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What kind of 'Asia's Got Talent' judge will Jay Park be?

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/tvpatrol/07/30/got-talent.jpg"/><figcaption>David Foster, Anggun, and Jay Park join Christian Suwarna, Traveloka&#x27;s senior vice president of business development. Handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>SINGAPORE – Over the course of the first season of &quot;Asia&#x27;s Got Talent,&quot; legendary music producer David Foster and Indonesian superstar Anggun both established their identities as judges.Foster was the frank, honest judge who told contestants what they needed to hear, even if they did not want to hear it. Anggun, meanwhile, was the gentler, more encouraging one who sought to make the contestants as comfortable as they could be up on the stage.Together with Vanness Wu and Melanie C, they anchored the maiden season of &quot;Asia&#x27;s Got Talent,&quot; which was eventually won by Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra back in 2015. Two years later, Anggun and Foster are back, and this time, a young superstar in Korean-American artist in Jay Park joins them in the judging panel for Season 2 of &quot;Asia&#x27;s Got Talent.&quot; Foster and Anggun expect to reprise their roles, but the 30-year-old Park will be a wild card at the table.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/27/17/jay-park-joins-david-foster-anggun-as-asias-got-talent-judge">FULL STORY: Jay Park joins David Foster, Anggun as &#x27;Asia&#x27;s Got Talent&#x27; judge</a></li></ul>&quot;I don&#x27;t know (what kind of judge I&#x27;ll be),&quot; Park told reporters last Thursday at the ArtScience Museum in the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, after he was formally introduced as a judge.&quot;To be honest, I have to witness and see what my reaction is, firsthand,&quot; he explained. &quot;I can&#x27;t really tell you what kind of judge I&#x27;m going to be right now, because I&#x27;ve never done this before, you know? I&#x27;ve done different shows where I judge dancing, where I judge rapping, or whatever it may be.&quot;&quot;But I&#x27;ve never judged talent. So I&#x27;m going to have to see what kind of judge I am.&quot;What Park knows for sure is that he will not be an easy judge to please. &quot;My standards are pretty high,&quot; the 30-year-old rapper warned.&quot;I&#x27;ve seen a lot of different types of talent, so I think my standards are high. I think I might be a tough judge, but we&#x27;ll see,&quot; added Park, who just last week was signed to a contract by Jay-Z&#x27;s Roc Nation label – the first Asian-American artist to do so.Park said that he will try to be as honest as possible, while still remaining respectful of the contestants and the dreams that they are chasing in the competition.&quot;I don&#x27;t feel like I&#x27;m better than anyone else, just because of who I am or the place that I&#x27;m at in my career,&quot; he said. &quot;But in terms of judging talent, I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;m going to be that easy going. But I&#x27;m going to be honest, but respectable at the same time.&quot;Anggun – the judge who gave El Gamma Penumbra a spot in the semis via a golden buzzer – met Park just a short while before they were introduced as judges, but the Indonesian star was already impressed with the young artist.&quot;I know of him, of course,&quot; said Anggun. &quot;He&#x27;s achieved so much at such a young age. He will bring a lot of new excitement into the judging panel, and we can see that he has such a character.It will also be interesting to see how Park will interact with Foster, says Anggun. &quot;I think there will be some &#x27;ping-pong&#x27; moments,&quot; she predicts.Foster himself said that he &quot;cannot wait to argue with (Park).&quot; &quot;We share the commonality of music,&quot; said the producer. &quot;We will have that common ground, but we&#x27;re going to disagree a lot.&quot;Foster firmly believes that singers &quot;don&#x27;t know how to pick stars,&quot; but he is eager to see if Park can prove him wrong.&quot;He seems pretty entrepreneurial. He&#x27;s got a lot more going than just his music,&quot; Foster said of Park. &quot;He&#x27;s a sharp young kid. It&#x27;s going to be fun.&quot;&quot;Asia&#x27;s Got Talent&quot; is already holding its auditions and the second season will premiere on AXN in October, with Traveloka serving as the presenting sponsor. A cash prize of $100,000 awaits the winner.

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What kind of 'Asia's Got Talent' judge will Jay Park be?

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 30, 2017 04:53 PM PHT

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Updated July 30, 2017 04:56 PM PHT

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