On November 8, 2025, the Grand Finals of Tawag ng Tanghalan, ika-9 na Taon, aired on ABS-CBN’s noontime variety show, It’s Showtime, names Pangkat Luntian’s Kent Villarba as the grand champion, after earning standing ovations for both of his powerhouse performances, and with a final vote of 98%. The Cebuano-based singer was mentored by Bituin Escalante.
As a grand champion of the said singing competition, and citing that the winning contestant celebrated his birthday on the day of the grand finals, he took home a champion’s trophy, a million-peso cash prize (PHP 1,000,000.00), and two contracts from ABS-CBN-owned firms, ABS-CBN Music for recording and Star Magic for artist management.
The edition’s Runner-Ups, Lucky Galindez, with 92% of votes, and Angelica Magno, with 56% of votes, will also receive cash prizes of PHP 100,000.00 and PHP 50,000.00, respectively, including Aaron Lao, Jude Tangkion, and Almaerra Recentes, in which the three other contenders will receive PHP 20,000.00 in cash.
Following to this, It’s Showtime brings back the Duets edition of the competition. Now on it’s second season, Filipino songwriter and producer Jonathan Manalo and TNT Season 4 grand champion JM Yosures will join as the judges for that competition, along with the OPM Icon Louie Ocampo. Christian Labrador and Francheska Empino, who’ve rose as the first-day winners on the November 11, 2025 episode, begins an impressive performance to Madlang People upon the start of the “Duets” singing competition.
Tawag ng Tanghalan is a singing competition segment as seen on ABS-CBN Studios’ It’s Showtime, which airs every Mondays through Saturdays at 12h00 to 14h30, on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, ALLTV2, GMA, Kapamilya Online Live, Kapuso Stream, and on iWant.
PHCA CID: PHCA-2025H2-7183
