Lateral drift team joins Pilipinas Got Talent season 4

June 14,2013

Here’s news from Lateral Drift: In 2013, Lateral drift (LD) was invited to join PGT (Pilipinas Got Talent) by one of the associate directors of the ABS-CBN TV network. He saw last year’s Lateral drift event in Quirino grand stand and since this year the PGT viewers and judges are looking for talent that is somehow different from what they normally see every season. He invited Lateral drift production to join PGT season 4.

Lateral drift production took the opportunity to promote drifting here in the Philippines and tap its best drifters Gio Rodriguez and Ralph Tan of team Atoy Customs to demonstrate their skills in drifting. The group’s main goal is to expose drifting here in the Philippines and show the skill of the Filipino drivers.

This was the first time PGT opened its audition to extreme talents that can only be performed at big spaces. During the auditions Lateral drift impressed the judges (Kris Aquino, Ai ai Delas Alas, and Freddie M. Garcia) and passed the first stage to be included in the circle of 100 talents of PGT. This 100 was later cut to 36 and LD production made it to the top 36.

The top 36 will be cut to 12 for the semi-finals and the competitors grouped into six to perform for six weekends in front of the judges. Only two will be picked per week to move to the semi-finals. The show has a televiewers vote via 24 hour SMS mechanics and the top vote-getter automatically moves to the semi-finals. The second and third highest will have to perform for the judges to stay alive and move one to the semi-finals.

On May 11, LD performed, adding new tricks to highlight their talents. The team, sponsored by Hyundai and Atoy customs, used two Genesis Coupes in their performance and added the Hyundai Eon to the stunt as they drifted circles around it. The judges were amazed and told the drift racers that they were just like action stars. After the show the two drifters were instant stars as they got mobbed by the people watching.

On Sunday, the team didn’t win the voting but made it to the top three, to challenge for a slot at the semifinals. They performed and wowed the judges and live viewers once again. Judges called it unanimously and gave their vote to LD Productions, saying this season that their viewers wanted to see something different.

Team LD is part of the final 12, and on June 25-26 they will perform again live on PGT ABS-CBN on their road to the finals on June 2. Please support them and vote for the team on Pilipinas Got Talent.

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