34th Cebu Pop Music Festival Winners

Best in Folk/Country/Novelty Category: “Laylay sa Bukid”

The Cebu Pop Music Festival, now its 34^th year culminated with a high note last January 17 in the evening when for the first time, it leveled up its songwriting competition by classifying the 12 different compositions into three musical genres: Ballad/Pop Ballad, Upbeat/Dance Music, and Folk/Country/Novelty. At the end of the evening, while there is only one Best Interpeter, three champions emerged from these three categories.

Best in Interpretation: Jacqueline Bual (Ayaw Akog Biyai)

(She received 10,000.00 plus trophy)

Best in Upbeat/Dance Music Category: “I Love Cebu” composed by Russel Alegado

(100,000.00 plus trophy)

Best in Folk/Country/Novelty Category: “Laylay sa Bukid” composed by Ronil Vincent Watin and Yoogin Raye Anthony

(100,000.00 plus trophy)

Best in Ballad/Pop Ballad Category: “Ayaw Akog Biyai” composed by Jade Castro

(100,000.00 plus trophy)

Cebu Pop is a yearly project of the Cebu Arts foundation headed by former congressman Eduardo R. Gullas. The non-winners also received 20,000.00 each and plaques of appreciation. 138 entries were screened for this year’s contest. Congratulations to all the winners!

The contest was also broadcasted live on radio by the DYRF and the Power FM, both radios of the Divine Word Missionaries of the Philippines Southern Province.