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Stephen Norries "Steno" Padilla is First Filipino Singing Bee Millionaire
Labels: TV 2 commentsStephen Norries "Steno" Padilla, a fresh graduate of BA Journalism at the University of the Philippines Diliman (Let's Go UP!) is the first Singing Bee Champion to win the million-peso jackpot only several weeks after its first episode aired on ABS-CBN.
After failing to win the jackpot twice in a row despite successfully defending his championship, Steno was able to complete the lyrics of four out of the seven lined-up songs, the fourth of which was Michael Jackson's Heal the World. After he completed the song's lyrics, host Cesar Montano grappled him because he knew the million was gonna be cut off his talent fee. Hehe.
Steno benefited from the show's "reformatting" early into the season. The Singing Bee champion is now able to return the following episode to defend his title and to have another shot at the jackpot. The "Final Countdown" round now has the defending champion and the winner of the night facing off. Four, instead of the previous five, out of seven songs are now required to take home the jackpot. The defending champion will start the round, and if he/she sings a wrong answer, the challenger will have to complete the song. "Possession" switches back and forth every time a player makes a mistake. In case the challenger does not beat the defending champion, every song he completes correctly is worth 20,000 pesos. If he does not complete any song, he still goes home with 20,000 pesos.
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After failing to win the jackpot twice in a row despite successfully defending his championship, Steno was able to complete the lyrics of four out of the seven lined-up songs, the fourth of which was Michael Jackson's Heal the World. After he completed the song's lyrics, host Cesar Montano grappled him because he knew the million was gonna be cut off his talent fee. Hehe.
Steno benefited from the show's "reformatting" early into the season. The Singing Bee champion is now able to return the following episode to defend his title and to have another shot at the jackpot. The "Final Countdown" round now has the defending champion and the winner of the night facing off. Four, instead of the previous five, out of seven songs are now required to take home the jackpot. The defending champion will start the round, and if he/she sings a wrong answer, the challenger will have to complete the song. "Possession" switches back and forth every time a player makes a mistake. In case the challenger does not beat the defending champion, every song he completes correctly is worth 20,000 pesos. If he does not complete any song, he still goes home with 20,000 pesos.
April 25, 2009 at 4:19:00 PM GMT+8
Congratulations!
May 16, 2009 at 5:28:00 PM GMT+8
It will be one year already on May 19. Hehe!