Pinoy Boyband Superstar

Pinoy Boyband Superstar
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Cowell
Written by	Aol Rivera Kaye Etong
Directed by	Johnny Manahan
Presented by	Billy Crawford
Judges	Aga Muhlach Yeng Constantino Sandara Park Vice Ganda
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	24 (as of November 27, 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Peter Edward Dizon
Producer(s)	Allan Sunga
Location(s)	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Muntinlupa (Judges' Audition) Studio 10, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Quezon City (Middle Rounds and Live Shows)
Camera setup	Multicamera
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production company(s)	ABS-CBN Entertainment FremantleMedia Asia
Distributor	ABS-CBN International Distribution
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10) – present
External links
Official website

Pinoy Boyband Superstar is a Filipino reality singing competition shown on ABS-CBN. The show is hosted by Billy Crawford. The judges of the show are composed of Aga Muhlach, Yeng Constantino, Sandara Park and Vice Ganda. The show premiered on September 10, 2016, replacing the third season of The Voice Kids. The goal of the show is to find the members for the newest "Pinoy boybands" (all-male Filipino pop group).

The 5-member Pinoy Boyband will win a talent management contract from Star Magic, a recording contract from Star Music and a total cash prize of ₱5,000,000.

Overview

Pinoy Band Superstar is based on the Latin-American singing competition series La Banda created by Simon Cowell and shown on Univision.^[1] According to ABS-CBN: "the reality show aims to find new Pinoy boy bands that will bring romance and good music to television viewers."^[2]

Format

The audience will have a big part in choosing the boy bands. According to the host, performers will have to go through the all-female audience first and have at least 75% of them for approval before performing in front of the judges. Crawford also acknowledged that it would not be easy to look for new boy bands. He stated: "...it's not all about the looks -- it's about the charm, about the performance. [Judges would also have] special technical aspects [in order for them] to save a performer from the audience..."^[3]

Development

On August 6, ABS-CBN uploaded a video teaser of Pinoy Boyband Superstar on YouTube. With the introduction of La Banda, the video reiterates the show's mechanics.^[4] A week later, video teasers of the four judges were shown on television one-by-one: Vice Ganda was shown first,^[5] followed by Sandara Park,^[6] and Yeng Constantino.^[7] The fourth judge was revealed to be Aga Muhlach, who made a comeback in ABS-CBN.^[8] A few days before the premiere, a trailer showing Simon Cowell promoting the show was released.^[9]

Host

After signing his new contract with ABS-CBN, Billy Crawford was announced to host the talent show on August 16. As one of the in-demand hosts of the Philippine television today, he is set to host this show together with other television talent shows, including the third season of Your Face Sounds Familiar, and the Philippine edition of Dancing With The Stars. Upon announcing his new stint, he said: "This is a new franchise and this is going to be wonderful and going to be exciting."^[3]

Judges

During the trade launch on June 28, Vice Ganda, Yeng Constantino, Aga Mulach and Sandara Park were announced to be judges for the then-upcoming talent show Pinoy Band Superstar.^[2] During this time, auditions were already ongoing. Since Park is living in South Korea, producers of the show went to the office of YG Entertainment, Park's agency, to do her video promo and photo shoot.^[1] On June 27, Star Cinema's AdProm director tweeted: "Sandara will be back!"^[10] and "Vice, yeng, and Sandara as judges!"^[11] with the hashtag #pinoyboybandsuperstar on both tweets, confirming Park's addition in the show. Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario also uploaded a short greeting of Park on Instagram as a teaser for the show. In the video, Park said, :"This is going to be exciting. See you, Kapamilya. Mahal ko kayo! (I love you all!)".^[2] Although she was occasionally seen guesting in some Philippine shows, this would be her regular television comeback after leaving for South Korea in 2007. She stated: "It is good to experience various things in various areas. I think those experiences will be a big help for me later. Philippines is a special place since I grew up here and people sent much love here."^[12]

