During the Dream Maker finale mediacon held on February 9, 4 PM on the 14th floor of ELJ Building, the Dream Chasers were asked, “Once you debut in Korea, how can you guys guarantee that you won’t lose your Filipino identity despite being marketed as the next global pop stars?”
Dream Maker is a TV reality show that will form a new seven-member pop group and will be launched internationally.
Dream Chasers believed that the Filipino Culture will inevitably come in naturally as they will bring it onto the global stage. They get the dynamics of two different cultures to be presented as they perform.
“I think it is a privilege for us Filipinos na mabigyan ng opportunity na ma promote sa Korea, and I think the Filipino culture inside of us, madadala namin siya inevitably and naturally sa global stage. Even if we are training with Korean coaches, there are Filipino coaches who train us, and I think ‘yun yung magandang dynamic na nabibigay sa aming dream chasers kasi we get the true experience of the collaboration between South Korea and the Philippines,” Gabriel Vincent “Vinci” Malizon shared his thoughts.
Contestant Marcus Cabais, who has also toured in other countries such as Singapore and Korea, also gave his insights.
“I think, like what Kuya Vinci said, It is gonna come naturally [because] as Filipinos we will not become a different nationality, and as well as the K-pop industry right now, there are some non-Korean idols there, and it’s very common now, actually, and it will be the same for us.”
Another contestant, Wilson Budoy, who came from Austria, has the perception of how Filipinos are received globally and that the collaboration is uniquely and globally competitive.
The Top 16 Dream Chasers faced the fifth ranking and finale of the country’s first idol survival competition, Dream Maker on February 11, Saturday and February 12, Sunday, respectively.
