Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown

*Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown*
Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown
Hosted by	Vhong Navarro; Vice Ganda; Anne Curtis; Amy Perez; Karylle; Kim Chiu; Ogie Alcasid; Darren Espanto;
Judges	Louie Ocampo; Erik Santos; Zsa Zsa Padilla; Ogie Alcasid; Jed Madela; Klarisse de Guzman; Marco Sison; Dingdong Avanzado; Bituin Escalante; Nonoy Zuñiga; Nyoy Volante; Kean Cipriano; Mark Bautista; Jolina Magdangal;
No. of episodes	12 (as of May 4, 2024)
Release
Original network	Kapamilya Channel; A2Z (simulcast); GTV (simulcast); GMA Network (simulcast); The Filipino Channel (International broadcaster); GMA Pinoy TV (International broadcaster);
Original release	April 22, 2024 –; present

Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown is an amateur singing competition that currently airs as a segment of the noontime show It's Showtime that premiered on April 22, 2024.^[1]

Development edit

No information about this season was released until the finale of the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids, which was held two days before the season began, when the hosts teased about the new season.

Auditions edit

Auditions for The School Showdown were held simultaneously with the eighth season starting April 15, 2024.

Production edit

The School Showdown premiered on April 22, 2024, just two days after the finale of Kids 2. This is the third special season and the fourth overall season to air on GTV after Duets, Year 7, and Kids 2, and the second season to air on GMA Network after Kids 2 following the show's debut on the network last April 6, 2024.^[2]

Hosts and judges edit

Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Amy Perez, Kim Chiu, Karylle, Ogie Alcasid, Anne Curtis, Jhong Hilario and Darren Espanto reprised their hosting roles for this season. Michelle Dee also served as a guest co-host in the absence of the main hosts.

Meanwhile, Ryan Bang, Teddy Corpuz and Jugs Jugueta reprised their roles as gongmasters for the season. Ion Perez debuted as the newest gongmaster for this season.

This season marked the return of Zsa Zsa Padilla, Jed Madela, Klarisse de Guzman, Marco Sison, Dingdong Avanzado, Bituin Escalante, Nonoy Zuñiga, Nyoy Volante, Kean Cipriano, Mark Bautista, Jolina Magdangal and alternating head judges or punong hurados Louie Ocampo, Erik Santos and Ogie Alcasid to the judging panel after a season break during the second Kids season.

Format edit

Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown features student contestants from different universities in the Philippines, representing the universities they are currently enrolled in. Similar to the rivalry between Ateneo and La Salle, the season will feature battles between student contenders from different universities competing to become the season's grand champion.

The season's format, similarly structured from the second kids season, is divided into four phases of "examinations":

Phase I: Entrance Examinations — equivalent to the Daily Rounds, two student contenders from two different universities will battle in a head-to-head challenge for a slot in the weekly finals.
Phase II: Preliminary Examinations — equivalent to the Weekly Finals, those who won during the daily rounds will compete for a slot in the semi-finals (or monthly finals) that will be held every Saturday.
Phase III: Middle-term (Midterm) Examinations — equivalent to the Semi-Finals, those who won during the weekly finals will compete for a slot in the Grand Finals (or the Huling Tapatan) after four weekly finals.
Phase IV: Final Examinations — equivalent to the Grand Finals or Huling Tapatan, those who won during the semi-finals will battle it out one last time to become the season's grand champion.

Still, the criteria for judging remains the same: 50% for voice quality (includes intonation, enunciation, voice projection and technique); and the other 50% for the overall performance (includes timing, mastery of lyrics, stage presence and audience impact).

Prizes edit

The student contender with the higher score during the daily rounds will receive ₱10,000 while the losing student contender will receive ₱5,000. The weekly finalist that will advance to the semifinals will receive an additional ₱25,000 while the other weekly finalists will receive ₱5,000.

