Here’s a video of Ramirr Grepo, a contestant from Baguio who made the top 12 [male group] in last year’s Philippine Idol competition. He was well praised in this performance but he didn’t have enough votes to send him to the next round.

It is likely that everyone assumed he will move further in the competition and so voted for other contestants who were perceived to be in danger of being cut. If we’re not mistaken, Ramirr is an Igorot-Caviteño mestizo.

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It’s always interesting to see what our artistic kailiyans are coming up with these days. And its good that they are uploading their masterpieces to the internets so we can appreciate them. The above illustrations are the work of an Igorot/Kankanaey artist who goes by the handle bratkokenka.
You can see more of his work in deviantart, a community devoted to art. [Warning: Some images portray violence.]

IMAGE CREDIT: bratkokenka