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The UAAP Cheerdance Competition: From Samurais to Sarimanoks

Published: Sep 15, 2009 - 2:00pm

1. University of Sto. Tomas Salinggawi Dance Troupe (28%)

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Last year's second placers and former three-peat champions channeled a gladiator vibe this year, matching their determination to bring the crown back to España. The Salinggawi Dance Troupe had a strong routine filled with unique stunts including a moving pyramid, but it wasn't enough to get them a top three slot.

SPOT.ph wants to know: Whose costume did you like best?

Photos by Roehl Niño Bautista.

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  • awts Apr 17 2010 @ 03:19pm Report Abuse
    aba hanep nmn to!. :D..dpat napanu0d q to ng live!!
  • jayzone_24 Feb 07 2010 @ 03:49pm Report Abuse
    ahmm..kah8 saan tignan deserve ng F.E.U.
    peo parang mas malinis pa ung sa N.U promis..hindi naman sa naninira peo thats true,,

    CONGRATZ F.E.U
  • bebecat619 Oct 05 2009 @ 04:05pm Report Abuse
    i believe the Top 3 deserved their spot and UST for being 4th, yes, stunts were 'unoriginal' or 'copied from other schools', but that's why cheerdance, as a sport, has manuals, regulatory rules and such, it's not a matter of originality, but of difficulty and execution. Watch NCC style of judging, then it'll be easier to understand how the judges judged the competition. It's not a matter of history, but WHO can do WHAT, NOW. It's a cheerdance competition, not a production number.
  • Amoneth Sep 30 2009 @ 03:02pm Report Abuse
    All are worth unsuitable except UP. I am not from UP but I am a UP pep squad fan. Better the originality than the one who uses the MJ trend just to win, the other one? Of gladiators, the next? Of geishas? What's next? Rappers?
  • anonymous Sep 30 2009 @ 09:29am Report Abuse
    i think UP's still the best..true, their routines were not as clean as that of FEU but when it comes degree of difficulty, UP's routines were more difficult than the rest...and oh, btw, how come no one made mention about degree of difficulty? it's part of the criteria, isn't it?
  • dxb Sep 29 2009 @ 10:22pm Report Abuse
    feu...deserve the trophy!

    meron lng isa sa portion nila, nahuling bumababa ung isang girl na aza left side..

    over-all.,magaling cla.,sabay-sabay cla..,maganda!.,gagaling nilang tumambleng.,heheh.
  • dxb Sep 29 2009 @ 10:13pm Report Abuse
    ang pangit kya ng pang-babang custome ng UP!

    prang palda ng mga public hyskol sa probinsya!
  • dxb Sep 29 2009 @ 10:06pm Report Abuse
    de la salle

    =====

    tlga nmn.,nakapose mga lola nyo!.,hehe

    gud custome!
  • dxb Sep 29 2009 @ 10:04pm Report Abuse
    ue custome
    ===

    ang pangit sa my bandang ibaba.,bakat ung mga cycling/short na suot!!!
  • dxb Sep 29 2009 @ 10:01pm Report Abuse
    ang pangit ng custome nga damson university
  • sandbox Sep 29 2009 @ 07:53pm Report Abuse
    Im from feu, and i just want to clear out that we are not having a "identity crisis"(switching from a tamaraw to a sarimanok)..as far as i'm concern, our school logo has the sarimanok symbol in it.and i think as the this season's host we are obliged to unite and lead the uaap participating schools into a harmonious relationship.and i think it is only just to use sarimanok, as it is the symbol of leadership in the early times in the philippines....
  • Dennis Sep 29 2009 @ 11:52am Report Abuse
    cguro kung hindi pumalpak ang mga stunts ng UST
    pasok cla sa top-3
  • lisa 1976 Sep 26 2009 @ 05:07pm Report Abuse
    am now on my 50's kasabayan ko pa mga crispa, dalupan, chris de leon, kya UE prin d best skin,matalo manalo man.
  • robli Sep 26 2009 @ 05:04pm Report Abuse
    i still go on my alma mater ,d UE huray!!!!we still d best and original.
  • tonzky17 Sep 25 2009 @ 08:56pm Report Abuse
    well mas pinakamaganda talaga ang costume ng UE very neat at tsaka maganda tignan... hopefully sana next UE will be in the list!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • jimparedes Sep 25 2009 @ 01:12pm Report Abuse
    I wonder bakit ang daming bitter na fans ng UST. Mas malinis talaga ang sa Ateneo at FEU compared sa UST.
  • ehem Sep 24 2009 @ 04:56pm Report Abuse
    For UST.. di lang 3 peat un... 5 un ;p
  • c Sep 22 2009 @ 10:41pm Report Abuse
    for me hindi deserve ng feu and admu ung spot nila... ust and up pa din dapat nasa top spots.

