Pinoy Dream Academy

Like the rest of the world, the Philippine show business industry is jumping on the twin bandwagons that are reality TV and American Idol. After “Star Circle Quest”, “Philippine Idol”, and “Pinoy Big Brother” – all reality TV shows in search of the next mega-star hopefuls, now comes ABS-CBN’s PINOY DREAM ACADEMY.

Launched this August as a nightly primetime, the new show will topple older shows in the ”Big Brother Reality TV” fashion where contestants are housed together and one by one are voted off each night. Unlike its predessosor however, the Dream Academy students will be allowed to interact with the outside world every so often, AND actually be trained by different celebrities, voice coaches and dance instructors in the art of performing…. Hmm, is this not familiar or does this look like a hybrid of the USA’s “Dancing with the Stars“?

To be hosted by Nikki Gil, with Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga joining for the weekend evictions, “Pinoy Dream Academy” has successful counterparts in other countries. In France, it’s called “Star Academy.” In Russia, it’s “Factory of the Stars,” in the UK it’s Fame Academy” and “Operacion Triunfo” in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Spain.

Even though I happen to love watching some relevant reality TVs, and I don’t know about you, but it’s starting to feel like we’re pushing the reality TV craze to saturation. What’s next? Putting young children and toddlers in a reality TV show?! Oh, wait. We already have that with Little Big Star! My oh my.

[Source: Manila Bulletin Online]

51 Responses to “Pinoy Dream Academy”

  1.   Gloria
    June 26th, 2006 | 7:13 pm

    mas maganda yung format ng Pinoy Meets World sa GMA-7 hosted by Paolo Bediones and Miriam Quiambao. travel docu ang dating na pang-masa. plus meron one pinoy na binibigyan ng free travel to every destination.

  2.   Grace
    June 27th, 2006 | 6:54 am

    hey Gloria, what do you know, we’re just about to blog that. thanks for the heads-up!

  3.   César
    June 28th, 2006 | 9:37 am

    HELLO I am from Mexico and i watched Operacion Triunfo, Operacion Triunfo is the Mexican version of Dream Academy, it was wonderful, and Darina won the Mexican edition

  4.   claud velarde
    June 30th, 2006 | 2:42 am

    gusto ko lang magtanong kung sino pwedeng kausapin,gusto ko magsponsor ng mga hats and caps

  5.   Maricar
    July 1st, 2006 | 1:36 pm

    Hi Claud,
    Thanks for visiting us here. I sent you an email. :)

  6.   Maricar
    July 1st, 2006 | 1:39 pm

    Hi Cesar,
    Looks like you enjoyed it Mexico’s version. I’m sure the Filipino one will have its own fans as well.

  7.   Santy
    July 2nd, 2006 | 7:29 am

    Para kay Gloria na nagsabi na oks sa kanya ang Pinoy Meets World…Dyos ko po..ang layo naman ng pinag compare mo…isang travel show yan..at yung isa ay talent reality search show…dapat nag compare ka sa isang talent search show din..so kung may Pinoy Meets World siya..ay may mga travel shows din ang ABS CBN at eto’y nasa TFC Pinoy Central..dyos ko po…..ano ba yan!!!

  8.   pOpcOrn
    July 8th, 2006 | 1:26 am

    hi, thanks for the infO on pinoy dream academy…. i’m making an article about this show, and i really want it published on our schoolpaper but the problem is 7 other people want their research on pinoy dream academy on the paper too! and only 1 will be choosen, and the other thing bout that is i don’t have much knowledge about the show, so could you give me some websites that i could visit that would give me good and useful info about the show? or could you send me info about it? pls help me, i really want to see my article there..thanks a lot..

  9.   kapuso
    July 8th, 2006 | 5:48 am

    mas maganda ung kapuso no.1 kaysa sa kapamilya ang baduy at cheap kaya mababa ang ratings!!

  10.   bheng
    July 10th, 2006 | 3:04 am

    pano ba sumali sa songwriting contest sa abs for pinoy dream academy? im interested but i dont know where will i pass it or till when? thx.

  11.   Grace
    July 10th, 2006 | 8:26 am

    hi Santy, we’re all entitled to our preferences so thanks for telling us about another ABS CBN travel show. We’ll check it out, so come back later and we might have blogged that too.

    Popcorn – we’re not affiliated with ABS CBN (or any network for that matter) so we can’t give you any personal connections. But googling “Pinoy Dream Academy” led to the ABS CBN forum http://forums.abs-cbn.com/index.php?showforum=141
    and this might help you. let us know how your paper turns out!

