pinoy fear factor: 3 participantes win in the singing bee

pinoy fear factor participantes invades and even won last saturday's episode of the hit game show the singing bee. el ultimo participante jommy teotico, runner up janna dominguez and lj moreno came back after losing in a prior episode. other teams that cmpeted against them were the cool chix, the ranillo family, 6cyclemind and tado and his rock band.

they were able to win in the first three rounds and went up to challenge the defending champions, kjwan. in the last round, they were able to beat kjwan via a 1-0 score. they will come back again next week to defend their title.

pinoy fear factor: lj moreno is eliminated

the third stunt in the sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is named bunjee invertido. in this stunt, each participante would be dangling upside down from a bunjee cord, holding a weight. they would be submerged in water and needs to hold their breath. once they fell that they cannot hold their breath anymore, they will release the weight and they will be pulled out of the water. the participante with the shortest time will be eliminated and will be the sixth participante that will go back to the philippines.

manuel is the first participante to try the stunt. manuel loves water, as he previously confessed during the ronda sin de eliminacion. he raised the bar high, lasting 1minute and 18 seconds in the freezing waters. janna was up next and she also lasted long in the water. she lasted 39 seconds in this stunt.

it was down to lj and savannah. savannah lasted 19 seconds while lj lasted only 12 seconds. upon reviewing the tapes, it was revealed that lj was the only pparticipante that did not use a nose clip during the challenge. the argentine staff said that they offered lj the clip and she refused but the tapes showed otherwise. lj was offered to do the stunt again, with the niose clip if savannah agrees so. savannah agrees and lj did the stunt. but her time was slower than her first try, clocking only 11 seconds versus the 12 seconds she had on her first attempt.

it was later revealed that lj had a phobia of deep waters because of a near drowning experience she had during her childhood. lj was the sixth participante eliminated in the show. but before she left argentina, she and maxi went out for dinner on her last night at argetina.

the saistig or sais na astig or the top six are now marion, rj, jopmmy, manuel, janna and savanah.

pinoy fear factor: jommy and rj are safe

the second challenge in the sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is named kiosko del dulce. in this challenge, the participantes randomly draws a lollipop with a number on its back. the number corresponds to a plate whose contents they should eat. the participante that can finish his plate the fastest would be safe.

janna was the first to eat and was able to eat 20 maggots. jommy got the scorpions, rj got to gobble up 2 smalls rats and lj needs to finish 20 cockroaches. all of them finished their plates respectively. manuel was the last one to do the stunt. his jar was empty, and ryan said that he was the luckiest one. he gets to eat all of the items that the other participante consumed. he needs to eat the fear factor special, consists of a skinned rat, 2 scorpions, 5 cockroaches, five maggots and a handful of worms. he finished his plate but struggled a bit.

janna has the slowest time, finishing the maggots in 4minutes and 14 seconds. lj was the second slowest, finishing the cockroaches after 3 minutes and 22 seconds. rj was the fastest, clocking only 1 minute and 28 seconds for the 2 rats. it was between jommy and manuel. jommy's time was 2 minutes and 12 seconds while manuel finished his plate after 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

for finishing in the top 2 of this challenge, jommy and rj of the pump squad was declared safe.

the final stunt will be between manuel and the 3 chicas, hanna, lj and savannah, who was given an automatic inclusion in the third stunt after performing the worst in the first stunt.

pinoy fear factor: marion tops first challenge in sexta ronda de eliminacion

the first challenge in sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is caminata sobre de palo. in this challenge, the participantes would climb up to the first pole. upon reaching the top of the pole, the participante must show that he is balanced before time start. upon the signal, the participante would get the flags on top of each of the six poles. they must stand on the pole before reaching for the flag. they should keep the flag and each flag that will fall to the ground will not be counted. the participante with the most flag wins the challenge.

to make things worse, the taping of the challenge coincided with la tormenta de sta rosa. it is a yearly phenomenon where a strong storms ravages argentina and causes vast devastation and destruction across tha country. the strong winds and heavy rains make the poles slippery and it makes the pole sway.

first to try was janna, her balance was great up to the fifth pole. since the last pole is slightly higher, it is more difficult to transfer from the 5th to the last pole. she was not able to transfer and fell after 5 poles. she got 5 flags. next was rj. on the first pole, he forgot to keep the flag and released the flag sfter getting it. he steadily moved to the other poles and also had difficulty at the last pole. he got 4 flags.

