SexBomb Girls

SexBomb Girls
Also known as SexBomb NewGen, SexBomb Dancers, SB NewGen
Origin Quezon City, Philippines
Genres Pop, dance
Years active 1999 (1999)–Present
Labels J Entertainment, Viva Records (Philippines), Focus Entertainment, Sony Records, BMG

The SexBomb Girls (also known as SexBomb Dancers and now SexBomb NewGen) is a popular all-female singing and dance group in the Philippines, named as "The Best Selling All-Female Group in the Philippines of All Time". From mere background dancers, they have evolved into multimedia stars, with successful careers in singing, acting, and dancing.

They are well known for their chant, "Get, get aww!" They were once mainstay dancers for Eat Bulaga!, the longest noontime variety show in the Philippines. The group are mainstay dancers in Happy Truck ng Bayan every Sunday on TV5; some members also appear in Banana Split (renamed as Banana Sundae) and ASAP (variety show) on ABS-CBN. They perform in night shows and concerts at The Library in Malate, Manila, Joketime in Pasay and Cavite, and at Zirkoh and Klownz in Quezon City every week, and also travel across the country almost every week to host festivals, special occasions, and requested town event guestings.

History

The SexBomb Dancers were originally composed of four female dancers upon their formation in November 1999 (Rochelle, Che-che, Debra, Janine) with the name "Chicken Sandwich Dancers" as the background dancers of Eat Bulaga! and an offshoot of the Danz Focus Dancers (house dancers of the said gameshow). The name "Sex Bomb" came from Tom Jone's hit song. Of the four, only Rochelle remained (thus landing her the role and title as the group leader) until the group expanded during their SexBomb dance searches in 2000-2001 and their first FHM appearances to an all-time high of 22. In 2002, the SexBomb Singers were formed, and were billed as "SexBomb Girls" in their shows and promotional materials, with their renowned first-published album Unang Putok in which the hit songs and crazes Bakit Papa?, ,Crush Kita, Pretty Little baby", "Di Ko Na Mapipigilan" and "Tulog Na Baby" emerged. In 2003 They release their sophomore album entitled "Round 2" which successfully hit with a song "Spageti" Featuring Joey De Leon. In 2004 Sexbomb girls released their third album entitled "Bomb Thr3ath" and a hit song "Halukay Ube" came out. The dancers did shows under their dance albums, Sexiest Hits in 2002, Sexiest Hits 2 in 2003, and Sexiest Hits 3 in 2004 which all hit a platinum record awards" .The SexBomb Singers and Dancers were then collectively referred to as The SexBomb Girls. The SexBomb Girls was managed by Joy Cancio, of Focus E Incorporated. Joy is veteran of the Vicor Dancers of the 1980s.

The entertainment group's fame continued to permeate with the said album publications, constant national television show guestings, outside live shows in political campaigns and comedy bars, and their longest drama series on Philippine television, Daisy Siete that ended in July 2010, extending to 26 seasons (a total of 7 years). Upon the group's dismissal from their house show Eat Bulaga in 2011, the SexBomb Girls welcomed a freelance television contract (appears in GMA, ABS-CBN, and TV5) while maintaining outside shows. In December 2013, the strains of the original members of the dance group went their separate ways into having their own families, solo artistries, continued educations, and entrepreneurships.

The SexBomb Girls are currently under J Entertainment (beginning January 2014) on a continued freelance state as managed by Jara Cancio, the daughter of Joy Cancio, and Aira Bermudez (Original SexBomb Dancer). Now, the renowned group is known as SexBomb NewGen | SB NewGen to present the New Generation of the SexBomb Girls, producing all-female talents with unique expertise and genres in dance such as hip-hop, contemporary, and urban and as well as singing, slowly deviating from the Original group's main focus on novelty and jazz. Currently guesting in series of television shows, comedy bars and mall tours, SexBomb NewGen also continues their fast rising explosion through their viral dance videos that reached international databases in Facebook and YouTube.

As of August 4, 2017, it was announced that SexBomb NewGen will be co-managed in unison by J Entertainment and Viva Artists Agency.

SexBomb NewGen endorsements: Relumins, Tribal Gear Philippines, Gold's Gym Philippines, Vine Aesthetics, Cosmolash Eyelash Extension Salon, SingerStudio by Jojo Acosta

Current members

Please do not edit. Officially updated by J Entertainment.

SexBomb NewGen

Trainees

Choreographers

Former members

Original SexBomb Girls (1999-2014, under FocusE)

SexBomb NewGen (2014-, under J Entertainment)

Discography

The first attempt of creating a singing compartment for SexBomb occurred in 2001 with Rochelle Pangilinan (the group leader), Jopay Paguia (nicknamed as the Pambansang Hita), Evette Pabalan (discovered in 2001 Eat Bulaga! singing contest, impersonating Alanis Morisette), Weng Ibarra, Izzy Trazona, Sugar Mercado, and Aibee Chiongson. However, due to Aibee's departure of the group, this first attempt dissolved quickly.

The official line-up of the SexBomb Singers (officially named as the SexBomb Girls) debuted in 2002 with the successful release of their first album, Unang Putok, that garnered a 4x Platinum award: Rochelle, Jopay, Evette, Weng, Izzy, and Monique Icban (newest member auditioned for the Singers). 2002 marked the first categorical division of the group: the SexBomb Girls (SexBomb Singers) (lead by Rochelle) and the SexBomb Dancers (lead by Aira Bermudez).

