The long-running amateur singing competition on television is gearing up for its comeback.
On Thursday, March 6, ABS-CBN noontime show ‘It’s Showtime’ formally unveiled the upcoming special season of the ‘Tawag Ng Tanghalan’ singing contest of the show.
‘All Star Grand Resbak 2025’ invites back former ‘TNT’ contenders from the past nine years to compete once more and become the champion of this edition.
48 contestants have been named, with new judges in ‘Asia’s Nightingale’ Lani Misalucha and ‘Philippine Concert Queen’ Pops Fernandez joining their peers as hurados in this new season.
‘Tawag Ng Tanghalan’ was originally launched as a standalone show in the ’60s, before it got a brief revival in the late ’80s.
In January 2016, it was introduced as a segment of ‘It’s Showtime,’ helping the program recover its foothold following the ‘AlDub’ phenomenon in its rival noontime show, ‘Eat Bulaga,’ a few months before the return of ‘TNT.’
Its marathon-like format gained traction, giving ‘Showtime’ a newfound momentum in the ratings game.
The first year culminated with Noven Belleza named as its first champion in the third revival of the series.
Since then, there had been 8 regular seasons, three special editions (‘All-Star Grand Resbak’ and ‘Celebrity Champions’ in 2019 and ‘Duets’ in 2023), and two iterations of its Kids version.