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Dream Maker': Top 7 aspirants to debut in South Korea named

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Dream Maker Twitter account." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/02/12/20230212-dreammaker1.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Dream Maker Twitter account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- The Top 7 aspirants of &quot;Dream Maker&quot; who are set to debut in South Korea were named in the season finale of the hit show held on Sunday.</p><p>The 16 remaining contestants were divided into two groups to perform the songs &quot;Dash&quot; by BULL$EYE and Deja Vu by Seo Won-jin, but the rankings were still solely based on public votes.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: Here are the Top 7 contestants of <a href="https://twitter.com/DreamMakerOfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DreamMakerOfc</a> who will debut in South Korea.<br/><br/>#1 Jeromy Batac 3,188,238<br/>#2 Marcus Cabais 2,824,716<br/>#3 Kyler Chua 2,697, 520<br/>#4 Vinci Malizon 2,447,877<br/>#5 Reyster Yton 2,285,407<br/>#6 Kim Ng 2,240,510<br/>#7 Winston Pineda 2,049,832<a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/zxi6pvXKJH">pic.twitter.com/zxi6pvXKJH</a></p>— Josiah Antonio (@josiahvantonio) <a href="https://twitter.com/josiahvantonio/status/1624785751371309057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>The group, which got 374,770 votes from the fans, will be named HORI7ON.</p><p>Jeromy Batac returned to the top spot with 3,188,238 votes while Marcus Cabais and Kyler Chua kept the second and third places with 2,824,716 and 2,697,520 votes, respectively. </p><p>Vinci Malizon (4th) and Reyster Yton (5th) dropped in the rankings but managed to stay ahead of the others with 2,447,877 and 2,285,407 votes, respectively.</p><p>Newcomer Kim Ng made it in 6th place with 2,240,510 votes while Winston Pineda completed the group with 2,049,832 votes.</p><p>Here are the rankings of the eliminated contestants:<br/>#8 Drei Amahan 1,278,865<br/>#9 Prince Encelan 1,268,293<br/>#10 Wilson Budoy 1,169,948<br/>#11 Thad Sune 995,396 <br/>#12 Jay-R Albino 868,537<br/>#13 Matt Cruz 809,523<br/>#14 Macky Tuason 621,197<br/>#15 Jom Aceron 580,965<br/>#16 Josh Labing-isa 490,059</p><p>Malizon earlier vowed that they will keep their Filipino roots intact and that the dynamics between the South Korean and Filipino coaches would also keep them grounded.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/10/23/dream-maker-aspirants-vow-to-keep-pinoy-identity-intact">&#x27;Dream Maker&#x27; aspirants vow to keep Filipino identity intact</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I think it&#x27;s a privilege for us Filipinos na mabigyan ng opportunity na mag-promote sa Korea. I think the Filipino culture inside of us, madadala namin siya inevitably and naturally sa global stage,&quot; Malizon said. </p><p>&quot;Even if we&#x27;re training with Korean coaches, there are also Filipino coaches who will train, and I think &#x27;yun &#x27;yung magandang dynamic na mabibigay sa aming &#x27;Dream Chasers,&#x27; kasi we get the true experience of the collaboration between South Korea and [the] Philippines,&quot; he added. </p><p>With the rise of non-Korean artists in the K-pop scene, Marcus Cabais said he similarly aims to bring pride to the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;I think it&#x27;s going to come naturally. Of course, us Filipinos won&#x27;t become like a different nationality. In the K-pop industry right now there are some non-Korean idols too,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s very common now actually so it will just be the same for us.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2325538" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Dream Maker': Top 7 aspirants to debut in South Korea named

Josiah Antonio,

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Published February 12, 2023 11:54 PM PHT

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