  12.   Grace
    July 10th, 2006 | 8:37 am

    Competition is always good for network ratings, so both ABS CBN and GMA are probably very happy that we’re having a lively discussion about their shows.

    But as a disclaimer, Filipina Soul is NOT affiliated nor endorses any networks or shows over another. We blog about what we think is interesting to Filipinos. Now the thread of comments about this post and “Pinoy Meets World” http://www.filipinasoul.com/pinoy-meets-world-2 is only proof of how much we love reality shows and showbiz. So thanks everyone for participating!

  13.   luisa
    July 19th, 2006 | 11:26 pm

    i want to join composing of song, anong address po ba ang padadalhan ko? tnx!!!!!!!! God bless on this reality show

  14.   red
    August 10th, 2006 | 3:28 pm

    mega correct ka santy talagang nakaka diyos ko po yang si Gloria, di manlang nag isip bago nag blog, mangkukumpara na nga lang ang layo pa, parang nag kumpara siya ng ganito” alin ang mas masarap? ang kutsilyo o mansanas?,,ganun ba yun?
    basta ako pinoy dream academy! for life

  15.   Marvin
    August 24th, 2006 | 2:57 am

    Sumali ako sa Dream Song Writing Composition, sana manalo! This August 27 na ang announcement, tudo dasal talaga ako kasi pinaghirapan ko talagang ipasa ang kanta, last minute na kasi ako kumilos e.

  16.   anne
    August 28th, 2006 | 4:17 am

    what’s the theme song of pinoy dream academy..
    the song the dreamers sang last saturday?

  17.   ching
    August 29th, 2006 | 1:27 pm

    sana naman hindi si roxanne barcelo ang napili para sa pinoy dream academy “campus vj”… nakakairita lang kasi yung puro “ok-ok” nya, “aba-aba”, etc… pati yung mga kamay nya busy sa kakaturo-turo… wala naman masyado masabi… pagmasdan nyo lang sya lalo na sa uplate… hindi talaga sya bagay dun… yun lang

  18.   jojo
    August 29th, 2006 | 6:51 pm

    Ano na po nangyari sa Pinoy Dream Songwriting Contest? Sabi kasi sa site nila August 27 daw ang announcement of winners pero hanggang ngayon wala pa…

  19.   wins
    September 5th, 2006 | 2:12 am

    hello musta

  20.   Pinoy
    September 22nd, 2006 | 7:27 am

    la lang might as well visit some blogs in http://www.pinoy-dream-academy.com .. ooops no-follow pala

  21.   john
    November 21st, 2006 | 10:26 pm

    hi… ganda talaga PDA vote for yeng… invyt nio ako friendster… blades08_jh@yahoo.com
    tnx…

  22.   john
    November 21st, 2006 | 10:28 pm

    pang PDA luks and tlent ko.. i’m luking for a manager….pls…

  23.   weluvbunso
    November 24th, 2006 | 7:17 pm

    ABS-CBN is NOT CHEAP…sa WOWOWEE nga halatang bida and audience eh sa EAT BULAGA? puro cla ang naglalaro…

    OUR BUNSO IS NOMINATED ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YENG PERFORMANCE IS MUCH MUCH GREATER THAN CHAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS VOTE 4 YENG AND HAWAK KAMAY TAYO HANGGANG DULO!!!!!!!!

  24.   SABINA
    November 28th, 2006 | 7:10 pm

    DAPAT SI YENG ANG MANALO SHE IS THE YOUNGEST BUT THEREFORE THE MOST TALENTED.

  25.   ALDABOK BAUTISTA
    November 29th, 2006 | 2:34 pm

    i whould like to save yeng cu’z she’s to young dapat sya manalo kc alam ako na mananalo sya atsaka bata pa sya ehh kaya i pray yeng to win I LOVE YOU YENGG

  26.   Kapamilya
    December 3rd, 2006 | 7:59 pm

    Pasensiya na sa mga kapuso ha! kasi KAPAMILYA po ako.how can you say na mababa ang ratings eh sa dami nang mga palabas sa ABS ang patok kaysa sa kapuso….bugok din pala ito si kapuso eh…ngek!

    anyways PDA po tayo at boto natin si YENG ha! thanks!

  27. December 4th, 2006 | 12:19 pm

    [...] Here’s a previous post of PDA. [...]

  28.   ka family
    December 5th, 2006 | 3:56 am

    jaz mana say galing talga daddy YVAN D voice superlamig. let him be the CHAMPION…..

