Kathryn Bernardo, Kim Chiu, Sarah Geronimo, Marian Rivera and Megan Young are the five contenders for Celebrity of the Year at Yahoo! Philippines’ annual entertainment awards, which was formally launched last night at Amber Lounge in BGC.
This year’s Yahoo Celebrity Awards has 28 categories and 140 nominees.
There are 10 new categories, including Celebrity Family (Barretto, Eigenmann, Gutierrez, Magalona and Padilla) and Social Media Star (Kris Aquino, Ramon Bautista, Anne Curtis, Vice Ganda, Team Kramer).
Also new are the Male Hothlete award (Arnold Van Opstal Kiefer Ravena Jeron and Jeric Teng Chris Tiu Phil Younghusband), Band of the Year (Parokya Ni Edgar, Slapshock, Sponge Cola, Up Dharma Down, WilaBaliw) and Emerging Band (Brison, Chocolate Grass, Jeffrey Zulueta, Experience The Cheats, Yolanda Moon).
The new categories capture Philippine showbiz’s zeitgeist.
This is the fourth consecutive year of Yahoo Celebrity Awards (formerly OMG Awards) which gives fans have the exclusive power to determine the winner by casting their votes (just go to yahoo.com.ph/celebrityawards) until July 12.
The awards night is on July 18 at the Mall of Asia Arena, free tickets are available through SM Tickets. Users can follow the awards on Twitter at @yahooph #YahooAwards and “Like” the Yahoo Philippines Facebook page.
