| Are You the Next Big Star? | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
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| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Tagalog |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Production locations | GMA Network Studios, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | GMA Network |
| Release | May 16 – August 23, 2009 |
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Are You the Next Big Star? is a 2009 Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Regine Velasquez and Keempee de Leon, it premiered on May 16, 2009 replacing Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?. The show concluded on August 23, 2009 with a total of 16 episodes.
The program seeks to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The public decides the outcomes of the later stages through text voting. The judges who give critiques of the contestants' performances have included Pops Fernandez, Randy Santiago, Danny Tan, Mon Faustino and Annie Quintos.
The prizes at stake includes one million pesos (P 1,000,000), a condominium unit from Avida, a management contract from GMA Artist Center and a recording contract from GMA Records. There will be two winners in the show: one male and one female.
On August 23, 2009, on the show's big finale, Frencheska Farr and Geoff Taylor were announced as the next female big star and next male big star respectively. Following the third and final round of the competition, Zyrene Parsad and Jay Perillo were eliminated. Camille Cortez and Alex Castro joined Frencheska Farr and Geoff Taylor in the final round of competition.
Frencheska Farr sang the victory song entitled Show Must Go On while Geoff Taylor sang the victory song entitled Heto Na. Both songs were composed by the show's musical director Raul Mitra and his wife Cacai Velasquez.