The time Crawford was announced to host, he revealed the next judge will be formally announced on Thursday. According to him, the audience would be surprised as to who would be the next judge.^[3] Following Crawford's revelation, the fourth judge was announced to be actor Aga Muhlach two days later. He was reported to lose weight because he did not want to look like a father while being with the other judges.^[13]

Auditions

The open auditions for boys, 14 to 25 years old and can sing and groove were held in the following locations:^{[14][15][16][17]}

Date(s)	Venue	Location
June 10, 2016	Robinsons Place Pangasinan	Calasiao, Pangasinan
June 11–12, 2016	Starmall San Jose del Monte	San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
June 15–16, 2016	Centrio Mall	Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
June 17–18, 2016	KCC Mall de Zamboanga	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
June 18–19, 2016	Starmall Alabang	Muntinlupa
June 22, 2016	KCC Mall of GenSan	General Santos, South Cotabato
June 24–25, 2016	Pacific Mall Legazpi	Legazpi, Albay
June 25–26, 2016	ABS-CBN Bacolod	Bacolod, Negros Occidental
	Sierra Pines Hotel	Baguio, Benguet
July 16–17, 2016	Pacific Mall Mandaue	Mandaue, Cebu
July 23, 2016	Gaisano Mall of Toril	Davao City, Davao del Sur
July 24, 2016	Gaisano Mall of Davao

The online and social network auditions were also announced which ran from July 27 to August 10, 2016.^[18][19]

Other content

Pinoy Boyband Superstar: Online airs their episodes on the official website and on their official YouTube channel hosted by IA and AI dela Cruz.^[20]

Contestants

Color key

	Winning contestant who joins the member of the Pinoy Boyband
	Contestant eliminated in the Live Shows
	Contestant eliminated in the Middle Rounds' Performance Night
	Contestant eliminated in the Middle Rounds' Last Chance Performance Night

40 Contestants
Ford Valencia	Tristan Ramirez	Joao Constancia	Mark Oblea	Niel Murillo
Russell Reyes	Tony Labrusca	James Ryan Cesena	Allen Cecilio	Henz Villaraiz
Miko Juarez	Markus Paterson	Joshua Manio	Luigi D'Avola	Gabriel Umali
Isaiah Tiglao	Wilbert Rosalyn	Keanno dela Cruz	Raymond Mabute	Raynald Simon
Angelo Nabor	Jimsen Jison	Jindric Macapagal	Guion Antonio	Jayvee Mendoza Bjorn Mendoza
Aeiou Villanueva	Cyrill Tumamak	Kyle Dwight Sabinay	Jao Viola	Jester Hernandez
Kenith Pasco	Nhiko Sabiniano	Yuki Sakamoto	Bradyn Villanueva	Ethan Salvador
Jay Kim	Lucho Beech	Michael Diamse	Nico Nicolas	Sef Hynard

Judges' Audition

From the different parts of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Even from the different parts of the world: Asia, America and Europe. The journey for the boyband dream starts here. This is the first step before their auditions. They need to focus, to vocalize, to get rid of their tension because they will face the 500 girls. The girls will decide whether the contestant can enter the booth to audition for the judges. Each contestant needs to impress the girls through dancing, pick up lines and so on except singing. If they get 74% votes downward, the judges can override the girls' votes or may be it is the end of their journey but when they get 75% votes upward, they will proceed to the judges' booth and face the 4 superstar judges. In front of the judges, the contestant will perform his prepared song. He must get 3 or more yeses from the judges to pass to the next round.

Color key

✓	Judge said YES
✗	Judge said NO
	Contestant eliminated with below 75% approval rate from all-girl audience
	Contestant lost the judges' vote
	Judge override the all-girl audience's approval rate

