Philippine Idol
Philippine Idol | |
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CKX, Inc. | |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | July 30 December 10, 2006 | –
Related | |
Idol Philippines (2022) Pinoy Idol (2008) |
Philippine Idol is the first version of the
Production
ABC started negotiating with FremantleMedia in order to acquire a Philippine franchise of Idol in 2004, when
Before it was launched, there was skepticism among the local entertainment press about Philippine Idol as singing contests are common in local television, with recent ones branded as Idol knockoffs. The
Early reviews compared the show with
Auditions
The main auditions were held in three cities, each representing a major island group:
The Luzon Main Auditions and Fast-Tracks yielded over 10,000 registrants,[3][19] with Contestant no. 0001 arriving at the audition venue at 1:00 a.m., auditions starting at 9:00 a.m.[3] The Main Auditions were composed of three stages—passing the first two stages gave the participant a blue form, allowing them to face the Idol judges about a week later.[3] The Idol judges were so overwhelmed with the amount of talent presented to them that it was difficult for them to say "no" to hopefuls who did not pass their standards. Cayabyab exasperatedly stated during the Luzon Main Auditions,
I thought I was tough enough...no. [I] got so emotionally drained having to say no to all the pleading [and the] crying... This is not fun anymore. [It was] torture.
He admitted becoming angry at times and felt like he was the
Theater round
The Theater Round was held between August 1 and 3, 2006, at the
Semifinal round
The Semi-Finalists were then divided by gender, with the two groups performing alternately at
Final round
The Final Round started on September 30, 2006, in which each finalist sang one to three songs within a specified theme and received comments from each of the judges. The viewers continued to vote for their favorites until 8:30 p.m. the following day, which was shortened to two hours from the Fifth Finals Week. The finalist with the lowest number of votes was eliminated during the Results Show every week. However, there were special circumstances that did not result in eliminations during the Results Show, but then the votes were carried over the week after and eventually eliminated two finalists.
Weekly themes
- September 30 – OPM songs dedicated to a special someone
- October 7 – Soul/R&B
- October 14 – Songs from the Metropop Song Festival
- October 21 – Contemporary Filipino rock
- October 29 – Personal theme songs
- November 5 – Dance music
- November 12 – Radio hits
- November 19 – show tunes
- November 26 – Big band
- December 9 – Personal choice, Judges' and Musical director's choice, and Record company's choice
Guest judges
A guest judge was enlisted each week for five weeks beginning on October 14 while resident judge Magalona was away on a tour in Europe.[31] Additionally, a sixth guest judge supplemented the panel on the week of Magalona's return. Each guest judge generally had expertise relating to that week's theme.[32]
- October 14 – Hajji Alejandro (interpreter of the first winning song of the Metropop Song Festival)[33]
- October 21 – AfterImage)[31]
- October 29 – Luke Mejares (solo artist and former vocalist of South Border)[31]
- November 5 – Regine Tolentino (professional dancer, former MTV VJ and TV personality)[34]
- November 12 – Mo Twister (radio DJ and talk show host)[32]
- November 19 – Tony Award-winning singer and musical theatre performer)[33]
Notable events
On the first Finals Week, no contestants were eliminated due to disrupted telephone and mobile phone services in many areas of Luzon, caused by Typhoon Xangsane. In the results show, finalists still went through a familiar elimination routine. Agoncillo called three contestants to an area dubbed the "Hot Spot" before revealing that no one would be eliminated and the votes would be carried over to the succeeding week. This was done because there were no official results to be announced. According to sources from the network, the votes were not yet counted at the time. ABC-5 Director for Creative and Entertainment Production Perci Intalan stated that the three finalists who were put in the "Hot Spot" (Marcelo, Armarie Cruz and Jelli Mateo) were not necessarily the Bottom Three. Intalan said, "We were not allowed to announce who the Bottom Three were because the votes will be carried over next week and it might affect the voting if people knew who the Bottom Three were."[35] As a result, two contenders—Stef Lazaro and Drae Ybañez—were eliminated the following week.[27] Another non-elimination occurred on the fourth Finals Week due to reports of disrupted voting (among Sun Cellular and Smart subscribers). The votes amassed for this week were carried over to Week 5. Through the rest of the results night, each of the judges picked one finalist to give an encore performance: Cornejo picked Cruz, Corrales chose Marcelo, and Cayabyab picked Magdangal.[36]
Schedules were changed starting the Fifth Finals Week, with performances held on Sundays while elimination nights were on Mondays, as opposed to the previous arrangement of Saturday performances and Sunday eliminations.[36] The voting time was also shortened from 21 to 2 hours.[37] Agoncillo explained that this change was adopted (partly due to public clamor) from the voting period of American Idol. Mateo and Cruz were eliminated because of the non-elimination on the previous week.[38]
On the Seventh Finals Week, each finalist sang a song chosen for them by a fellow Idol based on these assigned pairings: Magdangal and Nieto, Marcelo and Mendoza, Chavez and Dingle.[39] After the night's performances, guest judge Mo Twister confidently said that Dingle would be eliminated the next night and even wagered that he would go to work in a dress for a week if his prediction proved wrong. Dingle was indeed eliminated the following night.[32] The Big Band Week became a "mini-concert", as each of the remaining four finalists performed two song numbers with a short spiel to the audience in between.[29] The following week featured special segments about the final three contenders: Marcelo, Magdangal, and Nieto.
