Elaine Colima Duran-Pengson (born March 14, 1998) is a Filipino singer best known for being crowned as the third season grand champion of ''

Tawag ng Tanghalan ''Tawag ng Tanghalan'' (, abbreviated as TNT) is a Philippines, Philippine amateur singing competition currently airing as a segment of the noon time program, ''It's Showtime (Philippine TV program), It's Showtime'' on ABS-CBN. It airs on the Ka ...

'' on the noon-time television show '' It's Showtime.''

Life

Elaine Duran was born on March 14, 1998, in

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, province of

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. She went to Agusan National High School and she studied Bachelor of Arts in Communication at the

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. Elaine's first appearance was at

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during the segment ''Willie of Fortune ''where she sang "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin".

Career

''Tawag ng Tanghalan'' (2017–18)

In 2017, auditioned for the second season of ''

'', but was not accepted. She auditioned again during Season 3 and received a confirmation to compete in the first quarter.

''Daily Rounds''

On September 7, 2018, Duran participated in the Season 3, Quarter I of ''

'' on '' It's Showtime'', a singing competition broadcast on

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. She was dubbed as ''"Bida sa Galing ng Butuan City"''. She sang " Now That You're Gone" by

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where she won as the daily winner. On her last day as the defending champion, she sang her rendition of " When We Were Young" by

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where emerged the first record holder, after successfully defending the golden microphone ten times.

Season 3, Quarter I – Semi-finals

On September 12, 2018, Duran entered the semi-finals for defending the golden microphone for 5 consecutive days. She became the fourth semi-finalist of the first quarter, also on the semi-finals are John Mark Digamon, Jophil Cece, Windimie Yntong and Ranillo Enriquez. The five semi-finalists competed during the week-long Semi-finals starting October 1, 2018. Elaine's performances received good comments standing ovation like her rendition of "Oo" by

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. On the last day of the Semi-finals, she earned the highest combined score of 97.57% and advanced to the grand finals.

Season 3, Grand Finals

The twelve grand finalists performed in the week-long competition that took place on September 23–28, 2019 held at the

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. During the first round of the Grand Finals, Duran performed

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's Nadarang and advanced to the Top 3 , receiving a standing ovation. During the final round, she performed a

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medley, which included the songs "Hanggang sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan", "Sana ay Ikaw na Nga", "Ngayon at Kailanman". She emerged as the Tawag ng Tanghalan Season 3 Grand Champion.

Twitter and Youtube Videos

Duran's performance videos were quickly viral and top trending for several days. Some of her videos reached over 6 million views and the other videos have racked 2 million views. At the end of the season, the topic ''Elaine Duran'' and ''Elaine'' were #3 and #7 trending worldwide on Twitter, while ''Nadarang'', ''Grabe Elaine'' and ''Ellaine'' were #3 and #13 trending nationwide.

References

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