Pinoy Idol is the second Idol franchise in the Philippines, replacing ABC’s Philippines Idol, after FremantleMedia awarded GMA the rights to the franchise and slated to be aired on the first quarter or around February of 2008. It is bound to be a spectacular showdown of talent among the most promising young singers of the archipelago.

 It’s Sinulog’s eve; the baseline ballroom is a sauna bath of sweat, grime and the beer-scented breath of an estimated body count of about 1,200 cramped inside. it is sometime between ten or eleven in the evening. and a long queue of antsy black teed concert pilgrims are still waiting outside. manila-based Typecast is selling up.