Marcelito Pomoy declared 'Pilipinas Got Talent 2' grand winner

Marcelito Pomoy was proclaimed the grand champion of ABS-CBN's talent search franchise, "Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2" Sunday night.

Marcelito Pomoy, Pilipinas Got Talent 2 champion, showing off the 2-million check he won

An early favorite, Marcelito outshone the other 13 finalists during the Grand Finals of the popular weekend show, which was held last Satuday night at the Araneta Coliseum, by performing a flawless rendition of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's duet of "The Prayer", singing both the female and male parts distinctly. After an overnight online and text voting, Marcelito earned more than 19 percent of the total votes which was enough to win the competition. Happy Feet, the tap dancing duo from Bukidnon, and Freestylers, a dance crew from Laguna came in second and third, respectively.

Here's the result of the text voting:

1. Marcelito Po Moy – 19.36%
2. Happy Feet – 18.22%
3. Freestylers – 9.46%
4. B4 – 9.12%
5. Buildex – 8.25
6. Neilbeth – 7.81%
7. Rico the Magician – 7.59%
8. John Michael Darag – 5.3%
9. Madrigal Siblings – 3.68%
10. Skeights – 3.64%
11. Jem Cubil – 2.86%
12. DJP Trio – 2.60%
13. Angel Calalas – 1.99%
14. Filogram – 0.40%

Marcelito Po Moy, 25 years old and from Cavite, was awarded 2 million pesos. He is the second grand winner of the show, following Jovit Baldivino who won last year.

Next weekend, a special episode of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 will be aired on ABS-CBN, featuring the grand finalists in a concert. Season 3 will then premier a week after next, on July 9, 2011.

Meanwhile, here's a youtube video of Marcelito's phenomenal Grand Finals performance courtesy of Youtube and ABS-CBN: