Fear never a factor for ‘bad boy’ winner

For Jommy Teotico, winner of the ABS-CBN reality show “Pinoy Fear Factor,” the toughest challenge came after the competition.

For five months, since his return from Argentina in September, he had to keep his victory a secret from family and friends.

“I didn’t tell my family. My friends kept pestering me, especially after I made it to the final four,” he said. But he kept mum. “I didn’t have P5 million for the fine.”

He has earmarked his P2-million cash prize for a business venture. “First, I wanted a food franchise,” he said in an exclusive interview. “Now, I’m considering a used car business.”

Meanwhile, he has to treat the other participants to a beach outing and buy Chuck Taylors for them, as they all previously agreed. “I’ll also invite them to the blessing of the house I won,” he said.

On Friday, after watching the finale show together in the “Pinoy Big Brother” house, Jommy’s fellow contestants made sure to give him their respective shoe sizes.

Ecstatic

His family was ecstatic, and neighbors on Dimasalang St. in Manila trooped to their house after the show. “It was like a New Year’s party,” Jommy related.

He reported that his family understands him better now.

As a kid, he frequently got into trouble. He recounted: “My mom often spanked me and I always got sent to the principal’s office. I had a hard time getting a certification of ‘Good Moral Character’ when I graduated from elementary.”

He wasn’t a bad boy, he insisted; he was just a little unruly and “wanted to have fun.”

That’s still true, and it proved to be his winning strategy, he said. “By teasing and trash-talking others, they got distracted from the game. But I remained focused all throughout.”

Final challenge

The 25-year-old Business Management graduate from Lyceum admitted that there were several instances during the show when he almost gave up.

The final challenge was a car stunt. “I got nervous because I learned how to drive only before leaving for Argentina.” The cockroach episode also daunted him. “I turned pale.”

But the show taught him that quitters don’t win.

For the “Bad Boy of Dimasalang,” fear was definitely not a factor.

 

- Bayani San Diego Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer

Janna regrets not winning Pinoy Fear Factor

Actress and stand-up comedienne Janna Dominguez admitted she regrets not winning “Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America.”

In an exclusive interview with abs-cbnNEWS.com, Dominguez said that she feels sad for not getting the P2 million cash prize, the house-and-lot, and the privilege of being the first Pinoy Fear Factor’s (PFF) El Ultimo Participante.

“Hindi naman po masama pero siyempre nakakalungkot lang, kasi nakakahinayang, P2 milyon at bahay at lupa, ‘yon ang nararamdaman, hindi naman po sama ng loob,” she said. “More on panghihinayang, wala namang regret.”

Dominguez, the last woman standing in PFF revealed that during their last challenge “Car Roll Over” she really thought that she could win the game because she could get idea from Jommy’s stunt.

“Noong una malakas ang loob kasi noong una parang pumangalawa kang magta-try ng stunt. Puwede mo pang higatan yung una, kaso noong nangyari ang stunt ko, parang wala na, nanghinayang na ako,” she explained.

Dominguez, the Flawless ‘chica’ from Dagat-Dagatan said that though she failed to bring home the prizes for her family, she is really happy for her co-participante Jommy Teotico, whom she described as someone who deserved to win the reality show.

“Siyempre, everyone deserves to win, masaya na lang ako. Sana lang gamitin niya ang napanalunan niya sa nice way. Sana yung bahay niya, ingatan niya,” she said.

Dominguez, 18, joined the show so she could ask her father working in Japan to come back to the country so they could be one again as a family.

Asked if her father knows anything about what happened, the actress replied: “Actually, hindi pa niya napapanood pero nabalitaan niya. Nagkausap kami at kahit anong mangyari, ‘Proud ako sa iyo', yun ang sabi niya sa akin.

Dominguez said that she’s now busy auditioning for TV projects and will soon be busy doing a movie under Star Cinema.
 
Aside from out-of-town shows, she is also joining television game shows like “Pilipinas: Game KNB?” to help save money for her family.

Jommy wins Pinoy Fear Factor

After numerous grueling challenges, Jommy Teotico bested 11 other bets to win ABS-CBN’s “Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America” Friday, February 20.

