Pinoy Dream Academy VS Philippine Idol

EVEN the most uninterested viewers caught the implication: the next incarnation of ABS-CBN’s “Pinoy Big Brother,” dubbed “Pinoy Dream Academy,” is going head to head against ABC 5’s “Philippine Idol.”
“Dream Academy” premieres in August; “RP Idol” in July.

Both are reality singing contests in which unknowns are housed together and undergo training and/or a makeover in front of the camera.

Both are foreign franchises. “Academy” is from the same Dutch company behind “PBB”; “RP Idol” is from FremantleMedia, based in the United Kingdom.

According to “PBB” director Lauren Dyogi, Endemol’s show is called “Fame Academy” in the UK; “Star Academy” in France; “La Academia” in Italy and Spain.

“The housemates will be called students and they’ll still live in the same house [on Mother Ignacia Avenue, Quezon City], but we’ll modify it to include workshop and rehearsal areas, a recording studio, principal’s office and teachers’ lounge,” Dyogi told Inquirer in a phone interview.

He added that “Dream Academy” will be aired nightly. “If ‘Philippine Idol’ is anything like ‘American Idol’ it will air only twice a week.”

Perci Intalan, ABC 5’s head of Creative and Entertainment Production, corrected Dyogi: “‘Philippine Idol’ is also a nightly, prime time show."