IKON Philippines

IKON Philippines is a reality singing competition which searches for a champion among existing or established artistes rather than among new, unknown starlets as in other such singing competitions. The programme was co-launched with IKON Indonesia and IKON Malaysia in late 2006 as an initiative to search for an artiste who can represent the country in the regional (ASEAN) level. The verdict is determined by 70% of jury marks and 30% SMS.

IKON Philippines
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Asia Agcaoili
Judges	Vince Parr Wally Gonzalez Eugene Villaluz Jose Mari Chan guest judge (finals) Danny Javier guest judge (finals)
Country of origin	Philippines
No. of episodes	9 (including ASEAN finals)
Production
Executive producer	Wilson Tieng
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Radio Philippines Network
Release	June 17 (2007-06-17) – August 12, 2007 (2007-08-12)

Background

Ikon Philippines began its run on Le Pavilion in June 2007, and is hosted by Asia Agcaoili.

The final stage was held on 5 August 2007. Vina Morales is the Philippine Representative for Solo Category and Kjwan for Group Category

On August 5, 2007, both Vina Morales^[1] and Kjwan won the First Ikon ASEAN in their respective categories.

Vina Morales sang "Pangako Sa 'Yo" (A Promise to You), the theme song of the popular drama series of the same name in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and "Feels so Nice". Kjwan sang "Invitation" and "One Look".

Contenders

Solo Noel Cabangon Chris Cayzer Julianne Vina Morales (winner, solo category) Sitti Navarro Grace Nono Skarlet Top Suzara

Group/band Chicosci Chillitees The Dawn Greyhoundz Kala Kapatid Kjwan (winner, band category) Spongecola Stone Free True Faith