third to try was savannah. due to his short legs, she had difficulty climbing the pole. her legs were short but the rungs on the pole were too far apart. she was able to climb up to abouth 3/4 of the pole and she eventually gave up. she was not able to complete the challenge. next to try was marion. his strong legs from soccer gave him an advantage and he was able to climb the pole easily. he also had good balance and breeze4d through the first five poles. he also had difficulty on the last pole but was able to snatch the last flag on his way down.

next up was lj. she was able to climb the pole with ease. she was able to get the first flag but she had difficulty when she transferred to the 2nd pole. she fell and was able to hang on the third pole. but she cannot pull herself up and fell. next was manuel. manuel climbed the pole the fastest, climbing it at 23 seconds only. he said he had poor balance but was not evident in this challenge. he breezed through the first four poles. on the fifth pole, he can't establish balance and leaned forward to the last pole. he got the last flag and snatched the flag on the fifth pole on his way down.

last in this challenge was jommy. he climbed the pole easily and seemed ot have good balance. he easily got the flags on the first 5 poles. on his way to the last pole, he had difficulty establishing balance and eventually fell. he was not able to get the last flag.

savannah was the least successful in this challenge. as a consequence, she will automatically be up for elimination. she will not perform the 2nd challenge and will be automatically qualified for the 3rd challenge.

only marion and manuel got all the flags, but marion was 43 seconds faster than manuel. for this challenge, only 1 will be safe. and the safe one was marion. manuel, rj, jommy, lj and janna will compete in the second challenge.

pinoy fear factor: manuel tops sin ronda de eliminacion

it is sin ronda de eliminacion or a non-elimination week in pinoy fear factor but the challenges are still as tough as the previous ones. the ones who will compete in the 2nd and 3rd challenges will be the ones who did better in the challenges. a reward awaits the participante who performs the best this week.

the first challenge is named colgado an moviemento. in this challenge, the participantes starts by climbing a ladder onto a revolving beam. just like in a playground contraption called monkey bars, they need to cross from one end of the beam to another. on the other end, they need to detach a flag and the time would stop. 5 of the remaining 7 participantes would advance to the second stunt. of the chicos, only rj was not able to complete the stunt. he fell just halfway off the beam. he is the one who will not continue among the boys. among the chicas, none were able to complete the stunt.savanah was the one who fell first and was also eliminated. as an added reward, four of the participantes were given a chance to talk to their loved ones via a video call. the four who had the chance were manuel, marion, jommy and lj.

the second stunt was called aranas en la cabeza y ratas. in this stunt, the participantes need to put his head inside a container with seven tarantulas on top of their head and in the container. on their left side is a container filled with 15 colored rats and 10 white rats. they need to transfer all the colored ones to the empty container on the lef. the 3 participantes with the most rats or the fastest times wins advances to the final stunt. manuel again top the stunt, completing it in only 1minute and 10 seconds. jommy was 6 seconds slower than marion (1:45 versus 1:51) which led to jommy's elimination. for the chicas, it was janna who was able to advance, finishing the stunt 3 seconds faster that lj.

the third stunt is named helicoptero volando hacia la boya. in this challenge, the participante needs to hang on a helicopter's landing rail. they will release their grip on the rail and they must land near a buoy where a flag is attached. upon getting a flag, they will swim to a platform where a vertical tube is placed. time stops once the flag is attached on the tube. the one with the fastest time wins the reward. manuel was up first. he lands quite far from the buoy but was able to catch time due to his superb swimming skills. he was able to complete the task in 1:17. marion was up next and was able to land dead center at the buoy. unfortunately, he had difficulty climbing up the platform and lost some precious time at completed the task with a time of 1:23. janna was the last one to do the stunt and was far slower than the 2 chicos. she finished with a time of 2:29.

manuel was the one who won the reward, which is PhP50,000 in cash.

pinoy fear factor: elmer felix is the 5th participante eliminated

the last stunt in pinoy fear factor's quinta ronda de eliminacion or fifth round of elimination is named as cierre de houdini. this is an escape challenge. in this challenge, each participante will be hancuffed and put inside a plastic bag with a zipper. the key will also be hanging inside the bag. at the signal, the bag would be dropped into a pool and the participante would look for the key first and unlock the handcuffs. he would then unzip the bag, go out of the bag and swim to the fear factor logo on the side of the pool.

this is the elimination challenge. the person with the slowest time will be eliminated.

first to try the stunt is elmer. when the bag was dropped to the pool, the plastic immediately sticks to the participante's body. elmer panicked and gave the signal for the divers to help him. he did not finish the challenge and decided to quit after only 8 seconds in the water.

