ASOP Year 5 grand finals airs tonight on UNTV
Watch the telecast of A Song of Praise
(ASOP) Music Festival Grand Finals tonight at 8:30 on UNTV News and Rescue.
Noemi Ocio, a 19-year-old student, took home the grand prize of P500,000 for winning the Song of the Year for her original composition Kumapit Ka Lang. Noemi’s winning piece was performed by Carmela “Mela” Ravanilla. The evening’s Best Song Interpreters were Jason Fernandez for You Stood by Me and Bugoy Drilon for God Will Always
Make a Way. Jason and Bugoy received P50,000 each.
ASOP Year 5 grand finals was held last Nov. 7 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Winning first runner-up was Glenn Bawa and Ronald Calpis’ entry, God Will
Always Make a Way, interpreted by Bugoy; second runner-up was Joselito Caleon’s entry, Araw at Ulan, interpreted by Sitti Navarro. Third runners-up were Mula Sa Aking
Puso composed by Joseph Ponce, performed by Carlo David and You Stood
by Me composed by Vincent Labanting, performed by Jason. Their cash prizes are worth P250,000, P150,000 and P100,000, respectively. Ikaw Lamang, composed by Jonathan Sta. Rita and performed by Tim Pavino, won the People’s Choice Award, garnering the most number of combined online votes and YouTube views.
All non-winners received from UNTV the amount of P20,000 as consolation prize.
The panel of judges was composed by Jed Madela, Trina Belamide, Jonathan Manalo, Manila Standard Entertainment editor Isah Red, ASOP resident judge Mon del Rosario and Nora Aunor. The event was hosted by Richard Reynoso and Toni Rose Gayda.
Among the program highlights were the medley of 12 song finalists from
ASOP Year 4, performed by Jason, Michael Pangilinan, Liezel Garcia and Leah Patricio. Meanwhile, The X-Factor UK finalist 4th Impact rendered a medley of
ASOP’s Songs of the Year. Now on its fifth season, ASOP is the first and only praise songwriting competition on Philippine TV. It has been rekindling the love for homegrown music for more than five years and encouraging amateur and professional songwriters to create new praise and gospel music compositions, all for the glory of God.
Throwing their full support behind the annual praise music competition were Bro. Eli Soriano, overall servant (presiding minister) to Members Church of God International (MCGI) and Daniel Razon, UNTV-Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International (BMPI) chairman and CEO.
UNTV airs on UHF analog Channel 37,
SkyCable Channel 33 (analog) and Channel 58 (digital), Destiny Cable Channel 9, CableLink Channel 77, Cignal Channel 92 (nationwide), SkyDirect Channel 40 (nationwide) and other local cable operators.
For those viewers with digital television (DTV) receiver box or “blackbox” and DTV-ready TV sets and mobile phones, they may receive UNTV over UHF digital Channel 38 (Frequency: 617143) in Mega Manila. They can also watch by downloading the UNTV
Mobile App on Google Play Store and Apple Store and through live streaming via www.untvweb.com. For details, visit www.asoptv. com or follow ASOP UNTV on Facebook, @asoptv on Twitter and ASOPtv channel on YouTube.