UAAP 78 CDC: UP Pep Squad 

7 yrs and the ending still makes me cry. Di rin magbabago and damdamin ❤

Got Teary eyed with the UP Naming Mahal Guitar Riff. Their stunts gave justice to the hymn. Congrats UP PEP Squad. You won my heart. :)

ONLY A TRUE ISKO OR ISKA ANG MANGINGILABOT KAPAG NARINIG ANG UP NAMING MAHAL AT SASABAYAN PA NG GANYAN KAGALING NA MGA ISKOLAR NG BAYAN! PADAYON! CHAMPION NA THIS UAAP 79 CDC!!!

Hanggang ngayon ito pa rin pinaka favorite ko na performance, I can't move on from this😭❤️

this is still one of the most iconic up performances. youll be back!

Until now, I still get goosebumps over the last pyramid and the rock version of UP Naming Mahal.

Who's with me in 2019? Here November 18,2019.

late 2019,mag 2020 na, who’s still watching?

kinilabutan ako sa UP Naming Mahal part 👍👍👍💙💚💛💜

Di ako taga-UP pero naiiyak ako sa performance na to. They deserve to be champions last year. Without a shadow of a doubt.

Nakakaiyak yujg Ending grabe di ko talaga makalimutan tong 2015, Please UP PEP SQUAD, balik kayo sa podium finish next year..

watching this in 2020 because of PaoPangs

Came back here matapos kong manood ng cdc nitong season 85 and I have to say, nakakamiss makanood ng ganitong klaseng routine. Yung nakakapanindig balahibo at yung naluluha ka nalang sa huli dahil sa ganda. Sobrang legendary ng piece na to ng UP Pep. Sana maibalik nila sa mga susunod na season ang ganitong klaseng impact ng performance.

Thought the Spongecola Puso song was the goosebumps part but no. I never thought I'd feel something close to being teary-eyed when I heard the guitar solo in the cheerdance competition (yes, very late youtube viewing..) It's like hearing a very familiar old song that evoked a lot of deep-seated principles. Thank you #UPPepSquad for always keeping our passions alive in your performances! #UPNamingMahal #UtakPuso #UAAP78CDC

here because of the Liwanag Sa Dilim. timely today.

Grabe so much feels yung UP Naming Mahal sa huli 😭😭😭😭

WOW. At this point, wala na akong pakielam kung sinong champion o sinong talo. Ang masasabi ko lang sa lahat ng mga isko at iska, wag na lang kayong papaapekto. I'm so proud of UP kasi sila lang yung continuously innovative at original. Akala ko wala na silang maipapakitang bago pero this performance proved me wrong. Congrats UP! I know you've won the hearts of many people!

Binalikan ko uli to matapos nung cheerdance 2022. Grabe napaka underrated ng routine ng UP dito. Isa sa pinaka magandang routine ung last part. Kahit di ako taga UP tumaas balahibo ko lalo ma ung hymm. For me sila dapat nagchampion dito. I think 3rd place lang sila dito. The best to

So nandito lang ako, just to look for Pao Pangs. Skl

naiiyak ako sobra,, sila lang tlga inaabangan taon taon, yah NU mggling pero sa taong 2015 halatang bili ni henry sy ang tropeo but still the grand champion ng lahat ng tao UP lang ang meron

hindi ako taga-UP pero gaya ng sinabe ko sa twitter e lumabas ang never say die spirit nila dito. very much entertaining and patriotic. lalo na ung sa part ng UP Hymn. Sigurado maiyak iyak ang mga taga-UP while watching. Kudos sana next year manalo na kayo.

