A Story of Triumph, Hardships and Unending Love | "IDOL: The April Boy Regino Story"

If you're a fan of OPM songs, you're bound to listen to one of the most talented singer-songwriters of the 90's and 2000's... and his name is April Boy Regino. He's made remarkable achievements during his time, and made the title IDOL resonate with the masses. This 2024, a movie will be done telling his story under Water Plus Productions. It's called "IDOL (The April Boy Regino Story)", and we got to watch it earlier at the press screening.   

This film stars John Arcenas who plays April Boy Regino and Kate Yalung to play the role of his wife Madelyn. I've seen John do several projects in the past, and he's quite a spirited singer doing the classics. He's also an architecture graduate, and managed by star maker Tyrone Escalante (both of them). John has bested 27 people in the auditions, and it was obvious, he's got the voice and mannerisms secured. He studied quite extensively using April Boy's previous movies and TV appearances which he took to work while filming. This is also directed by Efren Reyes Jr. who quipped how much they had to work on finishing this film even before the pandemic. Kate on the other hand is no stranger to films, modeling, commercials and stage. They look lovely on screen, and you could tell, the camera loves them.

Making this film was no walk in the park. They had to dish out production budget for the songs they needed to secure prior to filming. But it was producer Madame Marynette Gamboa's promise to him, before he passed... and they knew, they just had to do it.  

Here's the media conference which was done after the screening, please enjoy!

The film really had a very colorful story line. While this is a biopic, it's being told from the eyes of April Boy Regino. His sadness stemmed from a lot of things including getting sick thrice, and the challenges of life was no joke. It also mirrors the crazy life of a celebrity in a Philippine setting, and where he succeeded, got to help his wife and kids, his community, and ultimately be loved. This is something that you would see in the film, and I'm telling you, there were a few members of the press that cried in the dark corners of that theater.  

You will learn how to cherish every moment with your family after watching it. If you feel that's something you would like to feel, it comes out in theaters this November 27th. It's also rated PG so you can take your whole family to watch it.

Idol Philippines Top 12

Search for the Idol Philippines this evening was full of upsets, the press had their favorites but it turned out most of them (and possibly yours) have not made it on the top 12.

But this is good news for Dan Ombao, Elle Ocampo, Fatima Louise, Lance Busa, Lucas Garcia, Matty Juniosa, Miguel Odron, Rachel Libres, Renwick Benito, Sheland Faelnar, Trish Bonilla and Zephanie Dimaranan because that means they’ll be the IDOL Top 12.

Plus on week 1, they will be taught by no other than Maestro Ryan Cayabyab. Then they will be getting 50% from the judges and 50% will be via public idol votes so you really have to do your work as fans , it ain’t gonna work if you’re just gonna sit there and watch.

I like Matty, Trish, Lucas, but of course I am just one person. If you want your idol to win, you need to watch the live competitions and see how they fare in these last few weeks. The world is watching and if we’re sending someone to the idol stage somewhere else it better represent how good we are as singers in this side of the globe.

We do what we do.

Bactidol Idol: The Best Performances from the 12 Hour Sing-A-Thon!

Talk about clowning around with your vocal chords Bactidol just concluded their BACTIDOL 12 HOUR SINGATHON at the Red Box Eastwood City. It was a gorgeous way of challenging people to sing for 12 hours straight taking your voice to extremes; but not to worry because simply gargling off at the start took care of them to last this long. Hosting the event was Chico and Delamar from RX 93.1. Being a silent rusher I was so excited to start off this program with media guests and these duo via a warm up to get things started.  People were even singing along with me to the tune of Mc Arthur's Park!

They even showed us how to gargle properly. This would actually make me safe from getting infections or anything that would start a sore throat, it was so cool to see them so game!

Then we immediately went to our rooms and started to check out 21 teams  pitting out to win the coveted 20 thousand pesos up for grabs if you survive the whole 12 hour ordeal. Chico and Delamar also hosted a side event called Bactidol Idol where a lot of guys and gals would get their friends to vote online to see who wins!

Some guys had to sing women's songs and vice versa. It was one of the most memorable things they probably had to endure in order to win too. Aside from that, real deal recording stars were judging you as well. It was hard but they were more than happy to sing for these three!

No you are not dreaming! Imagine Kitchie Nadal, Barbie Almalbis and Ebe Dancel scrutinizing every scream or belt you can imagine coming out of the contestants. There were a few hits and misses for sure but it was more all for clean fun!

We tweeted every hour and got so many people asking to join this contest but the slots were already filled up within 2 days. There were even backup teams but unfortunately the ones who started it are as STRONG as ever! Nobody wanted to give up and nobody wanted to give up their slots to them either. They have tried various tactics in order to last the whole 12 hours. Some of them were jumping up and down, spinning around,  some were drinking, eating and even got them for free just by choosing certain playlists. There is one particular thing though that surely made them  better contestants and that's when they all gargled Bactidol in the beginning!

Who lasted 12 hours? Who made the cut and made it to the top?


Bactidol Idol: The Best Performances from 12-hour Sing-a-thon

 

Now it's your chance to win something.

You see, there are 2 categories for Bactidol Idol. Solo and group. The winners for Bactidol Idol will be determined via online voting. This is done via the videos of the performances. Viewers must vote by liking the videos of the finalists posted in the Bactidol YouTube channel which is located at   

http://www.youtube.com/bactidolphils

Everyone who will guess correctly gets a chance to win a Bactidol gift pack!






Just comment on this post.

1.) Indicate your complete name,
2.) Email address and your choices
3.) One for the "Best Solo Performance" and
4.) One for the "Best Group Performance".

Example:

John Doe
johnmichaelbueno@g-snail-mail.com
Bactidol Idol Finalist (Solo): Aina Lucio 
Bactidol Idol Finalist (Group): Team Bac-ti-dolls 

It's that easy!

Just guess who will win in the Bactidol Idol contest correctly. Users who submit the correct answers will get to win the 4 exciting gift packs at stake! (2 for “Best Solo Performance” and 2 for the “Best Group Performance”).

Remember that all the videos of the contestants, are in the Bactidol YouTube page.

No wonder why they have been the Philippines number one solution to sore throat! I've been taken cared of by them for years too! I'm sure you are no different!

Congratulations to everyone who won in Bactidol's 12 hour Singathon! You really deserve it for lasting that long! Thank you also to Bactidol for making sure everyone who faced the challenge be given total oral care no other brand can compare!

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