ASOP Music Festival

ASOP Music Festival
GenrePop, Jazz, Ballad, Classical,
Christian Music, Contemporary Christian Music, Reggae, Country, Pop Rock, Rock, Orchestra
DatesFirst Three Sundays of the Month (Weekly Finals)
Fourth Sunday of the Month (Monthly Finals)
Second Sunday or Monday of November (Grand Finals)
Location(s)La Verdad Christian College, Caloocan, Philippines (Weekly and Monthly Finals)
New Frontier Theater, Quezon City, Philippines (Grand Finals)
Years active2011–2019 (hiatus)
WebsiteOfficial Website
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The ASOP (A Song of Praise) Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Metro Manila, Philippines. Basically a songwriting competition,[1] it is the only gospel music television program in the country.[2] An original concept of Bro. Eli Soriano and Daniel Razon aiming to bring back praise songs to the public, it started in 2004 as a music competition inside the Members Church of God International but was later opened to the general public in 2011.[3] The music festival also discourages rap and metal music entries.

The program airs weekly on UNTV every Sunday night holding weekly and monthly eliminations. The show is hosted by Toni Rose Gayda and balladeer Richard Reynoso.[4][5] For the first 6 years (2012-2017), the Grand Finals were held in Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City. Starting in 2018, the Finals are held in nearby New Frontier Theater, Quezon City. Since 2015, entries that won from the monthly eliminations of November of the current year to October of the following year are included in the Grand Finals Night.

On its third year, the multi-awarded Filipino actor and film director, Cesar Montano and Filipina actress, Lilet joined the competition with their compositions entitled Pagpupuring Walang Hanggan (Eternal Praise), and You Are Lord of All, respectively.

ASOP Music Festival was crowned the Best Talent Search Program of the 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television. As announced by Daniel Razon on the Year 7 Grand Finals, starting Year 8, the cash prize will be ₱800,000 for the champion, and a yearly increment of ₱100,000 will be added to the grand prize.[5]

  1. ^ "ASOP Music Festival". Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP). Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "About ASOP TV". ASOP TV. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "ASOP Year 7 Grand Finals". ASOP Music Festival. Season 7. December 30, 2018. Event occurs at 2h18m57s. UNTV. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  4. ^ "ASOP Music Festival". UNTV News and Rescue. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Eight years of promoting praise music". Manila Standard. November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.