Crisanto Ramos Jr

Spice Girls and One Direction mentor Simon Cowell hits the Golden Buzzer for the former iDolls member-turned-Glasgow-based-Filipino-waiter Matty Juniosa's fiery rendition of the Prince classic "Purple Rain".

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Purple & Gold: Former Idol Philippines Finalist Matty Juniosa Gets BGT Golden Buzzer | One Music PH

<div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Spice Girls and One Direction mentor Simon Cowell hits the Golden Buzzer for the former iDolls member-turned-Glasgow-based-Filipino-waiter Matty Juniosa&#x27;s fiery rendition of the Prince classic &quot;Purple Rain&quot;. </strong></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br/></div><p style="text-align:justify">Former <strong><u>Idol Philippines</u></strong> finalist <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0oIG6gfkQ3HFAY8ajJOybq?si=3Z02BBHoSS-FCoaYGX_FvQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>Matty Juniosa</u></strong></a> made waves in the international reality talent search competition <strong><u>Britain&#x27;s Got Talent</u></strong>. He received the <strong><u>Golden Buzzer</u></strong> from record executive and starmaker (<strong><u>Spice Girls</u></strong>, <strong><u>One Direction)</u></strong> <strong><u>Simon Cowell</u></strong>, leaping from the auditions stage straight to the live rounds<strong><u></u></strong>. </p><div style="text-align:justify"><br/></div><p style="text-align:justify">The former third of the <strong><u>Idol PH</u></strong> finalists supergroup <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ksOqGTAz5NsWNrEWJjVrZ?si=VdivmtqZT7e7dsYx2MlAcw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>iDolls</u></strong></a> (together with<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xLGiZgFWak3wquCTpJQ8c?si=C6h5CDvUR9-H1z4X6o9UTA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong><u>Lucas Garcia</u></strong></a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iAvCiAVgOXA8QbG22Q4DH?si=Vf_f_8XZRleWvkXq93dgmQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>Enzo Almario</u></strong></a>) impressed the audience with his rendition of the iconic <strong><u>Prince</u></strong> classic hit <strong><u>&quot;Purple Rain&quot;</u></strong>. The performance prompted the crowd to overwhelming clamor for the <strong>Golden Buzzer</strong>. Juniosa has been residing in Glasgow for the past three years in Glasgow, Scotland as a part-time waiter.</p><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YMa8cDRSfnM?si=aWXgHWB7Twj8NSof" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br/></div><p>“I have been waiting for this chance to finally put an end to this long thing that I’ve been thinking about myself, that I will always be a singing competition loser,” Juniosa said to the judges, referring to his stints in Idol and other TV singing competitions he joined in before.</p><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTHgq94ATzw?si=88bxYNB4x-Ev79Lc" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>His post-Idol Philippines career included a brief recording career with StarPop PH and ABS-CBN Music releasing a solo single &quot;Sayaw Ng Mga Tala&quot; (written by Himig 11th Edition Songwriting competition winner Danielle Balagtas) and singles and viral performances as part of iDolls.</p><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aXI93Iiruww?si=FbYVhO-fHr3bpoRQ" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U_MNSb36jJo?si=1gZXV2mvooMj45lZ" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p><b>Spice Girls and One Direction mentor Simon Cowell hits the Golden Buzzer for the former iDolls member-turned-Glasgow-based-Filipino-waiter Matty Juniosa's fiery rendition of the Prince classic "Purple Rain".</b></p>

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Purple & Gold: Former Idol Philippines Finalist Matty Juniosa Gets BGT Golden Buzzer | One Music PH

Cris O. Ramos Jr.,

One Music PH

Published March 29, 2026 09:15 AM PHT

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Updated March 29, 2026 10:00 AM PHT

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