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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY February 1 - 15, 2016
Vancouver’s Lucky Aces
named first ever winner of DANCE KIDS
On Sunday, Lucky
Aces, composed of FilipinoCanadian dancers Reyond
“Lucky” Ancheta & Andree
Camille “AC” Bonifacio,
was proclaimed the winner
of “Dance Kids.”
The fleet-flooted duo
won P2 million, a house and
lot, a trip with the family to
Hong Kong Disneyland,
a shopping spree worth
P300, 000, and a Star Magic
contract.
Many Filipinos were
glued to their television sets
to watch a pair of nimble
young dancers from Canada
become the first ever grand
champion of “Dance Kids.”
The Filipino-Canadian
duo received 42.69% of
the votes, beating dubstep
dancer Dhao Mac (29.62%)
and dance sport duo Step
Kids (27.69%).
AC, who te ared up
after they were announced
the winner, said, “It feels
amazing because we’ve
always been dreaming
to be recognized here in
the Philippines. And now
we have some of our best
friends in ‘Dance Kids.’ It’s
an amazing feeling.”
“We’re just so happy
after all these performances
for ‘Dance Kids,’ this was
the last one, all this hard
work. We’re just super
happy,” shared Lucky.
For
their
final
performance, Lucky Aces
took the stage with one of
the show’s Dance Masters,
Georcelle Dapat-Sy, and
Enrique Gil on the first night
of the Final Showdown last
Saturday (Feb 6), and with
hiphop group A-Team on
Sunday.
Second placer Dhao
Mac, meanwhile, teamed
up with Vhong Navarro and
Rayver Cruz. Step Kids, on
the other hand, performed Dance Kids winners Fil-Canadians “Lucky” Ancheta
with Andy Alviz and Maja & “AC” Bonifacio (Kirk Baesa photo)
Salvador.
Dhao
Mac
and
Step Kids both received
P100,000 each.
The duo are from
Vancouver, Canada and
became
more famous
when they were invited and
appeared on Ellen’s Show.
They have joined different
competitions in BC and
international ones and
won. Their mentor here
in Vancouver is Mr. Cesar
Tantoco.•
- ABS-CBN/Starmometer
Dance Kids Top 3 Finalists with AC and Lucky on extreme
right (ABS-CBN photo)
Lucky & AC on Ellen DeGeneres’ US talk show ellen (ellentube photo)
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AC & Lucky in action on Dance Kids (ABS-CBN)