Pinoy Boyband Superstar is a Philippine reality singing competition shown on ABS-CBN. Hosted by Billy Crawford and judges by Aga Muhlach, Yeng Constantino, Sandara Park and Vice Ganda, it aired on the network's Yes Weekend line up from September 10 to December 11, 2016, replacing the third season of The Voice Kids and was replaced by first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids . The goal of the show is to find the members for the newest "Pinoy boyband" (all-male Filipino pop group).
The 5-member Pinoy Boyband would win talent management contract from Star Magic, a recording contract from Star Music, 5 units of Yamaha Mio motorcycles and a total cash prize of ₱5,000,000 tax free from Yamaha and ABS-CBN.
Niel Murillo, Russell Reyes, Ford Valencia, Tristan Ramirez and Joao Constancia are the members of the first Pinoy Boyband called BoybandPH. They performed their first single, "We Made It", at the end of the show.
Overview Pinoy Band Superstar is based on the Latin-American singing competition series La Banda created by Simon Cowell and shown on Univision. According to ABS-CBN: "the reality show aims to find new Pinoy boy bands that will bring romance and good music to television viewers."
Format The audience will have a big part in choosing the boy bands. According to the host, performers will have to go through the all-female audience first and have at least 75% of them for approval before performing in front of the judges. Crawford also acknowledged that it would not be easy to look for new boy bands. He stated: "...it's not all about the looks -- it's about the charm, about the performance. [Judges would also have] special technical aspects [in order for them] to save a performer from the audience..."
Development On August 6, ABS-CBN uploaded a video teaser of Pinoy Boyband Superstar on YouTube. With the introduction of La Banda, the video reiterates the show's mechanics. A week later, video teasers of the four judges were shown on television one-by-one: Vice Ganda was shown first, followed by Sandara Park, and Yeng Constantino. The fourth judge was revealed to be Aga Muhlach, who made a comeback in ABS-CBN. A few days before the premiere, a trailer showing Simon Cowell promoting the show was released.Simon Cowell invites viewers to watch Pinoy Boyband Superstar
Host
After signing his new contract with ABS-CBN, Billy Crawford was announced to host the talent show on August 16. As one of the in-demand hosts of the Philippine television today, he is set to host this show together with other television talent shows, including the Kids edition of Your Face Sounds Familiar, and the Philippine edition of Dancing With The Stars. Upon announcing his new stint, he said: "This is a new franchise and this is going to be wonderful and going to be exciting."
Judges During the trade launch on June 28, Vice Ganda, Yeng Constantino, Aga Mulach and Sandara Park were announced to be judges for the then-upcoming talent show Pinoy Band Superstar. During this time, auditions were already ongoing. Since Park is living in South Korea, producers of the show went to the office of YG Entertainment, Park's agency, to do her video promo and photo shoot. On June 27, Star Cinema's AdProm director tweeted: "Sandara will be back!" and "Vice, Yeng and Sandara as judges!" with the hashtag #pinoyboybandsuperstar on both tweets, confirming Park's addition in the show. Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario also uploaded a short greeting of Park on Instagram as a teaser for the show. In the video, Park said, :"This is going to be exciting. See you, Kapamilya. Mahal ko kayo! (I love you all!)". Although she was occasionally seen guesting in some Philippine shows, this would be her regular television comeback after leaving for South Korea in 2007. She stated: "It is good to experience various things in various areas. I think those experiences will be a big help for me later. Philippines is a special place since I grew up here and people sent much love here."
The time Crawford was announced to host, he revealed the next judge will be formally announced on Thursday. According to him, the audience would be surprised as to who would be the next judge. Following Crawford's revelation, the fourth judge was announced to be actor Aga Muhlach two days later. He was reported to lose weight because he did not want to look like a father while being with the other judges.
Auditions
The open auditions for boys, 14 to 25 years old and can sing and groove were held in the following locations:
Date(s) Venue Location June 10, 2016 Robinsons Place Pangasinan Calasiao, Pangasinan June 11–12, 2016 Starmall San Jose del Monte San Jose del Monte, Bulacan June 15–16, 2016 Centrio Mall Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental June 17–18, 2016 KCC Mall de Zamboanga Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur June 18–19, 2016 Starmall Alabang Muntinlupa June 22, 2016 KCC Mall of GenSan General Santos, South Cotabato June 24–25, 2016 Pacific Mall Legazpi Legazpi, Albay June 25–26, 2016 ABS-CBN Bacolod Bacolod, Negros Occidental Sierra Pines Hotel Baguio, Benguet July 16–17, 2016 Pacific Mall Mandaue Mandaue, Cebu July 23, 2016 Gaisano Mall of TorilDavao City, Davao del Sur July 24, 2016 Gaisano Mall of Davao
The online and social network auditions were also announced which ran from July 27 to August 10, 2016.
Other content Pinoy Boyband Superstar: Online airs their episodes on the official website and on their official YouTube channel hosted by IA and AI dela Cruz.