Phase I: Entrance Examinations edit

Phase I, dubbed as the Entrance Examinations is equivalent to the Daily Rounds, where two student contenders from two different universities will battle in a head-to-head challenge for a slot in the weekly finals.

Summary of Phase I edit

Month	Start	End	Weeks	Episodes	No. of Contenders	No. of Contenders advancing to Phase II
Month 1	April 22, 2024	May 17, 2024	2	12	20	11
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Total			2	11	20	11

Results details edit

Contender's Information:

Contender from Metro Manila

Contender from Luzon

Contender from Visayas

Contender from Mindanao

Results Details:

Contender advanced to the Phase II
Contender was Gonged and Eliminated

Lost but was selected for Resbakbakan
Contender lost and was eliminated

Contender withdrew from the competition

Italicized names denotes a contender is a resbaker

Month 1 (April 22 to May 17) edit

Week 1 (April 22 to 26, 2023)
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Monday (April 22, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla	Vice Ganda Karylle Kim Chiu Darren Espanto	Teddy Corpuz
		Hannah Grace Espadon	University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Negros Occidental	"Amakabogera"	95.0%
		Kyshia Razon	Mater Dei College, Tagbilaran City, Bohol	"Nasa Puso"	93.3%

Tuesday (April 23, 2024)	Daily Round					Ogie Alcasid Jed Madela Klarisse de Guzman	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Karylle Jhong Hilario Darren Espanto	Teddy Corpuz
		Niña Marie Coreses	University of Cebu, Cebu	"Inseperable"	89.7%
		Jelou Carrera	Union Christian College, La Union	"Mamma Knows Best"	91.7%

Wednesday (April 24, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Marco Sison Dingdong Avanzado	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Amy Perez Karylle Ogie Alcasid Michelle Dee	Jugs Jugueta
		Rhian Salimban	Abanon National High School, Pangasinan	"At Ang Hirap"	91.0%
		John Lennon Las Piñas	St. Michael's College, Iligan City	"Feeling Good"	94.3%

Thursday (April 25, 2024)	Daily Round					Ogie Alcasid Bituin Escalante Nonoy Zuñiga	Vhong Navarro Amy Perez Karylle Jhong Hilario	Ryan Bang
		Colleen Tolentino	Technological University of the Philippines, Manila	"Drivers License"	92.7%
		Nicole Centeno	University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, Negros Occidental	"Doo Bi Doo"	93.0%

Friday (April 26, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Nyoy Volante Bituin Escalante	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Karylle Kim Chiu Ogie Alcasid	Ryan Bang
		Alexa Jane Ationg	STI West Negros University, Negros Occidental	"Himala"	93.7%
		Jericho Habagat	Initao College, Misamis Occidental	"Dancing On My Own"	94.0%

Week 2 (April 29 to May 3, 2023)
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Monday (April 29, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Jed Madela Zsa Zsa Padilla	Vice Ganda Karylle Ogie Alcasid Darren Espanto	Ion Perez
		Princess Jaina Pesigan	Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas	"River"	92.7%
		Erwin Villanueva	Universidad de Manila, Ermita, Manila	"Delilah"	93.7%

Tuesday (April 30, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Erik Santos Jolina Magdangal	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Karylle Ogie Alcasid Darren Espanto	Ryan Bang
		Leathon David Badillos	Lucresia R. Kasilag Senior High School, Quezon City	"Demonyo"	93.3%
		Heaven Blanco	Bacolod City National High School, Bacolod City	"Nosi Ba Lasi"	95.7%

Wednesday (May 1, 2024)	Daily Round					Louie Ocampo Marco Sison Zsa Zsa Padilla	Amy Perez Karylle Ogie Alcasid Darren Espanto	Ryan Bang
		Justine Jose	Governor Andres Pascual College, Navotas City	"Break It to Me Gently"	93.0%
		Lance Ocama	San Mateo Municipal College, San Mateo, Rizal	"Kung Tayo"	95.3%