    FEU- their routine is a mix of up pep and salinggawi.. nagawa na before yan and ung tamanok nila pinalitan lang ung tiger last year ng ust. if you searched the past cheerdance competition

    ADMU- nothing new, nadala lang ni "moonwalk" na nagawa na din last year.. try nyo i-search din.. i think sa ust un
  • economist05 Sep 22 2009 @ 05:53pm Report Abuse
    ang cool nung idea na isama sa cheerdance yung UP jeepneys. nice.
    for feu, i wonder kung pano sila nag-practice for their stunts. simple yet wonderful...
  • rose Sep 22 2009 @ 01:26pm Report Abuse
    ust pa rin ako
  • Aeronaut Sep 22 2009 @ 01:18am Report Abuse
    FEU Rocks!
    A very well deserved win for the Tamaraws..
    Congrats to Ateneo, UP and of course, FEU!
    These Three Teams deserved the Top Three Spots..
    Yea!!
  • LEILA Sep 20 2009 @ 11:46am Report Abuse
    CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS...FEU ATENEO AND UP......ANG LINIS NG ROUTINES NG FEU, I was there last week as a mere spectator
  • boie Sep 20 2009 @ 11:42am Report Abuse
    UE SHOULD BE THE LAST ACCORDING TO THEIR ROUTINES basic na basic NA NGA may mga nahulog pa,I watched it live at araneta .iT SHOULD BE FEU,UP AND UST...
  • gen Sep 20 2009 @ 03:24am Report Abuse
    proud product of feu tamz! ;D
  • kaskasera_especial Sep 20 2009 @ 12:11am Report Abuse
    i wonder why Salinggawi didn't make it to top three this year. their "torch" pyramid is so fine. the routine may not be that perfectly smooth (well, nobody had a smooth routine this year), but the concept is well executed.

    kudos still to the Tigers. and congrats to the winners :)
  • starr Sep 19 2009 @ 11:17pm Report Abuse
    I think UE deserved to be in the top three together with UST and UP. I wonder why FEU won the competition. Hmm.
  • Mark Francisco Sep 18 2009 @ 03:25pm Report Abuse
    Correction: The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe are FIVE-PEAT CHAMPIONS from 2001-2006, aside from their THREE-PEAT from 1994-1996.
  • noy Sep 18 2009 @ 12:42am Report Abuse
    CONGRATS F E U....IM FROM THE NCAA SCHOOL,I ALWAYS WATCHED uaap CHEERDANCE, IT SHOULD BE feu up ust ateneo IN THAT ORDER.. ANG LAKI NG SCORE NG FEU SA SECOND AND THIRD
  • RODA Sep 18 2009 @ 12:34am Report Abuse
    feu deserves to win the cheerdance competition,malinis at well choreo...sila lang yata ang walang nahulog
  • rhian Sep 18 2009 @ 12:29am Report Abuse
    for the first time walang judges from uaap schools,kaya credible ang results...kudos to all winners..sensya nalang ust daming nahulog sa mga routines nyo kaya d kayo pumasok sa top
  • vic Sep 17 2009 @ 04:07pm Report Abuse
    I think the UAAP Cheerdance has evolved over the years. Its no longer the pyramids but the gimmicks. And this is good especially if creativity is the biggest factor to consider. That's why everybody anticipates UP & UST performances. I still believe that the 'host' and the '150 years' factor has influenced the judging. The jokes on facebook are all hilarious! The 'prepare yourselfs' of the UE girl, the anti-meagan young comments, the UST 'nguso girl' jinx and the FEU tamaraws turned sarimanok identity crisis!
  • XXXOOOXXXX Sep 17 2009 @ 03:52pm Report Abuse
    @ Carla - TO WIN not to won
  • JL Cuevas Sep 17 2009 @ 02:13pm Report Abuse
    I think FEU deserved the win - overall routine was very nice. I wasn't really impressed with UST(malinis yung sayaw nila though but I expect that of them being a dance troupe). I think UP should have been second. ADMU was the only big surprise for me(I wasn't expecting them to land on the top three). The judges this year was the best by far because they were not from any of the participating schools and they know more about cheerleading. What I personally didn't like with all the routines are the ending: large props with their banners and school name. It's not like nobody knows what school they come from. Where's the OMG what a very complicated final pyramid is that final pose gone now? Oh well it's just me and WTH it's even part of the scoring hahaha =]
  • dakangel Sep 17 2009 @ 09:52am Report Abuse
    oo nga mas kpanipaniwla pa kung nkuha sa top 2 ang USTE at UP.Kesa naman sa ateneo..
  • Swiss Sep 17 2009 @ 08:34am Report Abuse
    I loved UST's video arcade theme. If only it was polished all throughout. UP was okay, same old stunts but i also loved the Fergie-inspired costume. I was surprised by Ateneo because their routine's just clean, yun lang and the Samsung stunner is not even pretty! This Season had new judges so they weren't able to see who copied stunts from different universities and then concocted it to one routine. FEU only made variations of other schools' stunts with the wow effect but we UAAP cheerdance followers know better. NU is the most improved team. Adamson: totally obvious that they were sucking bigtime on the Japanese judge.
  • Thomouste! Sep 17 2009 @ 02:30am Report Abuse
    go uste pa din.. kahit anung sabhn nyo... uste ang pinaka maganda dat time!
  • Joyce Opena Sep 16 2009 @ 10:32pm Report Abuse
    For the author-
    ON UST:
    Correction, it would have been stronger to use "five-peat" instead of "three-peat" champions.
  • Crabbypatty Sep 16 2009 @ 05:42pm Report Abuse
    My inability to be inspired by anything school-related (varsity-themed spandex and feathers get a special mention) is probably one reason why I was never very popular in school.