The 24-year-old model won a cool P2 million, a house and lot and the title "El Ultimo Participante" after defeating Janna Dominguez in the show's "Car Roll Over" challenge.

In the final challenge, both contestants were required to drive a car over a ramp that would explode, flipping the car over at least once. The participante that brought his car farthest from the ramp wins the contest.

In the end, Teotico's driving expertise gave him the edge in the final challenge as his car flipped and settled more than 22 meters away from the ramp compared to Dominguez's record of 17 meters and 10 centimeters.

Teotico earned the moniker "Scorpion King" after eating 20 scorpions in one of the PFF challenges. He also earned the respect and admiration of other contestants after setting a Fear Factor world record in the Car Re-Entry stunt.

Jommy Teotico is the first El Ultimo Participante of Pinoy Fear Factor

After surpassing 33 challenges and 11 elimination rounds, Jommy Teotico is named as the first El Ultimo Participante of Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America.

In the first part of the February 20 episode of the reality show, PFF host Ryan Agoncillo announced the name of the tenth person eliminated from Pinoy Fear Factor. In the previous stunt, the Final Three—composed of Janna

Dominguez, Marion dela Cruz, and Jommy—had to put a tarantula in their mouth for two minutes before eating the arachnid in the shortest time possible.

Ryan revealed that Marion, the participante who is courting Janna, completed the task in 3 minutes and 32 seconds. Jommy finished the task in 3 minutes flat while Janna clocked in the fastest at 2:56.

Before he left, Marion told Ryan and his fellow participantes: "Nanghihinayang ako kasi isang stunt na lang pero marami akong natutunan sa show na ito."

When he and Janna had some time together before he left, Marion sincerely told Janna, "Panalo na ko kasi nakilala kita. Proud ako sa 'yo. Talunin mo si Jommy, ha," he said before hugging her tight for one last time in Argentina.

CAR ROLL OVER STUNT. For the El Ultimo Duelo, the final two participantes had to drive a car at top speed towards a ramp that triggers an explosion upon contact. The car's distance farthest from the ramp will be declared the winner of the challenge and the overall winner of Pinoy Fear Factor.

Janna, an 18-year-old standup comedienne, faced Jommy, a 24-year-old model, in a dark parking lot bathed in dramatic lighting. When the smoke cleared, Ryan indicated that their last stunt is called the Car Roll Over stunt. A stuntman then revved up the engine of a black car that hit the ramp and triggered a huge explosion.

The female participante exclaimed, "Napanood ko na ito! Ang saya!" She gave a high-five to Jommy and waited with much excitement for her turn. Jommy, pumped up with adrenalin and determination, was the first to take the challenge.

Before he rode his car, Jommy told viewers of Pinoy Fear Factor, "Si Janna, hindi naman siya threat pero ibang klase ang fighting spirit niya." He revved up his engine and cameras inside the car showed how powerful the impact was when the car flipped over and landed on its roof.

When it was Janna's turn to enter the car, she admitted, "Isa lang iniisip ko, ang lagpasan ang nagawa ni Jommy. Power!"

Jommy, known as the "Scorpion King" for being bitten by the arachnid, was asked to turn around so he won't be able to see immediately how far Janna's car will land from the ramp. After she completed the stunt, Ryan himself measured the distance from the starting line to the car.

The Pinoy Fear Factor host then revealed that Janna's attempt only took her to a distance of 17 meters and 10 cm while Jommy's car reached a distance of 22 meters and 50 cm.

Jommy Teotico is Pinoy Fear Factor's first El Ultimo Participante. He is given P2 million pesos and is now the owner of brand-new Avida house and lot from Ayala Land.

'SuperManuel' gets eliminated from Pinoy Fear Factor

Struggling businessman Manuel Chua, the erstwhile "king of stunts," plunged to a shocking elimination on Wednesday during the first stunt of the ultimate round of elimination of "Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America."

“SuperManuel's" last flight was sealed when he was slowest to get out of a makeshift grave in the "buried alive" stunt.

The struggling businessman prematurely lifted his body out the hole, which caused an avalanche of sand that trapped his lower body underground. It took him over eight minutes to finish the stunt.

Fittingly, it was "Kryptonite" Marion dela Cruz who won the challenge. Jommy Teotico followed with a time of 4:40 while Janna Dominguez clocked in 7:43.

