Why Laarni Lozada Won as The Grand Star Dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2

A note from the blog owner: The amount of traffic going to this blog post has been unexpectedly so overwhelming from supporters of Laarni. Thank you for appreciating this blog post. I am not a fan of Laarni or anybody from PDA Season 2. Just a viewer who got hooked watching the show and giving her opinion on what happened. To all the fans of Laarni, if I made you happy with what I have posted, thank you for the appreciation. In my interest to protect my blog post, it would be very much appreciated that only excerpts of my post be posted to whatever fan sites you guys have built for Laarni and not the whole blog post that I have written. You may give the link to my blog so your friends can also read it. Thank you very much guys..

I am one of the many viewers who consistently watch ABS-CBN's primetime shows and I also got hooked watching Pinoy Dream Academy. At the start of the competition, I thought it was Liezel who was going to be the runaway winner because she really had this unique voice and she proved it by becoming a consistent top scholar, but as the weeks passed, Laarni Lozada proved to be one of her strong contenders along with Bugoy.

Some viewers are asking.. why did Laarni win the competition? Did the Filipino audience pity her because of her frequent crying as seen on primetime?


Here is my analysis of what happened. During those times when I would miss out some primetime shows on TV, I see to it that I watch it thru youtube. I know of somebody who religiously uploads these shows for those who are not able to watch it thru TV. One day, while I was watching an episode of Pinoy Dream Academy thru youtube, I read the comments below the video (which I normally do while waiting for the video to buffer). One comment caught my attention. Somebody kept promoting a youtube account for fans of Laarni.

Out of curiosity, I viewed this you tube account. To my surprise, there were so many videos in that account and it all contains stuffs about Laarni and some videos from live stream. Whoaaa! Live stream! Yes indeed… you need not pay ABS CBN to view live streaming coz somebody is uploading it here for free!

What is more surprising is that Filipinos working abroad are donating E-pins (the ones you use to vote a scholar you want), and cellphone loads to be used for voting Laarni. I really got curious as to why they liked Laarni so I tried to read some of the things that they are discussing and it was there when I discovered that some things which they have seen in live streaming were not aired in primetime TV and this really made them upset, seeing there was a bias against Laarni.

One video that I saw was how Liezel walked out while washing the dishes. She was calling Laarni to get the “basahan” in the sink so she could wash the dishes. Then Laarni came and got the “basahan” but placed it just in front of the sink, which made Liezel upset and walk out, uttering “Ayaw ko na mag hugas!”.

For me that was so uncalled for. The “basahan” is just a piece of cloth that she could have easily removed it herself rather than tell Laarni to get it just because she was the one who placed it there. If each and everyone of us would exhibit that attitude, then I don’t know what will happen. The sad thing is, this was never shown in prime time. For the fans of Laarni, this was unfair. According to them, when Laarni does something wrong, it is immediately shown on TV to make her look bad. Hmmm… yeah indeed I would have to agree. Her bad attitude was really always highlighted during primetime telecast.



During their Final Performance Night, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, their Head Master, made a mistake by making a bad comment on Laarni’s performance that night. He said “you made a mistake, actually you had several mistakes.. but you were able to carry through”. This caught the ire of Laarni’s fans, making them put in more votes for her. All the other scholars made mistakes during their performances and had flat notes but they were never given bad comments.



I monitored the fans of Laarni during the final hours before the voting was closed and I was really shocked at how they panicked that the e-pins they purchased were not yet sent to them, and they were looking for people to trust to help them in voting. I also learned there was a limit of 30 votes per email address in one day. Somebody even created hundreds of email addresses to be used for voting. Gosh! These OFW’s are spending a lot of money all because they want to prove to ABS-CBN that they did the wrong thing in hurting Laarni.

True enough, their efforts paid off because Laarni Lozada won as the Grand Star Dreamer, with Bugoy winning second, Miguel 3rd, Liezel 4th, Van 5th, and Chris 6th. One more thing, the fans of Laarni were saying prayers for her to win the Grand Prize. Just proves how team work and prayers can do miracles. I just hope Laarni will recognize how those people helped her achieve her dream and that she won’t let her popularity get into her head.