Be the First Pinoy Idol?
Posted on January 19th, 2008 | Subscribe in a Reader | Subscribe by Email
If you were able to see GMA’s TV ad of their upcoming Pinoy Idol, you will hear this phrase:
“Be the First Pinoy Idol”
I remember ABC 5 once hosted the Philippine version of American Idol, called Philippine Idol. The reality show failed to reach the show’s expectations, because of low advertisement placements despite being a widely-followed show. [read here]. Reading the news, it looks GMA got the second franchise of the Idol Series [read here]. I think they made a good deal as this time, the Idol series will be getting a relatively wider audience and more potential sponsors.
Both Pinoy Idol and Philippine Idol belongs to the Idol series of FremantleMedia, a content and production division of RTL Group, Europe’s largest TV, radio, and production company, headquartered in London, England. The original name of the show is Pop Idol and was later franchised to over 30 countries (examples are USA’s American Idol, Germany’s Deutschland sucht den Superstar, and France’s Nouvelle Star)
Reading Wikipedia’s entry on Pinoy Idol, it says:
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. [source]
What do you think would Maureen Marcelo (2006 Philippine Idol winner) react to this?
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March 25th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
That would be unfair for Mau Marcelo. I think she deserves the credit for being the 1st Philippine Idol, thus should be recognized.
This is a form of greediness from GMA 7.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
can you blame GMA, it’s ABC5′S fault why GMA will not recognize as the 1st winner, because abc5 won’t allow gma7 to use the title PHILIPPINE IDOL, because of that, they renamed it PINOY IDOL and not recognizing Mau Marcelo.
June 11th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Well I think this will go the same when Idol is bought by ABS-CBN. It’s a shame that GMA 7’s viewership loyalty were even lesser than ABC 5’s. And it’s more of a shame that the Dream Academy franchised by ABS-CBN is waaaaaaay better to GMAs.
Tips to make Pinoy Idol better.
1) Get more credible judges. Pilita Corales is a far cry better than Jolina Magdangal who has proven nothing in the singing industry. Wyngard Tracy as a producer did what? He looks so lazy with his comments and I think he’s like judging a barrio festivity. Ogie Alcasid is okay but I think he alone can’t save the sinking ship. Err…let me correct myself…can’t save the sunken ship.
2. Choose a lively host. I’m quite disturbed with Raymond’s hosting. I’m not sure if I’m to blame the writers or should I say the lack of character of Ruffa’s bro but this should change. I don’t watch teevee that much but Richard should display more wit and display more candid conversations with the judges and contestants rather than a scripted display showing a robotic and boring showcase on TV. I think GMA should be investing training with VJs and hosts that can handle shows like this.
3. Internet visibility. Media companies like GMA should capitalize on the Internet basing it as one of the primary resources of different kinds of media information such as videos, mp3s and the like. If you type, PINOY IDOL on Youtube what do you see? You’ll see more Philippine Idol rather than Pinoy Idol vids. If you go to the Pinoy Idol website and you want to go and watch the live IDOL performance you won’t see such information.
4) Pick unique and experienced contestants. If they’ve chosen one of the blind girls who auditioned, I’ll rally for that candidate and vote for her. If they’ve chosen a runner up contestant from ABS-CBN’s Star In A Million I’ll look forward knowing that one. If they’ve focused on the backgrounds of the final 24, the viewers might have enough time knowing them. Unfortunately, all these weren’t done.
5) Give what is due to the FINALISTS.Each week should only be dedicated to 4 contestants where 2 are going to be eliminated every episoed to make a final 12. So what happened here is they eliminate 4 people a week every elimination night giving no respect and proper identification to the ones eliminated.
I was a fan when I heard that it is to be shown on GMA 7 but unfortunately to my dismay, ABC 5’s production was even more interesting and gave more effort in marketing their IDOL franchise.