Tawag ng Tanghalan (season 3)
The third season of Tawag ng Tanghalan was an amateur singing competition currently aired as a segment of the noontime show It's Showtime from June 25, 2018 to September 28, 2019.
Hosts and judges
returned as the head coach for the third season, with Gary Valenciano, Louie Ocampo, Jaya, Ogie Alcasid, Yeng Constantino serving as fill-in for Valera. Judges Karylle, Karla Estrada, K Brosas, Nyoy Volante, Mitoy Yonting, Erik Santos, Kyla, Jed Madela and Jolina Magdangal returned as judges for the third season. OPM Legends Dulce, Randy Santiago and Zsa Zsa Padilla were added to the panel of judges this season. Dulce also serves as the head judge in some episodes.Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Amy Perez-Castillo, and Vice Ganda reprised their roles as hosts for the third season, with Ryan Bang, Jhong Hilario, Teddy Corpuz, and Jugs Jugueta serving as co-hosts as well as the Gong. Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla returned to fulfill her hosting duties this season.
Kim Chiu, Maja Salvador, Robi Domingo, Bela Padilla and Billy Crawford served as guest hosts in the absence of the main hosts.
Season changes
Coinciding with the third year of TNT, the show unveiled three new changes in the competition.Updated judging criteria
The judging criteria has been updated to further improve the quality of the competition itself. It will only be based on two criterion standards alone: Voice Quality and Overall Performance. The first criterion includes Intonation, Enunciation, Voice Projection, and Technique. On the other hand, Timing, Mastery of Lyrics, Stage Presence, and Audience Impact comprise the second criterion.Tawag ng Tahanan
Starting June 29, 2018, this segment will be for the lucky home viewer who will correctly predict the winner in the face-off round between the Daily Winner and Defending Champion. The viewers must be able to call the designated number flashed on-screen for a chance to win ₱5,000. It will be done every day. The segment was conceptualized due to the high public participation last season in social media.Judge's Instant ''Resbak''
This season, every judge will now have the power to return a losing Defending Champion from the Face-off Round using the Instant Resbak. The contestant who is given this power will then be saved and moves on to the Instant Resbak Week for a slot in the rounds of the week-long Grand Finals which also known as "Ang Huling Tapatan". However, each judge is only entitled one save per season only.Daily Rounds
Quarter I
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Semifinals
The semifinals will take place at the end of the each quarter which will determine the two grand finalists that will take place in 2019. The two grand finalists will receive a medal and an additional 150,000 cash, while the remaining contenders will receive additional 25,000. The score will be composed of 50% coming from the judges and 50% from the text and/or online votes. A semi-finalist may be "gonged" during this stage and be eliminated from the competition.Summary of Semifinalists
Contender's InformationResults Details
Semifinal Results
Color Key:Quarter I Results
The first quarter of the contest covered the months from June to September. The week-long showdown took place on October 1–6, 2018.Ranillo Enriquez and Elaine Duran were declared as the first two grand finalists.
Quarter II Results
The second quarter of the contest covered the months from October 2018 to January 2019. The week-long showdown took place on January 21–26, 2019.- Group Performance:
Quarter III Results
The third quarter of the contest covered the months from February to March. The week-long showdown took place on April 1-6, 2019.- Group Performance:, with guest performer, April Boy Regino
Quarter IV Results
The fourth and final quarter of the contest covered the months originally from April to June later from April to August. The week-long showdown originally took place on June 24-29, 2019 later reschedule on August 26-31, 2019.Violeta Bayawa and Julius Cawaling were announced as the 7th and 8th grand finalists.
Instant ''Resbak''
This season, every judge will now have the power to return a losing Defending Champion from the Face-off Round using the Instant Resbak. The contestant who is given this power will then be saved and moves on to the Instant Resbak Week for a chance to participate in the rounds of the week-long grand finals. However, each judge is only entitled one save per season only. Billy Crawford, Karla Estrada and Dulce did not award their Instant Resbak flags throughout the season.The Instant Resbak Round follows the mechanics below:
- For the judges, they are not allowed to join the panel in the days that their contender will participate. They will personally coach their hand-picked contenders and watch them during the performance.
- Four contenders will face each day and two will be selected by the non-participating judges to advance to the next round.
- The top two will select one song from three songs prepared. The higher scorer will perform first. The winner will be decided by the average public and judge's score to advance to the final day.
