Elaine Duran
Elaine Colima Duran (born March 14, 1998) is a Filipino singer. She was the first hall of famer and crowned the third season grand champion at "Tawag ng Tanghalan" of the noon-time television show "It's Showtime." Life. Elaine Duran was born on March 14, 1998 in Butuan, province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. She went to Agusan National High School and she studied Bachelor of Arts in Communication at the New Era University. Elaine's first appearance was at Wil Time Bigtime during the segment "Willie of Fortune " where she sang "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin . Career. Section::::Tawag ng Tanghalan" (2017-18). In 2017, she tried to audition for "Tawag ng Tanghalan sa Showtime Season 2", but was not accepted. She re-audition during Season 3 and finally received a confirmation to compete for the 1st quarter of TNT Season 3. Section::::"Daily Rounds". On September 7, 2018, Elaine participated in the Season 3, Quarter I of "Tawag ng Tanghalan" on "It's Showtime", a singing competition broadcast on ABS-CBN. She was dubbed as ""Bida sa Galing ng Butuan City"". She sang Now That You're Gone by Juris Fernandez 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 Adele where emerged the 1st record holder. Season 3, Quarter I – Semi-finals. On September 12, 2018, Elaine entered the semi-finals for defending the golden microphone for 5 consecutive days. She became the 4th semi-finalist of TNT Season 3, Quarter I, also on the semi-finals are John Mark Digamon, Jophil Cece, Windimie Yntong and Ranillo Enriquez. The five semi-finalist 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 UDD. On the last day of the Semi-finals, she earned the highest combined score of 97.57% and advanced to the TNT Season 3 Grand Finals with Ranillo Enriquez scoring 57.77%. Season 3, Grand Finals. Twelve TNT Season 3 grand finalists performed in the week-long competition that took place on September 23–28, 2019 held at the Caloocan Sports Complex. During the 1st round of the Grand Finals, Elaine performed Shanti Dope's Nadarang and advanced to the Top 3 receiving a standing ovation. During the final round, she performed the Basil Valdez  medley, 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. Elaine 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.