Samuel “Sam” Mangubat is a singer, songwriter, YouTuber and vocal arranger from Laguna. His name made waves on social media since his recent appearance on ABS-CBN’s Tawag Ng Tanghalan sa Showtime. He is popular among young ladies and Filipino fans from all over because of his voice, charm and baby face looks.
Sam is ABS-CBN’s Tawag Ng Tanghalan sa Showtime’s ‘resbaker’ turned defending champion. His journey on the show is on going as he continues to battle new contenders.
Sam Mangubat On Tawag Ng Tanghalan
Sam first joined Tawag Ng Tanghalan on August 16 winning over Emmalou Cruz. On August 20, he lost to contender Aillen Utdog. He came back on November 19 and has since then won over daily winners.
On November 23, Sam forgot the lyrics to his song. Hurado’s even referred to bothe his and daily winner’s performance as ‘palpak’ or failure. Fans supported him all the more and continue to root for him on the show. Sam is now the new addition to Tawag Ng Tanghalan’s Semi-Finalist.
READ | Tawag Ng Tanghalan Nov 24 Episode: Sam Mangubat Semi-Grand Finalist
So what do we know about this budding star?
Here’s Everything We Know about Sam Mangubat
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 1, Filipino Singer/Songwriter
Samuel Mangubat is a Filipino singer-songwriter. His male-rendition of Beyonce’s hit “Listen” built up his online reputation. He co-wrote original songs with MJ Magno of XLR8.
Sam made the words and melody to the song “Live Your Life” sang by Gab Maturan and Allen Sta Maria for Club Se7ev Dubai 2015. He intends to post his own songs soon using free music beats from the internet. Fans, watch out!
WATCH: 30s DEMO – Club Se7en Dubai 2015
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 2, Super Active On Social Media
Sam Mangubat has a super active life online. He is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Sound Cloud, and Reverb Nation among others. Sam has over 100,000 likes on his Facebook page, over 9,000 followers on Twitter, over 14,000 followers on Instagram, around 40,000 subscribers YouTube, around 3,000 followers on Sound Cloud and over 1,000 fans on Reverb Nation.
Sam’s latest post on Instagram was hours ago before his performance on Tawag Ng Tanghalan, November 24.
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 3, Sam Has A Fanatic Group Called ‘Samnatics’, #samnatics
Sam has SAMnatic groups all over like in Kuwait, Davao, Iloilo and Batangas among others. Fans even have a hashtag for him named #samnatics.
His latest tweet was posted earlier when he was preparing for Tawag Ng Tanghalan on November 24.
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 3, Sam Live And Celebrity Jock On Wish 107.5
On October 7, Sam was live on Wish 107.5. He covered “Secrets” by One Republic. It had around 600,000 views on YouTube.
WATCH: Sam Mangubat covers “Secrets” (One Republic) Live on Wish 107.5 Bus via Wish 107.5 YouTube Channel
Sam was also a celebrity Jock on Wish 107.5 and was lucky enough to interview Kyla, Yeng Constantino and KZ.
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 4, Sam Is Also A Photographer
Sam is full of surprises. For those of you who didn’t know, Sam has a Facebook page dedicated for his art in photography called Sam Mangubat Photography.
His photos focus more on fitness models, dancers and bands. Most of these photos were taken in Dubai.
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 5, Sam Was On Stage With Anne Curtis Once Before
On his Instagram post, the photo showed him with Anne Curtis on stage and which happened a year ago. It seems he was singing on stage with Anne Curtis’ concert.
Sam captioned the photo “1 year ago. nawala sama ng pakiramdam ko sa memory na to.”
Sam Mangubat Trivia Number 6, Sam Is A Certified Fashionista
Sam is a photographer who has style. He is a master behind and in front of the camera. His OOTD on Instagram grabs the attention of fans and viewers from all over and he’s proud to share it to everyone.
Featured photo source: Sam Mangubat Instagram Page
Watch out for more of Sam Mangubat on Tawag Ng Tanghalan’s Semi-Grand Finals.
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