SYDNEY, Australia (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Filipinos are unstoppable — at home and on the world stage.
Cyrus Villanueva just won this year’s X Factor Australia, making it a back to back win for Filipinos in the Down Under version of the popular reality TV talent competition. Last year’s winner was Marliza Punzalan, also a Filipino.
Villanueva’s victory prompted the producers of X Factor Australia to impose a moratorium on accepting Filipino singers starting with next year’s season.
The ban is a great disappointment to the more than 336,000 Filipinos living in Australia, but it has elicited a great sense of pride for their heritage and musical talent.
Here is Villanueva singing what will be his first single:
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