Thursday, June 2, 2011

Inter Gay Bar Competition: Part 3

(Conclusion from Part 1 and Part 2)

As I couldn't take pics in the bar, let me help you
visualize what the dancers may have looked like.
I think the host bar deliberately placed the best performances at the end. They were both from Planet Xanadu, the bar from faraway Quezon City. Apparently, the bar is known for their grand production numbers, and they were expected to do well in this competition.

True enough, they didn't disappoint. The first performance had a lot of dancers: two tranny impersonators at the front, and five male dancers -- the macho dancer contestant in the middle (the tallest and most handsome), plus four back-up dancers. What impressed the crowd was their stage presence. Costume + props, check: They were dressed in loin cloths ala Machete outfits, with spears and bamboo props. Choreography, check: All were coordinated in their upbeat African-Ifugao inspired moves. It was so impressive that I didn't even notice if there was some "note"-worthy exposure, particularly at the time when the middle dancer had his seductive routine amidst the dancing back-up tribesmen. Siguro naman meron, for them to be well-applauded and cheered.

In contrast, the second representative from the bar, and the last among the contestants, had a slower, more dramatic performance. It involved a semi-nude jungle king, who was the macho dancer of course, and his supposed semi-nude queen, who was a drag queen performer, if you may. They were the only performance with set-props on-stage -- tall columns decorated with leafy vines. The couple's dance routine was similar to a lyrical performance from "So You Think You Can Dance". Or for more jologs-essence, the interpretative dance by a balleting couple to the romantic duet, sung in "That's Entertainment."

Past 4 AM, while waiting for the results of the competition, the host bar, Solution Gay Bar, had a surprise performance of their own. With the use of salakots as props hanging from the ceiling, with their own impersonators and the top tattooed macho dancers dressed in glitter g-strings, the bar made sure to outshine the production numbers from the other competing bars. In fairness, as the host bar, they gave a performance that was sure to impress even non-regulars of that bar.

When the substitute host gave a run-down of the competing bars, he mentioned in a sarcastic tone that other bars declined to send a representative, without naming specifics. Boys Next Door turned Adonis II turned back to Boys Next Door in Malate didn't send a contestant. Nor did Big Papa (BP) Gay Bar, which the host was referring to. According to "Russell", who was a former dancer in the said bar, Big Papa sent a contestant in Solution's previous competitions. However, a video of the representative, taken from a hidden camera, was uploaded online without consent of the bar (sorry, I couldn't find it). As the bar's owner discovered this, he refused to send anymore contestants to their rival bar's competitions after this incident.

After a few more modeling from the host bar's hunky men, they revealed the winners of the competition. Best in Costume went to the lackluster, tribal-caped Machette Bar. 1st runner up went to the bird-shower White Bird. Top prize, with P8,000 and bragging rights to be called the Jungle King 2011, went to the as-expected, obviously-prepared Planet Xanadu.

Conclusion:

As it was my first inter-gay bar macho dancing competition, "Russell", who's had 6 bottles of MD drinks already, gave me a little debrief of what happened.

He said, for the P300 entrance fee, the show wasn't worth it. Most performances earlier can be regularly seen in an ordinary "prime time" special of any gay bar. There were no spectacular performances from the usual great show-stoppers of before, like Big Papa or Valentino Gay Bar, who would really take weeks, money and effort to prepare. The only performances that stood out came from Planet Xanadu, as expected because, according to him, one of Planet Xanadu's managers was a former Big Papa manager, trained from its school of macho dancing production numbers. Even the surprise performance of Solution  Gay Bar was also a product of Big Papa, as one of Solution's managers also came from that bar.

Well, this is not the only inter-gay bar macho competition to be held in Manila. Gay bars do sponsor their own annual competitions, as part of their big night events, inviting their so-called rival bars to participate. I wonder when and where the next competition would be?


GB Goer
Learn more: Lessons from Gay Bars in Manila
http://machosandhostos.blogspot.com/
email: char.affairs@gmail.com

Photocredits: http://www.123rf.com, http://www.thebaglady.tv/2009/03/topshop_tribal.html

22 comments:

  1. maybe one day G.B Goer would grace us with a trip to one of those said bars. just to show some newbies around. :D

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  2. Haha! I mentioned a lot of gay bars. So where do you want to start first? Hehe.

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  3. Have you checked out Adonis II in Malate yet? Sounds like you have more research to do! Lucky!

