Remember the days of Pinoy Dream Academy Season I wherein the gala performance nights are simulcast on ABS-CBN’s DWRR 101.9? I just don’t know why they aren’t doing the same thing with the second season. On the other hand, Pinoy Dream Academy rival show, Pinoy Idol would be doing the same thing starting today, Saturday, July 12, 2008! For those who won’t be home during the gala performance night of Pinoy Idol, you can still hear your Idols perform through GMA’s radio stations – Super Radyo AM dZBB and Barangay LS – DWLS FM.

You can also hear your Idols on the following radio stations throughout the country:

Barangay LS 97.1 Ayos! – Manila
99.5 RT – Cebu
103.5 Wow – Davao
93.5 Campus Radio – Dagupan
93.5 Campus Radio – Iloilo
107.1 Campus Radio – Bacolod
92.7 Campus Radio – Baguio
100.7 Campus Radio – Cagayan De Oro
102.3 Campus Radio – General Santos
90.1 Wow – Iligan
92.9 RU – Kalibo
96.3 Campus Radio – Legazpi
91.1 Campus Radio – Lucena
101.5 Campus Radio – Naga
97.5 Campus Radio – Palawan
89.3 Campus Radio – Tuguegarao

Gala performance nights are shown every Saturday after Pinoy Records while results shows are shown every Sunday after Kap’s Amazing Stories.

Last night, one of the strongest contenders of Pinoy Idol was sent home – Robby Navarro. Daryl and Sue joined him in the bottom three. It’s just sad that he was the one to be sent home. Although he’s just fine for me, I still firmly believe that Robby is better than Daryl and Sue. As I’ve said on my previous Pinoy Idol post, I don’t appreciate Sue’s talent at all. In fact, I’ve been praying to the high heavens that at least Sue or one of the rockers, with great emphasis on Ram would be eliminated last night. Unfortunately, that was the case last night and a lot of fans are disappointed.

Viewers of the show think that Robby Navarro got negative publicity on the recent Pinoy Idol Extra episode wherein the hopefuls were put into a “test”. Hence, he got the lowest number of votes this week. I guess the footages were shown on Pinoy Idol Extra to be able to generate some buzz for Pinoy Idol. Unfortunately, I didn’t generate some buzz. Instead, it caused the ouster of one of the best and strongest contenders of Pinoy Idol.

I think we can’t do anything about this because this is how the contest goes. You get the highest number of votes; you’re going to the next round. If not, sorry but say goodbye to your Idol journey now. We can’t force the viewers to vote for the best. Each of us has our own Idols whom we support. If one contestant has a good number of supporters who can vote him/her a million times, even if he/she has a mediocre performance, that performance will still continue to the next round. People, this is the Idol format for us. I guess this is one of the things I’ve learned from the first Philippine franchise of the Idol series. Reymond Sajor got eliminated in the early stages of the Final 12 despite performing well consistently, if not the best. Some of his co-finalists have the resources to generate thousands of votes while he, on the other side benefits only from the support of his family, friends and fans.

I know how hard is it to accept that your Idol is now out of the competition. I’ve been there before. But at least let’s look at the bright side; Penelope and Kid are still in the competition.

Moving on, the high heavens must have heard my plea for better Pinoy Idol themes. Next week, the remaining nine Pinoy Idol hopefuls will be working with the Asia’s Songbird, Regine Velasquez. I believe that this week would be very tough especially for the girls. Actually, it would be very hard for them to avoid but render a “karaoke” performance. I wish each one of them good luck.

The nine remaining Pinoy Idol finalists are Penelope, Jayann Bautista, Gretchen Espina, Sue Ellen, Ram Chaves, Kid Camaya, Daryl Celis, Warren Antig, and Toffer Rei. Performance nights are every Saturday after Pinoy Records while results are delivered Sunday nights after Kap’s Amazing Stories.

PONDS Taste of Beauty Event
July 4, 2008, 7PM
Taste of Asia, Mall of Asia

… because pictures (or videos ) paint a thousand words

The PONDS Taste of Beauty Event in a Nutshell

Poyt’s Singing Career

That’s it for me, PONDS!

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