The worldwide Idol craze has finally arrived in the Philippines.
The Philippines' number one TV station, GMA Network, Inc., recently acquired the Idol franchise from Freemantle Media Asia. Auditions for the top-rating reality show were held throughout the archipelago as hundreds of thousands of hopefuls flocked to the venues to try their luck, aiming to be the first Pinoy Idol.
Talent manager Wyngard Tracy, singer-song writer Ogie Alcasid and concert princess Jolina Magdangal reprise the roles of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul as judges in the reality talent search. Raymond Gutierrez hosts.
Pinoy Idol debuts this Saturday, April 5 on GMA 7.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Pinoy Idol Begins April 5
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Well GMA 7 is not the very first station to have the Idol Franchise....
ABC 5 was the first to have this with the title "Philippine Idol" with Mau Marcel as the first ever Philippine Idol...
I wished GMA 7 used the same title as well. I just think that the title should be Philippine Idol and not Pinoy Idol.
Yeah, I agree with you, but that's the strategy that GMA is using.
Anyway, Philippine Idol was great, but it was highly forgettable. It was foreshadowed by competing reality show, Pinoy Dream Academy on ABS-CBN. In fact, it was only the Philippine version of Idol that flopped.
i share the same sentiments with chris a. They should have at least used the same title. They're launching it like as if its the Phil's first. Wawa naman si Mau.
Well, i'm not watching the show anyway. I'm hooked with AI but never with the local version. JB, nag-audition ka din ba? hehe
WEll, Philippine Idol may flopped but out of courtesy, I wished GMA showed courtesy by recognizing ABC 5 as the one who started the franchise.
This is one of the reasons why Filipinos are still separated. Leading TV networks are not recognizing each other stations and programs contribution.
Just like The Wheel of Fortune... it was also first shown in ABC 5 with Rustom Padilla (back when he was pretending as a man).
I like the Rustom Padilla version of Wheel of Fortune better than Kris Aquino's. The show has become so bakya and perya-ish.
Korek ka dyan igan!
Hmm lam mu ewan ko lang pero ang channel two panay na ang gimik ngayun...
Wowowee pa lang bakyang bakya na hahaha nothing against Wowowee ha, naaliw din ako minsan kaso minsan parang pilit na eh...
Back to Pinoy Idol...
Hope di masyadong maging trying hard na gayahin ang format at stilo ng judge.
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