Contestants
Color key Winning contestant who joins the member of the Pinoy Boyband Contestant eliminated in the Live Shows Contestant eliminated in the Middle Rounds' Performance Night Contestant eliminated in the Middle Rounds' Last Chance Performance Night
+ 40 Contestants Niel Murillo Russell Reyes Ford Valencia Tristan Ramirez Joao Constancia Tony Labrusca Mark Oblea James Ryan Cesena Allen Cecilio Henz Villaraiz Miko Juarez Markus Paterson Joshua Manio Luigi D'Avola Gabriel Umali Isaiah Tiglao Wilbert Rosalyn Keanno dela Cruz Raymond Mabute Raynald Simon Angelo Nabor Jimsen Jison Jindric Macapagal Guion Antonio Jayvee Mendoza Bjorn Mendoza Aeiou Villanueva Cyrill Tumamak Kyle Dwight Sabinay Jao Viola Jester Hernandez Kenith Pasco Nhiko Sabiniano Yuki Sakamoto Bradyn Villanueva Ethan Salvador Jay Kim Lucho Beech Michael Diamse Nico Nicolas Sef Hynard
Judges' Audition From the different parts of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Even from the different parts of the world: Asia, America and Europe. The journey for the boyband dream starts here. This is the first step before their auditions. They need to focus, to vocalize, to get rid of their tension because they will face the 500 girls. The girls will decide whether the contestant can enter the booth to audition for the judges. Each contestant needs to impress the girls through dancing, pick up lines and so on except singing. If they get 74% votes downward, the judges can override the girls' votes or may be it is the end of their journey but when they get 75% votes upward, they will proceed to the judges' booth and face the 4 superstar judges. In front of the judges, the contestant will perform his prepared song. He must get 3 or more yeses from the judges to pass to the next round.
Color key Judge said YES Judge said NO Contestant eliminated with below 75% approval rate from all-girl audience Contestant lost the judges' vote Judge override the all-girl audience's approval rate
Episode 1 (September 10) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Allen Cecilio 17 Caloocan 98% 2 Alfonso Avila 19 Parañaque City 68% – – – – 3 Ford Valencia 21 Valenzuela City 83% 4 Jormiel Labador 25 Bulacan 77% 5 Niel Murillo 17 Cebu City 96%
Episode 2 (September 11) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Tonio Banach 15 Cebu City 89% 2 Markus Paterson 18 Pangasinan 92% 3 Miggy Campbell 24 Antipolo 70% – – – – 4 Keanno dela Cruz 15 Pampanga 72% 5 Jayvee Mendoza Bjorn Mendoza 22 Batangas 95%
Episode 3 (September 17) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Joao Constancia 19 Macau, China 94% 2 Gabriel Umali 16 Quezon City 94% 3 Mike Villamor 18 Antipolo 81% 4 Rollo Espinos 23 Bacolod 73% – – – – 5 Kokoy De Santos 18 Cavite 73% – – – – 6 Wilbert Rosalyn 19 Davao del Sur 95%
Episode 4 (September 18) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Jay Kim 20 Manila 79% 2 Sean Cruz 18 Pampanga 72% – – – – 3 James Ryan Cesena 17 California, USA 90% 4 Miko Juarez 20 Canada 97% 5 Mark Oblea 21 Cavite 84%
Episode 5 (September 24) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Raymond Mabute 20 Quezon City 94% 2 Nico Nicolas 20 Manila 95% 3 Sef Hynard 24 Pasig 94% 4 Jead Ramirez 19 Olongapo City 55%
Episode 6 (September 25) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Jindric Macapagal 21 Cebu 95% 2 Ralph Gica 21 Cebu 86% 3 Michael Diamse 22 Davao 94% 4 Alfonso Vivar 18 Quezon City 77% 5 Aeiou Villanueva 21 Quezon City 81%
Episode 7 (October 1) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Henz Villaraiz 19 Taguig 85% 2 Alexis Mancenido 20 Davao 70% – – – – 3 Joshua Manio 20 Olongapo City 75% 4 Nhiko Sabiniano 16 Marikina 80% 5 Tony Labrusca 21 Pasig 98%
Episode 8 (October 2) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Yuki Sakamoto 25 Quezon City 96% 2 Keirt Aivan Sabinay 19 Cebu 95% Kyle Dwight Sabinay 17 3 Isaiah Tiglao 14 Bulacan 94% 4 Thomas "Tim" Feller 17 Pampanga 75% 5 Russell Reyes 17 Chicago, Illinois 80%
Episode 9 (October 8) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Luigi D'Avola 21 Cebu 96% 2 Michael Lopes 22 Sweden 87% 3 Cyrill Tumamak 14 Parañaque 74% 4 Tristan Ramirez 23 Bulacan 90%
Episode 10 (October 9) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Kenith Pasco 19 Davao City 61% 2 Allen Abrenica 17 Batangas City 89% 3 Jimsen Jison 20 Marikina 96% 4 Angelo Sison 21 Muntinlupa 84% 5 Jao Viola 22 Malabon 96%
Episode 11 (October 15) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Jester Hernandez 19 Quezon City 90% 2 Michael Hogan 18 Quezon City 76% 3 Ralph Victorino 17 Bulacan 73% 4 Guion Antonio 21 Baguio 91% 5 Ethan Salvador 19 Quezon City 88% 6 Julijo Pisk 15 Cavite 75% 7 Bradyn Villanueva 16 San Diego, California 77%
Episode 12 (October 16) Order Contestant Age Hometown All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate Judge's Votes / Override Aga Yeng Dara Vice 1 Angelo Nabor 21 Pampanga 89% 2 Lucho Beech 19 Makati City 81% Joelo Beech 21 3 Aaron Saguin 21 Cavite 78% 4 Raynald Simon 18 Sta. Rosa, Laguna 73%
Middle Rounds
From 40 contestants who passed the auditions, the judges will choose the top 20 boys with their best combination of charm, personality and knowledge of singing. They will group the top 20 boys into 4 boybands with 5 members each. But there is also a 5th boyband. And this last boyband will come from 5 members of bottom 20 boys. 5 boybands will perform in front of the judges and the girls wherein they will choose who will be in the top 12 that will perform in the "Live Shows."
Judges' Deliberation The judges unanimously decided who are going to be part of the top 20 except for a few contestants.