Summary of ''Instant Resbakers''
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Instant ''Resbak'' Details
Daily Rounds (September 2-5, 2019)
Final Day (September 6, 2019)
Shaina Mae Allaga and Rafaello Cañedo were announced as the 9th and 10th grand finalists.''Instant Resbak'' flag
, Karla Estrada and Billy Crawford did not use their flags to someone throughout the daily rounds. They have an opportunity to select two contenders each to advance for the Ultimate Resbak.Ultimate ''Resbak''
Losing semifinalists who are not gonged, and Instant Resbakers saved by the judges after the results, may still go forward to the week-long Grand Finals dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan" through the Ultimate Resbak Week as wildcards.All 16 Contenders will pick their songs and performed to get two slots for the Seat of Power who earned the Highest Text Votes and Judges Scores, and It will aired on the YouTube Channel of It's Showtime Online September 6, 2019, 6:00 PM.
The Ultimate Resbak started immediately after the final day of Instant Resbak Round, aired from September 7 to 14, 2019.
It uses the same format as the second season, where it follows a last man standing format.
Before the aired episodes, the semifinalists were pitted against each other to claim one of the two Seat of Powers. The Seat of Powers serves as immunity against the other contenders and gives them opportunity to select two semifinalists to pit against each other. The two contenders garnering the highest combined score from the public and judges will claim the Seat of Power. In the case where the judge's choice and the public's choice are the same person, the second placing contender for the public's choice will become the public's choice.
In the aired episodes, the two semifinalists who are in the Seat of Power picks one semifinalist each. The picked semifinalists will be pitted against each other for a chance to dethrone the semifinalists in the Seat of Powers. The winner of the first round is selected by the majority of the judges. The winner will now challenge one of the semifinalists in the Seat of Powers to go in a sing-off. The winner is based on 50% public vote and 50% judges' score. If the challenger wins, he/she dethrones the seated semifinalist. If the seated semifinalist wins, she/he remains in the Seat of Power. The remaining contenders in the Seat of Power will move forward to the week long Grand-Finals dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan" while the other contenders are eliminated.
Emil Sinagpulo, Rose Ganda Sanz, Marco Adobas, Alliyah Cadeliña and Shantal Cuizon chose not to compete for the Ultimate Resbak due to their other priorities.
Summary of ''Ultimate Resbakers''
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Seat of Power Round
Color Key and Details:Ultimate Resbak Week
Color Key:Jermaine Apil and Mariko Ledesma were announced as the 11th and 12th grand finalists.
Final ''Resbak''
Due to the popularity of the Instant and Ultimate Resbak Rounds, the show added another phase, dubbed as Final Resbak. This will open one more slot for the Grand Finals, dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan".It follows the mechanics below:
- The resbakers were pitted against each other to claim the only Seat of Power. The Seat of Power serves as immunity against the other contenders. The contender garnering the highest combined score from the public will claim the Seat of Power.
- In the aired episodes, the resbaker who is in the Seat of Power picks three resbaker. The picked resbaker will be pitted against each other for a chance to dethrone the resbaker in the Seat of Power. The winner of the first round is selected by the majority of the judges.
- The winner will now challenge the resbaker in the Seat of Power to go in a sing-off. The winner is based on 50% public vote and 50% judges' score. If the challenger wins, he/she dethrones the seated resbaker. If the seated resbaker wins, she/he remains in the Seat of Power.
- The remaining contender in the Seat of Power will move forward to the week long Grand-Finals dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan" while the other contenders are eliminated.
Summary of Final ''Resbakers''
Final Seat of Power Round
Color Key and Details:Final Resbak Round
Color Key:Kim Nemenzo was announced as the 13th grand finalist.
''Ang Huling Tapatan'' (Grand Finals)
After the Ultimate Resbak round, the week-long Grand Finals, dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan" , was originally scheduled from September 16 - 21 but was rescheduled to September 23 - 28, 2019, due to the addition of the new phase of the competition, the Final Resbak. It is the same as the previous season, but with modified results, used by voting percentages. The 13 finalists from the 4 quarters and the resbak rounds will now compete for the title Grand Champion. This is the first grand finals of the regular version without a finalist from Metro Manila, and the first one that with one contender withdrew.Mariko Ledesma from Luzon withdrew to participate from the competition due to her personal reasons.
