Tawag ng Tanghalan season 3

The third season of Tawag ng Tanghalan was an amateur singing competition that aired as a segment of the noontime show It's Showtime from June 25, 2018, to September 28, 2019.

This season featured 998 contenders, the most in any season. Elaine Duran from Butuan, Agusan del Norte emerged as the Grand Champion after 379 days of competition, followed by John Mark Saga as the second placer and John Michael dela Cerna as the third placer.

Hosts and judges
Rey Valera returned as the head judge for the third season, with Gary Valenciano, Louie Ocampo, Jaya, Ogie Alcasid, Yeng Constantino serving as fill-in judges for Valera in his absences. 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.

Rico J. Puno also returned for this season in the first quarter, however, he passed away during Quarter II.

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 (50%) and Overall Performance (50%). 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. In the finale, all viewers who participated are also qualified for the grand raffle winning a Brand New House and Lot from Camella.

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 (For example, if the judge uses his/her power in Quarter I, he/she can't use it again in the succeeding Quarters).

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 Information


 * Contender from Metro Manila


 * Contender from Luzon


 * Contender from Visayas

Results Details
 * Contender from Mindanao


 * Semifinalist advanced to the Grand Finals

Semifinalist advanced to the next round

Semifinalist lost but advanced to the Ultimate Resbak

Semifinalist belonged to the bottom 2


 * Semifinalist eliminated

Semifinalist was 'gonged' and eliminated

Semifinalist withdrew from the competition

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 (Visayas) and Elaine Duran (Mindanao) 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: ("What's Up?")

John Mark Saga (Luzon) and John Michael dela Cerna (Mindanao) were announced as the third and fourth grand finalists.

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: ("April Boy Regino Medley"), with guest performer, April Boy Regino

Charizze Arnigo (Mindanao) and Jonas Oñate (Visayas) were announced as the fifth and sixth grand finalists.

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. In addition to their live performances, the semifinalists also have studio versions of their semifinal songs, released through TNT Records.

Violeta Bayawa (Mindanao) and Julius Cawaling (Luzon) were announced as the seventh and eighth 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 (Ang Huling Tapatan). However, each judge is only entitled one save per season only (For example, if the judge uses his/her power in Quarter I, he/she can't use it again in the succeeding Quarters). 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.
 * For the final day, all four contenders will learn four songs but only one will be picked by the contender with the highest score from the previous round. The two contenders with the highest average score will advance directly to the grand finals.
 * Contenders who lost can still move forward to the Ultimate Resbak.

The Instant Resbak week aired on September 2–6, 2019.

Summary of Instant Resbakers
Color Key:


 * Instant Resbaker from Metro Manila


 * Instant Resbaker from Luzon


 * Instant Resbaker from Visayas

Results Details:
 * Instant Resbaker from Mindanao


 * Advanced to the Week-long Grand Finals (Ang Huling Tapatan)

Instant Resbaker garnered the highest combined score and advanced to the final day

Instant Resbaker did Not Perform in this day

Instant Resbaker declared safe

Instant Resbaker is selected by the judges and advances to the second round.


 * Instant Resbaker lost but advanced to the Ultimate Resbak

Instant Resbaker eliminated

Instant Resbaker was 'gonged' and eliminated

Instant Resbaker withdrew from the competition

Instant Resbak Details
Since Dulce is one of the judges that did not award their flag, she will head the panel for the entire week. Judges Rey Valera, Zsa Zsa Padilla, and Ogie Alcasid was not present during the mentoring nor the live rounds. Claire dela Fuente, Jaime Rivera, and Dingdong Avanzado substituted for Valera, Padilla, and Alcasid, respectively during the mentoring sessions and the live rounds.

Dulce, 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.

Final Day (September 6, 2019)
May Shine Patag received the highest daily score among the four contenders. She has the advantage to select the songs of her opponents. All songs are covers or versions of previous finalists.

Shaina Mae Allaga (Mindanao) and Rafaello Cañedo (Mindanao) were announced as the ninth and tenth grand finalists, respectively.

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 (Luzon, Quarter II), Rose Ganda Sanz (Luzon, Quarter II), Marco Adobas (Metro Manila, Quarter III), Alliyah Cadeliña (Metro Manila, Quarter IV) and Shantal Cuizon (Luzon, Quarter IV) chose not to compete for the Ultimate Resbak due to their other priorities.

