Pinoy Pop Superstar

Pinoy Pop Superstar
Genre Talent show
Presented by Regine Velasquez
Judges
  • Jaya
  • Floy Quintos
  • Danny Tan
Country of origin Philippines
Original language(s) Tagalog
Production
Production location(s) Philippines
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) GMA Entertainment TV
Release
Original network GMA Network
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03) – June 2, 2007 (2007-06-02)

Pinoy Pop Superstar is a Philippine television singing talent show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Regine Velasquez, it premiered on July 3, 2004. The show concluded on June 2, 2007.

In the 2006 Star Awards for Television, Velasquez was awarded the "Best Talent Search Program Host" for the show.

Overview

Regine Velasquez serves as the host.

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.

Seasons

Season Premiere Finale Grand champion Runner up Final four Grand contenders
1 July 3, 2004 May 7, 2005 Jonalyn Viray Brenan Espartinez Michael Anthony Garcia
Charmaine Piamonte		 Kristel Arianne Astor
MC Monterola
Sheila Ferrari
Philbert de Torres
2 July 2, 2005 May 6, 2006 Gerald Santos Aicelle Santos Denver Regencia
Harry Santos		 Irra Cenina
Elise Estrada
Rosemarie Tan
3 July 1, 2006 June 2, 2007 Maricris Garcia Bryan Termulo Miguel Naranjilla
Joyce Tanaña		 Jennie Escalada
Marvin Gagarin
John Louie Abaigar
April delos Santos
Jae Buensuceso

Contenders

Season 1

From the Philippines
From overseas

Season 2

From the Philippines
From overseas

Season 3

From the Philippines
  • Joyce Tanaña — (Cebu Superstar of the Night)
  • Miguel Naranjilla — (Text Votes Winner)
  • Maricris Garcia — (Mega Manila & Mandaluyong Superstar of the Night)
  • Jennie Escalada — (Best in Album Performance)
  • Marvin Gagarin
  • Bryan Termulo — (Pampanga & egypt Superstar of the Night)
  • John Louie Abaigar
  • April delos Santos
From overseas

See also

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