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Search For The Star In A Million
''Search for the Star in a Million'' (formerly ''Star in a Million'' after two seasons) is a Philippine television program in ABS-CBN. The shows premise is almost the same to that of ''American Idol'', although the format is derived from GMA's ''Search for a Star'' and ABS-CBN's ''Star in a Million''. ''Star in a Million'' ''Star in a Million'' is a singing contest on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. Started in 2003, the search produced some of the country's singing talents such as Erik Santos, Frenchie Dy, Marinel Santos, Sheryn Regis, OJ Mariano and Christian Bautista. The grand champion was given a contract with Star Records and a hosting stint on '' ASAP Mania''. The most votes a contestant had was on Season 2, when Ralph David drew 1 million votes for 4 hours. Hosts *Ryan Agoncillo *Agot Isidro *Edu Manzano * Zsa Zsa Padilla Judges *Dingdong Avanzado * Anna Fegi *Cherie Gil *Nanette Inventor * Gerard Salonga *Vernie Varga * Mel Villena Contestants (season 1) * Erik Santos, ...
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NTSC
The first American standard for analog television broadcast was developed by National Television System Committee (NTSC)National Television System Committee (1951–1953), Report and Reports of Panel No. 11, 11-A, 12–19, with Some supplementary references cited in the Reports, and the Petition for adoption of transmission standards for color television before the Federal Communications Commission, n.p., 1953], 17 v. illus., diagrs., tables. 28 cm. LC Control No.:5402138Library of Congress Online Catalog/ref> in 1941. In 1961, it was assigned the designation CCIR System M, System M. In 1953, a second NTSC standard was adopted, which allowed for color television broadcast compatible with the existing stock of black-and-white receivers. It is one of three major color formats for analog television, the others being PAL and SECAM. NTSC color is usually associated with the System M. The only other broadcast television system to use NTSC color was the System J. Since the introdu ...
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Search For A Star
''Search for a Star'' is a Philippine television singing talent show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Regine Velasquez, it premiered on June 21, 2003. The show concluded on March 13, 2004 with a total of 39 episodes. It was replaced by ''StarStruck Kids'' in its timeslot. The grand finals happened in Ultra in Pasig on March 13, 2004. Rachelle Ann Go emerged as the winner out of ten grand finalists. Grand finalists * Rachelle Ann Go Rachelle Ann Villalobos Go-Spies (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer and actress. She began her career by participating in and winning several singing competitions, the first of which was in the long-running Philippine variety show ''E ... (winner) * Raymond Manalo * Tina Braganza * Jerrianne Mae Templo * Iris Malazarte * Sarah Jean Badana * Romelo Valeña * Cheryl Sweet Ubasa * Maria Camille Rellevo * Genevieve Villabroza References External links * 2003 Philippine television series debuts 2004 Philippine television series e ...
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Emman Omaga
''Search for the Star in a Million'' (formerly ''Star in a Million'' after two seasons) is a Philippine television program in ABS-CBN. The shows premise is almost the same to that of ''American Idol'', although the format is derived from GMA's ''Search for a Star'' and ABS-CBN's ''Star in a Million''. ''Star in a Million'' ''Star in a Million'' is a singing contest on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. Started in 2003, the search produced some of the country's singing talents such as Erik Santos, Frenchie Dy, Marinel Santos, Sheryn Regis, OJ Mariano and Christian Bautista. The grand champion was given a contract with Star Records and a hosting stint on ''ASAP Mania''. The most votes a contestant had was on Season 2, when Ralph David drew 1 million votes for 4 hours. Hosts *Ryan Agoncillo *Agot Isidro *Edu Manzano * Zsa Zsa Padilla Judges *Dingdong Avanzado *Anna Fegi *Cherie Gil *Nanette Inventor *Gerard Salonga *Vernie Varga *Mel Villena Contestants (season 1) *Erik Santos, Grand C ...
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Mel Villena
Mel Villena is a Filipino musician, composer and musical director who has worked with various artists such as Sharon Cuneta, Pops Fernandez, Martin Nievera, Lea Salonga, The Company, and Mitch Valdez. He was also the musical director of Associated Broadcasting Company's (ABC) Philippine Idol. Aside from Philippine Idol, he appeared in numerous reality talent shows such as ABS-CBN's ''Star in a Million'' and guested on children's television series ''Batibot'', in which he arranged the show's theme song. During his high school days, he was a member of the Kundirana choir of the La Salle Greenhills school. He got his education at the University of the Philippines College of Music and refined his skills along its halls. Mel Villena *He is the conductor of the Bandble Bee in '' The Singing Bee''. *He was also the musical director of Coca-Cola Ride To Fame on GMA-7 DZBB-TV, Channel 7 (analog) and Channel 15 (digital), is the flagship TV station of Philippine television netwo ...
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Gerard Salonga
Gerard Imutan Salonga (born October 11, 1973) is a Filipino musical conductor, composer, and arranger. From 2012 to 2020, he was the music director of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra from 2016 to 2018, and from 2019 to the present the resident conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Early life and education Gerard Imutan Salonga was born on October 11, 1973 in Manila, Philippines to Feliciano Genuino Salonga, a naval rear admiral and shipping company owner, and María Ligaya Alcantara, ''née'' Imutan of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. His older sister is singer, actress, and columnist Lea Salonga. Salonga began his musical education, taking piano lessons, at the age of 5. He joined his sister Lea in singing duets in her first album, ''Small Voice'', as well as taking part in the 8th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival as interpreters for the song entry "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La" by Tess Concepcion ...
