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The First Pinoy Idol

Gretchen Espina of Biliran (Visayas) won the first Pinoy Idol. She received a recording contract from Sony-BMG, a management contract from GMA Artists Center, a condominium unit from Avida Land, a car, and one million pesos from SM Malls - a total of 5.7 million pesos. Congratulations!

I was not very thrilled about the finals of Pinoy Idol especially right after Ram was eliminated. This is the sad thing about text voting. It works like a popularity contest where the one who wins is the one who was able to sell the most tickets. So, if you don't have much money, sorry, you cannot vote as much as you want to. In American Idol, our favorites are usually eliminated first. Ryan Seacrest would constantly remind the viewers to vote for their favorites so that they don't end up being eliminated. Last year, Ryan Cayabyab reminded the viewers of Philippine Idol to vote for the one who had true talent. Miguel, a rich kid from LaSalle, was one of the hopefuls then. He wasn't that good but he reached the final 4. The better ones were eliminated before him. (Ironically, Miguel is one of Ryan's scholars in this year's reality show Pinoy Dream Academy.)

Pinoy Idol is no exception. This year, the judges Ogie Alcasid, Jolina Magdangal, and Wyngard Tracy kept reminding the viewers to vote wisely because they could really see the better ones being eliminated first. :( What can we do? Pinoy don't vote without a prize. :) Maybe, next time GMA Network would count only unique votes to give the other idols a very fair share.
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