I have been watching the UAAP CDC for YEARS, Non-Stop palang ang sponsor, fan na ako. Heck, I don't even belong to any of these schools! FACT: UP Pep sets the trend -- from stunts, level of difficulty, theme and choreography, sila lagi ang inaabangan because everyone knows they're the best. Forget the trophies and amount of wins (we all know by now na may dayaan naring nangyayari sa CHEERDANCE competition). Nag-uumpisa palang ang NU so okay, sure, prove your worth. We all know who the real judges are anyway and that's the viewers.

kaway kaway diyan sa mga napunta dito after malamang walang UP sa UAAP CDC 2016 🙋 tss kakalungkot 🙀

nakakagoose bumps lahat ng finale ng UP PEP Squad. Pinapanood ko talaga past performances nila pag CDC season. It is not worth watching pag wala ang UP pep squad sa cdc. Hindi nila kailangan ng props para sa performances nila. yung baon nilang stunts and theme or advocacy sapat na para makuha ang atensyon ng tao. I believe na sila ang pinakaaabangan ng mga audience every year.

UP : Unique and Puso pilipinong pilipino ang materyales at may puso :) damang dama ko sila ngayong season na ito.. :)

Got teary-eyed at the UP Naming Mahal guitar solo part OMG 😢 #UtakAtPuso

ok naman ang UP.... pero isa lang po talaga wala yung 'WOW FACTOR'!!.... they need that

Nakakalungkot mga Isko at Iska! this year di sila kasali! Pero saludo kami sa inyong paninindigan!!! UP Pep, ang Pep Squad ng bayan!

UP dapat ito ang champion tlaga una una pa cla ng perform at alam ko na cla ang mgchampion .ktang kta naman na mdme mali ung stunt ng NU, UP congrats ur still the CHAMPION IN OUR HEART PUSO UP♥

They are so synchronised compared to the others, a perfectly clean routine worthy of CHAMPIONSHIP... WTF judges, I don't get why they did not win...

Their puso stunt is so underrated

The best CDC performance for me😢. I remember watching it for the first time.

Thank you, UP PEP SQUAD! This routine is your tribute to all student-athletes, and we are more than thankful to be cheered by you guys. Yes, you did not win the title, but you surely inspired all student-athletes out there. Continue to live the true meaning of Cheerdance - to cheer on our athletes. In sports, nothing beats UTAK and PUSO! Mananatili kayo sa aming mga UTAK at PUSO, at ang taong ito ay hinding hindi namin makakalimutan!

at dahil hindi sila kasali, panuorin ko nalang ulit to 💔😭

i don't know if this performance deserves more recognition in terms of technique and so on. but I can definitely feel the emotion coming out of the screen. sobrang obvious ng effort! The others were good but they definitely did not make me cry. Congratulations UP!! Paano niyo nagagawang parang magkakasing-bigat kayong lahat at sabay sabay kayong lumilipad at bumababa?! ;))

After mangingibabaw ng NU Kahapon namiss ko yung puso ng UP nga mga panahon nato hagang ngayon hinihintay ko paren pagbabalik nila -Congrats NU

7 years and still watching this..😢❤

The cheers at the end. Wow. #UPPepSquad we will stand by your decision. Utak. Puso. Paninindigan. Prinsipyo.

Mabuhay ang pag-asa ng bayan! Maraming salamat, UP Pep. Padayon!

This is still my all-time favorite hahaha. Ilang taong na pero nandito pa rin ako, paulit-ulit na pinapanood to.

well, what more can I say. They really deserved the top spot, I was just surprised hearing them only as the 2nd runner up. I was just like, "what ? are you kidding me?" Then my brother just laughed. You know, given that NU had numerous difficult stunts with numerous falls and errors but not on UP who's high level of difficult stunts seemed like easy because those were perfectly executed. I was stunned yet disappointed with the result. I would like to know judges POV with netizens reaction of the game. I am nothing against NU Pep, but with the result, I am a big fan of them anyway eversince they made a big blow to ICU 2015, however seeing UPs perf was a big difference. Anyway, I am a Thai loving PH's Cheering Program - this is just my personal opinion. Sorry for my grammar. Congratulations UP Pep :)

What I like about UP's performances is they think outside of the box, heartfelt yung performance, at always may mensahe and that message always leaves an imprint sa heart and it inspires you. I dunno what it is but all their performances really moves the Filipino in me. Am I the only one??? #GOUP

Worth the protest every time I watch this. #puso

Iba pa rin I must say. Goosebumps everytime I watch this performance. Sali na kayo next year pls.

