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Lea Salonga wins Entertainer of the Year at Aliw Awards 2016

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/entertainment/12/02/lea-salonga.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Lea Salonga. Photo from Facebook.com/MsLeaSalonga</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Broadway star and &quot;The Voice of the Philippines&quot; coach Lea Salonga won Entertainer of the Year in this year&#x27;s Aliw Awards.This is her second Entertainer of the Year Award since 2004.Presidential son Sebastian &quot;Baste&quot; Duterte, meanwhile, was honored with the Best New Male Artist Award.This year&#x27;s Aliw Awards was held on November 30 at Dusit Thani Hotel, with the event featuring performances from Gerphil Flores, Joanna Ampil, Mitoy Yonting, Carla Guevara Laforteza, Club Mwah Performers, Halili-Cruz Dance Company, Darius Razon, the Angelos and Demie Fresco.Below is the full list of winners of Aliw Awards 2016:Entertainer of the Year: Lea SalongaBest Crossover Performer and Best Major Concert.: Gerphil FloresBest Child Performer: Noel Comia, Jr.Best New Male Artist: Baste DuterteBest New Female Artist: Demie FrescoBest New Group Artist: CribBest Dance Company: Junior New SystemBest Cultural Group: Singhay DapitanBest Festival Practices and Performance: Banbanti Festival of IsabelaBest Instrumentalist: Merjohn LagayaBest DJ for Electronic Dance Music: Jennifer LeeBest Major Concert (Group): Metro Manila Concert OrchestraBest Classical Dancer: Jessa BaloteBest Classical Performer(Male): Al GatmaitanBest Classical Performer (Female): Cynthia GuicoBest Crossover Performer (Group): P.A.R.D.Best Production for Children: &quot;Si Ba-og at Unggoy&quot; (Singhay Dapitan)Best Non-Musical Production: &quot;Happiness is a Pearl&quot;Best Musical Production (foreign material): &quot;Annie&quot;Best Original Musical Production: &quot;Katips, Mga Bagong Katipunero&quot;Best Stage Director (Non-Musical): Ricardo AbadBest Stage Director (Musical): Vince TanadaBest Actress in a Featured Role: KitkatBest Actor in a Featured Role: Paul Jake PauleBest Ensemble Performance: The Cast of &quot;Jersey Boys&quot;Best Performance in a New Concept Production: Gene MaglangitBest New Concept Production: Joie de Vivre of Singhay DapitanBest Director for a New Concept Production: Peter MacrohonBest Concert Stage Director: Floy QuintosBest Musical Director: Jesse LucasBest Stand-Up Comedian: Jose ManaloBest Female Host: Gladys ReyesBest Male Host: RJ LedesmaBest Stage Actor (Non-Musical): Leo RialpBest Stage Actress (Non-Musical): Pinky AmadorBest Actor (Musical) : Nyoy VolanteBest Actress (Musical): Joanna AmpilBest Performer in Hotels, Bars and Restaurants: Aiza SeguerraBest Group Performers in Hotels, Bars and Restaurants: Rockin’ 60sBest Performance in a Concert: Jed MadelaBest Performance in a Concert (Female): Jessa ZaragozaBest Instrumentalist (Group): Drum &amp; Lyre Ensemble of Gloria&#x27;s Fantasyland in DapitanBest Collaboration in a Concert: Martin Nievera, Regine Velasquez, Angeline Quinto and Erik Santos for &quot;The Royals&quot;Best Major Concert (Foreign Venue): Lea SalongaDiscoveries of the Year: Krystal Brimner and Isabeli Araneta Elizalde for &quot;Annie&quot;Breakthrough Performance Awards: Halili Cruz Junior Ballet Company and Adelle Ibarrientos LimLifetime Achievement Awardees: Shirley Halili Cruiz, Anton Juan, Dante Balois, Len Ag Santos Siasoco and Cris Nicolas Special Awardees: MSU Sining Kambayoka, Darius Razon and Carla Guevara LafortezaHall of Fame: Angelos, Mitoy Yonting, Nonon Padilla, Dondi Ong and Camille Lopez Molina

Broadway star and "The Voice of the Philippines" coach Lea Salonga won Entertainer of the Year in this year's Aliw Awards.

Broadway star and "The Voice of the Philippines" coach Lea Salonga won Entertainer of the Year in this year's Aliw Awards.