Awra Briguela hailed first “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” Grand Winner

Breakout Child Star Awra Briguela was hailed the first “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” grand winner after garnering the highest combined scores from the jury and Philippine text votes at the program’s two-night Grand Showdown last April 8 and 9 (Manila time), which were seen outside the Philippines via TFC and which will continue to be seen via TFC online (TFC.tv) and TFC IPTV in key countries worldwide.

On the VTR interview with host Billy Crawford shown before Briguela went on the stage, he candidly told Crawford “Ako ang nagsimula, ako rin ang magtatapos. Awra!” pertaining to his transformation on the first week of the show as Dionisia Pacquiao, when he was hailed first weekly winner of the show.

True enough and even surprising himself, Briguela was hailed the grand winner after he got a score of 95.41%. He impressed the viewers with his rapping skills and high-level performance as he transformed into the American female rapper Nicki Minaj.

Even the judges, Ogie Alcasid, Sharon Cuneta, and Gary Valenciano, were in awe of Briguela’s final transformation and performance, and told him to continue being an inspiration to aspiring artists.

He won Php 1 million cash, a house and lot, and a trip to Jeju Island, South Korea for four.

Meanwhile, viewers tuned in to the two-night grand showdown as “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids” scored high in nationwide ratings last weekend, according to data from Kantar Media TAM or TV Audience Measurement, a local television audience viewership measurement company.  The program hit a national TV rating of 35.3% for the April 8 episode, and got 38.3%for its April 9 episode.

The grand showdown was also a hit among netizens as the show’s official hashtags #YFSFGrandShowdown and #YFSFGrandWinner topped the list of trending topics on Twitter.

Get to watch Briguela’s winning performance again, together with the all-out transformations of the other Kapamilya child stars in “Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids: Grand Showdown” via TFC online (TFC.tv) and TFC IPTV, available until May 9 in key countries worldwide.

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