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For the Associated Broadcasting Company program, see Philippine Idol.

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Pinoy Idol
Created byUnited Kingdom Simon Fuller
Directed byPhilippines Louie Ignacio
Country of origin Philippines
Original languagesFilipino, Tagalog, English
Production
Executive producerWilma Galvante
Original release
NetworkFile:Gma network logo.png GMA Network
Related
Philippine Idol

Pinoy Idol is GMA Network's franchise of the Idol series. It replaces the ABC's Philippine Idol, which was the original franchise, after the franchise was not awarded by FremantleMedia to ABC for its supposed to be second season.

GMA promoted Pinoy Idol as "the first Idol competition in the Philippines" during its New Year's Eve 2007 Presentation, therefore not recognizing Philippine Idol and its winner Mau Marcelo.

It is set to premiere on February 2008, replacing Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?.[1]

Philippine Idol

ABC was supposed to have the second season for Philippine Idol, as announced in a report in the network's late night news show Sentro. This was also announced by Mau Marcelo during the concert of the first season's final 12 at the Araneta Coliseum in late March 2007.

However, rumors began to spread that Philippine Idol would not be having its second season in 2007 as planned, while major station GMA Network was planning to acquire the Idol franchise.[2][3] Sources claimed that ABC incurred heavy losses in the previous season, primarily because of the low number of advertisement placements despite being a widely-followed show.[2] ABC asserted that it was still under negotiation with FremantleMedia about the second season and had earmarked Asian Idol as its "big launch", although it was a possibility that GMA was negotiating about Idol as well since the network already had local franchises of Celebrity Duets and Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?--both FremantleMedia franchises.[3][4]

After several negotiations, FremantleMedia officially decided to move and to have the second season aired on GMA Network, slated for a 2008 premiere. FremantleMedia's representative Geraldine Bravo said that it is "very fortunate" to find a new partner, while GMA Network's Senior Vice President for Entertainment Wilma Galvante added that both parties have agreed that the network "has the experience, the resources, and the people to mount talent-search programs".[5]

ABC was reportedly sore about the deal, saying through its senior vice president for Corporate Affairs Terra Daffon that ABC was willing to buy only Idol with no other packages attached, but FremantleMedia has apparently found a better deal with GMA, "a giant" compared to their network which they described as a "Jack trying to climb the beanstalk". ABC was also saddended by rumors that GMA would relaunch the show instead of recognizing the first season and therefore not acknowledging Mau Marcelo as the first Philippine Idol. Daffon commented that GMA's move to acquire FremantleMedia programs was a complete turnaround from its previous vow not to "buy" any foreign franchise, and that it seemed set in battling rival ABS-CBN anew as the latter now has four franchises from Endemol.[6]

Galvante, meanwhile, countered that she will not back down from what she said that GMA will not "copy" foreign franchises completely, without making adjustments to entertain local viewers,[6] which was different from her statement a year before that the network didn't need to "buy" a foreign franchise to put up their own talent searches.[7]

Production

Louie Ignacio, who directs GMA's variety program SOP Rules and was part of the network's own singing competition Pinoy Pop Superstar, is slated to direct the first season of Pinoy Idol. Ryan Agoncillo, who hosted Philippine Idol, will not reprise his hosting stint due to his contract with rival network ABS-CBN. Likewise, Philippine Idol judge Ryan Cayabyab will not return to his jury duties not only because of his previous connections with ABS-CBN, but also because he accepted the offer to appear in Pinoy Dream Academy's second season.[8] Pilita Corrales, another Philippine Idol judge, has also appeared in the ABS-CBN show Love Spell.[9] Whether she will reprise her judging duties in Pinoy Idol is still unknown at this time.

Meanwhile, GMA does not recognize Philippine Idol winner Mau Marcelo as the first-season winner although her runners-up Jan Nieto and Gian Magdangal are both part of GMA's roster.[10]

Auditions

It was revealed during GMA Network's New Year's Eve 2007 Presentation that the first audition city would be Cagayan de Oro on January 17, 2008. There will also be auditions in other major cities such as Manila, Cebu, Angeles, Batangas, Dagupan, and Iloilo.

Controversy

Early into the development of Pinoy Idol, there is a growing petition in online forums requesting for Ignacio's exclusion as its program director primarily because of his frequent use of butterflies (whether live butterflies or having people wear butterfly wings) on every project he has directed. He commented that he would still stick to his "lucky trademark" and even taunted petitioners to direct the show and put beetles or mosquitoes on the set if that is what they want.[1][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Part of "Mark na-excite sa halik ni Rhian Pilipino Star Ngayon, November 9. 2007 Template:Languageicon
  2. ^ a b "Curtains to fall on 'Philippine Idol'?". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 12, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "GMA 7 eyes RP 'Idol'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 3, 2007.
  4. ^ San Diego, Bayani Jr. (September 5, 2007). "ABC 5: 'RP Idol is ours". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. E1.
  5. ^ San Diego, Bayani Jr. (September 16, 2007). "GMA 7 bags RP 'Idol'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. G1.
  6. ^ a b San Diego, Bayani Jr. (September 20, 2007). "ABC 5 sore about 'Idol' move". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. D1.
  7. ^ Valera, Nini (June 14, 2006). "No to program clones—GMA 7". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. A2-1. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ ‘Pinoy Idol,’ tinanggihan nina Ryan at Mr. C, Journal Online, October 16, 2007
  9. ^ ‘Idol’ rigodon, Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 20, 2007
  10. ^ GMA 7 vs ABS-CBN, Manila Bulletin, September 29, 2007 (article accessed October 16, 2007)
  11. ^ Part of "Mga kumukutya noon kay Marian Rivera, ‘nagdurusa’ ngayon" Journal Online, October 22, 2007 Template:Languageicon


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