next up was manuel. manuel was pretty confident about the water part since he is comfortable with water. but he is a bit worried about the handcuffs. when he was dropped to the pool, he first unzip some part of the plastic so some water can get in. he then found the key and unlocked the handcuffed. he then got out of the plastic and reached the fear factor logo. he finished the stunt in and is safe.

last on the challenge is lj. with maxi wishing her luck, she is determined to finish the challenge. when she was dropped to the water, she experienced what elmer experienced. she had a hard time finding the key and she panicked. she then signalled the divers to help her get out. she did not finish the challenge.

manuel was the only participante who finished the challenge and was declared safe. it is now between elmer and lj. the time that they quit would determine who would stay. the one who stayed the longer would be safe. elmer had 8 seconds before quitting and lj had 11 seconds. it was elmer who was eliminated.

this is elmer's third time in the elimination group and his time to go. he was a member of the pump squad since he was recruited last week. he is the fifth participante to be sent home after gail, ram, phem and jose.

pinoy fear factor: marion is safe, manuel, lj and elmer are up for elimination

the second challenge in the quinta ronda de eliminacion or fifth round of elimination of pinoy fear factor is entitled mansanas en anguilas y serpientes. in this challenge, the participantes need to transfer 20 apples from one basin to another. on the first basin, the apples are floating in water with eels and snakes. the time limite is 5 minutes. the participante that will transfer the most number of apples in the fastest time would be safe and will not participate in the last stunt for this round.

first up was manuel. manuel did not reflect any kind of discomfort while performing the stunt. he did it quickly but dropped one apple, that did not count. in the end, manuel transferred 19 apples with a time of a little more than 2 minutes.

next up was elmer. elmer did it slower as compared to manuel. he had a hard time seeing the apples since water is coming into his goggles. he failed to transfer all apples to the other container. just like manuel, elmer also dropped one apple to the ground. in the end of the time limit of 5 minutes, he transferred 16 apples to the 2nd container.

third in this challenge was lj. since lj was smaller as compared to the guys, she had a hard time reaching for the apples. she also had difficulty with the water going into the goggles, just like elmer. she also failed to complete the task and was only apple to transfer 4 apples to the 2nd basin after 5 minutes.

the last one to do the stunt was marion. marion was fast in executing this stunt and was able to transfer all 20 apples. he did it in over 3 minutes. since he is the only one that completed the challenge, he was declared safe by ryan and was told to go back to camp.

with marion safe, the 3 that would be up for elimination will be lj, elmer and manuel. this is elmer's 3rd time in the chopping block. lj will be doing the 3rd stunt for the second time and this would be manuel's first try.

pinoy fear factor: aspiring chef jose sarasola is the fourth participante eliminated

in the last stunt for the quarta ronda de eliminacion or fourth round of elimination, the challenge is named as arrastrado en el concrete (being dragged on concrete). in this challenge, the participantes need to hang on to a handle attached to a pick up truck moving at 50 kph at a distance of 160m. they will be wearing a metal suit that will heat up to 100 deg celsius that could burn their skin due to the friction of the suit and the road. when they reach the line of fire, a blast will be herad and they need to let go of the handle. once they let go, they need to stop at the fear factor logo. the one farthest from the logo will be eliminated.

lj got nearest the logo. she was able to stop using her hands. she was only a meter and 5 centimeters from the logo. one of the pump squad members is going home. jommy was a meter and 50 centimeters away from the logo. jose, who was not able to hear the blast and released the handle late was more than 3 meters away from the logo. with this, jose was the one eliminated from the competition.

jose was allowed to stay one more day at camp to celebrate his birthday. he was really one of the unlucky competitors, having been bitten by snake twice in the challenge and having several hard falls in past challenges. he was one of the original pump squad member and was even the one who gave the name of the group. this was his 3rd time in the elimination group in 4 rounds and was eliminated.

pinoy fear factor: lj, jommy and jose are in danger of elimination

the second stunt in the quarta ronda de eliminacion or fourth round of elimination is named transferendo cucaracha. the participantes needs to transfer cockroaches from a circular container in a barrel to a square box on top of another barrel a couple of meters away. also on the container were worms to make things more difficult. time limit for the challenge is 2 minutes. the 3 participantes with the lowest number of cockroaches will compete in the third stunt and will be in danger of elimination.

marion was up first. he did it very quickly but after the challenge, he was all red and his face was very itchy. all the other contestants experienced the same thing and most of them complained of the scent of the cockroach. elmer was the most unfortunate one, since during the challenge, he was able to swallow a cockroach. savanah's face was a bit swollen and she was numb at the mouth area. jommy had the hardest time in the challenge since he confessed that he was really afraid of cockroaches.