With a time of 3:53, dela Cruz finally gained his own "Fear Factor" world record through this stunt, besting a participante from Turkey who finished it in 4:09.

Chua had been the game's most dominant player with victories in the earlier rounds, which made him the target of his co-participantes. He also broke two "Fear Factor" world records via the "Slippery Car" and "Net under Helicopter" stunts.

Teotico, the lone Pump Squad member left, said he is proud to have outlasted Chua but is also sad to see their "big brother" leave El Campo Miedo. Dominguez and dela Cruz, meanwhile, were left to tears. 

"I made a wrong move. I could have done better," Chua said.

With “SuperManuel's" early departure, the competition among the three remaining participantes heats up. The "Ultimo Participante" will receive P2-million prize  and a house and lot.

Who among Dominguez, Teotico, and dela Cruz will meet in "El Ultimo Duelo" to become the first "Ultimo Participante"? Find out this week on "Pinoy Fear Factor" after "SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon" on ABS-CBN.

Who’ll be El Ultimo Participante?

Who among the Fearless Four will lord it over in the most shocking and heart-thumping elimination round to be able to grab the prizepot of P2 million, house and lot, and the title El Ultimo Participante in "Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America?” The final contenders: Manuel tagged as "Supermanuel,” Jommy as "Scorpion King," Janna as "Bonana" and Marion as "Kryptonite."

Manuel has dominated the competition his co-participantes wanted him out of El Campo Miedo (Camp Fear as their living quarter is called) badly. The owner of two "Fear Factor" world records, he is the only participante to stop the horse while being dragged in mud. He has two recent stints in the danger zone. He fought with Marion after getting jealous when got too chummy with Janna. He has to re-focus to reclaim his dominance.

Jommy has graduated from being a joker to a legit contender after convincingly beating Manuel in challenges like the "Car Re-entry" stunt. He's also showed no fear for pain when he cut his lip while eating 20 scorpions and when he risked his body in the "Drag by a Horse in Mud" stunt. Though bruised and wounded, Jommy is dead set to win.

Janna, the only female in the group, always brings a lucky charm with her during stunts. However, she has proven her worth by braving through stunts while risking her safety. One time she had her foot got stuck on a net under a helicopter. Upside down and ankle twisted, she still tried to get up and complete the stunt. With this kind of will, she can claim the top spot.

Marion is the group’s softie turned toughie. The winner of the "Tarzan Swing" and "Water Coffin" stunts, he was baptized "Kryptonite" and gave up the gay act. He is now performing like a beast. His attraction to Janna has given him additional motivation to win and to beat Manuel who has emerged as his competitor for her love.

Fear Factor's Marion denies he's gay, says Janna is 'special'

Pinoy Fear Factor participante Marion Angelo dela Cruz on Monday downplayed rumors that he is gay and revealed that he has special feelings for his co-participante, actress-comedienne Janna Dominguez.

Dubbed as the PFF's "Kryptonite," dela Cruz said that though he has special feelings for the actress he and Dominguez are now just good friends and not taking their relationship seriously.

"Magaan ang loob ko sa kanya. Ngayon ano lang kami friends kami. Ayos sa amin yung friends kami. Magkasama kami madalas para sa Pinoy Fear  Factor. Madalas kaming tinatawag para sa mga mall shows, ganoon kaya lagi kaming nagkakasama at yung kulitan namin ay ganoon pa din parang sa Argentina," dela Cruz told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

Dela Cruz said his overtures to Dominguez during the show, including giving sweets, chocolates and flowers, was not a gimmick. "I think naman na napasaya ko siya. Sana naman," he stressed.

He also said that both of them are too busy with their respective careers to pursue a possible deeper relationship.

‘Not gay’

Aside from clearing the real status of his relationship with Dominguez, dela Cruz also downplayed speculations that he is a gay.

Dela Cruz told abs-cbnNEWS.com, that his acts were just part of his jokes. It will be recalled that dela Cruz made his co-contestants laugh with his gay-comedy antics especially when he wore a two-piece swimsuit.