Summary of Grand Finalists
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Daily Rounds (September 23-27, 2019)
Results Details:Round 1 (September 23 and 24)
Note: This is a two-day episode of this round. The results will be announced on Tuesday, September 24.Theme: Homecoming Song
Round 2 (September 25)
Theme: Fight Song| Episode | Order | Grand Finalist | Song | Average Score | Result | Hurados | Hosts | Gong |
| Wednesday | 1 | Jermaine Apil | "Hesus" | 6.58% | Eliminated | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 2 | Julius Cawaling | "I Live for Your Love" | 10.23% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 3 | John Michael dela Cerna | "Imagine" | 22.81% | Advanced to Top 6 | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 4 | Jonas Oñate | "The Show Must Go On" | 7.88% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 5 | Rafaello Cañedo | "Defying Gravity" | 9.77% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 6 | Violeta Bayawa | "Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal" | 10.05% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 7 | Shaina Mae Allaga | "Love Will Lead You Back" | 16.36% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
| Wednesday | 8 | John Mark Saga | "Believe" | 16.31% | Advanced | Louie Ocampo Jolina Magdangal Randy Santiago Kyla Zsa Zsa Padilla | Vice Ganda Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Amy Perez | Ryan Bang |
Round 3 (September 26)
Theme: Fast and Groovy Song| Episode | Order | Grand Finalist | Song | Average Score | Result | Hurados | Hosts | Gong |
| Thursday | 1 | Jonas Oñate | "I Got You" | 12.88% | Advanced | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
| Thursday | 2 | Rafaello Cañedo | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | 12.37% | Advanced | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
| Thursday | 3 | Shaina Mae Allaga | "Born This Way" | 19.12% | Advanced | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
| Thursday | 4 | Violeta Bayawa | "Song Sung Blue" | 11.72% | Eliminated | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
| Thursday | 5 | John Mark Saga | "One Night Only" | 25.46% | Advanced to Top 6 | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
| Thursday | 6 | Julius Cawaling | "Part-Time Lover" | 18.45% | Advanced | Rey Valera Randy Santiago Mitoy Yonting Kyla Erik Santos | Vice Ganda Amy Perez Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis | Jhong Hilario |
Round 4 (September 27)
Theme: Now or Never Song| Episode | Order | Grand Finalist | Song | Average Score | Result | Hurados | Hosts | Gong |
| Friday | 1 | Rafaello Cañedo | "Memory" | 19.13% | Eliminated | Rey Valera Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla Yeng Constantino Ogie Alcasid | Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Vice Ganda Amy Perez-Castillo | Jhong Hilario |
| Friday | 2 | Julius Cawaling | "The Greatest Love of All" | 18.24% | Eliminated | Rey Valera Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla Yeng Constantino Ogie Alcasid | Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Vice Ganda Amy Perez-Castillo | Jhong Hilario |
| Friday | 3 | Jonas Oñate | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | 24.21% | Advanced to Top 6 | Rey Valera Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla Yeng Constantino Ogie Alcasid | Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Vice Ganda Amy Perez-Castillo | Jhong Hilario |
| Friday | 4 | Shaina Mae Allaga | "Follow Your Dream" | 39.41% | Advanced to Top 6 | Rey Valera Erik Santos Zsa Zsa Padilla Yeng Constantino Ogie Alcasid | Vhong Navarro Anne Curtis Vice Ganda Amy Perez-Castillo | Jhong Hilario |
Live Finale (September 28, 2019)
Results Details:Top 6
Theme: Journey Song| Episode | Order | Grand Finalist | Song | Average Score | Result |
| Saturday | 1 | John Michael dela Cerna | "Hallelujah" | unrevealed | Advanced to Final 3 |
| Saturday | 2 | Elaine Duran | "Nadarang" | unrevealed | Advanced to Final 3 |
| Saturday | 3 | Kim Nemenzo | "Skyscraper" | 10.41% | Eliminated |
| Saturday | 4 | Jonas Oñate | "Awit ng Kabataan" | 8.46% | Eliminated |
| Saturday | 5 | Shaina Mae Allaga | "Forever's Not Enough" | 14.71% | Eliminated |
| Saturday | 6 | John Mark Saga | "Wag na Wag Mong Sasabihin" | unrevealed | Advanced to Final 3 |
Final 3
Theme: Medley SongsElaine Duran from Mindanao emerged as the Grand Champion, followed by John Mark Saga as the second placer and John Michael dela Cerna as the third placer.
Guest Performances
Elimination Table
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- Prize won only indicate their recent victor, not their cumulative prize won in the entirety of the season.
''Tawag ng Tanghalan'' (TNT) Record Holder