Filipino pride and singer Marcelito Pomoy wins third place in the AGT Finals, or the ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions.’
Pomoy sang received his version of Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson’s “Beauty and the Beast” during the grand finals week and received a standing ovation from the audience.
Pomoy had discovered a talent of his while doing poultry work: singing in both a male tenor voice and a strikingly convincing female soprano voice. This paved the way for him to join different contests in both the amateur and professional leagues.
He tried his luck in Talentadong Pinoy but regrettably did not make it. He later joined the second season of Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT), and by this time, he was named as the grand winner in 2011.
Pomoy’s success on PGT led to his being a contestant on the second season of America’s Got Talent: The Champions, beginning with episode 2, which aired January 13, 2020.
Pomoy makes regular appearances on ASAP, and his first studio album, entitled Duet Yourself, was released in 2011 under Star Records.
On September 21, 2014, Pomoy married Joan Paraiso of Calauag, Quezon, and they have one daughter, Marcella Janiah.
Meanwhile, the Indian dance group V.Unbeatable was crowned the season 2 champion of ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions.’
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