Alden Richards, Justin de Dios, and Edward Barber will advance to the next level of battle round and be one step closer to winning the title “Ultimate Asian Heartthrob of 2020.”

In bout 16, SB19’s Justin de Dios of the Philippines garnered 15,554 votes or 54.06% beating Third of Thailand who got 13,217 or 45.94%. Justin also got 23,591 social media votes.

In bout 17, Edward Barber of the Philippines garnered 4,398 votes or 72.15% beating Lin Yi of China who only got 1,698 votes or 27.85%. Edward also got 8,490 social media votes.

In bout 18, Alden Richards of the Philippines garnered 47,269 votes or 58.63% beating Jackson Wang of Hong Kong who got 33,360 votes or 41.37% Alden also got 15,189 social media votes.

Alden, Justin, and Edward will advance to level 2 of the battle round and will face a new opponent.

Third, Lin Yi, and Jackson Wang are eliminated.

LEVEL 2 SEMIFINALISTS SO FAR

Alden Richards, PHILIPPINES
Bailey May, PHILIPPINES
BamBam, THAILAND
DK, SOUTH KOREA
Edward Barber, PHILIPPINES
Jimin, SOUTH KOREA
Jin, SOUTH KOREA
Justin de Dios, PHILIPPINES
Kim Mingyu, SOUTH KOREA
Kim Taehyung, SOUTH KOREA
Lai Guanlin, TAIWAN
Park Jinyoung, SOUTH KOREA
Porsche, THAILAND
Rowoon, SOUTH KOREA
Ten, THAILAND
Wang Yibo, CHINA
Wen Junhui, CHINA
Xiao Zhan, CHINA