Pinoy's hip-hop group makes it to 'Ireland's Got Talent' grand finals
Roderick Garcia, ABS-CBN News
DUBLIN, Ireland - A Filipino is part of a hip-hop group that managed to get the highest audience text votes in last Saturday's semi-finals of "Ireland's Got Talent" (IGT).
Albert John "AJ" Macoy, 16, is one of the members of Fly Youth. The group will be performing again at the grand finals on Sunday.
"I'm so happy that we reached this point, where we all became motivated to do better and build a stronger friendship within the group. It makes me feel proud to achieve something that will happen just once in a lifetime," Macoy said.
Macoy's father, Elbert, is a nurse who is originally from Cebu. His mother, Edna May, is from Ilocos Sur and works as a receptionist.
The couple arrived in Ireland in 2001.
"Todo suporta lang talaga ako sa kanya mula pa noon. Napakahirap na isabay ang schedule ng school at extra activity. Pero in the end, not just popularity ang habol ko -- 'yung maging confident lang ang anak ko in front of the public can help him a lot in the future," said his father.
Macoy is the eldest of four siblings who are all born in Dublin. He is now on his 6th year of secondary education, and he hopes to be a computer game designer or a mechanical engineer someday.
Performing at the "IGT" stage is not new to Macoy. His former group, Airborne Dance Crew, managed to impress the judges at the elimination of show's last season but failed to enter the semi-finals.
This time they re-grouped, added more dance members, and performed more technical routines.
Macoy is also currently attending Fly Dance Studio, the one responsible in developing his group’s hip-hop dance skills. It was the same studio that helped them win Ireland’s Hip-hop Championship where they ended up representing the country in a global dance competition.
One of Fly Dance Studios' Irish-Pinoy dance instructors, Arman Jose Galang, is very proud of Macoy's achievement after just 3 years of training in their school.
"I'm so proud of AJ and all of them in the group. They're just kids and what they are already achieving for themselves is just insane," said Galang.
"I'm so happy that we reached this point, where we all became motivated to do better and build a stronger friendship within the group. It makes me feel proud to achieve something that will happen just once in a lifetime."
Meanwhile, three other Pinoys were also featured in "IGT." Singer Live Amerie Gregorio from Cork, singing nurse Rodelle Borja from Dublin, and dancer Nicole Marie dela Cruz Fowler from the group Hiphopical from Monaghan failed to enter the grand finals, but they still have a chance to be a wildcard.
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