despite having swallowed a cockroach, elmer topped the challenge, having transferred 543 cockroaches. coming in second was rj with 543 and marion with 345 cockroaches. among the girls, janna got the most cockroaches with 327 followed by savanah with 325. the three that will be competing in the last stunt are lj (318), jommy (305) and jose (295).

pinoy fear factor: record breaking performance from marion and manuel

participantes manuel and marion posted record-breaking performance in the first challenge of the tercera ronda de eliminacion or third round of elimination. the challenge is titled auto resbalazidos. in this challenge, the participantes starts from the driver seat with the car hanging several feet above water with sprinklers giving off artificial rain. on the signal, the partcipante will go out of the car, proceed to the front and get the plate number. he will then move up the car, put the plate number inside the car and proceed to the back. he will get the key inserted on the keyhole on the trunk, get inside the driver's seat and start the car. time ends after they press the red button beside the car start key hole.

the one with the fastest time wins the challenge. record time so far for this challenge is 3minutes and seven seconds posted from fear factor hungary.

marion was the fourth person to try the challenge. he was fast but had difficulty on the first part. he also tried entering the passenger side window after getting the keys from the trunk. ryan informed him that he should enter the car through the driver's side. so he lost some seconds but still manage to finish in about 2 minutes.

manuel was the first one to do the challenge. he was afraid that others can watch and copy his strategy. he lost some seconds at the start because he thought that the signal given by ryan was for the sprinklers to start. he did the challenge effortlessly and quickly. he finished with a time of 44 seconds, way better than the previous record.

three other participantes have finished the challenge. jommy dropped the plate number at the start. lj finished the challenge after more than 3 minutes while phem finished after more than 4 minutes plus a penalty for using the metal rope that suspends the car during the challenge.

pinoy fear factor: lj moreno and phoemela barranda are in, participants announced

abs cbn confirmed yesterday via tv patrol world that viva artist lj moreno and the buzz segment host and model phoemela barranda are included in the 12 participants in the upcoming pinoy fear factor. here is the full story from www.abscbnnews.com:

"TV Patrol World "Star Patroller" Phoemela Barranda and Viva talent LJ Moreno are testing their mettle in ABS-CBN's "Pinoy Fear Factor" -- the country's scariest and most challenging reality show to date.

Laurenti Dyogi, the show’s business unit head, said Phoemela and LJ are just two of 12 "participantes" in the new reality show that pits seven males and five females in death-defying stunts in South America.

"We made right choices as proven by the participantes' involvement in the program and strength from their character and personality. They are very interesting to watch. Hindi kami nagkamali ng pagpili sa kanila. We are very happy with the selection and I think matutuwa din ang mga manonood sa mga ipinakita ng ating mga participantes,” Dyogi said.

The other participantes are:

Elmer – a veterinary
Jose – a culinary student
Manuel – a ‘balikbayan’ from Australia
Jommy – a model
Ram – former varsity player
Marion – a challenger from Tarlac
RJ – a stevedore with two kids from Tarlac
Janna – former “Wowowee” host
Savanah – ledge dancer
Gail Nicolas – 2007’s Mossimo Bikini Summit winner

Dyogi said the contestants had to travel for 36 hours from Manila to Argentina and adjust to the new country while taking on the "Fear Factor" challenges. He also revealed that some of the "participantes" were not very familiar with the show's format.

He said all the 12 participantes were insured as stated in Endemol contract. “Yes, they are insured. We cannot leave the country without medical insurance, hospital insurance, life insurance and travel insurance,” he said.

“Pinoy Fear Factor: South America” is an adaption of the “Fear Factor Extreme” format, which is different from US version where contestants compete in different challenges weekly. The show will run for 15 weeks with three stunts shown every week.

Dyogi said that in “Pinoy Fear Factor”, the participantes will be staying inside a boot camp called “El Campo Miedo” and compete against each other. Every week, one participant will bid goodbye until three contestants remain.

The last one standing will have the honor to be the first “El Ultimo Participante” and will receive a take home pay of P2 million and a house and lot from Avida of Ayala Land.

Dyogi said local viewers will definitely get hooked with the intense stunts and dares. He said some of the Filipino contestants actually broke “Fear Factor” existing records.

The Philippines is the 30th country to do a local version of “Fear Factor” in Argentina and the third country to use the “Fear Factor Extreme” format following South Africa and India."

pinoy fear factor will start airing on november 10, with the time slot still unknown.

source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/10/27/08/phoemela-barranda-lj-moreno-are-pinoy-fear-factor-participantes