Comedian Melai Cantiveros impersonates pop star Miley Cyrus for Saturday's "Your Face Sounds Familiar" Grand Showdown Finale where she was pitted against three other contestants happened at the Resorts World Manila.
For her final performance, the 27-year-old Cantiveros took on Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball and sported the pop star's distinct look of white tank-top and cycling shorts.
She even rode an actual hanging black wrecking ball much to the delight of the judges, her husband Jason Francisco, and the rest of the studio audience.
"Happy, my happy. Una sa lahat mamimiss kita kasi talagang ikaw ang nagpapasaya sakin. Ang laki ng ginaling mo. Ang pinakamaganda, manalo o matalo, nakita mo na ang pagmamahal ng mga tao ng sa iyo," said megastar Sharon Cuneta, who was one of the judges alongside Jed Madela and Gary Valenciano.
"Sa dinami dami ng mami-miss ko sa show na ito, isa ka sa mga mami-miss ko talaga. And I'm sure everybody will miss seeing you and watching you perform onstage. You are an amazing performer," Madela added. "We love you, Melai."
Edgar Allan Guzman as Chris Brown was announced the fourth placer garnering 7.47% of the total votes, JayR placed third after receiving 16.1% of votes while Nyoy Volante placed second runner-up having 24.51% of the votes. Non-singer Melai was announced as the grand winner of the very first Your Face Sounds Familiar season 1 after getting 51.93% of the total votes.
WATCH: MELAI CANTIVEROS' OTHER REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES
Melai Cantiveros as Nora Aunor - "Pearly Shells"
Melai Cantiveros as Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
Melai Cantiveros as Blakdyak - "Modelong Charing"
Melai Cantiveros as Rihanna - "Umbrella"
Melai Cantiveros as Shirley Bassey - "Hey Big Spender"
Melai Cantiveros as Fred Panopio - "Pitong Gatang"
Cantiveros brought home the P100,000 weekly prize for her flawless performance as the Philippines' "Queen of Rock and Roll" in the May 10th episode of the competition.
WATCH: Melai Cantiveros as Elizabeth Ramsey - "Waray Waray"
Melai's winning "Waray-Waray" impersonation was given a standing ovation by all three judges and the studio audience.
The real Elizabeth Ramsey, who was part of the audience, also praised Cantiveros for her performance.
Your Face Sounds Familiar other grand finalists are JayR, Edgar Allan Guzman, Nyoy Volante which impersonates Frank Sinatra, Chris Brown and Whitney Houston respectively. Meanwhile, Maxene Magalona, Karla Estrada, Jolina Magdangal and Tutti Caringal completes the season 1 set of contestants.
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