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Country of origin Philippines First episode date 3 July 2004 Network GMA Network | 7.4/10 IMDb Running time 1 hour Final episode date 6 July 2007 Program creator GMA Network | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Similar Search for a Star, Search for the Star in a Million, Born Diva, Are You the Next Big Star?, SOP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerald santos the beginning 1st week in pinoy pop superstar
Pinoy Pop Superstar was a Philippine television show featuring a year-long talent search for the best Filipino amateur singers. It was broadcast every Saturday evening on GMA. The format is loosely patterned on the original Tawag ng Tanghalan.
Contents
- Gerald santos the beginning 1st week in pinoy pop superstar
- Format
- Prizes
- Year One Grand Contenders
- Finalists from the Philippines
- Finalists from overseas
- Year Two Grand Contenders
- Criteria for judging for the Grand Showdown
- Year Three Grand Contenders
- Criteria for Judging for the Grand Showdown
- Albums released
- References
The program was hosted by Regine Velasquez. In the 2006 Star Awards for Television, Velasquez was awarded the "Best Talent Search Program Host" for the show.
Format
The competition begins with a long audition period; then for forty weeks, three contestants would compete each week in front of a panel of judges. The weekly winner challenges the winner the week before. The winner must be able to defend his or her title for four consecutive weeks in order to automatically qualify for the grand final at the end of the forty weeks. Then, a Pinoy Pop Superstar grand champion is crowned. The first two seasons' grand showdown took place in Araneta Coliseum on May 2005 and 2006 respectively, and was judged by Floy Quintos, Jaya, Danny Tan, Kyla, and Jay-R.
On the third season, however, there had become new rules. After the three contenders sing their songs on their own rendition, the second round would force them to sing their song, but not in their music type. For the weekly winner of four consecutive weeks, he or she will qualify for the prelimination showdown. The remaining finalists will compete for the grand showdown.
Rules were then again changed after the Pinoy Pop Superstar Year 3 Special: Fast Forward to Superstardom (this special consists of 12 wildcard finalists wherein Joyce Tanana won). On the first round, six contenders sing their song in favor to their capacity and genre. Three of them will be eliminated with judges' average scores. On the second round, the remaining three contenders will sing a different kind/genre of song. The weekly challenger will compete with the defending winner. The winner shall defend his title for four consecutive weeks (this time the defending winner can only reign his title for four weeks). The gathered finalists will compete for the grand showdown.
Prizes
The prizes at stake include a house (from Crown Asia in 2005 and Filinvest in 2006), a car (Toyota Innova in 2005 and Chevrolet Optra in 2006), a recording contract with GMA Records, and 1,000,000 pesos.
Year One Grand Contenders
July 3, 2004-May 7 2005 Final Showdown: May 7, 2005
Finalists from the Philippines
Finalists from overseas
Year Two Grand Contenders
July 2, 2005-May 6, 2006 Final Showdown: May 6, 2006
Finalists from the Philippines
Finalists from overseas
Criteria for judging for the Grand Showdown
Year Three Grand Contenders
July 1, 2006-June 2, 2007 Final Showdown: June 2, 2007