Search for the Star in a Million | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | ABS-CBN Corporation Viva Television |
Directed by | Bobet Vidanes |
Presented by | Ryan Agoncillo Agot Isidro Edu Manzano Zsa Zsa Padilla Sarah Geronimo Erik Santos Mark Bautista Christian Bautista |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language | Filipino |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 33 |
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Running time | 1 hour |
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Network | ABS-CBN |
Release | November 8, 2003 – January 22, 2006 |
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Search for the Star in a Million (formerly Star in a Million after two seasons) is a Philippine television program in ABS-CBN. The shows premise is almost the same to that of American Idol , although the format is derived from GMA's Search for a Star and ABS-CBN's Star in a Million.
Star in a Million is a singing contest on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. Started in 2003, the search produced some of the country's singing talents such as Erik Santos, Frenchie Dy, Marinel Santos, Sheryn Regis, OJ Mariano and Christian Bautista. The grand champion was given a contract with Star Records and a hosting stint on ASAP Mania . The most votes a contestant had was on Season 2, when Ralph David drew 1 million votes for 4 hours.
Female | Male | Winner | 2nd-3rd Placers |
Safe | Bottom Pair/Group | Eliminated |
Week number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Grand Finals | |
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Elimination date: | 11/08/03 | 11/15/03 | 11/22/03 | 11/29/03 | 12/06/03 | 12/13/03 | 12/20/03 | 12/27/03 | 01/03/04 | |
Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||
1 | Erik Santos | Winner | ||||||||
2 | Sheryn Regis | 2nd Placer | ||||||||
3 | Marinel Santos | 3rd Placer | ||||||||
4 | Christian Bautista | Elim | ||||||||
5 | Teresa Garcia | Elim | ||||||||
6 | Michell San Miguel | Elim | ||||||||
7 | DK Tijam | Elim | ||||||||
8 | Johann Escañan | Elim | ||||||||
9 | Gayle Dizon | Elim | ||||||||
10 | Czarina Rosales | Elim |
Female | Male | Winner | 2nd-3rd Placers |
Safe | Bottom 2/3/4 | Eliminated |
Week number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Grand Finals | ||
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Elimination date: | 07/17/04 | 07/24/04 | 07/31/04 | 08/07/04 | 08/14/04 | 08/21/04 | ||
Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||
1 | Frenchie Dy | Btm 2 | Winner | |||||
2 | Nyco Maca | Btm 4 | 2nd Placer | |||||
3 | OJ Mariano | 3rd Placer | ||||||
4 | Michael Cruz | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||
5 | Shanna Hife | Btm 4 | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | Elim |
Search for the Star in a Million is a reality singing competition produced by ABS-CBN and Viva Television and being aired over ABS-CBN. This was the second project of relationship of ABS-CBN and Viva after The Sharon Cuneta Show . The second season is now finished and had Kris Lawrence as its Grand Champion.
Female | Male | Winner | 2nd-5th Placers |
Hitzone | Dangerzone | Eliminated |
Week number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Grand Finals | |
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Elimination date: | 03/13/05 | 03/20/05 | 03/27/05 | 04/03/05 | 04/10/05 | 04/17/05 | 04/24/05 | 05/15/05 | |
Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||
1 | Jerome Sala | Hitzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Winner |
2 | Nikki Bacolod | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | 2nd Placer |
3 | Mabel Bacusmo | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | 3rd Placer |
4 | Jona Lumbera | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | 4th Placer |
5 | Ryan Racal | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | 5th Placer |
6 | Myke Caluma | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Elim | |
7 | Jorell Canuel | Hitzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Elim | ||
8 | Dianafe Castillo | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Dangerzone | Elim | |||
9 | Christine Fernandez | Dangerzone | Dangerzone | Dangerzone | Elim | ||||
10 | Billy Joel Bartolome | Dangerzone | Hitzone | Elim | |||||
11 | Hans Lee | Hitzone | Elim | ||||||
12 | Veejay Aragon | Elim |
Female | Male | Winner | 2nd-3rd Placers |
Top 1 | Safe | Bottom 2/3 | Eliminated |
Week number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Grand Finals | |
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Elimination date: | 09/04/05 | 09/18/05 | 10/02/05 | 10/16/05 | 11/06/05 | 11/20/05 | 12/04/05 | 12/18/05 | 01/08/06 | 01/22/06 | |
Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||||
1 | Kris Lawrence | Top 1 | Top 1 | Winner | |||||||
2 | Tata Villaruel | Top 1 | Top 1 | Btm 2 | 2nd Placer | ||||||
3 | Jimmy Marquez | Btm 3 | 3rd Placer | ||||||||
4 | Vino Bello | Top | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||
5 | Lance Oñate | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||
6 | Jay Perillo | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||
7 | Ais Roxas | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||
8 | Tony Dela Paz | Top 1 | Elim | ||||||||
9 | Shake Valerio | Elim | |||||||||
10 | Francis Ong | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||
11 | Joey Ignacio | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||
12 | Anna Baluyot | Elim |
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