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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><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="1478339" 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></div></figure><p>MANILA - For the most part, it was an okay performance from &quot;The Poor Voice.&quot;</p><p>For the first live semi-finals of &quot;Pilipinas Got Talent&quot; held Saturday at Resorts World Manila, the male singing duo belted out April Boy Regino&#x27;s &quot;Sana&#x27;y Laging Magkapiling.&quot;</p><p>The two seemed content in making the audience laugh rather than astound by giving each other the look one dreams of getting from the one they love, while singing lines like, &quot;Mahal kita, pag-ibig ko&#x27;y tanging sa iyo, sinta.&quot;</p><p>Manuel and Marvin have always maintained that they are just friends, two strangers who met at a mall one day and decided to form a duo and join one of the country&#x27;s biggest talent competitions.</p><p>Midway to their performance, however, the sprinklers began spraying the stage. The scene was a remnant of a favorite teleserye and romantic film trope -- lovers confessing their love for each other as rain pours down on them.</p><p>The audience lost it.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST NOW: The Poor Voice - Singing Duo <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/1stPGT5LiveSemis?src=hash">#1stPGT5LiveSemis</a> <a href="https://t.co/TyQnwye9FN">pic.twitter.com/TyQnwye9FN</a></p>— Pilipinas Got Talent (@OfficialPGT5) <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialPGT5/status/718779094935015425">April 9, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;Marvin and Manuel, pakiamin niyo nga sa akin ang totoo kung talagang kayo? Kasi feel na feel ko na talagang nagmamahalan kayong dalawa eh,&quot; quipped judge and former ABS-CBN executive Freddie Garcia.</p><p>Their evident chemistry also earned praise from judges Angel Locsin and Robin Padilla, but Vice Ganda had other concerns about the duo&#x27;s performance.</p><p>&quot;Sa gabing ito kayo ang pinakanakakaaliw na performance, nakakatawang performance, pinakanakakalibang na performance,&quot; the comedian said.</p><p>&quot;But this is &#x27;Pilipinas Got Talent.&#x27; Talent talaga ang dapat sinisilip, hinihimay, at pinaguusapan natin. Tanggalin natin ang production value. ...Is that performance worth P2 million?&quot; Vice Ganda asked.</p><p>Other performances of the night include dance group Crossover Family, shadow performer Philip Galit, and Bailes de Luces of La Castellana.</p><p>Voting lines will be open on Sunday after the performances of the last two contestants of the first batch of semi-finalists, Splitters and Next Option.</p><p>Hosted by Luis Manzano and Billy Crawford, &quot;Pilipinas Got Talent&quot; airs Saturdays after &quot;Home Sweetie Home&quot; and Sundays after &quot;Wansapanataym.&quot;</p>

<p>For the most part, it was an okay performance from 'The Poor Voice.'</p>

For the most part, it was an okay performance from 'The Poor Voice.'

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WATCH: 'Poor Voice' brings 'kilig' to 'PGT' semis

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Published Apr 09, 2016 10:21 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 07, 2016 03:32 PM PHT

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