  29.   sherwin
    December 5th, 2006 | 8:46 am

    Can you check out Pinoy Dream Academy site at http://www.pinoydreamacademy.info . please comment. thanks.

  30.   Ghie
    December 6th, 2006 | 10:15 am

    KAPAMILYA ROCK’S not like GMA who’s very CHEAP ,well wala na si EMMAN (la na pambato ko ) pero YENG is still there, hope she wins.

  31. December 11th, 2006 | 12:43 pm

    magaling talaga si yeng siya ang dapat manalo, magaling,may look pa siya,kaya gusto namin manalo siya,lahat kami saming makakaibigan gusto naming iboto siya at si ronnie,

  32. December 11th, 2006 | 12:46 pm

    salamat at sanay manalo si yeng.

  33.   carol
    December 11th, 2006 | 10:53 pm

    “YENG” para sa akin ikaw pinakamagaling sa PDA kumanta. I hope ikaw ang maging champion buong family ko ikaw ang idol. We love you “YENG”. God Bless You!

  34.   josette
    December 12th, 2006 | 8:32 pm

    JAYR thank god for everything, this coming saturday is a big big applauded event, sana ikaw ang makuhang grand winner

  35.   Grace
    December 13th, 2006 | 2:11 am

    well, we’re on the heels of a PDA finals night, so just stay tuned and we’ll all know who won…

  36.   Carol
    December 13th, 2006 | 9:16 pm

    Salamat sa Wowowee maraming mahihirap sa pinas ang natutulungan sana’y hwag kayong mag sasawa sa pagtulong sa kanila. ” Wowowee galing galing ”
    Maging matagumpay pa sana ang gawain ng Kapamilya at patnubayan ng ating Diyos Ama.

  37.   jane
    December 13th, 2006 | 10:18 pm

    i’ve followed pda here in california since audition. they all look so professional now. hope everyone will keep their feet on the ground now that they’ve reached their dreams. rosita, although with good voice quality, she’s getting a little too “maarte”

  38.   Carol
    December 16th, 2006 | 5:39 pm

    Tama ako si YENG ang mag chachampion the best ka talaga YEng. We love you!!! Congrats to you hope na maging successful ka sa iyong career. ” Abot kamay di kita iiwan sa pag lakbay ” lala lala lala yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

  39.   pda
    December 17th, 2006 | 6:55 am

    congratz Yengzki mayaman ka nah… wowee!!!
    http://pinoydreamacademy.webkotoh.com/pix/

  40. December 18th, 2006 | 2:25 pm

    [...] School’s out for the summer… Let’s hope the second year of PDA turns out to be as great as this one was. [...]

  41. January 6th, 2007 | 2:57 pm

    [...] Take the case of Pinoy Dream Academy’s first Grand Star Dreamer – Yeng Constantino. We wrote about her and posted some pictures. [...]

  42.   diana marie
    July 2nd, 2007 | 2:18 am

    ang swerte mo taltga yeng lahat ng songs mo patok na patok sana magdagdag ka pa ng maraming magandang kanta

  43.   jonna vey
    August 12th, 2007 | 12:07 am

    ang galing mo tlaga idol…i love ur atiide to song like kitchie nadal…i love you my idol…

  44.   jonna vey
    August 12th, 2007 | 12:11 am

    i upload ur picture in my friendster….okei take care…and more power to come,,,sana mkta kta sa personal…///ALWAYS GODBLESS…..

  45.   Jenny
    October 24th, 2007 | 9:27 pm

    My dearest cousin Jayr I hope that my FAVORITE singer named Jay-r Siaboc that u improved ur talent and hope that u have more godd career and u can tackled all the problems you encountered

  46.   Jenny
    October 24th, 2007 | 9:31 pm

    In addition We hope with care and we hope especially your mama (Minda Siaboc) and my Ate Rosette that you can do your best

  47.   raffy
    October 25th, 2007 | 12:19 am

    filipinos gaya gaya na naman sa dayuhan

  48.   guiller
    February 17th, 2008 | 7:37 am

    wla lang, i just want to say hi heloo to all filipino,,,im from malaysia

  49.   guiller
    February 17th, 2008 | 7:39 am

    alam nyo maganda na man talag ang PDA,, kaso lng wala na ako jan sa pinas..kaya di ko na nasubaybayan..

  50.   Alvin Yap
    February 17th, 2008 | 7:44 am

    i am malaysia people i want to hii to philippines

  51.   Alvin Yap
    February 17th, 2008 | 7:45 am

    i am malaysia people i want to say hii to philippines


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