Yahoo! 3rd edition of OMG! Awards

Yahoo! Philippines recently launched the third edition of the Yahoo! OMG! Awards by announcing this year’s nominees list. Yahoo! OMG! Awards honors the Philippines’ favorite celebs, emerging stars and dedicated fans in the fields of music, film, radio and television, who have been most-searched on Yahoo! Philippines and have also caught the attention of the Filipino audience over the past year. The year’s hottest celebrity awards is unique as it is powered purely by fans. 



The awards ceremony which will take place on July 19 includes 106 nominees in 22 categories. The event gives users a chance to vote for their favorite stars on Yahoo!’s popular entertainment news site, OMG!, and see them up close and personal during a star-studded, glamorous evening.


This year’s nominees will definitely shows that “stars rock and fans rule” – the theme this year’s awards is celebrating. Unlike other awards shows, the OMG! Awards further supports fans by recognizing them through the Fan Club of the Year. Classic favorites are included in the roster but there are a few surprising additions including: Ryzza Mae Dizon of Eat Bulaga and now host of her own daily talk show, The Ryzza Mae Show; Xaijian Jaranilla, Mutya Orquia and Xyriel Manabat from ABS-CBN and Mona Louise Rey from GMA for the Yahoo! OMG! Child Star of the Year.




Two films featuring John Lloyd Cruz -- The Mistress and It Takes a Man and a Woman -- are vying for the OMG! Movie of the Year along with Brillante Mendoza’s Thy Womb, Star Cinema’s Sisterakas and One More Try.


There are even offbeat choices for Love Team of the Year, actual celebrity team-ups fighting for the crown with the fictional couple played by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap on ABS-CBN’s Please Be Careful with My Heart, Maya and Sir Chief. There are some electrifying showdowns to look forward to and this year’s Yahoo! OMG! Awards promises to be larger than ever.

Voting is available online through http://ph.omg.yahoo.com and via text messaging OMG HELP to 2910 to all networks from now until July 12, 2013. The purple carpet awards night, set for July 19, will take place at the Mall of Asia Arena. Tickets are available for free at any SM Cinema outlet.

For the first time, the Yahoo! OMG! Awards is co-presented by McCafé. The Yahoo! OMG! Awards is also supported by Magnum, Cream Silk and Colgate Optic White. Users can follow the Yahoo! OMG! Awards on Twitter at @yahooph #omgawardsph and “Like” its Facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/yahoophilippines . Regular updates will be featured on the official site at http://ph.omg.yahoo.com.

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