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| Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Based on | Your Face Sounds FamiliarABS-CBN Studios Endemol Shine Group |
| Presented by | |
| Judges | |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original languages | Filipino (primary) English (secondary) |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07) – August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19) |
| Related | |
| Your Face Sounds Familiar | |
Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids is aPhilippine television reality competition show broadcast byABS-CBN. Based on the Spanish television seriesYour Face Sounds Familiar. Hosted byBilly Crawford and judges bySharon Cuneta,Gary Valenciano andOgie Alcasid,[1] it aired on the network's Yes Weekend line up from January 7, 2017 to August 19, 2018, replacingPinoy Boyband Superstar and was replaced byThe Kids' Choice.
The show was a spin-off ofYour Face Sounds Familiar of which is part of theYour Face Sounds Familiar franchise. However, in this show, child celebrities participate. The show airs onABS-CBN during weekends.
The show challenges child celebrities to perform as different music icons for 14–16 weeks.
Each contestant impersonates a different singer each week, and performs an iconic song and dance routine well known by that particular icon. The "Iconizer" assigns icons to the contestants and can assign any icon living or dead regardless of its age, race or gender. The contestants must press the "Iconizer" at the end of every Sunday episode, in which they reveal the icon they have to impersonate in the following week, and a playback of the song assigned to them being played after they press it.
They are then judged a panel of celebrity judges called "The Jury". The contestants are awarded 4 to 8 stars by the jury. The total score of each contestant is counted by summing the stars from judges. In case of a tie, the judges will choose the week's winner.
Whoever is at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the each show receives a cash prize for themselves and a charity of their choice.
All contestants then advance after 13 or 15 weeks of competition into the finale called "The Grand Showdown". The contestants will personally select the icon they wish to pick for the said event. The winner is then decided by a score composed of the total stars from the jury and the votes cast by the public.
On August 15, 2016,Billy Crawford announced thatYour Face Sounds Familiar will return for a third season, which was later revealed as the "Kids" edition. The first Kids season premiered on January 7, 2017.[2]
On March 5, 2017,Xia Vigor could not perform on the show because of herillness,sickness and was announced to impersonateJennifer Lopez on the following week instead.[3]
On March 28, 2018, ABS-CBN released a teaser for its upcoming season (season 2 as "Kids" edition, season 4 overall). It premiered on May 5, 2018.[4]
On May 5, 2018, the second season of the Kids edition premiered, replacing the timeslot of thesixth season ofPilipinas Got Talent.Billy Crawford returned as the host of that season. The Jury, who serves as the judges of the show, areOgie Alcasid,Sharon Cuneta andGary Valenciano. In this season,Jed Madela (vocals) andNyoy Volante (choreography and movement) served as the kids' mentors, replacing Annie Quintos and Georcelle Dapat-Sy of G-Force respectively.Season 1 contestants Sam Shoaf,AC Bonifacio andAwra Briguela host the online companion show. The online companion show Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids: Breaktime is hosted byseason 1 contestants Sam Shoaf,AC Bonifacio andAwra Briguela. It airs simultaneously with the main show, being streamed live on both the officialFacebook page andYouTube channel of the show. Breaktime features behind-the-scene exclusives which are usually not aired on the main show. It also includes interviews of the cast and live comments from the viewers. It may or may not air in future seasons.
Gary Valenciano had an emergency heart surgery weeks before the taping. MentorsJed Madela andNyoy Volante served as the guest judges until Week 12. They gave stars to the kid celebrity performers as one. On Week 15, a duet week between Season 1 and Season 2 Kids contestants took place on the show. However,Xia Vigor was unable to perform alongside her partner,Onyok Pineda due to her prior commitments. Because of this, Bella Echarri was invited to perform in her place.[5]
Chun-sa Jung is the only contestant who did not win in any weekly competition of the show, meaning she received no prizes before the conclusion of the grand showdown and the hostsRobi Domingo and Eric Nicolas debuts on September 1, the judges Vigor, Jung, Pineda, Carlos Mendoza and Jayden Villegas on the talent showThe Kids' Choice.
After the Grand Showdown, the show held a special thanksgiving concert titled All-Star Reunion Special.
On January 7, 2019, the second season was re-run on the primetime lineup of Jeepney TV's Weeknights programs, replacing theMinute to Win It: Last Man Standing (season 2) onJeepney TV.
On March 21, 2020, the first season was re-run on the primetime lineup of ABS-CBN's Yes Weekend block, temporarily replacing theongoing season of The Voice Teens until the network was shut down.
Every week, the weekly winner would receive a medal and cash prize worth ₱100,000, where half would be given to the winner's charity of choice.
The grand prize was usually a trophy and a cash prize worth ₱1,000,000. Additional prizes such as a house and lot, tickets to a particular location and gadget showcases were also given to the champion but it varied per season.
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Billy Crawford served as a host for both seasons.
| Host | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Billy Crawford | ||
| AC Bonifacio | ||
| Awra Briguela | ||
| Sam Shoaf | ||
In each season there are three members of the jury. In an event that a sitting jury member cannot fulfill their duties for a particular week, a temporary replacement will take their place in that particular week.
| Judge | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Sharon Cuneta | ||
| Gary Valenciano | ||
| Ogie Alcasid | ||
| Nyoy Volante | ||
| Jed Madela | ||
In each season there are two mentors (one for vocals and another for choreography) to aid the contestant in impersonating the icon that was assigned to them.
| Season | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth Place | Other Finalists | Host(s) | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 7, 2017 | April 9, 2017 | Awra Briguela | Elha Nympha | AC Bonifacio | Justin Alva | Xia Vigor | Billy Crawford | Sharon Cuneta Gary Valenciano Ogie Alcasid |
| Sam Shoaf | |||||||||
| Lyca Gairanod | |||||||||
| Alonzo Muhlach | |||||||||
| 2 | May 5, 2018 | August 19, 2018 | TNT Boys | Onyok Pineda | Esang de Torres | Sheena Belarmino | Krystal Brimner | ||
| Noel Comia Jr. | |||||||||
| Chun-sa Jung | |||||||||
| Marco Masa |