Whew! Here's what we think about Party Pilipinas!

Is it better than SOP?

Yes. It has this more modern, club-like feel which we like better than SOP's fiesta set. The songs and dances are more modern and updated too.

The cast?

We were a bit disappointed. It's the same SOP gang with just a few new faces which aside from Mark Bautista, we didn't really care much about.

XLR8 were not that good in their sing and dance number and Fusion was not really AMAZING. LOL. Vhong Navarro and a lot of Pinoy dancers can do better than him. Accept it.

We loved the addition of the UP and Ateneo dance troupes. It's a great idea but was already thought of by ASAP years ago by inviting the UP pep squad and other groups to dance in their show. We would love it if Party Pilipinas will keep featuring these guys though. They're so fresh and nice to watch.

We loved the song number by Frencheska and that other girl where they sang Yellow by Coldplay. They should do more numbers like that.

All things considered, we think the show is a HUGE improvement for the SOP people. In fact, we watched it more than ASAP's pre-taped Boracay show which was also great and all but there were too many lip synching and bad dancing again. They should remove those annoying stars who can't dance or sing. Or at least just make them do the hosting.

We think Party Pilipinas is one step closer to the level of ASAP but we still have to see the difference next Sunday when ASAP goes back to the studio where they really shine. Party Pilipinas is gonna do a pre-taped episode in Araneta on Tuesday right?

Sigh. We love the idea of having a nice alternative when Ejay Falcon is dancing or the Kapamilya loveteams are looking stupid lip synching on ASAP.

Welcome Party Pilipinas!

P.S. The show has almost all GMA stars but it still lacked the "It" factor. Agree?