''Born to Be a Star'' is a reality-singing competition produced by TV5 and

Viva Entertainment Viva Communications Inc., formerly known as Viva Entertainment Inc. and simply Viva, is a Philippine media and entertainment company headquartered in Pasig City. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario and his sister Tess Cruz. ...

. It was one of the first of many co-productions of TV5 with Viva. The program started on February 6, 2016, and aired every Sunday nights on the same channel. The second season of the program started on January 30, 2021, and aired every Saturday nights on the channel. The idea was conceived by then-TV5 Entertainment Chief Strategist Vic del Rosario. In early 2010, del Rosario planned to launch BTBAS with Viva talent

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and the newest ''Kapatid'' personality at the time,

Willie Revillame Wilfredo Buendia Revillame (; born January 27, 1961), popularly known as Willie Revillame, is a Filipino television host, comedian, singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman. Career Revillame started out as the host of GMA Network's noontime ...

as hosts. The later came to fruition when del Rosario joined the ranks of TV5's entertainment department. In the inaugural season,

Ogie Alcasid Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (; born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter, television presenter, comedian, parodist, and actor. He is currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit). Early care ...

Mark Bautista Mark Arazo Bautista (born August 10, 1983) is a Filipino singer, actor and commercial model. Bautista received his career break when he became a grand finalist on the Philippine reality TV talent search ''Star for a Night'' where he placed thir ...

and

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served as the show's main hosts, while OPM hitmakers Aiza Seguerra,

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, Pops Fernandez and

Rico Blanco Rico Rene Granados Blanco (born March 17, 1973) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, ...

served as the judges of the singing competition open for aspiring 13- to 18-year-old singers. The grand winner of the competition would take home a total of 3 million pesos of prizes including a 1 million-peso cash prize, a management contract from TV5 and Viva Artists Agency and a house and lot. According to Monti Parungao, the show's director, the contestants would have to pass the two pre-audition processes before they would make it in the competition. In the weekly rounds, four contestants will be introduced per week and in the beginning of the performance, the program tackled the stories (or makings of a star) of the contestants before joining the competition. The winner of the weekly round will undergo make-over sessions and vocal lessons. All winners of the weekly rounds will be qualified for the monthly round, of which one contestant will then move on to the grand finals. The first grand finals of ''Born to Be a Star'' was held on May 29, 2016, with Shanne Dandan as its grand winner. In October 2020, Viva Entertainment announced that ''Born to Be a Star'' would be returning for a second season on TV5, slated to air on January 30, 2021. In January 2021, Viva and TV5 announced that

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and

Kim Molina Kimverlie Soriano Molina (born July 1, 1991), popularly known as Kim Molina, is a Filipino singer and actress, known for portraying Aileen in the long-running Filipino stage musical ''Rak Of Aegis'' (2014—present), Savannah in the drama series ...

would serve as the new hosts in Season 2, replacing the trio of Alcasid, Bautista, and Pressman. Also,

is the lone returning judge, to be joined by

Sam Concepcion Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion (born October 17, 1992) is a Filipino singer, dancer, actor, VJ and host. Concepcion emerged as the winner for the Big Division of the first season of ''Little Big Star'' in April 2006. Concepcion currently h ...

Katrina Velarde Katrina Copino Velarde (born December 5, 1994) is a Filipina singer and actress. She became part of the group New Born Divas that competed in the second season of ''Talentadong Pinoy''. In 2012, she joined the first season of '' The X Factor P ...

, and Georcelle Dapat-Sy completing the judges panel. The revival premiered on January 23, 2021 on the network's Saturday primetime slot at 7 p.m., replacing Masked Singer Pilipinas. The second grand finals of ''Born to Be a Star'' was held on May 8, 2021, with Jehramae Trangia as its second grand winner.

Overview

Hosts

Season 1

Season 2

Judges

Season 1

* Pops Fernandez * Aiza Seguerra

Season 2

* Georcelle Dapat-Sy *

* Janine Teñoso

References

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Overview

Hosts

Season 1

Season 2

Judges

Season 1

Season 2

See also

References