Pinoy Idol

Pinoy Auditions in Cagayan de Oro as reported by Asian Journal

MANILA, Philippines — During the first round of auditions for GMA 7’s “Pinoy Idol” in Cagayan de Oro last week, Jolina Magdangal cried, Ogie Alcasid picked up a slew of lessons, and Wyngard Tracy realized that he would soon become the most hated man in the country.

Jolina, Ogie and Wyngard are the judges in the local version of the world-famous reality talent search from FremantleMedia.

In an exclusive interview, Wilma Galvante, GMA 7 senior VP for Entertainment TV, pointed out that the judges’ “two-pronged” role was very important: “They tell the contestant whether they’re good or not, and they influence the viewers’ vote.”

Credibility

For this reason, Fremantle had put a premium on credibility in choosing the three jurors from a list presented by the Kapuso network.

Another crucial consideration was whether prospective judges were willing to devote the next eight months to “Idol,” which premieres in April and wraps up in August.

“I wanted [singer] Regine Velasquez to be a judge, but she’s doing a series of concerts in the US,” Galvante said. “Jolina gave up an afternoon soap.”

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This is the logo of Pinoy Idol which is now shown in GMA Network’s promotion of the program. I can still remember how glitzy and awesome the production set was when I watched Philippine Idol live. I hope I can get to cover Pinoy Idol live like I did in Philippine Idol.

via GMAnews.tv

Raymond Gutierrez is new host of Pinoy Idol

Raymond’s new hosting job on GMA-7 was formally announced yesterday, January 20, at Showbiz Central. The twin brother of Richard Gutierrez was chosen by GMA-7 to host the most-awaited Philippine franchise of the world’s number one singing competition dubbed as Pinoy Idol.

This is the biggest break for Raymond’s hosting career. He is also currently hosting Showbiz Central and SOP in GMA-7 and Livin’ It Up in QTV 11.

Raymond will take the place of Ryan Agoncillo, who hosted Philippine Idol in ABC-5, where Mau Marcelo was declared the winner. Her runners-up, Gian Magdangal and Jan Nieto, are now part of Kapuso network’s SOP.

I just hope he is as spontaneous as Ryan Agoncillo who did a splendid job in the last Philippine Idol.

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GMA- Channel 7 recently announced that auditions will be held for “Pinoy Idol”. We all know that GMA got the rights from Fremantle to show the “Philippine Idol” . The venues for the audition will be in major cities such as Cebu, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro and more. I’d like to believe that using “Pinoy Idol” is more to use than Philippine Idol. The thing is GMA could not use the Philippine Idol as it is copyrighted to ABC-Channel 5. It’s a relief that GMA 7 finally got the franchise as they have the network to show it nationwide. Pinoy Idol is slated to be aired on the first quarter or around February of 2008.

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