Funny or humiliating? Pilipinas Got Talent airs audition of farmer who puts out lit candles by farting

Warning: Watch at your own risk.

Has the ratings war come down to this?

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that Pilipinas Got Talent "kicked off its much-awaited fourth season over the weekend with its pilot episode even trending on Twitter worldwide. Out of the many hopefuls, 23-year old farmer Ronald Cabañes stood out with his natural way of putting out a candle-by farting." The report then added: "Unfortunately for Cabañes, the judges did not put him through arguing that it took him five tries before putting out the candle."

Then again, we ask: If he did it on the first try and they put him through, what was he going to do next? Fart out a tune from Les Misérables?

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