Finale
Philippine Idol held its Performance Night Finale on December 9, 2006, at the Araneta Coliseum, which was dubbed The Big 3 at the Big Dome. Each of the three remaining contenders performed three songs, one personally chosen by the contestant, one by the judges and one by
Marcelo was voted as the first Philippine Idol, amassing about 35.26% of the vote. The vote was a hotly contested one with the runners-up earning about 33.84% and 30.90% of the votes. It was not revealed, however, which runner-up garnered which percentage, but they each received ₱250,000. Aside from the title, Marcelo also earned a contract with Sony BMG Music Philippines, a management contract with an agency of FremantleMedia's choice, a ₱1,000,000 non-exclusive contract with ABC, and ₱1,000,000 cash prize.[42]
Elimination chart
Did Not Perform | Females | Males | Top 24 | Wild Card | Top 12 | Runners-up
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Winner |
Safe | Hot Spot | Bottom Group | Eliminated
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Stage: | Semi-Finals | Wild Card | Finals | Grand Finale | ||||||||||
Week: | 9/3
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9/10
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9/17
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10/11
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10/82
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10/15
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10/223
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10/304
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11/6
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11/13
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11/20
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11/27
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12/10
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||
1 | Mau Marcelo | Wild Card | Top 12 | Spot | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Spot | Winner | ||||||
2–3 | Gian Magdangal | Wild Card | Top 12 | Bottom 4 | Bottom 3 | Runners-up | ||||||||
Jan Nieto | Top 12 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Spot | ||||||||||
4 | Miguel Mendoza | Top 12 | Bottom 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 9) | |||||||||
5 | Pow Chavez | Top 12 | Bottom 4 | Bottom 4 | Bottom 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||||||
6 | Kenneth Dingle | Wild Card | Top 12 | Bottom 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||
7 | Apple Chiu | Top 12 | Bottom 4 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||
8–9 | Armarie 'Arms' Cruz | Top 12 | Spot | Elim | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||
Angelli 'Jeli' Mateo | Top 12 | Spot | ||||||||||||
10 | Reymond Sajor | Top 12 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||
11–12 | Drae Ybañez | Top 12 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||
Stef Lazaro | Wild Card | Top 12 | ||||||||||||
Wild Card |
Joseph Astor II | Wild Card | Elim | Eliminated (Wild Card) | ||||||||||
Jasper Onyx Culala | Wild Card | |||||||||||||
Ramirr Grepo | Wild Card | |||||||||||||
Ira Patricia Marasigan | Wild Card | |||||||||||||
Chrisitna "Ting" Otera | Wild Card | |||||||||||||
Yasmin Rose "Suey" Medina | Wild Card | |||||||||||||
Semi- Final |
Erika Jill "EJ" Bautista | Elim | Eliminated (Semi-Finals Group 2) | |||||||||||
Abigail "Gail" Blanco | ||||||||||||||
Rina Lei "Ynah" Pangan | ||||||||||||||
Robert Bernadas | Elim | Eliminated (Semi Finals Group 1) | ||||||||||||
Freddie Cabael, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
Christian Masaga |
1 Due to the power interruptions and network problems, no elimination was held on October 1. All votes cast for the week were carried over to the following week.
2 Two contestants were eliminated this week in lieu of the non-elimination the week before.
3 Due to network problems, no contestant was eliminated. All votes cast for the week were carried over to the following week. This serves as Philippine Idol's Second Non-elimination week.
4 Two contestants were eliminated this week in lieu of the non=elimination the week before. This also marks the first Monday elimination, as performance nights were moved to Sundays, with eliminations moved to Mondays.
Kakaibang Idol
Kakaibang Idol was a special episode of Philippine Idol held on September 23, 2006, a week after the Top 12 Finalists have been named. It was an
I ♥ Philippine Idol: Exclusive
I ♥ Philippine Idol: Exclusive, originally Philippine Idol: Exclusive, is a thirty-minute daily program that features updates, news and behind-the-scene footages of the show. Since its premiere on August 14, 2006, a male voice talent (who also voices the plugs for ABC programs) has been facilitating the program, with appearances by Jmie Mempin who is also a production associate of Philippine Idol. Actress Heart Evangelista took over on September 4, 2006. Accordingly, Philippine Idol: Exclusive was renamed I Love Philippine Idol: Exclusive with a heart shape reflecting the new host.[6]
Controversies
Auditions
A Fast-Track audition that was to be held at SM City Sta. Mesa was canceled, leading to complaints from hopefuls and their parents. After hours of waiting, a representative of ABC arrived and relocated each of the 160 frustrated applicants to other scheduled screening.[46] Meanwhile, Filipinos living in Mindanao reacted negatively to what Philippine Idol judges said after a low Gold Pass turnout at the Davao Main Auditions, with Corrales (a Cebuana herself) saying that "Davao is not the place to look for an Idol" and "all the good ones are in Cebu".[47] Corrales later clarified in the Wildcard Round that she said such a statement because of the low turnout in the Davao auditions and the even lower Gold Pass output. She added that "Davao's best talents" might have probably auditioned earlier in Manila.
