Pinoy Idol

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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“Philippine Idol” Season 2 might be seen on GMA-7 . According to the the news, GMA 7 is negotiating with Freemantle to get the franchise of the Philippine Idol. It will be known this week if GMA 7 will indeed be granted the franchise.

“We’ve heard that,” confirmed Perci Intalan, ABC 5 head of creative and entertainment production. “But last week, we were still discussing with FremantleMedia (“Idol” franchise holder) … about producing not only ‘Philippine Idol,’ but also ‘Asian Idol.’”

ABC-5 will still get the first chance to refuse the offer of course.

Although talks are still being finalized, most likely the Philippine Idol will be launched next year.

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