Vote for your PhilPop favorite

CEBU, Philippines - Subscribers of wireless leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) can now vote for their favorite song among the 14 finalists of the Philippine Popular Music Festival, a songwriting competition recognizing the contributions of Pinoy songwriters and composers to the music industry.

The song with the highest number of votes by July 12 will be given the People’s Choice Award – which comes with a P200,000 cash prize – during awarding ceremonies on July 14 at the Philippine International Convention Center.

A board of judges will separately determine the festival’s top three winners who will receive 1 million pesos, P500,000, and P250,000, respectively.

To vote for their favorite song, Smart subscribers should text the code that corresponds to their choice to 2929. (For example, P1) Each vote costs one peso. Clips of the songs can be found at http://philpop.com.ph/finalist/

Launched last February, the music festival organized by the PhilPop Music Foundation collected a record-breaking 3,000 song entries from Filipino music makers here and abroad. The entry list was trimmed down to 14 through a judging process supervised by the foundation’s executive director Ryan Cayabyab.

For more information on the Philippine Popular Music Festival, please visit www.philpop.com.ph

Here is a list of the finalists and codes:

P1 – Kesa by Edwin Marollano

P2 – Piso by Kristofferson Melecio

P3 – Dulo ng Dila by Noah Cabalquinto

P4 – Takusa by Byron Ricamara

P5 – Tayo Tayo Lang by Ronaldo Sorioso

P6 – 3:00AM by Keiko Necesario

P7 – Bigtime by Trina Belamide

P8 – Brown by James Leyte

P9 – Himig ng Panahon by Timothy Alfaro

P10 – Minsa’y Isang Bansa by Gary Granada

P11 – Bawat Hakbang by Karl Vincent Villuga

P12 – Negastar by Mike Villegas

P13 – Kontrabida by Soc Villanueva

P14 – Slowdancing by Kennard Faraon