Idol Kids Philippines

Idol Kids Philippines is a Philippine television interactive reality competition show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel.^[1][2] Created and developed by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, the program is a franchise of Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller, the show is the spin-off of Idol Philippines. It is hosted by Robi Domingo and Jolina Magdangal, with Regine Velasquez, Gary Valenciano, Angeline Quinto and Juan Karlos serves as the judges.

The first season premiered on June 28, 2025, replacing the seventh season of Pilipinas Got Talent, and concluded on September 28, 2025, and was replaced by the fourth season of Your Face Sounds Familiar where one of the judges, Valenciano are also the judges.

On March 13, 2025, it was announced that ABS-CBN will broadcast the spin-off of Idol franchise in the Philippines after 3 years of the second season of the main franchise.

The show airs on Kapamilya Channel and A2Z at 7:15pm with a delayed telecast on TV5 at 8:00 pm on Saturdays and 8:30pm on Sundays. It also airs on Kapamilya Online Live and streams on the show's official channels and pages on Facebook and YouTube.

The grand winner received a combined cash prize of ₱1,350,000; ₱1,000,000 from the show and an additional ₱350,000 from the shows' sponsor CDO Idol Cheesdog and Hotdog. They also received a recording contract from StarPop.

Robi Domingo, who hosted the season season of the main show, reprised his role for the spin-off series, and was joined by former Pinoy Idol judge Jolina Magdangal. Both had previously worked in the finale of the fifth season of The Voice Kids.^[3][4][5]

Regine Velasquez and Gary Valenciano, who judged the second season of the main season, reprised their roles as judges of the kids version, and they were joined by Angeline Quinto and Juan Karlos.^[6][7][8] With Velasquez returning from the franchise, she becomes the only judge to have served for both main seasons and the kids season.

An online show airs named Idol Kids Philippines Spotlight together with the main program on Idol Philippines' Facebook and YouTube accounts; it is hosted by former contestant Shanaia Gomez and Emilio Daez during the auditions and midrounds.^[1] Jeremy Glinoga replaced Daez during the live shows.

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The initial auditions for the season opened on March 27, 2025, for Idol hopefuls aged 6 to 13 years old.^[9] To advance and receive a golden ticket to the next round, an auditionee needed to receive at least three "yes" votes from the judges. The first audition episode was aired on June 28, 2025, with the final audition episode being aired on August 17, 2025. 67 Hopefuls advanced to the next round.

Ogie Alcasid, one of the judges of the Pinoy Idol alongside Jolina Magdangal, made a cameo appearance during the auditions.

The midrounds were recorded at Studio 10 in ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center at Dilliman, Quezon City and first aired on August 23, 2025. All 67 hopefuls were grouped to six, with each group consisting of eleven (5 groups) or twelve (1 group) members. Each group only has three hopefuls advancing to the semifinals–two selected by the judges and one selected by audience score. The audience score has the audience grade each of the remaining hopefuls from 1 to 100. In total, 18 hopefuls advanced to the live semifinals.

Composer Raul Mitra and Ana Graham served as the guest mentors for this round, with Mitra mentoring the first, second, and fifth groups and Graham for the third, fourth, and sixth groups.

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The live shows aired for three weeks from September 13 to 28, 2025 at ABS-CBN Studio 10, with the first two weeks being the semi-finals and the third and last week being the grand finals.

During the semi-finals, nine hopefuls performed each week, with three advancing to the grand finals. The first slot was awarded to the contestant who received the highest percentage of votes from the public, while the other two were chosen based on the judges’ top two scores. Voting opened after all hopefuls had performed, conducted through online voting via joinnow.ph. Raul Mitra reprised his role as the overall mentor for this round.

In a unique mechanic of Idol Kids Philippines, the usual weekly themes used in the regular editions were not applied during the live shows, allowing each hopeful to freely choose any song they wished to perform.

Starting from this round, Jeremy Glinoga replaced Emilio Daez as online host.

Colet Vergara and Maloi Ricalde of Bini served as guest mentors for this week.

Jonathan Manalo and Yeng Constantino served as guest mentors for this week.

As with the previous round, scores are based on the average scores of both judges' scores and public votes. The top three hopefuls with the highest vote percentages advance to the second and final round the next day.

Each contestant performed two songs: a song of their choosing that reflected their journey throughout the competition, and an original song written for them. Voting for the winner opened after all six performances and closed shortly thereafter.

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Eliminated in Auditions

• Deion Luis Ang joined the fifth season of The Voice Kids Philippines, but was eliminated in the Battle Rounds to Fabio Santos, the nephew of Fana, who is a finalist of Idol Philippines season 1.

Advanced to the Midrounds

• Nashrifa "Rifa" Amatonding is a cast member of the 2024 revival of Goin' Bulilit.
• Billy Luntayao joined the fifth season of The Voice Kids, but was eliminated in the Battle Rounds. He also joined Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids 2 as one of the Semifinalists.

Advanced to the Semifinals

• Alexa Mendoza joined the sixth season of The Voice Kids, but no coaches turned for her.