Episode 1 (September 10)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Allen Cecilio	17	Caloocan City	98%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Alfonso Avila	19	Parañaque City	68%	–	–	–	–
3	Ford Valencia	21	Valenzuela City	83%	✓	✓	✓	✗
4	Jormiel Labador	25	Bulacan	77%	✗	✓	✗	✗
5	Niel Murillo	17	Cebu City	96%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 2 (September 11)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Tonio Banach	15	Cebu City	89%	✓	✓	✗	✗
2	Markus Paterson	18	Pangasinan	92%	✓	✓	✓	✓
3	Miggy Campbell	24	Antipolo City	70%	–	–	–	–
4	Keanno dela Cruz	15	Pampanga	72%	✓	✓	✓	✗
5	Jayvee Mendoza Bjorn Mendoza	22	Batangas	95%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 3 (September 17)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Joao Constancia	19	Macau, China	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Gabriel Umali	16	Quezon City	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
3	Mike Villamor	18	Antipolo	81%	✗	✓	✗	✗
4	Rollo Espinos	23	Bacolod	73%	–	–	–	–
5	Kokoy de Santos	18	Cavite	73%	–	–	–	–
6	Wilbert Rosalyn	19	Davao del Sur	95%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 4 (September 18)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Jay Kim	20	Manila	79%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Sean Cruz	18	Pampanga	72%	–	–	–	–
3	James Ryan Cesena	17	California, USA	90%	✓	✓	✓	✗
4	Miko Juarez	20	Canada	97%	✓	✓	✓	✓
5	Mark Oblea	21	Cavite	84%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 5 (September 24)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Raymond Mabute	20	Quezon City	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Nico Nicolas	20	Manila	95%	✓	✓	✓	✗
3	Sef Hynard	24	Pasig	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Jead Ramirez	19	Olongapo City	55%	✗	✗	✗	✗

Episode 6 (September 25)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Jindric Macapagal	21	Cebu	95%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Ralph Gica	21	Cebu	86%	✗	✓	✗	✓
3	Michael Diamse	22	Davao	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Alfonso Vivar	18	Quezon City	77%	✗	✗	✗	✗
5	Aeiou Villanueva	21	Quezon City	81%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 7 (October 1)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Henz Villaraiz	19	Taguig	85%	✓	✓	✓	✗
2	Alexis Mancenido	20	Davao	70%	–	–	–	–
3	Joshua Manio	20	Olongapo City	75%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Nhiko Sabiniano	16	Marikina	80%	✓	✓	✓	✗
5	Tony Labrusca	21 alter	Pasig City	98%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 8 (October 2)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Yuki Sakamoto	25	Quezon City	96%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Keirt Aivan Sabinay	19	Cebu	95%	✗	✓	✗	✓
	Kyle Dwight Sabinay	17			✓	✓	✗	✓
3	Isaiah Tiglao	14	Bulacan	94%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Thomas "Tim" Feller	17	Pampanga	75%	✗	✗	✗	✗
5	Russell Reyes	17	Chicago, Illinois	80%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 9 (October 8)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Luigi D'Avola	21	Cebu	96%	✓	✓	✓	✗
2	Michael Lopes	22	Sweden	87%	✗	✗	✗	✗
3	Cyrill Tumamak	14	Parañaque	74%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Tristan Ramirez	23	Bulacan	90%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Episode 10 (October 9)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Kenith Pasco	19	Davao City	61%	✓	✓	✓	✗
2	Allen Abrenica	17	Batangas City	89%	✗	✗	✗	✗
3	Jimsen Jison	20	Marikina City	96%	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Angelo Sison	21	Muntinlupa City	84%	✓	✗	✗	✓
5	Jao Viola	22	Malabon City	96%	✓	✓	✓	✗

Episode 11 (October 15)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Jester Hernandez	19	Quezon City	90%	✓	✓	✓	✗
2	Michael Hogan	18	Quezon City	76%	✗	✓	✓	✗
3	Ralph Victorino	17	Bulacan	73%	✗	✗	✗	✗
4	Guion Antonio	21	Baguio City	91%	✓	✓	✓	✗
5	Ethan Salvador	19	Quezon City	88%	✓	✓	✓	✗
6	Julijo Pisk	15	Cavite	75%	✓	✗	✗	✗
7	Bradyn Villanueva	16	San Diego, California	77%	✓	✓	✓	✗