“Hindi po. Wala po. Nag-enjoy lang ako gusto ko lang magpatawa ng mga kasamahan ko kaya  ginawa ko yon. Kasi noong una napansin ko na nakakatuwa yung reaction nila kapag nag-ganoon ako kasi isang beses nagawa ko hindi ko alam kung ano ang rason nakita ko ang reaksyon nila na nakakatawa ganoon din yung ibang tao. Ako mas masaya ako kapag nakikita kong masaya ang ibang tao,” he explained.

The former soccer player said that he regrets nothing since he really enjoyed what he did while he was in Argentina with the other participantes.

“Wala pong pagsisisi kasi ginusto ko pong gawin yon. Para sa akin alam kong lalaki ako at okay lang po kung isipin ng ibang tao kung bakla ako kasi hindi lahat naman ng tao ay makakasundo ko pero mayroon naming mga tao na nakakaintindi na joke lang yon,” he added.

Final 4

The cast is complete for "Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America's" most shocking and heart-thumping round of elimination, as the "Fearless Four" enters the last stretch of competition this week on ABS-CBN.

Starting Monday night, Feb 16, Manuel "Supermanuel" Chua, Jommy "Scorpion King" Teotico, Janna "Bonana" Dominguez, and Marion "Kryptonite" Dela Cruz will be holding nothing back as they fight tooth and nail for the P2 million prize, house and lot, and the title "El Ultimo Participante," while showing the world again the courage and heart of Filipinos.

Manuel or "Supermanuel" has dominated the competition so much that his co-participantes have been one in wanting him off El Campo Miedo. Although the owner of two "Fear Factor" world records, and the only participante ever in Argentina to halt the horse while being dragged in mud, is not invincible as proven by his two recent stints in the danger zone during the sixth and seventh round of eliminations. Moreover, the struggling businessman also had a near meltdown recently after getting jealous when Marion and Janna got too close for comfort. Manuel has to regain his focus to reclaim his dominance in "Pinoy Fear Factor."

Jommy a.k.a. the "Scorpion King" has graduated from being a joker to a legit contender after convincingly beating Manuel in challenges like the "Car Re-entry" stunt, where he made his own "Fear Factor" world record. He's also shown no fear for pain when he cut his lip while eating 20 scorpions and when he risked his body in the "Drag by a Horse in Mud" stunt. Though bruised and wounded, the 24 year-old model is dead set to win to be able to help his family, and RJ his closest friend in the pump squad.

Janna earned the "Janna Bonana" monicker because she always brings a lucky charm with her during stunts. The youngest participante has proven her worth by braving through stunts even at the expense of her safety like when her foot got stuck on a net under a helicopter.

Marion is the softie turned toughie of the group. The winner of the "Tarzan Swing" and "Water Coffin" stunts, who was baptized "Kryptonite" by host Ryan Agoncillo, has given the gay act a rest and is now performing like a beast in the stunts. His attraction to Janna has given him additional motivation to win and to beat Supermanuel, who has also developed a liking for the stand-up comedienne.

Savannah Lamsen fails to enter the Fearless Four of Pinoy Fear Factor

Savannah Lamsen, a 23-year-old ledge dancer from Quezon City, didn't make it to the Fearless Four of Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America. She was eliminated in the Octava Ronda de Eliminaciόn (Elimination Round 8) of the ABS-CBN reality show last night, February 12.

"Ayoko pang umuwi...hindi ko ine-expect na mangyayari yun! It's time for me to go," said Savannah after she failed in the third stunt of Octava Ronda de Eliminaciόn.

In the first challenge of Elimination Round 8, the participantes were required to hold on to a stick at the end of the rope that would be dragged by a horse trotting in circles on a muddy field. Whoever could hold on to the rope the longest in this stunt, called Atrasado Por Un Caballo (Slowed Down by a Horse), would be safe from elimination and would automatically compete in the final round.

Manuel Chua gripped the tow rope the longest with a record time of 1:01. He also holds the record for being the only participante in the history of Fear Factor who tired a horse out with his strength.

On the other hand, Jommy Teotico stayed on the tow line for 54 seconds while Marion dela Cruz hung on for 39 seconds. The women did not perform well in the stunt. Janna Dominguez's time was just five seconds while Savannah's was only three seconds.

