Pinoy Idol

Here is an interesting Pinoy Idol article entitled Girls Rule Pinoy Idol as written by Nestor Torre

MANILA, Philippines - After viewing the first weekend of telecasts showcasing the 24 finalists on “Pinoy Idol,” we can share these initial impressions:

Quite clearly, the 12 female finalists are more promising than their male counterparts, quite a number of whom sound and look rather “TH” and/or amateurish. “Star quality” generally eludes them—in fact, some of them come across as rather scruffy.

On the other hand, about half of the female finalists have both looks and singing talent going for them. At this early stage of the TV tilt, therefore, we can “predict” that the women will rule the roost during the final phase of “Pinoy Idol.”

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From Starmometer.com, here are the video performances of the Top 10 Guy finalists in no particular order.

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I can’t help but agree with the readers of my blog. (I verified the IP address of the comments and they are all unique IP adress).

As I went through the criticisms towards GMA’s management of Pinoy Idol, I could only agree on these comments.

Attention GMA. Please do something with Pinoy Idol. These comments are meant to be constructive because we support the Pinoy Idol. I even created a separate blog for the Pinoy Idol because I had high hopes that it will surpass the ABC 5 Philippine Idol in 2006. I watched most of the live shows of Philippine Idol and compared it with the current Pinoy Idol so I have basis for my constructive criticisms.

I hope you look into these comments.

1. The top 24?? Top na ba yun? They all sound like bar singers. Walang dating. No one has a distinctive sound. No distinctive style. Wala ngang aabot sa kalibre ni Jan Nieto e. There’s something wrong with the judges.

2. The lights on the scaffolds of the stage, still too bright.

2. Even the video editing is soo boring… just lame ( i think i’ll be using “lame” to it’s fullest redundancy)

4. Even the sound, the musical band seems so karaoke on sound. It’s so sad that danny’s musical prowess is put into lame reputation. Even the voise of the amazing “the opera” cant be heard.

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Eliminated in tonight’s Pinoy Idol Top 24 results night was Dio Paolo, Elliot Andal, Drizzle Muniz and Bev Ejercito . What do you think? Why all that sobbing drama in the end? It’s alright to be sad and all but the Pinoy Idol finalists looked like they were in a funeral.

While the show was in progress, a disgruntled viewer sent me an email which is worth sharing so that Pinoy Idol show improves.

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Here are the 12 girl finalists in no particular order:
(Videos courtesy of Starmometer.com)

Jeni Rawole singing For Once in my Life

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Those who want to audition in Manila, it will be held on February 21 at the SMX Convention Center. Here is the map. Click on the image for a larger view.

SMX is beside the SM Mall of Asia.

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CEBU CITY, Philippines—The fourth stop in the search for GMA 7’s first “Pinoy Idol” took an 80-man production contingent to this Queen City of the South.

Host Raymond Gutierrez pointed out to Inquirer Entertainment that this Visayan island had produced “great singers,” among them Pilita Corrales, Dulce and Verni Varga.

Still, Perry Lansigan, executive producer, was “surprised” by the turnout. Long lines of starry-eyed aspirants gathered in SM Cebu on the first two days of the three-day tryouts which wrapped up Saturday last weekend.

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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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Those from 16-28 of age can audition for Pinoy Idol. However those who are 16 to 17 years old will need to secure a written parental consent.

You can also apply online using this Pinoy Idol Registration

What to bring:

1. Age bracket is 16 to 28 years old,

2. for those 16-17 years old, bring parental consent (simple lang, na sila ay pinapayagang sumali sa Pinoy Idol),

3. bring proof of age (birth certificiate, etc),

4. full body photo.

5. Dress to impress

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Here are the schedules for the First Pinoy Idol auditions:

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