Philippine Idol Finalists
The Philippine Idol Finalists consisted of 12 aspiring singers who competed for Philippine Idol. They were selected after several stages of audition and theater eliminations, and succeeded in earning a spot in the Finals by popular votes from the viewers.
The Final Round started on September 30, 2006, wherein each finalist sang one to three songs under a specified theme and received comments from each of the judges. The viewers voted for their favorites by dialing a toll-free telephone number or sending an SMS as many times as possible until 8:30 p.m. the following day, which was shortened to two hours on Finals Week 5. One finalist was eliminated during the Results Show every week. However, there were special circumstances wherein there were no eliminations during the a Results Show, but would eventually eliminate two finalists on the following week.
The 12 Finalists also recorded a compilation album entitled Philippine Idol: The Final 12, consisting of OPM songs they have performed during the first Finals Week.
The remaining 3 contenders—namely Gian Magdangal, Jan Nieto, and Mau Marcelo (in order of performance)--battled it out at the Finale, instead of the usual 2 contestants in most Idol shows, held on December 10, 2006, at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
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Famous quotes containing the word idol:
“One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.”
—Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)