Episode 12 (October 16)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	All-Girl Audience's Approval Rate	Judge's Votes / Override
					Aga	Yeng	Sandara	Vice
1	Angelo Nabor	21	Pampanga	89%	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	Lucho Beech	19	Makati City	81%	X	✓	✓	✓
	Joelo Beech	21			✗	✗	✗	✗
3	Aaron Saguin	21	Cavite	78%	✗	✗	✗	✗
4	Raynald Simon	18	Sta. Rosa, Laguna	73%	✓	✓	✓	✓

Middle Rounds

From 40 contestants who passed the auditions, the judges will choose the top 20 boys with their best combination of charm, personality and knowledge of singing. They will group the top 20 boys into 4 boybands with 5 members each. But there is also a 5th boyband. And this last boyband will come from 5 members of bottom 20 boys. 5 boybands will perform in front of the judges and the girls wherein they will choose who will be in the top 12 that will perform in the "Live Shows."

Judges' Deliberation

The judges unanimously decided who are going to be part of the top 20 except for a few contestants.

Some of the contestants were given an assignment by the judges and it is to study the Filipino language to sing the OPM songs which is important in a Pinoy boyband. So during the deliberations, the judges decided to determine the results of the challenge provided to them.

James Ryan Cesena, Sef Hynard and Russell Reyes were requested by the judges to perform on stage and sing an OPM song.

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 13 (Saturday, October 22)	1	Russell Reyes	"Kung Ako Na Lang Sana"
	2	James Ryan Cesena	"Hallelujah"
	3	Sef Hynard	"Walang Iba"

After the judges heard the Tagalog performances of Russell, James and Sef, the top 20 boys were completed.

At the end of the deliberation, the judges formed from top 20 boys into 4 groups with 5 members each who are to sing in the Middle Rounds' Performance Night. The groups will perform in ballad, acoustic, pop and R&B genres. While the 5th group will be the chosen 5 of bottom 20 who will also perform the upbeat genre.

Announcement

Color key

	Contestant made it to the top 20
	Contestant belonged to the bottom 20

Order	Contestants
1	Joshua Manio	Joao Constancia	Henz Villaraiz	Mark Oblea	Luigi D'Avola
2	Gabriel Umali	Markus Paterson	Isaiah Tiglao	Wilbert Rosalyn	Russell Reyes
3	Yuki Sakamoto	Jayvee Mendoza Bjorn Mendoza	Jao Viola	Aeiou Villanueva	Jester Hernandez
4	Nico Nicolas	Ethan Salvador	Michael Diamse	Bradyn Villanueva	Tristan Ramirez
5	Niel Murillo	Allen Cecilio	Keanno dela Cruz	Raymond Mabute	Raynald Simon
6	Kenith Pasco	Nhiko Sabiniano	Guion Antonio	Kyle Dwight Sabinay	Cyrill Tumamak
7	Angelo Nabor	Tony Labrusca	Jimsen Jison	Ford Valencia	Jindric Macapagal
8	Lucho Beech	Miko Juarez	James Ryan Cesena	Sef Hynard	Jay Kim

The top 20 grouped into 4 of 5 contestants who will perform on the "Middle Rounds' Performance Night."

Top 20
Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Joshua Manio Joao Constancia Henz Villaraiz Mark Oblea Luigi D'Avola	Gabriel Umali Markus Paterson Isaiah Tiglao Wilbert Rosalyn Russell Reyes	Niel Murillo Allen Cecilio Keanno dela Cruz Raymond Mabute Raynald Simon	Angelo Nabor Tony Labrusca Jimsen Jison Ford Valencia Jindric Macapagal

Last Chance Performance Night

The judges divide the remaining 20 into 2 groups and each group is required to perform a boyband hit. They give 24 hours to rehearse the song. This is the last chance to perform in front of the judges and the girls. But still the judges will select the 5th group.