That last song! The beat! still! Walang pagbabago! naiiyak pa din ako kapag napapanuod koto yung isisigaw mong mamimiss mo lahat at ibigay na! itodo na! sobrang nakakakilabot! UP!!!!!!! :) :) :)

Damn watching it again, UP really deserved the Championship. Grabe ang galing nila lalo na sa last part sa UP Naming Mahal. Grabe

My fave team. I mean pamilya. I still wonder why they didn't win. Tapos hindi pa sila sumali this year. But I hope they win the International Cheer Dance Competition. #UTAK #PUSO

Nakakalungkot di sila mag-cocompete this year. :(Kayo inaabangan ng lahat this year sayang :(

UP should've won the title 😭 I was there, live. I can't even move with all the stunts they had showed. I'm from FEU but you guys definitely won my heart 💕

Pinanood ko na ito ng maraming beses. Pati yung ibang performances ay akin ring pinanood. Hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi UP ang nanalo. Kalakhan ng mga tao mula sa iba't ibang unibersidad na kalahok sa kompetisyon ay naniniwala rin na UP ang dapat na itinanghal na nagwagi. Marahil nagpower nap ang mga hurado nang nagperfom ang UP. Itong taon nga na ito ang isa sa mga pinakamadaling husgahan na cheerdance competition sapagkat kitang-kita naman kung sino ang panalo at dito pa nagkamali ang mga hurado. Mga hangal.

Hinding- hindi ako magsasawang panoorin to.

Iba talaga to. It’s a league of its own.

UP should've won the title! Galing, super! First time watching UAAP CDC since it's been all over my newsfeed and tl, but was alrdy impressed by this squad. Na-inspire akong magcheerdance dun ah hahaha (and watch them live) although that's very impossible for me because I have fear of heights and I suck at dancing lol~ But really UP Pep Squad, this year's perf IS amazing and perfect! Guess I'll be watching/waiting for the next UAAP CDCs starting from now on~ Great job, UP! You're still the champion in my PUSO! Anyways, congrats to NU :)

good morning generals.. 10X kong pinanood ang 78th UAAP Cheerdance Competition till now, d parin ako makaget-over sa reult, kung bakit d nagchampion ang University of the Philippines .... d naman ako judge or expert about cheerdance, but when you watch it talaga, ai ewan, d ko alan kong ako lang nakakafeel nito, pero parang maiiyak ta with matching tataas lahat ng balahibo... ‪#‎UPako‬ ‪#‎proud‬

2024 and still crying over this performance!!!! 💖

I'm not from any universities, just an avid fan of UAAP CDC; this performance gave me goosebumps.

I can feel the heart in this performance. This deserves the championship

chills and tears everytime... every f*cking time! UP forever sayang wala sila this year 💔

Itong klaseng crowed ang wala ngaun sa CDC. Iba talaga pag may UP Pep Squad na kasali

Linis ng performance knowing the level of difficulty of the routine/stunts is mind-blowing. No one can top this, ever! PUSO.

2020 anyone. Im here because of Paolo Pangilinan. ☺️☺️

i was just enjoying the performance when bam! the end pushed me to tears. i was suddenly sobbing? how did that happen ..?? although the UP pep squad wasn't hailed champions, i'm so very proud of you guys! this performance showed so.MUCH.HEART.

2018 na pero I’m still watching this and I’m still getting goosebumps and teary eyed. Ang sakit lang na hindi sila nanalo that year...

Almost cried during the UP naming Mahal part and had goosebumps at "ang puso Ialay" part but went totally gaga at the last part (how they soared and transitioned to form that "puso"). twas a truly moving routine...loved to be a FIlipino just watching this. COngrats UP! To us, you have won the Gold!

4:50-5:30 the ONLY dazzling moment of the entire UAAP CDC 2015 !! I really rest my case

Every year sa CDC parang dapat talaga balikan toh. Will watch out for your return in the finish UP Pep!

