Out of over 15,000 hopefuls in Pinoy Idol’s Manila leg, only 41 got the golden ticket. Here were some of them.

Regene Ong
20 years old
Quezon City

Gretchen Stephanie Espina
20 years old
New Manila

Jessa Mae Gabon
16 years old
Marikina City

Marivic Madrigal
16 years old
Pasig City

Jim Joseph Lacson
24 years old
Parañaque

Walton Zerrudo
25 years old
Laguna

Ramon Jose Chaves III
25 years old
Cagayan de Oro

Matthew Cleffert
21 years old
Makati

Richard Allen Marker
27 years old
Quezon City

Reydan P. Buenagua
20 years old
Pampanga

Beverly Ellen Ejercito
18 years old
Las Piñas

Jess Abel
17 years old
Laguna

Eleazar G. Angeles
22 years old
Parañaque

Donna Destor Rosario
16 years old
Manila

Meldy Lou Astillo
21 years old
Leyte

Mary Belle Blair
16 years old
Cavite

Juan Perez
26 years old
Naga City

Carol Anne Leus
17 years old
Batangas

Regin Varona

Daryl Ong

Monique Lualhati

Czarina Rose Rosales

Jennifer Javier

Jenifer Rawolle

Drizzle Muniz

Celest De Jesus

Next week, 175 contestants who passed the auditions from all over the Philippines battle it out in the elimination phase.