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Jim Paredes will be the headmaster of Pinoy Dream Academy in its grand opening on August 26. Jim Paredes together with his family migrated to Sydney, Australia last February but was convinced to get back and take on the project.

The first episode featured the selection of the 12 NCR Star Dreamers out of the 30 hopefuls that qualified in the NCR auditions. It also showed us a glimpse of some of the talented filipinos that auditioned abroad (Dubai, Italy, Australia, etc.). There will be 12 Star Dreamers from the NCR, 15 Regional Star Dreamers, and 10 Global Star Dreamers. Out of these 37 talented individuals, only 16 will be chosen as the first Pinoy Dream Academy Scholars.

The 12 NCR Star Dreamers are:

Czarina “Czar” Rosales
Tondo, Manila
19 years old

Ronnie Liang
Angeles City, Pampanga
21 years old

»»» continue reading Pinoy Dream Academy Star Dreamers Part 1 (Premiere Episode)

Partial Results of Visayas Auditions

Those who didn’t make it

John Paul Padillo
Geovanni Redido
Win John Dacay
Analyn Barona
Janrie Saplad
Michelle Ortuose
Christopher Lumbab
Jose Maria Seno
Kyrley Sumagaysay
Jonard Moneva

»»» continue reading Philippine Idol Episode 2 (Visayas Auditions in Cebu)

The following names are from the Premiere Telecast of Philippine Idol and are only a partial list of the result of the 1st round of the Manila auditions

Those who did not make it

Justice Regondola (00001) from Fairview, Quezon City – first one to audition
John Paul Villaluz (01360)
Ann Margarette Betia of Novaliches

»»» continue reading Philippine Idol Premiere Recap

15. Cesar Montano
14. Heart Evangelista
13. Claudine Barretto
12. Charlene Gonzales
11. Sam Milby
10. Piolo Pascual

»»» continue reading Top 15 Effective Celebrity Endorsers

From the brains behind the hit Big Brother and Deal or No Deal franchises, Endemol is now giving pop star hopefuls a chance to be a step closer to their dream. Originally known as Star Academy, its emerging popularity brought about its franchises in various part of the world. Africa refers to it as Project Fame while in the US it’s touted as The One: Making a Music Star. Other countries who caught the Star Academy fever are the UK, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Romania, Portugal, the Netherlands, Middle East, Mexico, Italy, India, Greece, Germany, France, Chile, Canada, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belgium, and Argentina.

In spite of the various names that its been called in each country, the mechanics are basically the same, wherein the “academy” is being managed by a principal and teachers are there to teach the students various artistic disciplines. Day and night the students will be monitored by hidden cameras and there would be weekly live performances of the students where they will showcase the things they have learned and practiced in the past week. During the concert, a panel of jurors will choose the students who will be nominated for the week. The public then gets to vote for the student they want to remain at the academy.

Star Academy is actually the second biggest reality show franchise in the world – the top being Big Brother.

GMA 7’s Senior Vice President for Entertainment Wilma Galvante said that they might conduct an audition for the lead role of Bakekang. Bakekang, was a komiks novel made by Carlo J. Caparas and was made into a movie in the 70’s.

ABC 5 moved the premiere telecast of Philippine Idol on July 30 (from July 29), that’s a Sunday at 8 in the evening. It will go head to head with Rated K of ABS-CBN Channel 2 and Mel and Joey of GMA Channel 7.

If you have Philippine Idol concerns or queries, you can dial 1-908-5-IDOL-00 (1-908-5-4365-00). More info here.

