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March 12 and 13 are the dates of the ultimate Talentadong Pinoy Season 2 battle of the Champion. The 8 Hall of Famers Joseph the Artist, Beatbox Gor, Broadway princesses The Believers, singing trio Newborn Divas, pole dancer Sfazhiva, acrobat couple Zion Show, fire dancers Fire attraction, comedy dance duo RR Friends and the only wild card finalist Belinda Adora’s Stepkids are the finalist who showed world class talents.

Ultimate Champion

The ultimate champion of Season 2 Talentadong Pinoy is Joseph the artist. Joseph is not just an ordinary artist but he is a sand artist. He portrays images using the sand that is placed in a square flat glass. What makes Joseph the artist rise among other artist is that he has stories in all his work of art. As the ultimate Talentadong Pinoy Season 2, Joseph won a 1 million pesos cash prize, a brand new Chevrolet car, a four year college scholarship granted by ICI (the good thing is the scholarship is transferrable) and the privilege to  represent the Philippines at the World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood.

Joseph the Artist Biography

Name: Joseph Erwin Valerio – a.k.a Joseph the Artist

Status: Married

Joseph is very interested in drawing ever since he was young. Joseph’s education was a struggle, he wanted to pursue a fine arts degree in college but due to financial problems as his father is a carpenter he was advised to enroll for a practical vocational course. Though he was taking an electrical course he continues to draw that is being appreciated by classmates, schoolmates and teachers. The plates and circuit plans he has been submitting was spectacular because it has a touch of art.

Joseph uses his talent to help family finances by submitting his work of art to comic publishing house. Salary is still insufficient so he also works as a part-time shoemaker assistant in a neighborhood shoe shop. Because of his polio-stricken legs he has been teased by neighbors and because of all those laugh from his neighbors he dreamt that they would look up to him someday.

Joseph began his sand art after the Ondoy typhoon incident. He was sifting dirt and sand because their home was among those thousands who had suffered the rage of the typhoon when he realized that he can make something out of those sands.

Joseph joined Talentadong Pinoy, He is not aiming to win by that time. All he thinks is he could bring something home for his family. But Joseph has a very special God given talent that he has been a champion for eight times already. By that time to be a part of the Talentadong Pinoy Hall of Fame, you must be able to win straight nine times. At the night of the supposedly nine times competition he lose over Cedie a singer. But then a new rule was implemented and it was the 8-win rule so Joseph the artist was back to the competition and belongs to the Talentadong Pinoy Hall of Famer and is announced as the Ultimate Talentadong Pinoy 2011.

What is Sandpainting?

Our Talentadong Pinoy winner has a unique talent which is new to almost everybody so here is a glimpse to what sand artistry is. Sandpainting is the art of pouring sands unto a flat surface to create a painting. Oftentimes these paintings are just temporary. It is believe that sandpainting is a religious ritual performed for healing ceremonies. Sandpainting is also called as drypainting.

The achievement of Joseph the artist may inspire us that whatever status you are and whatever ailment or problems you have. God sees to it that you have always a place in this world.

Meet geemiz

Geezelle Maningo - A Cebu based travel blogger and the other half of GeeMiz Travel blog. She has been traveling around the Philippines and Asia since 2010 with her husband. A casual trekker/hiker since 2017 and has been blogging since 2008. A digital marketer during workdays and a bookworm on lazy days - she co-founded Cebu Book Club.

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