The talent was underwhelming. Two good singers - the rocker chick and the last singer, some guy named Thor, who wasn't as good as the judges were making him out to be.
Lea Salonga looks really awkward when giving comments or even just listening/dancing to the performances. She looks like she's stage acting, very over-the-top expressions/reactions. Bamboo looks too much like Chiz Escudero for me to want anyone to be on his team.
The set is really bad. The chairs look like they're ready to fall apart, the red button they press looks like a non-functional prop, they're pressed and the chairs spin in a wobbly manner without any sound whatsoever. Very undramatic, unlike the lights and sounds and swift chair spins when the button is pressed in the US/UK/Australian versions.
The distance to the stage/singer from the mentors is also very short, and instead of a white beam from mentor to singer, it's a green light slowly crawling up to the singer. Looks sad, actually.
Nagmukha talagang Third World version of the set.
Oh, and if you want to watch it a bit late but commercial free, you can do so at iwantv.com.ph.