Ely Buendia on Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical alleged plagiarism.
Ely Buendia has broken his silence over the alleged plagiarism of “Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical.”
CJ Villavicencio, the grand winner of The Pop Stage- an online singing competition, was under fire for allegedly plagiarising certain scores of Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical.
The Pop Stage is an online weekly show hosted by Matteo Guidicelli.
Creativity, originality, quality of performance, and entertainment value were among the mechanics for judging the winner and recently, Villavicencio bagged the title with a 1 million peso cash prize and an artist contract.
But he has been slammed on social media for alleged plagiarism.
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Among who took to social media to express disappointment about the matter is musical director and singer Myke Salomon.
Jef Flores, one of the cast members of Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical also reacted with CJ’s alleged copycat of their musical score.
Meanwhile, Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia has reacted to the issue.
A portion of his Facebook post said: “…it is disheartening that there is still a culture out there, not just in entertainment, that somehow makes it okay to take credit, and be rewarded, for someone else’s work.”
“I am disappointed for all the AHEB crew because I know for a fact that they poured all their hearts and souls into creating something that was true to the material and their craft,” he added.
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Source: Push