Pinoy Dream Academy

- based on Endemol’s Star Academy
- will be hosted by Toni Gonzaga, Sam Milby, and Nikki Gil
- will be aired on ABS-CBN Channel 2
- premieres on August

Philippine Idol

- based on Fox’s American Idol
- will be hosted by Ryan Agoncillo
- the judges are Pilita Corrales, Ryan Cayabyab, and Francis Magalona
- will be aired on ABC Channel 5
- premieres this July

9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

June 17 – Manila – SM Manila
June 18 – Manila – SM North Edsa (3rd Floor Activity Center)
June 20 – Bacolod – Robinson’s Place Bacolod
June 21 – Iloilo – Robinson’s Place Iloilo
June 24 – Manila – SM Sucat
June 25 – Manila – SM Southmall
June 27 – Cebu – SM Cebu

Audition schedules worldwide are:

July 8 – Sydney, Australia
July 14 – Dubai, UAE
July 22 – Milan, Italy
July 29 – Tokyo, Japan
Aug 5 – San Francisco, USA

Pinoy Big Brother Season 2

9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

June 17 – Manila – SM Manila
June 18 – Manila – SM North Edsa (3rd Floor Activity Center)
June 20 – Bacolod – Robinson’s Place Bacolod
June 21 – Iloilo – Robinson’s Place Iloilo
June 24 – Manila – SM Sucat
June 25 – Manila – SM Southmall
June 27 – Cebu – SM Cebu

Audition schedules worldwide are:

July 8 – Sydney, Australia
July 14 – Dubai, UAE
July 22 – Milan, Italy
July 29 – Tokyo, Japan
Aug 5 – San Francisco, USA

Pinoy Big Brother Season 1 Big Winner Nene Tamayo will host a new show which will showcase unsung heroes in our country. The show entitled “Wanted: Pinoy Hero” will soon air on ABS-CBN.

A comment from chickadora’s blog, a certain azul said

I don’t watch Pinoy teleseryes but I happened to catch the first 3 episodes of Captain Barbell. And it’s forgivable that the basic premise is similar to that of Superman I guess because Captain Barbell is our own version of Superman. HOWEVER, being someone who has seen the original Superman movie and followed the first season of Smallville, what I saw was not merely a homage to Superman, but a rip-off. Come on. Open your eyes. Adopted parents driving a red pick-up truck through the desert when a meteor capsule carrying a baby from another time. THey didn’t even TRY to look original by at least changing the kind of car Teng’s adopted parents were riding in. And discovering his super strength when he lifts the Lolo’s tractor. Whoa! De Ja Vu? And these are just physical rip-offs. I can write a whole essay on the unoriginal story. Saying to just turn a blind eye on its flaws is being in denial and a hindrance to improving the series. We must look within its flaws and change it. it may be rating high now, but when people realize that they’re watching a second-rate version of Smallville, Captain Barbell may not be as strong anymore in a month or so. I wonder if Warner Brothers can sue GMA for infringement?

After being hacked last April, the abs-cbn forum is up and running once again with the latest version of Invision Power Board. There are still tons of things to be fixed though.

Miguel blogs about links to Free TV online

The previous post on watching TV for free received a lot of traffic, however there are some other services available that also work very well.  I started looking and found a ton of free TV web sites.  I’ve posted the best ones here for you to try for yourself’s.  My favorite is the last one on the list, Martial Arts TV.  Don’t forget to watch Gracie vs Hughes tonight on Pay Per View!  Should be a historic match from the Staples Center!

The votes are in. The Big Four are:

Kimberly Sue “KIM” Chiu
16 years old from Cebu

Michael Vincent “MIKEE” Lee
16 years old from Quezon City

Clarides “CLARE” Cabiguin
17 years old from Bukidnon

Gerald Anderson
17 years old from General Santos City

The Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Big Night will be held at the Aliw Theatre (Free Admission) on June 3, 2006. You can also chat with evicted teen housemates or chat about current pinoy big brother topics, just go to http://smartbro.mypad.net:35555/.

After Darna, GMA 7 brings to life another pinoy comic-book superhero in Mars Ravelo’s Captain Barbell. Richard Gutierrez leads the cast who plays both Tengteng and his alter ego Captain Barbell. The star studded series also stars Camille Prats, Rhean Ramos, Sunshine Dizon, Ian Veneracion, JC de Vera, Jeremy Marquez, Melissa Avelino, Ryan Eigenmann, Iwa Moto, Paolo Bediones, Patrick Garcia, Richard Gomez, Snooky Serna, Ricky Davao, and Jackie Lou Blanco.