The ASOP (A Song of Praise) Music Festival is an annual music festival held in

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aiming to bring back praise songs to the public, it started in 2004 as a music competition inside the

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but was later opened to the general public in 2011. The music festival also discourages rap and metal music entries. The program airs weekly on

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every Sunday night holding weekly and monthly eliminations. The show is hosted by Ninang Toni and balladeer Richard Reynoso. For the first 6 years (2012-2017), the Grand Finals were held in

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. Starting in 2018, the Finals are held in nearby

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. Since 2015, entries that won from the monthly eliminations of November of the current year to October of the following year are included in the Grand Finals Night. On its third year, the multi-awarded

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, Lilet joined the competition with their compositions entitled ''Pagpupuring Walang Hanggan'' (Eternal Praise), and ''You Are Lord of All'', respectively. ASOP Music Festival was crowned the Best Talent Search Program of the 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television. As announced by

on the Year 7 Grand Finals, starting Year 8, the cash prize will be ₱800,000 for the champion, and a yearly increment of ₱100,000 will be added to the grand prize.

Hosts

* Ninang Toni (2011–present) * Richard Reynoso (2011–present)

Grand Winners

Events

NOTE: Tagalog song titles presented in this table are provided with English translations.

Year 7 (2017–2018)

* Date: November 11, 2018 * Venue:

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* Judges: Rannie Raymundo, Boy Christopher Ramos, Mon Del Rosario, Pat Castillo,

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, and Fides Cuyugan-Asensio * Hosts: Richard Reynoso and Ninang Toni The ASOP Year 7 Grand Finals night was held at the

on November 11, 2018, and had its simultaneous TV premiere at

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on December 30, 2018. "Tugtog", a song entry composed by John Paul Salazar and interpreted by Bradz was named as the grand champion among 12 finalists. Blind composer Jeffrey Lim won the special award

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's 38th anniversary short film "Banal Na Salita" (Holy Word). Special Awards:

Year 8 (2018–2019)

The eighth year of competition included entries from November 2018 to October 2019 episodes. As announced during the Year 7 Grand Finals, the grand prize for Year 8 is raised from ₱500,000 to ₱800,000.

Qualification

; Notes # ''An asterisk (*) denotes a change of interpreter for the Grand Finals.'' # ''A dagger (†) denotes a "Producer's Pick" weekly winner.'' # ''A double dagger (‡) denotes a change of song title for the Grand Finals.'' # ''"Don't Give Up" reached the November 2018 Monthly Finals and lost, but was recalled for a February 2019 "Producer's Pick" episode.'' # ''"Libo-libong Tala" reached the March 2019 Monthly Finals and lost, but was recalled for a May 2019 "Producer's Pick" episode. Rhap Salazar performed the song on May Weekly Finals, while Gidget Dela Llana sang on the May Monthly Finals and also the Grand Finals. The title was changed to "Sa 'Di Mabilang Na Tala" for the Grand Finals.'' # ''"Sagwan" reached the July 2019 Monthly Finals and lost, but was recalled for an August 2019 "Producer's Pick" episode.'' # ''The title of "Ulap" was changed to "Tahan Na" for the Grand Finals.''

Results

* Date: November 10, 2019 * Venue:

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, Dr. Arnel De Pano, Jackie Lou Blanco,

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, Prof. Felipe De Leon Jr. * Hosts: Richard Reynoso and Ninang Toni The ASOP Year 8 Grand Finals night was held at the

on November 10, 2019. "Sa 'Di Mabilang Na Tala", a song entry composed by Carlo David and interpreted by Gidget Dela Llana, was named as the grand champion among 12 finalists, and also bagged the People's Choice Award. David became the first and only two-time winner in the program's history. Ethan Loukas was hailed as the Best Interpreter, while Bro. Eli Soriano's Choice are the regulars of the show, hosts Richard Reynoso and Ninang Toni, and resident judge Mon Del Rosario. Wish 107.5 Wishcovery winners Princess Sevillena, Rhea Basco,

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finalist Violeta Bayawa, Plethora, Ace Bartolome and Carmela Ariola of The Wishfuls,

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, Leah Patricio, and Bradz performed at the event. Special Awards:

Awards and recognition

The ASOP 2012 commemorative album is awarded as Inspirational Album of the Year in the 5th PMPC Star Awards for Music in

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References

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