    The more important reason is that I was in school, and today remain, a Crabbypatty!
  • JC Sep 16 2009 @ 12:55pm Report Abuse
    nice gladiator inspired cdc uniforms!

    @sunflower i think UP wore grass skirts last year.

    anyway, check nyo sa YT ung cfad ng UST sa cheermania 2008, PARANG ganun ung costume ng UP this year, i think they used the same textile and white knee-high socks...
  • robbigtime Sep 15 2009 @ 11:13pm Report Abuse
    i agree as well that UST should have won! FEU was clean but uneventful. Ateneo was unoriginal.
  • sunflower Sep 15 2009 @ 07:54pm Report Abuse
    @lakers
    SAYANG AT WALA PANG SPOT LAST YR. FOR SURE TOP RIN ANG COSTUME NG UP WHICH, WHAT, WAIT, DI BA PARANG GANYAN YUNG SKIRT NG UP LAST YR? hahaha

    PS. It's all over youtube? No Way? Now wonder. Gawi, tsk tsk. HAHAHAHAHA
  • RAVE Sep 15 2009 @ 07:34pm Report Abuse
    Lagi namang ganyan ang resulta parang 4 teams lang ang naglalaban, nauunahan kc ng prediction, kaya nakatanim na sa utak ng judge kung cno ang dapat pansinin para manalo. Obvious naman na may favoritism.
  • Kampao Sep 15 2009 @ 07:28pm Report Abuse
    in my opinion... it should be UST and UP at the top 2 positions.. i think mas marami and mas maganda ang mga highlights nila..
  • Ciel Sep 15 2009 @ 06:57pm Report Abuse
    @ Jadi: Technicalities siguro. May nalaglag sa UST, malinis sa ADMU.
  • jadi Sep 15 2009 @ 06:48pm Report Abuse
    di ko ma-gets kung paano nanalo ateneo over UST. hindi naman original sayaw nila. michael jackson and hairspray lang. the stunts werent that great either.
  • dementedness Sep 15 2009 @ 05:23pm Report Abuse
    in fairness, FEU deserved the win.
    pero next year sana makabawi uli ang UP hehe
  • Candy Sep 15 2009 @ 05:02pm Report Abuse
    FEU deserves to won the first prize! Love their costume so much! But great efforts by UST though!
  • danburst Sep 15 2009 @ 04:06pm Report Abuse
    actually tama si @lakers because that same routine has been used over and over in a lot of streetdance competitions so it's really a Salinggawi original
  • lakers Sep 15 2009 @ 02:28pm Report Abuse
    yang routine na yan ng UST, "the thousand hands" is all over YOU TUBE. i mean, hindi orihinal na routine yan dahil naging popular sa youtube ang video na yun. key words: one thousand hands.
  • JM Sep 15 2009 @ 02:24pm Report Abuse
    Feeling ko itong si Ate na nasa unahan ng UST enough na sana para manalo sila. FIERCE!!! Haha. Kaso di sumunod yung mga nasa likod nya eh, ayan tuloy! :P
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