ABC 5 has acquired the franchise for the world-famous talent search “American Idol” (AI) from the show’s producer, FremantleMedia.
It will be called ‘Philippine Idol,’ ” said Perci Intalan, ABC’s vice president for Creative and Entertainment Production. He called Inquirer Entertainment from Singapore, where he was meeting with Fremantle Asia execs over the weekend.
The local Idol will be the fifth in Asia, he said. “The others are in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and India. There are over 50 ‘Idol’ productions all over the world.” AI was inspired by “Pop Idol,” which originated in the United Kingdom in 2001.
ABC 5 is eyeing a July launch.
I’m more interested to see what kind of judges they will select. And would they have someone as critical and rude as Simon? hehe
Edit (July 30, 2006)
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