Parokya ni Edgar, Guy Sebastian headline 6th Wish Music Awards at the Araneta Coliseum | Inquirer Entertainment

Parokya ni Edgar, Guy Sebastian headline 6th Wish Music Awards at the Araneta Coliseum

/ 11:02 AM January 17, 2021

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MANILA, Philippines—Live performances and events took a dive in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions.

Big ticket events scheduled at the Smart- Araneta Coliseum were cancelled, including Korean singer Ong Seong-Wu’s February gig, and the 2020 Binibining Pilipinas pageant in May.

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But after almost a year, the “Big Dome” is set to open its doors once again on Sunday, January 17 with the live staging of the sixth annual Wish Music Awards.

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The will be no live audience, however, for the event to be hosted by “Kapamilya” Gretchen Ho and “Kapuso” Christian Bautista.

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Instead, those who wish to watch the program may do so by tuning in to Wish FM’s official YouTube channel.

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Online viewers are in for a musical treat, as OPM icon Parokya ni Edgar is set to perform, along with the first “Australian Idol” Guy Sebastian.

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Other performers on tap are Ben&Ben, Gloc-9, SB19 and KZ Tandingan.

Likewise performing are Clara Benin, Leanne and Narra, Michael Pacquiao, Keiko Necesario, the vocal group The Wishfuls, and Reese Lansangan.

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Winners from 20 categories will be announced, including the newly-created category “Best Quarantine-Produced Song.”

The last big event staged at the Smart Araneta Coliseum was the sold-out Valentine collaboration between “Asia’s Songbird” Regine Velasquez and “Popstar Royalty” Sarah Geronimo in February.

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