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  4. Hi! Yes I have. Last Feb. Wasnt too impressed. Had a blog post about it. But I am not sure if things have changed after they returned to the old name. So yes, might need more research. =)

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  5. hi!...

    napanood ko rin yun, 'jungle king 2011'... sayang lang... i missed the last 2 MDs, since i was sooooo sleepy na nun...

    hmmmmm... Si 'Rusell' ba yung nasa blog mo before?... yung nag-abroad?... from BP?...

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  6. sayang, the last two MDs were good. Where were you seated? And yez! "Russell" is the same person from BP, the one who went abroad.

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  7. So which bar do we go to if we want to see more and lengthy exposures at reasonable fee?

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  8. how cheap do you want to go? Remember, price = quality. Also, higher price = less exposure, but less likely to get raided.

    Well, try Batong Buhay (Cubao, in front of Palawan) or Dreamboyz bar (Aurora Blvd in QC). Here's a look at what you can see...

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_htcB-dISd_0/SpySVC7RLSI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/xE3n5lD_Chg/s1600-h/NEW+MALE+DISCOVERIES+%2709.jpg

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  9. Been to Maginoo and Adonis. And Gigilo when I was still in college. But the experience was so-so, average looking men. And hardly anyone does frontals.

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  10. yup, big bars especially along timog and pasay don't do much frontals. only a select few. the smaller seedy bars do more. but looks-wise, eek.

    you like piolo pascual? one gay bar in timog has an all-the-way dancer who looks like him. =)

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  11. Saan yan? ispluk! [ag nagkapera madambahan.

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  12. @Cinderella which one? the bar with the Piolo look-alike? hehe. email me. :P

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  13. GB, let's bring this one out in the open as it might help turn the faucet back on in this bar. The Piolo look alike is in Maginoo. And yes, meron angles na kahawig nga siya ni Piolo pero mind you ha, I did not notice the similarities up until it was pointed out to me. The guy is tall and bulky. Have not caught sight of his "eksena" though, naikwento lang sa akin ng friendly floor manager ko who mentioned that when the look-alike dropped his trou, napa-gasp ang lola moh along with the client at the table. As in, gasp daw sila nang sabay. Hahahahahaha. At ayaw ibulgar ng bruha nang derechahan why pero kasi naman daw ang laki-laking tao tapos ganun. Gah-non?? Hmmmm....when I chanced upon him kasi, hindi naman umeksena ang brujo. Imbey!!

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  14. @v, hahaha! imention ba ang actual bar name? but fine, if it's for the bar's sake. for the piolo look-alike, he's one of the more frequently tabled guys there. he didn't show his asset also when i was there. but it seemed promising when he made "its" head peep through his bikini.

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  15. how much is the entrance sa solution? may all the way ba dun??

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  16. 60 on weekdays, 120 yata on weekends. and yes, they have a number of atw's who, as expected, are not the most desirable of the lot...save for one. hahahahahahaha. at masyado namang unfair if mag-name drop ditey kya. siempre, gastos din muna ang mga beki para madiskubre ang namesung ng cutey na junjun bulaga na iyan. hahahahaha.

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  17. last i heard, Batong Buhay is closed already. sad.

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  18. About the piolo look alike does he do all the way or perform on the stage? Just curious. And how much does it cost? Entrance and if i-VIP sya? Thanks.

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  19. @anonymous better go to the bar in question. i didn't take note because i wasn't interested. same rates as adonis as both bars have the same owners.

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  20. I'm researching on a macho dancer in Solutions named Liam James. Na table ko na cya pero he's not telling much. Sobrang gwapo grabe. He's the newest attraction sa Solutions, barely a week pa lang cya sumasayaw dun. He's from Maginoo dati. Haaay love ko na talaga cya hehehe.

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  21. Hi Canuto haha nagawa ko rin yan dati noong nainlove ako sa isang MD -- research sa internet about him. Kaso bihira mga information na ganyan dito sa net. =)

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  22. piolo look alike! reminds me about 10 years ago, there was one at wb, took him out to one of my friends night outings and one of my friends instantly fell for him. sa akin, okay lang, friends sharing, bayaran lang yan. my friend made an effort to reach out to "piolo" but "piolo" ignored my friend. in 2005 i saw him again at mr world, at first i didn't recognize him but i thought he was the most good looking guy in the bar so i asked him to join me at my table and i was shocked when he told me his stage name which he retained all these years. ano pa e di muling hinagkan ang nakaraan. yummy, promise.

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