Melai wins in ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar’

Photo from the Official Facebook Page of ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar’

MANILA — Comedienne Melai Cantiveros still can’t believe that she is the first-ever winner of the celebrity competition, “Your Face Sounds Familiar.”

Cantiveros impersonated Miley Cyrus during her final performance on Sunday night. 

She garnered 51.93%  of the total votes and was declared the grand winner among other finalists including Nyoy Volante, Jay R and Edgar Allan Guzman. 

“Siguro dahil ang aking charity is sa simbahan, kaya thank you, Lord,” Cantiveros told reporters after the show.

(Maybe it’s because the charity group that I’m supporting belongs to the Church. So, thank you, Lord.)

Cantiveros won P2 million in the competition. Half of which will be given to  the Alay Kapwa Desk of the Social Action Center of the Dioceese of Marbel. 

She then thanked the fans who supported her through text votes. 

“Sa mga sumporta, sa mga text-text, thank you very much,” she said.

(To those who supported me, those who texted, thank you very much.

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It was not the first time that Cantiveros won in a competition that is judged through text votes. She also won the reality TV show “Pinoy Big Brother” through the viewers’ text votes.