Yahoo on the Road reaches out to over 20,000 students

FEU crowd gathers around the Yahoo On the Road bus to see performances by Yahoo Celebrity Awards Emerging Band of the Year nominees. 

Country’s Top Bands and Emerging Bands Perform At Metro Manila Universities

Yahoo Philippines launched Yahoo on the Road, which toured various universities in Metro Manila bringing the fun and excitement to fans and students. This was extremely successful as over 20,000 students took part in the festivities at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Lyceum of the Philippines University and finally, at the Far Eastern University.

The FEU Tamaraws men’s basketball team 

This marks the final stop for Yahoo on the Road with a fascinating PEP rally that took place at the Far Eastern University Main campus in Sampaloc, Manila. After the PEP Rally, Yahoo Celebrity Awards Nominees for Emerging bands, Cheats, Brisom, Chocolate Grass and Yolanda Moon performed for over four thousand students at the campus.

Yahoo Celebrity Awards Emerging Band of the Year nominee Brisom takes a “groupfie” with thousands of FEU students.

The students danced away as the evening ended on a high note with songs by one of the country’s hottest bands, Pupil!

FEU Boosters cheering squad show their stuff during the Yahoo On the Road’s stop at FEU

The Yahoo on the Road bus, as part of this year’s Yahoo Celebrity Awards, is fully equipped with mobile phones and tablets where students experienced Yahoo’s latest products, took photos at the Flickr photobooth, and made requests for performers they want to see at the Yahoo Celebrity Awards Night to be held at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 18, 2014.

The bus served as a stage where the bands performed. Aside from the emerging bands who performed, Rocksteddy and Sponge Cola brought the house down at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and Lyceum, respectively.

Nitin Mathur, Senior Director, Marketing, Yahoo Asia Pacific, attended the event at FEU and commented, “We are overwhelmed with the energy and enthusiasm we have seen during the campus visits. Yahoo on the Road brings the Yahoo mobile experience closer to students, allowing them to try out the latest Yahoo products, while getting closer to their favorite performers.”

Kate Delos Reyes, Country Manager and Country Editor of Yahoo Philippines shares, “Yahoo on the Road is a new addition to the Yahoo Celebrity Awards and another way that we are honoring the fans who are, really, the stars of this endeavor.

From day one, we have acknowledged that the success of Yahoo Celebrity Awards is because it is ‘powered by you’, the millions of fans who vote for their favorite celebrities.” 

Monster Radio RX 93.1 DJ Karen Bordador glams it up inside the Yahoo On the Road bus.

The Yahoo Celebrity Awards is a poll-based awards event that gives fans a chance to vote for their favorite stars who have trended on the Yahoo Philippines site in the past year. It has become the most anticipated event in the Philippines to honor local celebrities, emerging stars, and dedicated fans in music, film, television and even sports. Voting for nominees is open online at yahoo.com.ph/celebrityawards until July 12, 2014. Users may follow the awards on Twitter @yahooph #YahooAwards. The Awards Ceremony is set on July 18 and tickets are available for FREE at SM Tickets.

The Yahoo Celebrity Awards is supported by leading brands in the Philippines, including McDonald’s, KakaoTalk, PLDT HOME Bro Ultera, JAG Jeans, Emperador Light, Jack & Jill Piattos and Pond’s.