A few days ago, I posted the first part of my tvN K-POP Star Hunt Philippine Finalists special feature and as promised, I’m back with part two. This time, it’s a video of the three, sharing their experiences and their talent! Yes, I asked them to sing and those kids are goooood! More than that, they know what they’re talking about so I didn’t have a hard time editing the video!

Smile! You’re on Kring’s camera!

Charlene, Rince and Charmaine talk about their training, explain why they want to be KPOP stars and even serenade you with their beautiful voices! Team Philippines FTW!

Watch the video after the jump

I’m not quite sure if you remember but last September, I wrote an entry here inviting people to join the tvN K-POP Star Hunt. I was one of the bloggers tapped by the network to help spread the campaign. Four months after, I finally got to meet the three Filipino finalists who represented our country in the said competition – Rince Cajucom and twins Charmaine and Charlene Albino.

Rince is a 19 y/o native of Nueva Ecija who is taking up Information Technology while Charmaine and Charlene are senior high school students from Miriam College. I remember Happee telling me about them as she was one of the judges during the eliminations.

Charlene Albino, Rince Cajucom and Charmaine Albino – tvN K-POP Star Hunt Philippine Finalists!

Yesterday, over hot chocolate, tea and iced mocha, the three shared with me their experiences in Korea while being trained under CUBE Entertainment, the talent company of B2ST, 4Minute and G.Na.

Kring: What did you guys do to get into the top 11?
Charlene: We’re a fan of Carrie Underwood and I sang Inside Your Heaven.
Charmaine: And I sang God Bless the Broken Road, originally by Rascal Flatts.
Rince: On the 1st round I sang Big Bang’s A Fool’s Only Tears and on the 2nd round, I sang an English song.
Kring: How about you, girls, what did you do on the 2nd round?
Charlene: They asked us to dance a short portion of Run Devil Run just to see if we can dance.
Kring: And can you dance?
Charmain: A bit *laughs*.

Much have been said about this event. It’s the most prestigious. It’s the grandest. It’s the biggest gathering of hardcore Kpop enthusiasts in the country. Oh, and it’s the hottest, too (literally, but more on that later). Not only was it supported and organized by all the fan clubs, you also got participation of the retailers, record labels and of course, the two (2) beneficiaries.

IMO, KpopCon3 has been the best event that the Philippine Kpop Committee, Inc. has done to date. If you were on the stage too, you’d know why. And so I’d like to share with you guys my own experiences with Kpop Con 3, not only as part of the crew, but as the host and a fan of Kpop.

The back story:

So PKCI booked PICC for the venue the same time they did the year prior. We really loved the place, albeit it’s really expensive. Kebs. The Kpop fans deserve only the best and most sosyal, right? However, due to “a series of unfortunate events”, we were told that we had to look for another venue because they will be renovating. Lo and behold, we learned a famous bazaar apparently booked the place for 10 consecutive days because a rival bazaar took over WTC and they got cock-blocked. So anyway, we ended up in Megatent, which was fine since C.N.A Philippines was there last December 2-4 and the venue seemed okay and well-ventilated. Also, square-meter-wise, it wasn’t that far from Forums 1 & 2 so we were cool with it…

Everything from this point onward are Kring’s thoughts during the event. There might be some spazzing and cursing. LELZ.

- It’s 7am already. WHERE IS EVERYONE?!
- I don’t know shit about the logistics but hey, let me entertain you, concessionaires and sponsors! Why not?! You want tables? I’ll carry them for you!
- *Allelujaaaaah!* OMG LED SCREEN YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! And stage you are huge!

Next year, expect that it would be more bonggelz!

- It’s starting to get packed, I wonder what time they will turn on the aircon.
- Oh, you mean it’s on already? WHAT.
- Tech team, prz to playback the videos already! Why are there so many people in the dressing room?! Who are these people?! MY BAAAAGGG!!! *clings* (Please take note that just the week prior, my entire fuckin’ bag was stolen).
- Yey! My make-up artist is here! “Chris, you gotta make me look unkabogable. My peg is Girls’ Generation’s The Boys, except more colorful and fun like 2ne1.”
- Okay now there’s really A LOT of people here in the dressing room and why are 75% of them gay?!
- They are letting people in already OMG!!!!! Are we ready yet?! It’s chaos here in the backstage!!!