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PGT: Fil-Canadian dancer gets Kathryn Bernardo's golden buzzer

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Reyma Deveza

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable fr-active" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RPiU5LFoak8?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA -- Jasmine Flores, a dancer from Toronto, Canada, received the golden buzzer from judge Kathryn Bernardo over the weekend.</p><p>Flores, 18, who flew to the Philippines just to audition for the hit talent-reality show, impressed the four judges with her jazz dancing act.</p><p>&quot;We have been waiting for someone like you to audition. Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your talent,&quot; Bernardo told Flores, who really wanted to showcase her talent in her mom&#x27;s motherland stressing that she&#x27;s proud to be a Filipino.</p><p>&quot;First time I saw a combination of movements from a ballet jump to acrobatics and great jazz dancing,&quot; judge Freddie &quot;FMG&quot; Garcia commented.</p><p>&quot;For me naman Jasmine, very rare do we see jazz dancing here on the PGT stage, because it&#x27;s so rare you were able to pull it off really well and that&#x27;s very impressive,&quot; judge Donny Pangilinan said.</p><p>For her part, judge Eugene Domingo said: &quot;As a Filipina to another Filipina I&#x27;m so proud of you. At natutuwa ako na noong naramdamam mo  when you felt it that you want to fly to the Philippines and take this chance and show us what you got, you just followed your heart. Thank you for choosing &#x27;Pilipinas Got Talent.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>Flores, who started dancing at the age of seven and is thrilled to be in the Philippines for the first time, received a &#x27;big&#x27; yes from Domingo, Garcia and Pangilinan.</p><p>&quot;Jasmine, you owned the stage and lahat kami rito ay mas lalong naging proud sa mga kagaya mo na hindi kinakalimutan ang pagiging Pilipino, so thank you. Thank you also to  your mom for being supportive and for making this happen. We have been waiting for you. So please stay a bit longer, I&#x27;m using my golden buzzer,&quot; said Bernardo before hitting the golden buzzer.</p><p>Flores was the last to perform on the 12th episode of &quot;Pilipinas Got Talent&quot; and will go straight to the live semifinals.</p><p>&quot;I did it. I finally used it (the golden buzzer). Iba nga &#x27;yung feeling kapag nagawa mo na siya, I think Jasmine deserves it. She&#x27;s really really talented,&quot; Bernardo said. </p><p>Also on Saturday&#x27;s episode, Rose, a partially blind single mother and singer from Rizal, got four yesses.</p><p>CYA Moms from Novaliches, a dance group composed of moms who are into zumba, is moving to the next round after receiving four yesses from the judges. </p><p>Raprap from Bohol received three yesses and will be going to the next round for his talent and love for dinosaurs. </p><p>Meanwhile in Sunday&#x27;s episode of &quot;Pilipinas Got Talent,&quot; the Pacen Guards from Paranaque City impressed the judges with their color guard act and also received three yesses.</p><p>Sethierre Duo from Baguio City received four yesses from the judges for their powerful and entertaining dance performance.</p><p>Gingoog Pride from Misamis Oriental is also off to the next round after they wowed judges with their traditional and modern dance act using bamboo.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jb4yOY5E-Co?&amp;t=217sautoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Sunday&#x27;s last act, V4F Singing Quartet from Quezon City, is also moving to the next round with four yesses.  </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VzC4glPwS-k?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l9zpubu5fX4?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Jasmine Flores, 18, who flew to the Philippines just to audition for the hit talent-reality show, impressed the four judges with her jazz dancing act.</p>

Jasmine Flores, 18, who flew to the Philippines just to audition for the hit talent-reality show, impressed the four judges with her jazz dancing act.