Idol Philippines creative manager Stiffany "TP" Adanza reacted to the comments of viewers regarding the live rounds of the ABS-CBN reality show.
The new stage, which was constructed at the ABS-CBN Soundstage in Bulacan, was first shown during the first live rounds last Saturday, June 29.
Some viewers criticized the stage, saying that they were expecting it to be similar to the stage of American Idol.
American Idol is one of the successful Idol franchises owned by Fremantle, which is now on its 18th season.
During the June 29 broadcast, Adanza used her Twitter account to answer comments of netizens about the Idol Philippines stage.
She wrote, "Relax, hindi stage ang kakanta, at di rin ito sayawan o group singing so wag maghanap ng malaking stage #IdolPHLive
"Dami dami nyo hanash bakit di nyo kausapin fremantle #IdolPHLive
"Idol nga kasi to, kung boses lang ibang show yun. Para to sa mga memang dunung dunungan #IdolPHLive"
Adanza also mentioned that a Fremantle consultant, who also directs Britain's Got Talent and X Factor UK, was present during the live show and was happy with Idol Philippines's production values.
She said, "Nandito yung director ng x factor uk and britains got talent sa studio (fremantle consultant) Happy siya sa production value, bakit kayong kapwa pilipino hindi? #IdolPHLive"
"Hahahaha god bless you all believers, supporters and most especially non-believers, bashers, trolls. Yakap ng mahigpit. #IdolPHLive"
IDOL PHILIPPINES SHORT RECAP
During the June 29-30 weekend, the Top 12 finalists of Idol Philippines hurdled their first live show wherein they performed the hits of National Artist and OPM icon Ryan Cayabyab.
The Top 12 finalists of Idol Philippines are: Lance Busa, Trish Bonilla, Lucas Garcia, Matty Juniosa, Elle Ocampo, Dan Ombao, Sheland Faelnar, Renwick Benito, Fatima Louise, Zephanie Dimaranan, Miguel Odon, and Rachel May Libres.
After all the performances, the voting lines were opened. Half of the contestant's scores came from public votes, while the other half came from judges Regine Velasquez, Vice Ganda, Moira dela Torre, and James Reid.
At the end of the episode, Rachel May Libres and Matty Juniosa were eliminated after getting the two lowest scores.
Zephanie Dimaranan got the highest score for the first live rounds.
For the July 6-7 live rounds, the Top 10 remaining contestants will perform songs by Erik Santos and Yeng Constantino.