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Philip Galit recalls ‘America’s Got Talent’ stint: ‘Hanggang ngayon po hindi ako makapaniwala’

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

<p>Filipino hand shadow artist Philip Galit, also known as Shadow Ace, brought pride to the country as he finished in the Top 10 of <em>America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League</em>. </p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Philip shared how he felt about the international competition.</p><p>“Hanggang ngayon po hindi ako makapaniwala na narating ko ‘yun just because of doing hand shadow art na dati ay sa dingding lang namin ginagawa,” he said. </p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3j8o3Su8td/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A605362.9000000954%2C%22ls%22%3A581045.600000143%2C%22le%22%3A581501.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3j8o3Su8td/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-2" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3j8o3Su8td/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3j8o3Su8td/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Ace Philip José Galit (@boomshadowace)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>“Tapos narating ko ‘yun and then I got standing ovations and sobrang ganda kasi as in parang super recognized. Ang saya ng experience kasi nangangarap lang ako dati before sa panonood ng &#x27;AGT.&#x27; Pero ngayon naging finalist na ako ng show,” he added.</p><p>Philip also revealed that his parents were supposed to accompany him in his performance. However, due to visa issues, they weren’t able to come with him, and he had to perform on his own.</p><p>Prior to his AGT experience, he also joined the third season of Asia’s Got Talent and appeared in the fifth season of the local franchise of the talent competition.</p><p>In his previous post in February, Philip expressed how his journey in the competition helped him gain his confidence and show his capability and amazing talent.</p><p>“All I wanted is for people to appreciate my talent and to share my story how this art had helped me to gain my confidence back little by little. I almost declined the invite because I think I don&#x27;t deserve a spot there but being in the finals together with the biggest stars is a dream come true for me,” he said.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3RMgybv0ZL/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A581727.9000000954%2C%22ls%22%3A581045.600000143%2C%22le%22%3A581501.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>He went on: “I actually packed my bags to go home before the Semi-finals because I do thought that my talent was useless compared to all of them. &#x27;Shadow puppets? Really? LOL!&#x27; It hurts hearing this but atleast I had the chance to prove to them that it&#x27;s great! Thank you very much to those who appreciates my craft, especially to my Dream Team mentor Howie Mandel for believing in me.”</p><p>During his audition, Philip got four yeses and a standing ovation from the judges and the crowd.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fagtauditions%2Fvideos%2F640786600807860%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Philip went viral in one of his shadow art performance videos on social media platform TikTok. He currently has more than four million followers on the said platform.</p><p>He revealed that he was initially hesitant to upload his hand shadow videos on the platform as he was not sure if the netizens would appreciate it. He tried to make shadow art inspired by the viral Filipino song &quot;Paro Paro G&quot;.</p><p>“It&#x27;s 11 o&#x27;clock, 11 p.m. and sobrang wala po ako magawa na that time. So I just put my phone po sa cabinet and then I put some lights and then I did the &#x27;Paro Paro G.&#x27; I was so shocked po kasi nung umaga, meron na siyang million views, one million views, and ang dami ko na pong followers. So I was shocked kasi parang hindi ko po in-expect,” he told ABS-CBN News.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@boomshadowace/video/7057468051771378970" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7057468051771378970" id="v42618119800392380" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><iframe name="__tt_embed__v42618119800392380" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7057468051771378970?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-06-28T11%3A27%3A42.705725%3A15628487-0b50-4652-97cb-e58821330c0f%26action%3Dedit" style="width:100%;height:739px;display:block;visibility:unset"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><p>Besides his creativity, the artist from Calatagan, Batangas shared that most of his props and materials used in every performance are recycled.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@boomshadowace/video/7117942373262429466" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7117942373262429466" id="v61499825760273260" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><iframe name="__tt_embed__v61499825760273260" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7117942373262429466?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-06-28T11%3A27%3A42.705725%3A15628487-0b50-4652-97cb-e58821330c0f%26action%3Dedit" style="width:100%;height:739px;display:block;visibility:unset"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><p>“Ang pinakamahalaga po kasing tool when you&#x27;re doing hand shadow puppetry is the creativity na mayroon ka. Kasi even ‘yung mga basura or mga patapon na gamit, like mga used cardboards, actually nga po, kinukuha ko ‘yung mga box sa cakes kapag may handaan. Hinihingi ko nalang ‘yung box kasi tinatapon lang nila. ‘Yun po ‘yung ginagamit ko, hindi lang po ‘yung kamay lagi ang pagod kasi ‘yung utak po mas pagod sa akin kasi ‘yun po ‘yung dapat paganahin talaga,” he explained.</p>

<p><i>Philip Galit, also known as Shadow Ace, shares experience joining an international talent competition.</i></p>

Philip Galit, also known as Shadow Ace, shares experience joining an international talent competition.

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Philip Galit recalls ‘America’s Got Talent’ stint: ‘Hanggang ngayon po hindi ako makapaniwala’

Nikka Sabio

Published June 30, 2024 08:48 AM PHT

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