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‘The Voice Teens 2’: Sarah G ‘blocked’ from recruiting girl from Davao

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1380194" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA—A 14-year-old from Davao City became the first member of Lea Salonga&#x27;s team in the second season of &quot;The Voice Teens,&quot; thanks to a little assist from coach apl.de.ap, who &quot;blocked&quot; Sarah Geronimo. </p><p>Pia Banga, who joined the competition to help pay off her family&#x27;s debts, was the second four-chair turner of the night, but the decision from apl.de.ap meant that she could not pick Geronimo as her coach. </p><p>The new &quot;block mechanic&quot; was introduced in this new season, which debuted Saturday, giving each coach the power to bar fellow coaches from recruiting promising singers into their teams. </p><p>Geronimo quipped that she has never been this &quot;angry&quot; before in the show as she really wanted Banga to join her team because of how she nailed the most difficult note of Celine Dion&#x27;s &quot;The Power of Love.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Minsan lang ako magalit pero grabe iyong kanina,&quot; Geronimo joked, after apl.de.ap apologized for his move to block her. </p><p>The Black Eyed Peas star explained that Banga was sure to pick Geronimo as her voice fits the pop star&#x27;s genre. He said that he wants Banga to challenge herself and learn from the other coaches.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Niyakap naman ni Coach Apl si Coach Sarah!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VoiceTeens2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VoiceTeens2</a><br/><br/>WATCH HERE!<a href="https://t.co/ajOEPvgsYg">https://t.co/ajOEPvgsYg</a> <a href="https://t.co/pgiGc3yunk">pic.twitter.com/pgiGc3yunk</a></p>— TheVoiceABSCBN (@TheVoiceABSCBN) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVoiceABSCBN/status/1226124593150091267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>This got the support of Salonga, who funnily noted that the team of Geronimo has won four of the seven seasons so far: &quot;Naka-ilang panalo na iyan, huwag kang mag-sorry sa kanya.&quot; </p><p>In the end, it was Salonga who benefited the most from apl.de.ap&#x27;s block as Banga chose the Broadway star to be her coach.</p>

<p>A 14-year-old from Davao City became the first member of Lea Salonga's team, thanks to an assist from coach apl.de.ap, who "blocked" Sarah Geronimo. </p>

A 14-year-old from Davao City became the first member of Lea Salonga's team, thanks to an assist from coach apl.de.ap, who "blocked" Sarah Geronimo.