{"id":49555,"date":"2015-05-15T23:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T15:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=49555"},"modified":"2015-05-16T01:25:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T17:25:49","slug":"el-gamma-penumbra-thankful-for-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/15\/el-gamma-penumbra-thankful-for-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"El Gamma Penumbra thankful for victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49534\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49534\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n.png\" alt=\"El Gamma Penumbra is Asia's Got Talent 's first-ever grand champion. (Photo courtesy of Asia's Got Talent)\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n.png 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11182175_876023665777950_9007367838008866536_n-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Gamma Penumbra is Asia&#8217;s Got Talent &#8216;s first-ever grand champion. (Photo courtesy of Asia&#8217;s Got Talent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Asia\u2019s Got Talent\u2019s first-ever grand champion Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra is beyond thankful for their win and dedicates it to all their supporters in the Philippines and in other parts of Asia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAng pangarap ng El Gamma Penumbra at pangarap ng bawat Pilipino ay naabot na. Maraming salamt po sa suporta, dasal at boto ng lahat!\u201d the shadow play group said in their Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>(The dream of El Gamma Penumbra and the dream of every Filipino is now reached. Thank you so much for the support, prayers and votes of all!)<\/p>\n<p>And by means of every Filipino, included among the group\u2019s supporters are the local celebrities who also congratulated them via social media posts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Pilipinas Got Talent to Asia&#39;s Got Talent! Congratulations El Gamma Penumbra, AGT Season 1&#39;s Grand Champion! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bWMCfS9XqJ\">pic.twitter.com\/bWMCfS9XqJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Direk Lauren (@direklauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/direklauren\/status\/599169726875467776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MabuhayElGammaPenumbra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MabuhayElGammaPenumbra<\/a>, the champions sa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AGTGrandFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AGTGrandFinals<\/a>!!! Congratulations!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsLeaSalonga\/status\/598862334409355264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretsfullido\/status\/598969765084925952\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretsfullido\/status\/598969765084925952<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElGammaPenumbra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElGammaPenumbra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PinoyPride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PinoyPride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiasGotTalent2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsiasGotTalent2015<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annecurtissmith\/status\/598855762849345537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sooo happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElGammaPenumbra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElGammaPenumbra<\/a> won <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiasGotTalent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsiasGotTalent<\/a>!!!! Such a unique act with so much heart!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsuperbianca\/status\/598851704088449024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>El Gamma Penumbra\u00a0wins via public vote from the studio audience and the viewers at home. They\u00a0will then receive $100,000 and a chance to perform at the Marina Bay Sands.<\/p>\n<p>The shadow play group has bested out eight other grand finalists including fellow Filipino contestants Gerphil Flores, Junior New System, and Gwyneth Dorado, as well as Mongolian musical ensemble Khusugtun, Japanese dance troupe Triqstar, Thai rock group The Talento, Chinese acrobats Gao Lin and Liu Xin, and tap dance group Dance Thrilogy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Asia\u2019s Got Talent\u2019s first-ever grand champion Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra is beyond thankful for their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":49534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-jane-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}