Thursday (May 2, 2024)	Daily Round					Ogie Alcasid Bituin Escalante Dingdong Avanzado	Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Karylle Kim Chiu Darren Espanto	Ryan Bang
		Xai Martinez	Yverdon de Pestallozi School Inc, Bulacan	"Hanggang Ngayon"	93.7%
		Cyd Pangca	Central Bukidnon Institute, Bukidnon	"Hanggang"	96.3%

Friday (May 3, 2024)	Daily Round					Ogie Alcasid Nyoy Volante Mark Bautista	Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Karylle Kim Chiu	Ryan Bang
		Mark Dagar	Davao del Norte State College, Davao del Norte	"Your Love"	96.3% (tie)
		Anna Patricia Dimaano	UST Angelicum College, Quezon City	"Sa Ugoy ng Duyan"	96.3% (tie)

Week 3 (May 6 to 10, 2023)
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Monday (May 6, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Tuesday (May 7, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Wednesday (May 8, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Thursday (May 9, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Friday (May 10, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Week 4 (May 13 to 17, 2023)
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Monday (May 13, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Tuesday (May 14, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Wednesday (May 15, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Thursday (May 16, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Friday (May 17, 2024)	Daily Round					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Month 2 (TBD) edit

Phase II: Preliminary Examinations edit

Phase II, dubbed as the Preliminary Examinations is equivalent to the Weekly Finals, where those who won during the daily rounds will compete for a slot in the semi-finals (or monthly finals) that will be held every Saturday (except on the final week).

Summary of Phase II edit

Contender's Information:

Contender from Metro Manila

Contender from Luzon

Contender from Visayas

Contender from Mindanao

Results Details:

Contender advanced to the Phase III
Contender was Gonged and Eliminated

Lost but was selected for Resbakbakan
Contender lost and was eliminated

Contender withdrew from the competition

Summary of Phase II Contenders
Contender		Hometown	Became a Daily Winner	Total Prize	Month	Week	Total Prize Won
Month 1
	Hannah Grace Espadon	University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Negros Occidental	April 22, 2024	₱10,000	1	1	₱35,000
	Lance Ocama	San Mateo Municipal College, San Mateo, Rizal	May 1, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱35,000
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 6, 2024	₱10,000	1	3	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 7, 2024	₱10,000	1	3	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 8, 2024	₱10,000	1	3	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 9, 2024	₱10,000	1	3	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 10, 2024	₱10,000	1	3	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 13, 2024	₱10,000	1	4	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 14, 2024	₱10,000	1	4	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 15, 2024	₱10,000	1	4	TBD
	TBD	TBD, TBD	May 16, 2024	₱10,000	1	4	TBD
	Erwin Villanueva	Universidad de Manila, Ermita, Manila	April 29, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱15,000
	Heaven Blanco	Bacolod City National High School, Bacolod City	April 30, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱15,000
	Anna Patricia Dimaano	UST Angelicum College, Quezon City	May 3, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱15,000
	Mark Dagar	Davao del Norte State College, Davao del Norte	May 3, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱15,000
	Cyd Pangca	Central Bukidnon Institute, Bukidnon	May 2, 2024	₱10,000	1	2	₱10,000
	Jelou Carrera	Union Christian College, La Union	April 23, 2024	₱10,000	1	1	₱15,000
	John Lennon Las Piñas	St. Michael's College, Iligan City	April 24, 2024	₱10,000	1	1	₱15,000
	Nicole Centeno	University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, Negros Occidental	April 25, 2024	₱10,000	1	1	₱15,000
	Jericho Habagat	Initao College, Misamis Occidental	April 26, 2024	₱10,000	1	1	₱15,000
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Results details edit

