The fourth season of the singing impersonation competition Your Face Sounds Familiar premiered on Kapamilya Channel on October 4, 2025. The season is presented by new hosts Vhong Navarro and Jhong Hilario. Gary Valenciano, Ogie Alcasid, and Sharon Cuneta all returned to serve as the jury.
It was also the first and only season that aired on TV5, where it was scheduled to broadcast until December 28, 2025. Additionally, it will be the first season to air on ALLTV, beginning on January 3, 2026.[1][2]
Development
On August 14, 2025, it was announced at the "Iisang Tahanan: Kapamilya Forever Trade Launch" that it will have a fourth season. Jhong Hilario and Vhong Navarro were named as the new hosts, replacing Luis Manzano.[3][4][5] To promote the season, Navarro and Hilario appeared as guest performers in the final episode of Idol Kids Philippines on September 28, 2025.[6]
Format
The season features several new mechanics and changes in the format:
Round length
In previous seasons of Your Face Sounds Familiar and Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids, one round typically lasted one week, consisting of performances aired on Saturday and Sunday. In the current season, the duration of each round has been extended to two weeks, lasting for two consecutive weekends, with performances aired on both Saturday and Sunday.
Steal
Based on "Te lo robo" from the original Spanish version of the format, the Steal allows a performer to take another performer’s assigned icon for the following week by pressing the red button during the Iconizer segment. Each performer may use this power only once throughout the season. When the Steal button is used by a performer that has already received an icon, his/her initial icon will be transferred to the performer they stole from. Else, if the stealing performer has not yet received an icon, the performer who was stolen from must press the Iconizer button again to receive a new one. It is currently unknown how this rule will apply to JMielle as they are a duo.
The Iconizer button has been changed to blue following the introduction of the Steal button.
Battle of One Icon
Debuting in Round 4, the Battle of One Icon is a new mechanic in which two or more celebrity performers are assigned to impersonate the same icon but perform different songs separately. The selection is made randomly by the Iconizer.
Ilacad later won the round with 36 points, followed by Dy in second place with 21 points. Ilacad emerged as the winner of the first Battle of One Icon round.
The show's online companion show, Your Face Sounds Familiar: KaFamilar Online Live, is hosted by season 3 contestant Vivoree Esclito, Kids season 2 contestant Krystal Brimner, and Showtime Online Ü host AC Soriano. It features exclusive content, such as behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the hosts and the contestants.
Judges
Ogie Alcasid, Sharon Cuneta and Gary Valenciano returned as the jury. However, as Valenciano was absent from Rounds 2-5, mentors Klarisse de Guzman and Nyoy Volante served as substitute jurors for Valenciano in the said rounds, giving points as two-in-one judges from Rounds 3-5. Erik Santos also served as a substitute juror in Round 7.
Mentors
Klarisse de Guzman, winner of season 3, and Nyoy Volante, runner-up of season 1, serve as mentors for the season for vocals and character and movement, respectively. The former replaced Jed Madela, who was the previous mentor for vocals.[9]
Performers
The eight contestants were first teased on September 24, 2025, and were revealed two days later on September 26.[10][11]
On the November 15, 2025 episode (Episode 13), it was announced that Pepe Herrera had withdrawn from the competition for health reasons. He left the competition with 49 points in three rounds.
Top 7 contestants with the highest final total points
Contestant won that particular week
Contestant placed last that particular week
Contestant withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons
Performances
The eight performances are divided into four nights over two weeks, with one to three contestants performing each episode, unlike in previous seasons, where four or five performed on the Saturday episode, with the remaining on Sundays. The winner of the round receives a cash prize of ₱50,000.
Color key
Contestant won that particular week
Contestant placed last that particular week
Round 1 (October 4, 5, 11, & 12)
All performers revealed their first round icon by opening a gift box.
Despite the stretched-out format, JMielle's win check is displayed as October 5, which is the date if the show used the original 4-4 or 5-3 format from previous seasons.
During the Iconizer segment after Round 2, Dia Maté pressed the Iconizer button and was initially assigned to impersonate Juan Karlos Labajo. However, Pepe Herrera used his Steal power to take the icon, transferring it to him instead. Maté then pressed the Iconizer button again and was assigned to impersonate Adam Levine.
Marielle Montellano of JMielle was not able to perform this round as Regine Velasquez due to her illness at the time of the taping. As a result, JM dela Cerna performed solo as Ogie Alcasid, performing "Ikaw Sana" instead of "Hanggang Ngayon" with her.
↑3 points each from Pepe, Alexa, JM, Akira, and Jason
Round 4 (November 15, 16, 22, & 23)
This round marked the first implementation of the Battle of One Icon format, with both Alexa Ilacad and Jason Dy impersonating Britney Spears.
Pepe Herrera withdrew from the competition at the start of this round due to health reasons, leaving the show with 49 points but no rounds won.[12] Herrera joined Jhong Hilario from season 3 as the only contestants in the series to withdraw. Had he continued, he would have impersonated Vhong Navarro and performed “Mr. Suave.” As a result of his withdrawal, the maximum score the Jury can give to the performers was reduced to 7, and the score a performer can receive from other performers was reduced to 18, with the total amount of possible points attainable per round reduced to 39.
Marielle Montellano of JMielle remained unable to perform this round as Dolly Parton due to her illness at the time of the taping. As a result, JM dela Cerna once again performed solo as Kenny Rogers, performing “Through the Years” instead of “Islands in the Stream” with her. Montellano later appeared virtually after dela Cerna’s performance.
Several changes were implemented following Herrera’s withdrawal. Beginning with this round, guest performers are invited to perform during every second Sunday episode, after which the scoring and Iconizer segments are conducted.
Non-competition performance
Marko Rudio as Yoyoy Villame – "Magellan" (November 23)
In addition, this was the last round to be aired on TV5, with episodes 25 and 26 airing on the said network before the show moved to ALLTV beginning with episodes 27 and 28.
Note: In italics, the original series of each version
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