Color key

	Contestant selected by the judges
	Contestant was eliminated

Episode	Order	Group	Contestants	Song
Episode 14 (Sunday, October 23)	1	Group 1	Aeiou Villanueva	"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
			Jayvee Mendoza & Bjorn Mendoza
			Cyrill Tumamak
			Kyle Dwight Sabinay
			Guion Antonio
			Jao Viola
			Jester Hernandez
			Kenith Pasco
			Nhiko Sabiniano
			Yuki Sakamoto
	2	Group 2	Bradyn Villanueva	"As Long as You Love Me"
			Ethan Salvador
			James Ryan Cesena
			Jay Kim
			Lucho Beech
			Michael Diamse
			Miko Juarez
			Nico Nicolas
			Sef Hynard
			Tristan Ramirez

The contestants of the 5th group who will perform on the "Middle Rounds' Performance Night."

Group 5
Miko Juarez	Tristan Ramirez	Jayvee Mendoza & Bjorn Mendoza	Guion Antonio	James Ryan Cesena

Performance Night

5 groups with 5 members each will perform. Each group will perform a boyband hit assigned to them: a ballad, a pop song, acoustic, upbeat and of course R&B. They will perform as a group but each contestant will be judged individually. In this round, they will perform with their group mates. At the same time, they will use their charm, personality and talent. From 25 contestants, the top 12 will advance to the next round: 3 boys from the girl fans' votes while 9 boys will be chosen by the judges.

Color key

	Contestant voted by the girl fans
	Contestant chosen by the judges
	Contestant was eliminated

Episode	Order	Group	Contestants	Vocal Coach	Genre	Song
Episode 15 (Saturday, October 29)	1	Group 1	Henz Villaraiz	Belinda "Lindie" Achacoso	Acoustic	"Sukob Na"
			Joshua Manio
			Luigi D'Avola
			Mark Oblea
			Joao Constancia
	2	Group 2	Gabriel Umali	Eugene Cailao	R&B	"This I Promise You"
			Isaiah Tiglao
			Markus Paterson
			Wilbert Rosalyn
			Russell Reyes
	3	Group 3	Allen Cecilio	Sammy Gaddi	Pop	"Love Me for a Reason"
			Keanno dela Cruz
			Raymond Mabute
			Raynald Simon
			Niel Murillo
Episode 16 (Sunday, October 30)	1	Group 4	Angelo Nabor	Thor	Ballad	"Nanghihinayang"
			Ford Valencia
			Jimsen Jison
			Jindric Macapagal
			Tony Labrusca
	2	Group 5	Guion Antonio	Annie Quintos	Upbeat	"Uptown Girl"
			James Ryan Cesena
			Miko Juarez
			Tristan Ramirez
			Jayvee Mendoza & Bjorn Mendoza

The top 3 contestants voted by the girl fans.

Group	Contestant	Votes Percentage
Group 1	Joao Constancia	42.97%
Group 3	Allen Cecilio	25.61%
	Niel Murillo	23.14%

Live Shows

They will perform as a group. They will succeed as a group. And if they are careless, they will fail as a group. This is the test for the boys to perform in different groups. A young heartthrob will be eliminated every week until seven are left in the grand finals. And from the seven, five will be chosen to form the first superstar boyband of the country.

The superstar judges select the strongest and the weakest group. The strongest group will be declared as the boyband of the week. While the members of the weakest group would have to individually sing their survival songs. Aside from the talent, the young heartthrobs will be judge in their overall character and performance onstage.

One or two will be saved by the votes of the viewing public. One will be saved by the superstar judges. In case of a tie, the next highest number of public votes will be saved. And the remaining contestant will be eliminated from the competition.

Color key

	Group announced as boyband of the week / Contestant announced as a member of boyband of the week
	Group announced as the weakest group / Contestant announced as the weakest in the group
	Contestant was saved by the public votes
	Contestant was saved by the judges
	Contestant was eliminated

Week 1: Top 12 (November 5 and 6)

Group Performances

The top 12 cast lots to determine who will form the 4 groups with 3 members each.