The next stunt was called Cinta Transportada de Fruticias (Strawberry Conveyor Belt). Forty strawberries are transported on a tilted conveyor belt. Each participante must catch them one by one with his mouth and place them in the box opposite his spot.

This second challenge seemed easy for the participantes. But since this is Pinoy Fear Factor, a chosen fellow participante could put distractions on the conveyor belt along with the strawberries to make the challenge more difficult. The one who placed the most strawberries in the box would be exempted from competing in the final stunt of Octava Ronda de Eliminaciόn.

Savannah got one strawberry, Marion got six, and Jommy and Janna both had eight strawberries. Manuel, who was present to observe his potential contenders in the final round, was assigned to choose between Jommy and Janna on who would compete in the third stunt of Elimination Round 8. Manuel chose Jommy based on his assessment that Janna caught more strawberries but, unfortunately, these did not reach the box, reducing the total count of her strawberries.

The third stunt was the Pared Giratoria (Rotating Wall). In this stunt, the participantes must scale both sides of a rotating wall in as many revolutions as they can in ten minutes without falling off. The one who performs the least revolutions will go home to the Philippines.

Jommy was the only one able to last the entire ten minutes, pulling off 12 revolutions and thus securing a place in the final round. Both Marion and Savannah fell off the wall. However, Marion was able to complete three revolutions before falling off while Savannah slid off the wall at the onset, making her the 8th eliminado of Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America.

Savannah was truly sad when she did not make the stunt. "Sad ako...hindi ko akalaing maaalala ako ng mga tao dahil nahulog ako ng mabilis. Ayoko ng ganun ako maalala," she tearfully told host Ryan Agoncillo.

What lessons did she learn in Pinoy Fear Factor?

"Na, yun nga, magkaroon ka ng bilib sa sarili mo, saka yung feeling na makikisama sa lahat ng klase ng tao, kahit ano pa sila."

Was she able to conquer most of her fears?

"Oo, marami saka yung pagri-reach ko ng goal ko, hindi ako hihinto."

Next week, the remaining participantes—Manuel Chua, Jommy Teotico, Marion dela Cruz, and Janna Dominguez—will be facing the ultimate challenge of Pinoy Fear Factor. Find out who will be tagged as El Ultimo Participante and who will win P2 million and a house and lot in Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina South America.

Watch the last few episodes of Pinoy Fear Factor every night on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida and every Saturday at 7 p.m. on Studio 23.

PFF participantes Son of suburbia

Jose Sarasola, one of the hunky participantes on the ABS-CBN reality show “Pinoy Fear Factor,” isn’t ashamed to admit he’s a bona fide village kid who grew up in the suburbs.

“I’d rather hang out at home,” he says. “I seldom go out on gimiks—only for the birthday parties of friends and other special occasions.”

When there are no dance workshops or mall tours with the PFF crew, 23-year-old Jose spends the day holed up in his room, working out in the gym, biking or rollerblading around the village or shooting hoops.

Jose himself built the basketball court on a vacant lot in the Parañaque subdivision. “I borrowed the lot from the owner. I usually play ball with the neighborhood guys—ice-cream vendors, house boys and security guards.”

He’s pretty low-key, unlike most young people his age.

“It’s not that I’m lazy,” he points out. “I just love staying in my room.”

His personal space is pretty self-contained. “For as long as I have my TV, DVD player, PlayStation and laptop within reach, I’ll be fine.”

Special blinds

Jose personally took charge of his room’s renovation. He painted the white walls blue and hand-picked the décor and furniture.

“I usually stay up until 2 a.m., watching movies, so I wake up late.”

For that reason, he had special blinds installed that block out sunlight. “Even if it’s high noon, it feels like nighttime in my room,” he says.

He got the leather chairs from Home Depot and the miniature paintings from a flea market.

The framed PFF T-shirt and blindfold are mementos from his grand adventure in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Also strewn all over the room are other souvenirs from his numerous travels—including framed tarantulas and scorpions (from Thailand) that are mercifully dead.

“I like exotic creatures,” he notes. He once kept a pet scorpion and now takes care of a snapping turtle and four rare fishes.

As an only child, Jose enjoyed all the creature comforts in this house where his parents first moved in 25 years ago.

