Philippine Idol (2006)

Genre

reality television

Country

Philippines

Length

1 season, 1 episode

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Aspiring singers compete in a televised talent contest where judges critique their performances. Viewers vote to eliminate contestants each week until one winner is chosen as the first Philippine Idol.

competitiveenergeticaspirationalupliftingtensecelebratorynarrative-drivenaudience-focused

What happens

Philippine Idol is a Philippine television interactive reality competition show broadcast by ABC (now TV5). Created and developed by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, the program is a franchise of Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Hosted Ryan Agoncillo, Ryan Cayabyab (musical composer), Pilita Corrales (singer, known as Asia's Queen of Songs) and Francis Magalona (rapper and producer) were also judges of the show, it aired from July 30 to December 10, 2006. Meanwhile, actress Heart Evangelista hosted the daily updates program I ♥ Philippine Idol: Exclusive. Composer Mel Villena was the show's musical director. Mau Marcelo, an aspiring singer from Lucena City, defeated two other contenders on the show's finale to become the first Philippine Idol. FremantleMedia subsequently awarded the franchise to GMA Network and their version of the program was named Pinoy Idol, which does not recognize the results of ABC's franchise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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