Episode	Order	Group	Song
Episode 17 (Saturday, November 5)	1	Ford Valencia James Ryan Cesena Joao Constancia	"Picture of You"
	2	Henz Villaraiz Markus Paterson Niel Murillo	"I Want It That Way"
	3	Mark Oblea Tony Labrusca Tristan Ramirez	"Because of You"
	4	Allen Cecilio Miko Juarez Russell Reyes	"Tearin' Up My Heart"

Individual Performances

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 18 (Sunday, November 6)	1	Henz Villaraiz	"Liwanag Sa Dilim"
	2	Niel Murillo	"I Lay My Love on You"
	3	Markus Paterson	"Stay with Me"

Non-Competition Performance

Order	Performer	Song
18.1	Boyband of the Week (Ford Valencia, James Ryan Cesena and Joao Constancia)	"What Makes You Beautiful"

Week 2: Top 11 (November 12 and 13)

Group Performances

The boys were divided into three groups: two 4-member and one 3-member groups and their challenge is to sing the OPM hits.

Episode	Order	Group	Song
Episode 19 (Saturday, November 12)	1	Joao Constancia Niel Murillo Russell Reyes Tony Labrusca	"Dahil Mahal Kita"
	2	Henz Villaraiz James Ryan Cesena Mark Oblea Miko Juarez	"Ako'y Iyong-Iyo"
	3	Allen Cecilio Ford Valencia Tristan Ramirez	"Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal"

Individual Performances

Two contestants with the highest number of public votes will be saved.

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 20 (Sunday, November 13)	1	Mark Oblea	"The Time of My Life"
	2	Miko Juarez	"This Time"
	3	Henz Villaraiz	"25 Minutes"
	4	James Ryan Cesena	"Say Something"

Non-Competition Performance

Order	Performer	Song
20.1	Boyband of the Week (Joao Constancia, Niel Murillo, Russell Reyes and Tony Labrusca)	"Kasayaw"

Week 3: Top 10 (November 19 and 20)

Group Performances

Episode	Order	Group	Song
Episode 21 (Saturday, November 19)	1	Allen Cecilio	"Best Song Ever"
		Niel Murillo
		James Ryan Cesena
	2	Henz Villaraiz	"One Thing"
		Russell Reyes
		Tony Labrusca
	3	Ford Valencia	"Hanggang Kailan (Umuwi Ka Na Baby)"
		Joao Constancia
		Mark Oblea
		Tristan Ramirez

Individual Performances

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 22 (Sunday, November 20)	1	Ford Valencia	"Angels Cry"
	2	Henz Villaraiz	"Ang Huling El Bimbo"
	3	Allen Cecilio	"Hinahanap-hanap Kita"

Non-Competition Performance

Order	Performer	Song
22.1	Boyband of the Week (James Ryan Cesena, Joao Constancia, Mark Oblea, Niel Murillo, Russell Reyes, Tony Labrusca and Tristan Ramirez)	"Boys Do Fall in Love"

Week 4: Top 9 (November 26 and 27)

Group Performances

Episode	Order	Group	Song
Episode 23 (Saturday, November 26)	1	Allen Cecilio	"Gusto Kita"
		Mark Oblea
		Tony Labrusca
	2	Ford Valencia	"I Swear"
		Niel Murillo
		Russell Reyes
	3	James Ryan Cesena	"Rude"
		Joao Constancia
		Tristan Ramirez

Individual Performances

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 24 (Sunday, November 27)	1	Russell Reyes	"Bakit Pa Ba"
	2	James Ryan Cesena	"Just the Way You Are"
	3	Allen Cecilio	"Kumusta Ka"

Non-Competition Performance

Order	Performer	Song
24.1	Boyband of the Week (Ford Valencia, Joao Constancia, Mark Oblea, Niel Murillo, Tony Labrusca and Tristan Ramirez)	"Nasa Iyo Na Ang Lahat"

Week 5: Top 8 (December 3 and 4)

Sudden Death Challenge

Episode	Order	Winner	Loser	Song
Episode 25 (Saturday, December 3)	1	Joao Constancia	Tristan Ramirez	"What Do You Mean?"
	2	Russell Reyes	James Ryan Cesena	"I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"
	3	Niel Murillo	Ford Valencia	"So Sick""
	4	Mark Oblea	Tony Labrusca	"You'll Be Safe Here"

Individual Performances

Two contestants with the highest number of public votes will be saved.

