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Pinoy Rock, or Filipino Rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the Rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or combinations of genres like alternative rock, post grunge, ethnic, new wave, pop rock, punk rock, funk, reggae, heavy metal and ska. Because these genres are generally considered to fall under the broad Rock music category, Filipino Rock may be more

Pinoy is an informal demonym referring to the Filipino people in the Philippines as well as overseas Filipinos around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves as Pinoy or sometimes the feminine Pinay. The word is formed by taking the last four letters of Filipino and adding the diminutive suffix y in the Tagalog language (the suffix is commonly used in Filipino nicknames: Ninoy or Noynoy for Benigno, Totoy for Augusto, etc.). Pinoy was used for self identification by the first

Talentadong Pinoy (Talented Filipino) is a reality talent show. Hosted by Ryan Agoncillo, the show displays a variety of performances from singers, dancers, actors, musicians and comedians, to contortionists, impressionists, jugglers, ventriloquists and magicians. Similar to the Got Talent series in UK and USA, although, the Auditioning Process held in SM Locations needs to be improved and be well organized like how the Got Talent series of UK and USA hold it. The contestants are allowed to

Pinoy Idol was a Philippine interactive reality based singing competition created and developed by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment which aired on GMA Network. The program originated from Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller, which seeks to discover the best singer or idol in the country through a series of nationwide auditions and live performances, which is determined by public voting through SMS. The show replaced Philippine Idol, the first Idol franchise

Pinoy Big Brother (also known as PBB) is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother (the word Pinoy is a colloquial term for Filipino). It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 3 months or at least 100 days. It is shown on ABS CBN Channel 2 and its international affiliate, The Filipino Channel, with snippets shown on local affiliate Studio 23. The

Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up was the third regular season of Pinoy Big Brother, which began on October 4, 2009 on ABS CBN. Toni Gonzaga, Mariel Rodriguez, and Bianca Gonzalez reprised their hosting duties this season. It ran for 133 days until February 13, 2010, which broke Season 2's record for the longest stay of housemates inside the house by only one week. There were two sets of auditions for this season. The first set was held in late 2007 at several cities in the Philippines, as well as

Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1 officially started August 21, 2005 with an extravagant presentation by ABS CBN. The first season ended December 10, 2005, with Nene Tamayo of Romblon emerging as the first ever winner taking home the grand prize worth six million pesos (approx. $111,000) all in all, including the one million peso cash prize (about $18,000), a house and lot of his/her own, a Nissan Frontier, an entertainment component system, a Yamaha motorcycle, and a livelihood showcase. Pinoy Big

Pinoy Dream Academy (also known as PDA) is the Philippine version of Endemol's Operación Triunfo (Operation Triumph). The format is similar to Big Brother, where a set number of finalists (billed as scholars throughout the series) would live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers. Activities in the Academy are being monitored 24/7 by the headmaster. It uses the tagline Ang drama sa likod ng pangarap (The drama behind the dream) .

Pinoy Pop Superstar was a Philippine television show featuring a year long talent search for the best Filipino amateur singers. It was broadcast every Saturday evening on GMA. The format is loosely patterned on the original Tawag ng Tanghalan. The program was hosted by Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez who is an amateur singing contest veteran. In the 2006 Star Awards for Television, Velasquez was awarded the Best Talent Search Program Host for the show. The planned name for this program is