Summary of Ultimate Resbakers
Color Key:


 * Ultimate Resbaker from Metro Manila


 * Ultimate Resbaker from Luzon


 * Ultimate Resbaker from Visayas

Results Details:
 * Ultimate Resbaker from Mindanao


 * Advanced to the Week-long Grand Finals (Ang Huling Tapatan)

Ultimate Resbaker selected by the judge and advanced to Round 2

Ultimate Resbaker got the 2nd highest score by the public vote and claim the Seat of Power

Ultimate Resbaker selected by the judges' choice and claim the Seat of Power

Ultimate Resbaker not selected by the public vote or judges' choice

Ultimate Resbaker garnered the highest combined score and took over/retained the Seat of Power

Ultimate Resbaker declared safe in the Seat of Power

Ultimate Resbaker did not perform in this particular day

Eliminated in the Ultimate Resbak (Round 1)

Eliminated in the Ultimate Resbak (Round 2)

Gonged in the Ultimate Resbak

Seat of Power Round
Mariane Osabel got the highest judges' score and public vote. Since the judges' choice was awarded first to Osabel, the contender who got the second highest vote will claim the second seat of power. The seat was awarded to Windimie Yntong.

Ultimate Resbak Week
Color Key:


 * Advanced to the Week-long Grand Finals (Ang Huling Tapatan)

Ultimate Resbaker selected by the judges and advanced to the second round

Ultimate Resbaker garnered the highest combined score and retained/took over the Seat of Power

Ultimate Resbaker lost the first round and eliminated

Ultimate Resbaker lost the second round and eliminated

Ultimate Resbaker was gonged and eliminated

Jermaine Apil (Luzon) and Mariko Ledesma (Luzon) 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.

Mariane Osabel from Mindanao withdrew from the competition due to health problems.

Summary of Final Resbakers

 * Advanced to the Week-long Grand Finals (Ang Huling Tapatan)

Final Resbaker selected by the judges and advanced to Round 2

Final Resbaker got the highest score by the public vote and claim the Seat of Power

Final Resbaker not selected by the public vote or judges' choice

Final Resbaker garnered the highest combined score and took over/retained the Seat of Power

Final Resbaker declared safe in the Seat of Power

Final Resbaker did not perform in this particular day

Eliminated in the Final Resbak (Round 1)

Eliminated in the Final Resbak (Round 2)

Gonged in the Final Resbak

Final Seat of Power Round
Color Key and Details:


 * Final Resbaker from Metro Manila


 * Final Resbaker from Luzon


 * Final Resbaker from Visayas


 * Final Resbaker from Mindanao


 * Final Resbaker got the highest score by the public vote and claim the Seat of Power

Final Resbaker not selected by the public vote or judges' choice

Contestant withdrew from the competition

Final Resbak Round
Color Key:
 * Advanced to the Week-long Grand Finals (Ang Huling Tapatan)

Final Resbaker selected by the judges and advanced to the second round

Final Resbaker garnered the highest combined score and remained/took over the Final Seat of Power

Final Resbaker lost the first round and eliminated

Final Resbaker lost the second round and eliminated

Final Resbaker was gonged and eliminated

Kim Nemenzo (Visayas) was announced as the 13th grand finalist (now 12th grand finalist).

Ang Huling Tapatan (Grand finals)
After the Ultimate Resbak round, the week-long Grand Finals, dubbed as "Ang Huling Tapatan" (The Final Face-off), 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 (now 12) 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
Color Key:


 * Grand Finalist from Metro Manila


 * Grand Finalist from Luzon


 * Grand Finalist from Visayas

Results Details
 * Grand Finalist from Mindanao


 * Grand Champion

Second Place

Third Place


 * Eliminated

Advanced to the Next Round

Declared Safe


 * Advanced to the Final 3

Advanced to the Top 6

Contestant withdrew from the competition

* Inclusive of bonus prizes

Daily Rounds (September 23–27, 2019)
Results Details:
 * Advanced to the Top 6

Advanced to the next round

Eliminated in the Daily Rounds

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

Round 3 (September 26)
Theme: Fast and Groovy Song

Round 4 (September 27)
Theme: Now or Never Song

Live Finale (September 28, 2019)
Results Details:
 * Grand Champion

Second Place

Third Place

Advanced to the Final 3

Eliminated

Top 6
Theme: Journey Song

Final 3
Theme: Medley Songs Elaine 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.

Elimination table
Color Key:


 * Contender from Metro Manila


 * Contender from Luzon


 * Contender from Visayas

Results Details
 * Contender from Mindanao


 * Grand Champion

Second Place

Third Place

Top 6 Grand Finalist

Top 12 Grand Finalist


 * Advanced to the Semifinals

Advanced to the Semifinals (Hall of Famer)

Saved by the judges


 * Contender advances to the Grand Finals

Advanced to the next part of the competition.

Immune

Contender lost but advanced to the Final Resbak


 * Contender did not participate in that round.

Contender was eliminated.

Contestant withdrew from the competition


 * Prize won only indicate their recent victor, not their cumulative prize won in the entirety of the season. (Example: If a contender returns as a resbaker, their prize won is reverted to zero)

Tawag ng Tanghalan (TNT) Record Holder
Defending champions who manages to make 10 straight wins is now a record holder and has the opportunity to select a bonus prize.