2004 was a year of a deluge of new and young SexBomb members (for both Singers and Dancers) pulled from Eat Bulaga! auditions and private FocusE screenings. Half-Filipina, half-Egyptian Mariam Al-Obaidi was added to the hailed SexBomb Singers roster, with a debut in the 2x Platinum album Bomb Thr3at. After a few months, Al-Obaidi left the group and was seen in the rival show Wowowee (ABS-CBN) as the newest ASF Dancer (with speculations that Al-Obaidi was kicked out of SexBomb, and did not resign, due to incompetency). Around the same time, Original SexBomb Singer Monique Icban left the group to pursue entrepreneurship (returning later in 2008). Later in 2004, new members Danielle Ramirez and Jovel Palomo were joined to form a singing duo, separate from the Singers division, as DJ Bomb in which they released hailed-SexBomb songs such as Kaibigan and Kutob. In 2005, SexBomb Dancer Che-che Tolentino was introduced as the newest SexBomb Singer as a replacement for past-members Monique and Mariam. She was debuted in the last ever studio album, Sumayaw, Sumunod: The Best of the Sexbomb Girls.

Due to several group disputes and near break-up issues, no grand moves were made by the SexBomb Singers (besides political campaigns and outside shows) until 2010 for the last season of Daisy Siete. In honor of the noontime drama series, a singing sub-group named Daisies was formed with their debut single Take One for the soundtrack album of the last season of Daisy Siete, Adam or Eve. The Daisies composed of the five youngest members of SexBomb, each having their own color: Louise Bolton (Daisy Green), Mhyca Bautista (Daisy Blue), Che-che Tolentino (Daisy Yellow, replacing Shane Gonzales), Jomarie Gutierrez (Daisy Lavender), and Jaja Barro (Daisy Pink). With the final departure of the frontliners of the dance group such as Rochelle and Jopay in 2011, the grand champion of Danz Showdown: The Search for the Next SexBomb Girls Dona Veliganio was added to the Daisies as Daisy Red. The Daisies re-covered DJ Bomb's songs such as Kutob.

In 2012, the Daisies were no longer on set and an official set of vocalists named as the New Generation SexBomb Singers composed of Louise, Jomarie, Jaja and Dona.

Upon Jomarie and Jaja's departure from the group in 2014, the SexBomb Girls were re-launched under a new company, J Entertainment, as the NewGen SexBomb Girls with three separate compartments: SexBomb NewGen (performed in national television), SexBomb Dancers (performed in outside shows), and SexBomb GKiss (the singers). SexBomb GKiss was initially composed of Louise Bolton, Dona Veliganio, and Joyce Canimo, but was later on augmented in early 2015 with former Original Mocha Girl: Hershey Delas Alas and with back-up SexBomb Dancers Jacky Rivas, Ynna Bayot, and Angel Gavilan.

Upon the departure of Louise, Jacky, Dona, Joyce, Ynna, Angel, and Hershey in late 2015, the current line-up of the NewGen SexBomb Girls (now formally known as SexBomb NewGen) became established and auctioned. Though no established singing compartment is currently on the air, NewGen leader Jane Lumabi and hip-hopper Nerizza Germina stand as SexBomb NewGen's singers in their shows starting December 2016.

Studio albums

Christmas albums

Dance compilation albums

The songs on these albums are performed mostly by European Eurodance artists. The choreography to the songs on these albums was popularized by the Sexbomb Dancers. Mall shows were held nationwide to promote these albums.

Compilation albums

Solo albums

Acting career

Movies

The Sexbomb Girls have their own movie, Bakit Papa, which was released nationwide in the Philippines in 2002. The Sexbomb Singers took the lead, with the Dancers playing support. Others in the cast include Allan K., Wendell Ramos, Epi Quizon, Chynna Ortaleza and Richard Gutierrez. It was produced by Regal Films and had an opening day of P3.5 million, with the total box-office sales estimated at P20.6 million. A movie based on their drama series Daisy Siete is in the works.

Television

The girls had their own top-rating afternoon drama series Daisy Siete, aired over GMA Network weekdays at 2:30pm.

Daisy Siete has been a ratings mogul since its premiere, charting its highest rating at 30% in December 2003 (season 1). This is a very high rating for the afternoon block. Nowadays, Daisy Siete rates anywhere from 19% to 25%. It has blown away all the shows put up by rival networks to compete with it. Some of these shows are Colgate Trip Kita, Sarah the Teen Princess, and Kapamilya Cinema.

From 2002–2003, the girls were also part of Daboy en Da Girl, with Rochelle as Britney, and the girls as Japayukis.

The girls have appeared on different guestings in the GMA Network. Magpakailanman has featured the life stories of several Sexbomb Girls with them playing themselves: Sunshine Garcia, Jacque Estevez, Aira Bermudez, Evette Pabalan, Johlan Veluz and Aifha Medina. Rochelle Pangilinan's story was played by Rufa Mae Quinto. Rochelle has portrayed other characters twice, and Aira played the Aeta featured in one episode. All of these were winners in the ratings game.

The Sexbomb Dancers were mainstays on QTV Channel 11's Let's Get Aww! which aired last November 2005. The show was short-lived.

Music videos

The girls starred in the music video for "Askal", sung by Jose Manalo & Wally Bayola, and the song entry for the second Philippine Popular Music Festival.[1]

Awards and recognitions

Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Awards:

References

  1. ↑ "SEXBOMB DANCERS, IPAPAUSO ANG SAYAW NA 'ASKAL'". News5. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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