Sunday

Utkarsh Ambudkar and girlfriend Sora Connor were both on Pitch Perfect

Well, I had an article about Utkarsh Ambudkar who was a part of Pitch Perfect cast. He excelled in the said American musical-comedy movie because he rapped and danced so well. He looked like 18-23 years old but to my surprise he was actually 27 when the movie was filmed in 2011. He was not the lead actor but we can't deny he's caught the attention of many girls !(ahem haha!) He was an instant crush of the season yeah.

Ok then,I was on my voage to know more about him. He was actually on a trio group before called "The Beatards". They've got nice songs. He was also an actor on some series like The Modern Terrorism and The Mindy project. I am so glad to be able to find his twitter andinstagram accounts too.

Just early this year when a Facebook Page of Utkarsh was created. I was so happy to see updates about him. Even saw some old photosof Utk posted on the page. So made me wonder who's the handler of the account. There was one day when Utk was sleeping with the dog, and the photo had this caption "my boys". So I was like, whaaaaaaaat? Who's calling them boys? Now I saw that caption has been deleted to avoid fan curiousity I guess.

Lately, that official page had been posting numerous of beach photosof Utk and a girl. The girl was said to be Sora. On the photos, she was always wearing sunglasses so I can't see well how she looked like. On the photo inside the car, it was 3 of them- Utk, Sora and the black dog. Now made me thinking, who is Sora? 

I researched so bad just to know who she is. Found her instagramand saw all their photos. Some were the same photos posted on the Facebook page, and some weren't posted yet especially the sweet-kiss photos. I also saw her Pinterest account and her blogsite. Sora was actually pretty! So pretty and sexy yeah. Like Utk, she's got Asian heritage just not sure if she's Chinese,Japanese,Korean but her eyes say so. She was a model and I saw one photo of her became a part of Vogue Italia. She was a good dancer too.

Being a good dancer, maybe that's how she also became a part of Pitch Perfect. She was part of the mixed-boys and girls a capella group called Footnote that qualified for the ICCA semi-finals. Remember the group who got disqualified because the lead singer was NOT a university student but a high school student. YES! It was the group that beat Bella but because of this violation, Bella gets the slot. Sora Connor was the first girl who went out on the stage. She slid to the center. She was really good at that and obviously she's pretty.
I am not sure if Utkarsh and Sora already knew each other before Pitch Perfect or just met because of that movie. But whichever is true, Sora sure does not look like an ordinary girl. She is so pretty and talented too. And they both love the dog like real parents. My next mission is to know the dog's name.

CONCLUSION: I guess Utk and Sora may have been so silent about confirming whether they are in a relationship on the Facebook Page just to not upset the crazy fans of Utk. Well, to include me. I feel brokenhearted hahaha :) But anyway, I'm almost done of creating the sweet slide video of the couple. Am also about to finish Sora Connor's solo slide video. Upon seeing more of her photos, makes me feel that I am ready to let go of Utkarsh :) hahaha 

The Voice of the Philippines audition, stage, online audition, blind audition, audition dates, facebook, website, 4 coaches, winners

From the title itself, this is another singing contestPhilippines love music very much so competitions like this really top the television ratings. So to hear about The Voice Philippines at ABS-CBN's future programs, I was really excited and looking forward about it. The chosen host would be actress-host-singer Toni Gonzaga. The show would fit her well.

What's amazing about The Voice is that physical looks would not be the first priority in qualifying contestants. I've seen a lot of American and other foreign reality singing contest being franchised by ABS-CBN & GMA such as American Idol turned Philippine Idol and X-Factor turned Pinoy X-Factor. It was sad to see that upon auditions, jurors are very particular of the contestant's looks. Why? Because they intend to choose someone who can appeal the televiewers. So those who are not much good looking have this 50-50 percentage of being a contestant. They wanted the whole package of a Star, as what they say - looks, talent & personality.  

With The Voice Philippines, I know that even those who are not very appealing will be confident enough to join and show their talent. The format of first part audition for  this reality contest is called The Blindaudition where 4 judges would listen to the contentants but are not looking at them. They would have their back towards the stage so they have 90 seconds to just listen and decide whether they wanted the singing voice, in or not by turning around and facing the stage. If a judge decides the contestant in, he/she is responsible to coach the said contestant and be on his/her team. If incase 2 or more judges turns around or agrees that the contestant should be in, then the contestant has the choice who among them will be his/her mentor.

I remember 4 judges/coaches from The Voice America series were really famous and outstanding artists such as Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. The Voice Philippines 3rd judge/mentor is still undecided, but 2 of them will be Pop Star Princess Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo, Lea Salong and international artist Apl the Ap of Black Eyed Peas.

I will surely be a fan of this reality contest the moment it begins. I would love to see how contestants singing voice would convince judges to turn around for a yes, even without the appeal of what the eyes can see. Will wait for the first The Voice Philippines winner!

The Voice Philippines first airing date is June 09, 2013 to show the stage, the coaches, etc but the contest proper will begin next week or June 16, 2013 Saturday.

exact format : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_(U.S._TV_series)