Episode	Order	Contestant	Song
Episode 26 (Sunday, December 4)	1	Tristan Ramirez [note 1]	"Knocks Me Off My Feet"
	2	Tony Labrusca	"Pagkat Mahal Kita"
	3	James Ryan Cesena	"Sunday Morning"
	4	Ford Valencia	"I'm Not the Only One"

Non-Competition Performance

Order	Performer	Song
26.1	Vice Ganda feat. Boyband of the Week (Joao Constancia, Russell Reyes, Mark Oblea, Niel Murillo)	"Ang Kulit"

Elimination Chart

Color key

	Contestant in the strongest group or strongest contestant in the group and announced as safe
	Contestant announced as safe
	Contestant in the weakest group or weakest contestant in the group and was saved by the public votes
	Contestant in the weakest group or weakest contestant in the group and was saved by the judges
	Contestant in the weakest group or weakest contestant in the group and was eliminated

Live show results per week

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Grand Finals
Joao Constancia		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	To be announced
Ford Valencia		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
Mark Oblea		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
Niel Murillo		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
Tony Labrusca		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
Tristan Ramirez		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
Russell Reyes		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
James Ryan Cesena		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 5)
Allen Cecilio		Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 4)
Henz Villaraiz		Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
Miko Juarez		Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
Markus Paterson		Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
Public Votes Percentage (Text and Google votes)		Niel Murillo 56.09% Markus Paterson 29.86% Henz Villaraiz 14.05%	James Ryan Cesena 33.03% Henz Villaraiz 30.95% Mark Oblea 18.71% Miko Juarez 17.30%	Allen Cecilio 40.45% Ford Valencia 37.57% Henz Villaraiz 21.98%	Russell Reyes 44.31% Allen Cecilio 41.38% James Ryan Cesena 14.31%	Ford Valencia 42.56% Tony Labrusca 33.19% Tristan Ramirez 12.71% James Ryan Cesena 11.54%	To be announced
Judges' Votes	Aga	Henz Villaraiz	Mark Oblea	Ford Valencia	James Ryan Cesena	James Ryan Cesena	To be announced
	Yeng	Henz Villaraiz	Mark Oblea	Ford Valencia	Allen Cecilio	Tristan Ramirez
	Sandara	Henz Villaraiz	Miko Juarez	Ford Valencia	James Ryan Cesena	James Ryan Cesena
	Vice	Markus Paterson	Mark Oblea	Ford Valencia	James Ryan Cesena	Tristan Ramirez

Contestants who appeared on previous shows

• Allen Cecilio and Mark Oblea were on the Spogify feat. Singing Baes segment of Eat Bulaga! and were eliminated during the daily round.^[21][22]
• Markus Paterson appeared on ASAP and as an occasional guest on ASAP Chillout.^[23]
• Miggy Campbell was a supporting cast on You're My Home. He also appeared on the music video of "Pare, Mahal Mo Raw Ako", as well as the movie version of the same name.^[24]
• Jayvee Mendoza and Bjorn Mendoza were featured on the Ano Ka Hello? singing battle segment of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho.^[25]
• Kokoy de Santos is a TV commercial actor and a former co-host in Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman. He was cast in various drama series (Futbolilits, Makapiling Kang Muli, Kidlat, My Husband's Lover, Oh My G!, #ParangNormal Activity) and films (Bromance: My Brother's Romance, Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel, Kid Kulafu, Kip Oebanda, Tumbang Preso). He also starred in numerous Maalaala Mo Kaya episodes including "Kamao", "Bimpo", "Family Picture", "Red Envelope", "Korona", "Sketch Pad", "Lubid", "Puno", "Picture", and "Hijab".^[26]
• Wilbert Rosalyn joined the Tawag ng Tanghalan segment of It's Showtime though he was eliminated during the daily round.^[27]

Reception

Television Ratings

Television ratings for the Pinoy Boyband Superstar on ABS-CBN were gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings were gathered from Mega Manila households; it is worth noting that since July 2016, AGB Nielsen expanded their coverage to include urban Luzon. On the other hand, Kantar Media's survey ratings were gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.

