Secret Fashion show will be held in Iloilo, Philippines.


Video Courtesy of 

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014 2015 Youtube Channel
Sky Sports TV Youtube Channel  

Nanny Behind Internationally Acclaimed ILO ILO Film Ignored

ILOILO Film Poster

Auntie Terry together with the men who she took care as a boy in the 1990s - Director Anthony Chen (left) and his brother 

Auntie Terry recalling her fond memories with the Chen boys 

Teresita "Auntie Terry" with Angeli Bayani the actress who portrayed her in the film

While the critically acclaimed film ILO ILO is making waves around the world receiving accolades and earning rave reviews from film critics and movie fans, the real nanny behind it Teresita "Auntie Terry" Sajonia was never given due recognition by the Congress or Philippine government. Sajonia who hails from San Miguel town in Iloilo is portrayed as a loving, kind, patient and understanding nanny who took care the cute boy of a Singaporean couple during the tumultuous Asian economic crisis of the 1990s. The boy happens to be the director itself Anthony Chen. The poignant film warmed the cold hearts of many because it showcased the modern beautiful Singapore with very warm affectionate family and how they treat people including their servants and workers. Angeli Bayani whose exemplary portrayal of Auntie Terry in the film epitomizes the warm hearted, kind, patient, hard-working and the sunny disposition of Filipino workers worth recognizing by the government because Filipino migrant workers are the driving force of the Philippine economy pouring in billions of dollars of overseas remittances every year. I wonder why these crappy corrupt politicians never dare to submit resolutions giving her at least an honor and due recognition if not really help her uplift her miserable situation. There is less media attention to her that these corrupt politicians want to make themselves feel good in front of the camera to consider giving her such an honor. All they want is to steal billions of pesos from taxpayer's money. So pathetic!