His three-week stint in Argentina, where he had to rough it in a very basic camp, proved instructive. “I learned how to share a cramped bedroom and one bathroom with six guys I hardly knew.”

Mom Donna confirms that Jose, who is graduating with a degree in Culinary Arts from the College of Saint Benilde this month, is a homebody. Certified.

“He designed his room as preparation for his future bachelor’s pad,” mom explains. “He says that he’ll get his own place one day and when he does, he’ll know how it’s going to look.”

Jose also helped in decorating the minimalist living room. “He chose some of the décor and furniture pieces—like the table from a nearby mall.”

Predominantly Asian, the décor consists mostly of gifts from mom Donna’s Lola Consejo Montinola, as well as her parents.

“My father used to be the head of Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund) in Thailand and Pakistan. He brought home lots of carpets from Islamabad and Karachi and Buddhas from Bangkok,” Donna relates.

Also displayed prominently are a batik art work from Indonesia, prints from India, three Ivan Acuña paintings and Lola Consejo’s oil portrait by Araceli Limcaco-Dans.

A prized silverware collection is also courtesy of Lola Consejo.

The Sarasolas’ home life clearly revolves around food and entertaining.

Whenever fellow participantes Jommy Teotico and RJ Calipus visit, they play computer games and chow down home-cooked meals all day.

Not that Jose, a chef by training, is fond of whipping up meals in the kitchen.

“He only cooks pasta and rosemary chicken when we ask him to, for our family lunches every Sunday,” mom says.

“I don’t see myself as a chef. I’d rather be the supervisor of a restaurant,” he admits.

A Persian resto in the suburbs, of course, is Jose’s dream business.

Elimination doesn’t mean they’re totally out

Six of the Pinoy Fear Factor (Argentina, South America) participants are back after being eliminated from the Filipinized version of the popular reality TV show.

They may be out but they’re definitely not down.

Eliminados, as they are referred to in Argentine Spanish, Gail Nicolas, Ram Sagad, Phoemela Baranda, Jose Sarasola, Elmer Felix, and LJ Moreno, continue to make waves even after being sent home after their elimination.

Armed with renewed confidence and killer instinct which they developed in Argentina, the eliminated participantes (participants) are dead set to conquer their new goals in their post-Pinoy Fear Factor lives.

Bikini Summit ’07 winner Gail may have left very early in the competition but she never faded into oblivion. With God-given physical attributes, her image has been all over men’s magazines like FHM and Maxim. Just like in Pinoy Fear Factor, the Viva talent is willing to dip into the untested waters, which in her case is now show business.

Ram, on the other hand, is busy undergoing workshops under ABS-CBN. He’s working double time with auditions for TV and movie projects. With his eye on the prize, this former basketball player promises never to give up and let go of his dreams this time. He got eliminated in the second round of elimination, when he was quickest to let go from a wayward helicopter.

Third eliminado Phem is as busy as ever on The Buzz and TV Patrol World. Her Fear Factor experience also gave birth to magazine and newspaper features about her. After proving she can battle it out with the boys, Phem is no longer a mere celebrity. Her passion and determination is now recognized more than ever.

Among all the eliminados, it’s Jose who had a movie-like experience. Even before the show started, he was rumored to have a sex video, which was later proven a hoax. While in the show he was bitten by a snake, had a love team with Savanah, as well as a rivalry with Manuel whom he claimed had a different and meaner personality off camera. Now the aspiring chef is back focusing on his cooking but he’s game to taste a little bit of show business.

Although veterinarian Elmer was often sick, he still went on with every stunt and challenge, ready to be the first Filipino veterinarian to conquer the world’s greatest fears. Swallowing a cockroach didn’t stop him but LJ did, when she outdid him in the last stunt of the fifth round of elimination. Back to saving animals, Elmer is determined to never ever again choke.

LJ’s early departure after the sixth round was a shock, being the strongest and most athletic of all chicas. However, her loss can also be her gain, as she can focus now on her brewing romance with Argentine crew Maxi. Still, the erstwhile heartbroken LJ must figure out what weighs more, her newfound love or a revived career?