It just so sad that this squad will not compete this year's UAAP CDC. With the amazing & heartwarming performance they showed last/every year this UP Pep Squad will surely be missed. Btw, I'm not a student from UP but I am one of those fans who love cheerdance because of them.

boring siguro sa iba kasi they didn't see that certain "thing" na meron lahat ng cheerdance perferomances ng UP. by the way, hindi ako nag-aaral sa university belts, pero I love UP kasi they spell awareness, they show it in anyway they can, and that's what makes every part of the routine special. Kasi kailangan mo talagang i-open and mind mo, "basahin" nang mabuti kumbaga. Ganyan ka-exciting manuod ng performances nila, nevermind the essence of cheerleading criteria even if I know the huge importance of it. Basta nag-eenjoy sila and nalaman nilang naipakita nila, hindi lang GALING, pati MENSAHE. :) Pero I'm just a UP fan haha char, falsedugongmarunohihi

ito ang tunay na PUSO :) Hindi nakakasawa panuorin :)

Iba talaga ang uniformity ng moves ng UP. Lahat pantay ang galaw, male or female. sobrang iisa. ang galing galing nyo, every year may surprise kayo at di nyo binibigo ang fans. You deserve the best. ❤ #UPpadin

Inulit ulit ko tong panuorin lalo na yung last routine. sobrang galing!

Sila na ngalang ang rason kung bakit inaabangan ko ang kompetisyong ito kada taon tapos ngayon ko lang nalaman na hindi sila sasali this year... haaay grabi talaga ang 2016, lahat na kinuha 😔😔😔

not from UP pero naiyak ako sa performance nila. sila dapat ang nanalo! ❤🐙

Bounce back, UP! Kayo na magcha-champion next CDC!!! ❤️

Eto pa rin talaga ❤

freaking goosebumps everytime!!! 😭 the squad did underwhelm this year in terms of their performance but the heart of the UP pep squad never ceases to amaze everyone. Hoping for the real comeback next season! Let's go, UP! #UPFight

NU Pep -- Magaling, Kumplikado (Congratulations sa pagkapanalo . HALIMAW na kayo pagdating jan iih . Bow Down na kami sa inyo nila Bes' pati NCC hamigin niyo nadin . :) Pana-panahon lang talaga ang Korona ng Kampeonato, minsan nga naisip namin Nakakatakot na kayo' at gusto namin tanungin kung 'Anong Nakain Niyo'??) UST Salinggawi -- Simple, Malinis (Difficulty of Stunts daw Bes' improve tayo next year aaah' Plano na tayo isama na natin si Bes FEUCS #AlamNaThis) UP Pep -- Magaling, Kumplikado, Simple, Malinis (Slight) LAHAT-LAHAT ginawa nila ito ng may PUSO may Paninindigan

Ito yung klase ng performance na kahit ulit-ulitin mo, hinding hindi ka magsasawa.

Watching this in 2021. Grabe ibang iba na ang CDC ngayon sa UAAP. This may look basic but dang this routine is still perfect.

orig talaga tong UP tas laging ginagaya ng iba Ganda ng stunts every year

Galing! Parang ginawang literal yung "malayong lupain, amin mang marating", inihagis sa tigkabilaan! hehe.

I'm from NU and I also can't accept the fact that my school won last year. I gotta admit that their routine was a bit messy (well, comparing to this routine) and I gotta say that I'm not proud of it. This year, I hope we get a clean competition. Best of luck to all the teams! ps. please enough with the bash, esp to us, the students. We are as confused as you guys and we had nothing to do with the process of judging. 😅

YEARLY NALANG AKO NAG REREWATCH NENTO EVERY CDC SEASON, IBA! ✊🏻

Ngayon ko lang napanood to'! Pang champion sila talaga! Good decision UP di kayo sumali this year. Next year kayo na mananalo!