Month 1 Weekly Finals
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Saturday (April 28, 2024)	Week 1					Ogie Alcasid Kean Cipriano Mark Bautista	Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Karylle Kim Chiu	Ryan Bang
		Hannah Grace Espadon	University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Negros Occidental	"Anak"	95.0%
		Jelou Carrera	Union Christian College, La Union	"I Will Survive"	90.7%
		John Lennon Las Piñas	St. Michael's College, Iligan City	"Buwan"	89.0%
		Nicole Centeno	University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, Negros Occidental	"Isang Linggong Pag-ibig"	92.0%
		Jericho Habagat	Initao College, Misamis Occidental	"Invisible"	91.3%

Saturday (May 4, 2024)	Week 2					Erik Santos Klarisse de Guzman Nonoy Zuñiga	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Karylle Jhong Hilario Kim Chiu Darren Espanto	Ion Perez
		Erwin Villanueva	Universidad de Manila, Ermita, Manila	"My Way"	91.3%
		Heaven Blanco	Bacolod City National High School, Bacolod City	"All by Myself"	93.3%
		Lance Ocama	San Mateo Municipal College, San Mateo, Rizal	"Kundiman"	95.0%
		Cyd Pangca	Central Bukidnon Institute, Bukidnon	Withdrew
		Anna Patricia Dimaano	UST Angelicum College, Quezon City	"Hallelujah"	93.0%
		Mark Dagar	Davao del Norte State College, Davao del Norte	"Sino Ang Baliw"	92.3%

Month 2 Weekly Finals
Episode	Contender		University and Hometown	Song	Scores	Hurados^{[note 1]}	Hosts	Gong

Saturday (May TBD, 2024)	Week 1					TBD TBD TBD	TBD TBD TBD TBD	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD
		TBD	TBD, TBD	"TBD"	TBD

Phase III: Midterm Examinations edit

Phase III, dubbed as the Midterm Examinations is equivalent to the Semifinals, where those who won during the weekly finals will compete for a slot in the grand finals.

Summary of Phase III edit

Contender's Information:

Contender from Metro Manila

Contender from Luzon

Contender from Visayas

Contender from Mindanao

Results Details:

Contender advanced to the Phase IV
Contender was Gonged and Eliminated

Lost but was selected for Resbakbakan
Contender lost and was eliminated

Contender withdrew from the competition

Summary of Phase III Contenders
Contender		Hometown	Became a Weekly Winner	Total Prize	Month	Total Prize Won
Month 1
	Hannah Grace Espadon	University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Negros Occidental	April 27, 2024	₱35,000	1
	Lance Ocama	San Mateo Municipal College, San Mateo, Rizal	May 4, 2024	₱35,000	1
			May 11, 2024	₱35,000	1
			May 17, 2024	₱35,000	1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4

Elimination table edit

References edit

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f For the first quarter, Judges' name in boldface indicates that that judge or hurado is the head judge or punong hurado

Scores

Sources

^ Antonio, Josiah. "Students compete in Tawag Ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
^ "'It's Showtime,' mapapanood na rin sa GMA-7 simula sa Abril 6". Balitambayan. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

[dr1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f For the first quarter, Judges' name in boldface indicates that that judge or hurado is the head judge or punong hurado

[1] Antonio, Josiah. "Students compete in Tawag Ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

[2] "'It's Showtime,' mapapanood na rin sa GMA-7 simula sa Abril 6". Balitambayan. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

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Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown


Hosted by	Vhong Navarro Vice Ganda Anne Curtis Amy Perez Karylle Kim Chiu Ogie Alcasid Darren Espanto
Judges	Louie Ocampo Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla Ogie Alcasid Jed Madela Klarisse de Guzman Marco Sison Dingdong Avanzado Bituin Escalante Nonoy Zuñiga Nyoy Volante Kean Cipriano Mark Bautista Jolina Magdangal

No. of episodes	12 (as of May 4, 2024)
Release
Original network	Kapamilya Channel A2Z (simulcast) GTV (simulcast) GMA Network (simulcast) The Filipino Channel (International broadcaster) GMA Pinoy TV (International broadcaster)
Original release	April 22, 2024 (2024-04-22) – present