While the eliminados chase their dreams, the SAISTIG (Sais na Astig) continue their fight in Argentina. Now serious and hungrier more than ever, SuperManuel, “Scorpion King” Jommy, “El Gato de Parola” RJ, Janna “Bonana,” Marion and Savanah are bound to face greater danger in the next rounds for the P2-million prize, house and lot and the title El Ultimo Participante.

Pinoy Fear Factor with host Ryan Agoncillo airs Monday to Friday after Eva Fonda on ABS-CBN. Catch the weekly highlights every Saturday at 7 p.m. on Studio 23, Kabarkada Mo!

 

- by Isah V. Red

RJ Calipus eliminated in septima ronda de eliminacion of Pinoy Fear Factor

Wharf porter Bernabe "RJ" Calipus from Tondo was the 7th participante eliminated in Pinoy Fear Factor: Argentina, South America. The culmination of the séptima Ronda de eliminación (Elimination Round 7) was aired last Friday, January 30. 

In this round, six participantes labeled as the Saistig (Sais na Astig) vied to survive the challenges in the seventh round to determine who will take home the cash prize, a house and lot, and the title of El Ultimo Participante. 

THE FIRST CHALLENGE. The participantes had to lie down inside a transparent glass coffin being submerged underwater in a stunt called Cofre en el Agua (Coffin in Water). At the signal of a pilot light, the participante must open the lock of the glass coffin using one of three keys tied to their hands to release themselves from the glass coffin and swim toward the edge of the pool marked with the logo. The fastest participante to finish the stunt will be exempted from the next round.

Marion Cruz and Jommy Teotico were exempted from the succeeding rounds of séptima ronda de eliminación, finishing the stunt at 19 and 20 seconds, respectively. Marion was shocked after hearing the result because he didn't even expect to finish the stunt himself. Even though Marion has always done a great job at the stunts, he panicked this time and he felt tense in frightful stunts, so PFF host Ryan Agoncillo branded him "Quintin Tarantahin."

Manuel Chua and Savannah Lamsen clocked in identical times of 26 seconds each, but Savannah was penalized with five additional seconds for holding the lock and keys before the pilot light's signal was given.

Janna Dominguez finished the challenge in 42 seconds while RJ was the only one unable to finish the stunt since he quit after 24 seconds.

Four of them had to move to the second challenge of séptima ronda de eliminación.

THE SECOND CHALLENGE. Caja del Terror (Box of Terror) was the name of the challenge that the four participantes had to face. They had to lie inside a box that is divided into three sections, one at the head, one surrounding the feet and the middle section, each to be filled with either rats, snakes, or frogs. The challenge was to transfer a number of animals placed in the middle section into a fish tank next to the box in a span of three minutes. The fastest person to accomplish the stunt would be exempted from competing in the third stunt.

All of them were tasked to transfer 15 frogs. Savannah was able to transfer 12 frogs in three minutes. RJ was able to transfer 15 frogs in 39 seconds, but one frog landed out of the fish tank and another ended up in another compartment of the box, thus putting the official count at 13.

Both Manuel and Janna were able to completely transfer 15 frogs, but Janna did it two seconds faster than Manuel having 1 minute and 45 seconds versus 1 minute and 47 seconds, thus saving her from the third round.

THE THIRD CHALLENGE. In preparation of the third stunt, a test explosion triggered by the PFF staff caught the attention of the local police. So as to avoid troubles with the police force, all production was suspended until the next day in a different location.

For the third stunt, Manuel, Savannah and RJ tried out a giant wire loop game in Circuito con Explosiones (Circuit with Explosions). The stunt was a real heart-stopping feat because if the wire touches the giant electrical hoop, it will trigger a fiery explosion behind the participante.

Manuel was the first one to try the stunt after being chosen by his co-participante, Savannah. He initially felt unwanted by the group but it turned that he was the only to complete the stunt with a time of 1:28.

Since both RJ and Savannah set off explosions, the distance achieved became the basis for the decision of the judges. Savannah managed to loop 2.97 meters of the wire, while RJ crossed only 2.6 meters, making him the seventh person to fly back home to the Philippines.

As Pinoy Fear Factor nears its conclusion, the challenges are also getting more intense. Next week, the remaining five participantes would be competing in Octava Ronda de Eliminación (Elimination Round 8) where they will be facing other extreme stunts.

 

by Ilene May Buitizon