CRITICIZING UP Pep Squad's performance. HINDI AKO BITTER OCAMPO... kahit fan ako ng UP Pep Squad. Hindi din ako taga-UP at ito ang take ko. Honestly, I expected too much when their coach and captain said that they leveled up their game this year. But the only ones that improved were the stunts and pyramids. Someone has to call out to UP that they need to improve on their tosses, tumblings, and according to the latest scores, their DANCE. Yes, their dance - an element wherein they are really good at. Let's start with the TOSSES. 2011 when we first saw a flier performed 2 skills in mid-air in UAAP CDC. It was from FEU. The flier did and x-out, accompanied by 2 twists in the descend. The following years, all the rest of the teams showcased tosses with 2 skills. While watching UP's performance today, I couldn't help but say WTF is wrong with them! They still stick to the usual double twist, single twist, kick double-down and x-out Tosses! Napag-iwanan na sila! (Although kick double and double twists are difficult to execute themselves.) The height is definitely there and the flyers looked comfortable so why not add at least a single twist there. I think it's called a Level 6 toss? Correct me if I'm wrong. So UP's only doing Level 5, and why they chose to remain at this level is definitely a puzzle. THEY'RE LONG OVERDUE FOR A LEVEL 6 TOSS! For the TUMBLINGS... I'm scratching my head if UP got the right amount of credit for all the tumblings they did. I don't think anyone can replicate UP's 2 consecutive jump split, immediately connected to a back tuck/handspring. And also, I saw 5 individuals who did full twisting layouts (2:14). For the individual tumblings, although difficulty wasn't high, they were surely executed brilliantly. The height, the proper form, and the stable landing were all present. Not sure how NCC does the evaluation but if Gymnastics principles apply, then they should get a higher score for Execution. Or at least not no. 5 in the ranking of the score sheet.. This has to be contested, if still possible. BUT, I do like to point out that this has always been the same Tumbling skill of UP for a very long time. Ever have plans to increase difficulty? What about doing a standing full twisting back tuck? Maybe around half of the group if not all? Or a synchronized full twisting layout for the entire team's running tumbling? Individual tumbling also counts right? Anyone in the team can insert an arabian layout in the middle of a running tumbling pass? What about a whip to backhandspring to layout? And oh, has anyone seen the stepout with a full twist layout from other teams? Anyone from UP can replicate that? Hate to say this, but UP is already lagging behind. And finally the DANCE... Assuming last year's criteria applies to this year, then here are the improvement points I think they lacked: - Musicality: I'm not sure exactly how this is defined in the criteria, but I'm guessing it's how well is the dance synchronized with the music. Watching NU and UST's performance who got higher scores, there is a dance move for significant beats, or the dance feel adjusts to the music feel. Not that UP didn't do this, but they have to be more significant and consistent if this is what the criteria is looking for. - Formation: they need to improve on how the lines and the formation group/s adjusts from one phase to another, or maybe the lack of it. Watching international teams, most likely the judges usually look for liquid smooth transitions of groups on the floor, whether accompanied by difficult movements or not. Maybe UP's dance sequence at the 2:22 part could've been accompanied by locomotor movements around the mat in groups, instead of all of them doing uniform movements? And to critic their dance I thought it was a bit disappointing. I've watched previous years of UP's routines and some pieces performed in their Dance concert, and that Captain's Dance I so love. After watching this, I immediately thought that this isn't the dance UP usually do. I can still remember the goosebumps when UP did the "Who Run the World" sequence from their 2014 performance. And the packed movements from the early 2000s. They probably took note that the dance criteria has more emphasis on clarity of movement than difficulty. But sadly it got to this. UP is definitely better than the Dance they showed. More training and the right training perhaps? Maybe it's just a matter of a more accurate interpretation of the criteria, in the part of their dance choreographer(s)? P.S. Those fouettes were dirty if you're going to watch amateur videos. In general, I thought UP focused too much on the Pyramid and Stunts, they lacked time to work on the other components. That's all. I hope my analysis is correct and gets to UP Pep Squad. And guys, please stop bashing NU for winning. They deserved it. Although they didn't perfect one of their pyramids, that's just 1/8 of the entire score. The Dance, Stunts, Tosses and Tumblings are sky rocket high excellent. I don't know about you, but I still thought that with the deduction of the falls, they still had a huge shot of winning. When UST was announced 2nd Place, I was sure NU owned the championship. And I was happy for them. I remember feeling bad for them when the entire arena (less the NU crowd) celebrated their fall. Amateur videos showed that the UST and UP crowd were up in their feet jumping for joy. What's contestable are the numbers placed in the sheet per component, which I'd like to discuss next. - Where did ADU's 28 point deduction come from? And were they given credit for the other elements? How did they fall to the 7th place despite those clean and difficult performance? Was it because of the huge props? - How the hell did FEU get to 4th place? - And although I asked people to stop bashing NU for winning, I'm one with many who'd like to inquire if NU only deserved 6 point deduction. I'm not siding in any team, but I'd like to seek transparency in the scoring process. I counted 2 falls on the pyramid and 1 fall on the group stunts of NU. - And UP had no deductions? Really? Those wobbles in the partner stunts and the inaccurate placing of the top flyer to 1-1-1 stunt weren't given penalties? - Why is there a huge disparity between UP and UST's scores? How is the dancing really judged? And also, in terms of Stunts and Pyramids, UP only scored 2 or 3 points higher than UST? I thought the disparity should be bigger. I always use UP's 2013 Party Routine as the benchmark for stunts and pyramid difficulty. (even it had a lot of deductions). And I don't think UST's 2015 is greater than that. But the scores right now are so near! Where did that come from? I believe NCC needs more transparency with their scoring like the Gymnastics Code of Points. I understand that Cheerleading and Gymnastics are different sports, but at least they have to be analogous. Gymnastics CoP has a table for penalties and deductions, including the errors to be incurred and the corresponding points to be deducted. It's as specific as that. They also have a part that assesses the Difficulty of the skills performed and the corresponding points. Which is why at the end of every competition, most of the audience understands if their bet didn't place well. That score sheet UAAP released to the media is very topline. Again, there needs to be more transparency. It's frustrating in the part of the audience not knowing how those scores are arrived.

