Pinoy Pop Superstar was a Philippine television show featuring a year-long talent search for the best Filipino amateur singers. It was broadcast every Saturday evening on GMA. The format is loosely patterned on the international Idol show series.
The program was hosted by Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez who is an amateur singing contest veteran. In the 2006 Star Awards for Television, Velasquez was awarded the "Best Talent Search Program Host" for the show.
The planned name for this program is Pinoy Pop Idol, but because this program was an unlicensed version of American Idol, GMA Network had decided to change it to Pinoy Pop Superstar.
On the third season, however, there had become new rules. After the three contenders sing their songs on their own rendition, the second round would force them to sing their song, but not in their music type. For the weekly winner of four consecutive weeks, he or she will qualify for the prelimination showdown. The remaining finalists will compete for the grand showdown.
Rules were then again changed after the Pinoy Pop Superstar Year 3 Special: Fast Forward to Superstardom (this special consists of 12 wildcard finalists wherein Joyce Tanana won). On the first round, six contenders sing their song prior to their capacity and genre. Three of them will be eliminated due to their average scores. On the second round, the remaining three contenders will sing a different kind/genre of song. The weekly challenger will then compete with the defending winner. The winner shall defend his/her for four consecutive weeks (this time the defending winner can only reign his/her title for four weeks). The gathered finalists will then compete for the grand showdown.