Pilipinas Got Talent: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

"Pilipinas Got Talent" is a Philippine talent show on ABS-CBN that began February 20, 2010. It is based on the Got Talent franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO company. "Pilipinas" is the Filipino word for Philippines. Anyone can join and showcase their talents in the audition. At the sound of three buzzers from the judges, the auditionees are asked to stop their act. With at least two yes from the judges, they are automatically in the list for Judges Cull, where judges have to pick only 36 acts that will move to the semi-finals. Acts will compete against each other in order to gain the audience support to win the prize money and the title of Pilipinas Got Talent winner.

Series details

• Title: Pilipinas Got Talent
• Format: Variety
• Language: Tagalog
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2010-02-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABS-CBN
• Network country: Philippines
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6156

Cast and credited roles

• Kris Aquino — Judge
• Freddie "FMG" Garcia — Judge
• Ai-Ai delas Alas — Judge
• Angel Locsin — Judge
• Vice Ganda — Judge
• Robin Padilla — Judge
• Billy Crawford — Host
• Luis Manzano — Host
• Toni Gonzaga — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-02-20; final listed air date 2010-06-13.
• Season 2: premiered 2011-02-26; final listed air date 2011-02-26.
• Season 3: premiered 2011-07-09; final listed air date 2011-10-23.
• Season 4: premiered 2013-02-16; final listed air date 2013-02-16.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-01-23; final listed air date 2016-01-24.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-01-06; final listed air date 2018-04-29; episode order: 33.
• Season 7: premiered 2025-03-29; final listed air date 2025-03-30.

Source and licence

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