Sana maibalik ng UP yung ganitong Goosebump sa viewer hays

University Of The Philippines, my dream school.... hoping that you'll be at the top again this year. Take that crown again.

Ilang beses ko na to napanood. Kinikilabutan pa din ako at nangingiyak sa performance nila lalo na sa UP naming mahal! I miss you UP! 03-78**6

Today's big announcement brought me here (again)

Need nila dito dapat i-bash nyo with constructive criticism, hindi yung puri kayo ng puri dito! Kaya hindi sila nagbabago..haays puro kayo puri kahit na chaka ng performance nila!

Nakakamiss yung ganitong performance ng UP. 😥

Grabe. UP is on fire!! They deserved to win.

GALING! not a UP student but I'm very impressed.

Am not from UP pero I got goosebumps sa part ng guitar riff. Hoping that UP will be back in the limelight

Hindi nakakasawang panoorin, nakakakilabot pa rin ang performance nila last year! Wala eh alam kase nilang surewin this year kaya tinanggal eh 😅😅

UAAP ito ba yung 2nd Runner up niyo? Nkakahiya kayo! CHAMPION TO!

Congrats to UP Pep Squad. :) Ang galing niyo. Ang ganda din tignan nung mga formations. Ang linis tsaka maganda din yung sequence. :D

Ito yung performance na kitang-kita at damang dama ko yung pagmamahal. tagos tagos sa viewers.

It's 2019 but my heart left to 2015 because of this great performance. For me, this is the most unique Cheerdance I've ever watched in my whole life. I LOVE THE MUSIC SUPER!!!❤️❤️❤️ SINO PO NAKAKA ALAM O MERONG COPY NG MUSIC NILA DITO?? ANYONE? ANG GANDAAAA‼️🙌

I can watch that last pyramid formation all day. GOOSEBUMPS!!!