Tribu Ilongganon of Jalandoni Memorial High School bags the Dinagyang Festival 2007 Ati competition over-all champion crown for the second year. Tribu Kahilwayan of Sta. Barbara is this years over-all champion for the Kasadyahan competition.

Everybody agrees that this year's Dinagyang tribe performances improved with Tribu Taga-Jaro demonstrating the biggest jump in ranking - from 10th place last year to 2nd place this 2007. I would say those T-Backs did wonders for them.

Even with better performance, other tribes was not able to unseat the defending champions Tribu Ilongganon. Tribu Ilongganon bested them all with their injection of fresh approach of adding pieces of their costume during the performance.

Tribu Tultugan of Maasin, on the other hand, failed to secure their crown as Kasadyahan defending champion and relinquish it to Tribu Kahilwayan who did a very good job of telling their story of independence in an impeccable manner with the accompanying drum and bugle band.

Tribu Tultugan of Maasin and Tribu Kahilwayan of Sta. Barbara are the two most consistent crowd favorites according to Aksyon Radyo's survey of audiences in each judging area. However, these are not conclusive of the final official results that will be announced tomorrow - Sunday - night in Freedom Grandstand. The survey is a sort of an exit interview.

Tribu Tultugan and Tribu Kahilwayan showed very good performances in front of judges and audiences in 5 judging areas it's really hard to tell who will win. For now, it's anybody's game. Though, it looks like Tultugan has a bit of lead over Kahilwayan. I'm leaning towards Tribu Kahilwayan due to their refreshing use of drum and bugle band for their musical score.

The other two tribes who are also taking a crack at the top spot are Tribu Mandurriaonon and Tribu Pahinis. Tribu Pahinis came all the way from the province of Antique.