Gerphil Flores: I have no grudge against Kris Aquino, Ai-Ai delas Alas
Gerphil Flores. INQUIRER.net PHOTO/Ryan Leagogo
“Asia’s Got Talent” third placer Gerphil Flores dismissed rumors that she holds a grudge against the judges of “Pilipinas Got Talent.”
“I want to tell everybody that my experience on Pilipinas Got Talent was completely memorable,” Gerphil told INQUIRER.net in an interview during the finalists’ homecoming press conference on Thursday at Urban Bar and Kitchen, Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
In 2010, Gerphil joined ABS-CBN’s Pilipinas Got Talent, the local franchise of the popular talent show, as the classical singer Fame but failed to land a spot in the finals.
Actresses Kris Aquino and Ai-Ai de las Alas were two of the three judges of the show.
When Gerphil got the “golden buzzer” during her audition in AXN’s Asia’s Got Talent to secure a spot in the semifinals, social media was abuzz with negative criticisms directed at Kris and Ai-ai.
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Netizens bashed both Kris and Ai-Ai for supposedly failing to see Gerphil’s talent and urging her to go another direction.
“Being the judges of the show, I really respect their comments about me then. Of course, everybody is entitled to their opinions,” Gerphil said.
The 24-year-old songstress headed straight to “Asia’s Got Talent” grand finals through public votes. She finished third behind champions and fellow Filipinos El Gamma Penumbra and runner-up Khusugtun from Mongolia.
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Gerphil also explained why she was nowhere in sight during the finalists’ homecoming performance on ABS-CBN’s variety show ASAP.
People noticed her absence when El Gamma Penumbra, Junior News System, and Gwyneth Dorado all performed on the said show last Sunday.
“The three went home ahead of me. My stay in Singapore got extended. I arrived here (in the Philippines) on Sunday night,” said Gerphil. IDL
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