Episode		Original Airdate	Timeslot (PST)	AGB Nielsen			Kantar Media			Source
				Rating	Timeslot	Primetime	Rating	Timeslot	Primetime
1	"Judges' Audition Premiere"	September 10, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	21.0%	#2	#3	34.4%	#1	#1	[28][29]
2	"Judges' Audition, Part 2"	September 11, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	21.0%	#1	#2	36.4%	#1	#1	[30][29]
3	"Judges' Audition, Part 3"	September 17, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	18.5%	#2	#4	31.5%	#1	#2	[31][32]
4	"Judges' Audition, Part 4"	September 18, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	19.3%	#2	#4	33.6%	#1	#1	[33][32]
5	"Judges' Audition, Part 5"	September 24, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	20.5%	#2	#3	34.5%	#1	#1	[34][35]
6	"Judges' Audition, Part 6"	September 25, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	21.7%	#1	#1	36.3%	#1	#1	[36][35]
7	"Judges' Audition, Part 7"	October 1, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	19.1%	#2	#5	32.9%	#1	#1	[37][38]
8	"Judges' Audition, Part 8"	October 2, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	19.2%	#1	#3	34.9%	#1	#1	[39][38]
9	"Judges' Audition, Part 9"	October 8, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	19.8%	#2	#4	32.6%	#1	#1	[40][41]
10	"Judges' Audition, Part 10"	October 9, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	17.4%	#2	#4	32.5%	#1	#1	[42][41]
11	"Judges' Audition, Part 11"	October 15, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	18.6%	#2	#4	30.6%	#1	#1	[43][44]
12	"Judges' Audition, Part 12"	October 16, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	17.4%	#2	#6	29.9%	#1	#1	[45][44]
13	"Middle Rounds, Judges' Deliberation"	October 22, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	16.4%	#2	#4	28.5%	#1	#1	[46][47]
14	"Middle Rounds, Last Chance Performance Night"	October 23, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	16.5%	#2	#6	30.3%	#1	#2	[48][47]
15	"Middle Rounds, Performance Night 1"	October 29, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	14.5%	#2	#5	26.7%	#2	#2	[49][50]
16	"Middle Rounds, Performance Night 2"	October 30, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	15.4%	#2	#5	28.2%	#1	#1	[51][50]
17	"Live Shows, Top 12 Performance"	November 5, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	16.5%	#2	#4	28.5%	#2	#2	[52][53]
18	"Live Shows, Top 12 Results"	November 6, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	15.5%	#2	#6	30.9%	#1	#1	[54][53]
19	"Live Shows, Top 11 Performance"	November 12, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	15.6%	#2	#4	26.0%	#1	#1	[55][56]
20	"Live Shows, Top 11 Results"	November 13, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	14.5%	#2	#7	27.7%	#1	#1	[57][56]
21	"Live Shows, Top 10 Performance"	November 19, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	13.6%	#2	#6	Unavailable			[58]
22	"Live Shows, Top 10 Results"	November 20, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	13.4%	#2	#6				[59]
23	"Live Shows, Top 9 Performance"	November 26, 2016	Saturday, 7:15 p.m.	13.3%	#3	#6	25.5%	#1	#3	[60][61]
24	"Live Shows, Top 9 Results"	November 27, 2016	Sunday, 7:00 p.m.	12.8%	#2	#6	27.3%	#1	#2	[62][61]

Notes

1. ↑ Tristan has been passed to the Grand Final (via public vote) had he tied with James in Judges' vote.

References

External links

Official Website

• Pinoy Boyband Superstar on ABS-CBN

Social Networks

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• Pinoy Boyband Superstar on Snapchat
• Pinoy Boyband Superstar on YouTube