Philippine Popular Music Festival

The tradition & historical record

The Philippine Popular Music Festival (also known as Philpop) is an annual songwriting competition organized by the Philpop MusicFest Foundation and was launched in 2012. The creation of the festival was inspired by the defunct Metro Manila Popular Music Festival. The foundation itself is headed by the chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, executive director Ryan Cayabyab and administrator and communications director Patricia Bermudez-Hizon. The competition is only open to original and previously unreleased songs in English, Filipino and other Philippine languages. Since its inception, it has been airing annually in TV5. There are three prizes given: Grand Prize (₱1,000,000), 2nd Prize (₱500,000) and 3rd Prize (₱250,000). An additional award is given named Smart People's Choice Award (₱200,000), which is the most popular song based on the text votes sent by the people. People who win these prizes also receive trophies while the defeated finalists each receive ₱50,000 and a plaque. In its first year, the festival has received many controversies regarding to its finalists and its rules. On its second year, all the interpreters were able to film music videos for their respective song entries. Viva Records released the compilation albums of the PhilPop Music Festival finalists. In 2020, the Philpop Foundation formed a partnership with Warner Music Philippines and telecommunications company Smart Communications for its 2020 Edition of the competition. ¹

Date: July 14, 2012 Venue: Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay Hosts: Ogie Alcasid and Nikki Gil ¹

Date: July 20, 2013 Venue: Meralco Theater, Pasig Hosts: Ogie Alcasid and Jasmine Curtis ¹

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Date: July 26, 2014 Venue: Meralco Theater, Pasig Hosts: Ogie Alcasid, Christian Bautista, Iya Villania, Jasmine Curtis and Tim Yap Judges: Abra, Aiza Seguerra, Julie Anne San Jose, Megan Young, Sam Concepcion, Wilma Galvante and Noel Cabangon ¹

Date: July 25, 2015 Venue: Meralco Theater Hosts: Mark Bautista, Sam Pinto-Semerad and Bela Padilla Judges: Randy Estrellado, Paolo Valenciano, Quest, Karylle, Kris Lawrence, Louie Ocampo and Jett Pangan ¹

Out of more than 2,000 entries, The Philpop, together with the adjudicators — singers Basti Artadi, Bullet Dumas, Ebe Dancel, Lara Maigue and Davey Langit, academe members and college students — selects 12 entries for the competition. Five of the composers are returning to the competition, while 11 of those are rookies. ¹

Date: July 23, 2016 Venue: Kia Theatre, Araneta Center, Quezon City Judges: Adam Hurstfield, Christian Walden, Marcus Davis, Jr. Hosts: Sam YG, Slick Rick, Toni Tony, and Bela Padilla ¹

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