- Budoy Marabiles
Errol "Budoy" Marabiles (born
October 22 ,1972 inSamar ,Philippines ) is a Filipinoreggae musician, songwriter and TV host. He was one of the fourteen housemates in theABS-CBN show "Pinoy Big Brother : ". He was one of the funniest housemates in the show.Marabiles, easily recognizable among the housemates because of his
dreadlocks or turban, attended the University of the Philippines Cebu.Billed by the show as the "M-16 of
Samar ", he is best known as the vocalist of the Cebu-based reggae bandJunior Kilat , which is responsible for songs such as "Original Sigbin" (In Bisaya mythology, "Sigbin" is a mythical creature), "K Fyne" (Okay, Fine) and "Ako si M-16" (I am M-16), which bagged the Best Song in the 2005 NU Rock awards sponsored by theManila -based rock radio station NU 107. That song bested most rock compositions ofManila -based bands though its lyrics are in Cebuano.Together with one of his bandmates, Marabiles also co-produced and hosted the magazine show "Ismol Tym" (Small Time) on the independent Cebu-based cable channel RCTV prior to entering PBB.
Marabiles was evicted from the PBB house on Day 49 after losing to fellow nominees
Zanjoe Marudo andBianca Gonzalez through the people's vote. During his stay in the house, he composed (and performed) some songs that are in the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition soundtrack: "Budoy Ako", a Visayan adaptation of "Pinoy Ako", and "Maligo Na Jam", based on his "Maligo na" (Take a bath already) rap, together with fellow housematesRico Robles andRoxanne Barcelo .After being evicted from the House, there was a published report that [http://www.journal.com.ph/news.asp?pid=2&sid=5&nid=21954&month=3&day=30&year=2006 he told reporters the correct spelling of his last name is "Mirabiles"] , not "Marabiles" as earlier listed in the official show website and related collateral.
External links
* [http://www.juniorkilat.com The official website of Junior Kilat]
* [http://www.titikpilipino.com/news/print.php?aid=398 A Titik Pilipino write-up about Junior Kilat and Budoy Marabiles]
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