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Cherie Gil
Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann (; June 21, 1963 – August 5, 2022), known professionally as Cherie Gil, was a Filipino actress. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, she was dubbed the "''La Primera Contravida''" ("The Prime Villain") for her acting prowess which landed her numerous antagonistic roles on film, television, and even on stage. Gil was a FAMAS Award winner, a recipient of Ani ng Dangal by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and a Hall of Famer at the Metro Manila Film Festival in the Best Supporting Actress category. In 2015, she won the Best Actress trophy at the ASEAN International Film Awards. The same year, she also won the Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Madrid International Film Festival. In 2019, she was awarded the Best Supporting Actress at the 42nd Gawad Urian Awards for her portrayal of the character Patricia Medina in the feature film ''Citizen Jake''. She began her career as a child actress at the age of 9, and ...
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Anna Fegi
Anna Fegi (born April 18, 1977) is a Filipina singer and actress from Cebu, Philippines. She has performed internationally in over seventy countries and is known for her work on the popular show '' ASAP'' on the ABS-CBN television network and The Filipino Channel (TFC), her performances in the Himig Handog competitions, as well as her two solo albums released under the Sony BMG label. Fegi is recognized by her powerful voice, high vocal range, and trademark curly hair. Early life Anna Fegi was born in Toledo, Cebu, Philippines and is the fourth of seven children born to Gaudencio and Soccoro Fegi. The family is a very musical family and they spent time together singing and performing while living in Barangay Lutopan. Her mother was a religion teacher at De La Salle Andres Soriano Memorial School (ASMS) and her father was the school audio/visual technician. The family lived together in a small house in the teachers' compound on the school campus. Her father built his own sound ...
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Dingdong Avanzado
Fernando Cyril "Dingdong" Veloso Avanzado (born July 7, 1968) is a Filipino singer, actor, politician and TV host. Early life Avanzado was born on July 7, 1968 in Quezon City. He was born to the political Veloso Family of Samar, to Fernando Avanzado Sr., a former politician and to lawyer Carina Flores, the current mayor of Oton, Iloilo. He was part of Kundirana, an all male group formed in De La Salle University where Gary Valenciano and Ogie Alcasid has been part of. Music career His performance on some movie theme songs prompted Dyna Records to sign him to a record deal. His single, "Ikaw Lamang", earned him his first Gold certification. His first major concert, called Shine On, was held in Rizal Theatre (now occupied by Makati Shangri-La, Manila). In 1988, he released the album ''Tatlong Beinte Singko'' under Dyna Records. The album contained eight tracks, including hit singles: "Ikaw Lamang", "Maghihintay Sa'yo", and "Tatlong Beinte Singko" (composed by Rannie Raymun ...
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ASAP Mania
''All-Star Sunday Afternoon Party'' (''ASAP''; ), currently branded as ''ASAP Natin 'To'' (), is a Philippine television variety show produced by ABS-CBN Entertainment. Originally hosted by Martin Nievera, Pops Fernandez, Ariel Rivera and Dayanara Torres, it is currently hosted by Nievera along with Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano, Sarah Geronimo, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Erik Santos, Luis Manzano, Kim Chiu, Enchong Dee and Janine Gutierrez. The show premiered on February 5, 1995, replacing its predecessor ''Sa Linggo nAPO Sila'' and marks as the longest running Sunday noontime variety show, after surpassing rival network GMA's ''GMA Supershow''’s record of nearly two decades. In October 2015, ''ASAP'' became the first live entertainment program in the Philippines to be broadcast in true high-definition picture, the other being a sports program and '' It's Showtime''. ''ASAP'' premiered on ABS-CBN, where it aired until May 2020, when the broadcast of the ...
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Star Music
Star Music (stylized in lowercase as starmusic; formerly known as Star Records), is a record label in the Philippines owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN until 2013 when it was merged to ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. It is now a division of ABS-CBN Music, a division of ABS-CBN for its music. Its publishing and distribution subsidiary in the country is Star Music Publishing (formerly Star Songs, Inc.) and has over one thousand songs in its catalog including the classic song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar. It is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), a non-profit and private trade organization, that represents the recording industry distributors in the Philippines. Star Music also released video karaoke VCDs versions of the label's songs in the Philippines. History Star Music was founded on February 20, 1995, as Star Recording, Inc. with Star ...
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OJ Mariano
OJ Mariano (born 1979) is a Filipino people, Filipino singer and film/theater actor. He is the second runner-up of the second season of ABS-CBN's reality show, reality singing competition ''Star in a Million''. After the competition, he released an album under Star Records entitled ''One Dream Come True''. For his first album, he received Awit Awards' 2006 "Best New Male Recording Artist". He is previously performing as a singer in ABS-CBN's ''The Singing Bee (Philippine game show), The Singing Bee''. He then pursued the theater and acting field, and was featured in a number of local and international Musical productions and films. He received various nominations and received the Gawad Buhay Award for Best Male Lead in Musical in 2013. OJ is the current tenor of the Philippines’ top vocal group, The Company (vocal group), The Company. Discography Albums * ''One Dream Come True'' * ''Ballads'' Singles * "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" (from the album ''Ballads'') * "Sana'y ...
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ...
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