Talent piracy
ABC confirmed that a Gold Passer (later identified in the show's official website as Czarina Rose Rosales) was pirated by ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy, the Philippine franchise of Star Academy.[21][48] Sources said that representatives of ABS-CBN even approached a judge to "just let (some of) the contestants go".[49] This came after news that ABS-CBN wanted to co-produce Philippine Idol with ABC, but was denied.[50] ABS-CBN sent a letter to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which published the said report denying the allegations. The network added that they successfully staged competitions without taking contestants from other contests and would fully respect a contestant's choice as to which competition they would join.[51] Auditions for Pinoy Dream Academy were being held before the Theater eliminations. ABC then sent a formal letter of complaint to ABS-CBN, alleging that three Gold Passers of Philippine Idol became contestants of Pinoy Dream Academy. The latter did not comment on the letter, as neither of the three talents questioned became a finalist of that show.[52]
Vote padding
Upon the announcement of the first four male finalists, there were viewers of the show who had negative reactions regarding its format. They were shocked, disappointed, and were left complaining as two of the contestants that were favored by the judges based on their performances failed to make the cut. Instead, two others who had rather bad reviews from the jurors took the spots.[53] Viewers critical to the program concluded that it was just another "popularity contest" rather than a singing competition. Cayabyab mentioned that people should not be complacent regarding the contestants' status on the show, and advised them to keep on voting for their favorites because of the show's uncertainty.[54] This criticism was also reflected during the Women's Semi-finals, as talent critics believed two contenders that failed to make the cut should have become finalists. Critics also noted that viewers did not take heed to the judges' remarks about performance.[55] Torre stated in his article that the results of Philippine Idol Semi-finals revealed that viewers were not yet knowledgeable or objective enough to pick the first Idol, and pointed to the compromised voting based on "subjective campaigns" from some of the semi-finalists' backers.[56] He later commented that the show did not affirm a contestant's popularity but "the determination and deep pockets of his supporters."[45] This was supported on a report published by the Manila Bulletin about contestants who "buy their way to the top". Cayabyab divulged that he did not expect the way people voted and would see if that trend would continue in the coming weeks. However, he admitted that such campaigns were part of the game.[57]
Looks over talent
During the Results Show of the Wildcard Round, Marcelo jokingly said that Philippine Idol is not a singing contest but a "pagandahan" (beauty contest), which received a thunderous applause and laughter (especially from Cayabyab). Her statement was interpreted in two ways: as a way of venting out her frustrations in the voting process or as a means of sarcasm. She later made it to the Finals. In a later interview in I ♥ Philippine Idol: Exclusive, she said that she did not mean anything. Marcelo later apologized for her remarks during the Finale's post-results show press conference.[58] The judges were also scored by viewers for their constant comments about contestants who should lose weight, especially Marcelo. Marcelo admitted getting hurt by comments on so-called physical flaws, adding that she entered a "singing contest" not a "dancing competition". Cayabyab said that he avoids commenting on the singer's physical attributes.[39]
Cayabyab losing cool
Cayabyab had shown signs of frustration during Results Shows where the best performers of the previous night got eliminated. He finally expressed his disgust over the results after Sajor's elimination, calling it "dreadful". He also appeared to have surrendered the prospect of finding the best singer in the contest, predicting that it would be a "lightweight competition" with contestants singing nursery rhymes.[59]
Fate of Idol in the Philippines
Transition to Pinoy Idol
Although it had previously announced that it would, ABC did not produce a second season of Philippine Idol'[60][61] Sources stated that ABC had incurred large losses producing the first season due to lower than expected advertising revenue.[60]
On September 16, 2007, FremantleMedia officially announced that the Idol franchise would be given to GMA Network under the name Pinoy Idol.[62] FremantleMedia representative Geraldine Bravo said that it was "very fortunate" to find a new partner, while GMA Network's Senior Vice President for Entertainment Wilma Galvante added that both parties agreed that the network "has the experience, the resources, and the people to mount talent-search programs".[10] Reports said that GMA was planning to treat Pinoy Idol as a completely different show, without referring to Philippine Idol as its "first season" and not recognizing Marcelo as the "first winner".[10] Agoncillo and Cayabyab would not reprise their roles in the new Idol show as they appeared in the second season of Pinoy Dream Academy.[62]
In an article published before Pinoy Idol's premiere, Torre gave the lapses in Philippine Idol which he hoped Pinoy Idol should not replicate, such as Agoncillo's less than effective hosting style and the somewhat scripted and less wise comments of Magalona and Corrales.[63]
Idol Philippines telecast
The
See also
External links
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