BEFORE THE FIRST 22 official candidates of Misters of Pilipinas 2016 were chosen at House Manila earlier today, they strutted their stuff in front of the judges and the media first, hoping to gain some attention and, ideally, a slot on the final list. Not all of these 35 hunks made it through, but they deserve to be seen here regardless.

Yes, folks, we captured their gorgeousness in a few clips, and we’re sharing them with you now. Feel free to feast your eyes and pick your favorites — we’ve already chosen ours, and we’ll publish our top picks in our next post so you can compare notes.

For now, enjoy the videos and let us know your favorites in the comments.

Note: We changed the background music for these videos due to a copyright claim by WMA Music.

Forgive us, but there are a few seconds we failed to capture because our phone’s storage got full, and it took a moment to start recording again. To the guys who got cut out of the footage (around two contestants, we think), our apologies.

See the list of those who made it to the official list of candidates on this post.