Tawag-Ng-Tanghalan

Tawag ng Tanghalan (TNT) is a singing competition conducted as one of the segments of the noontime show It's Showtime, airing its first episode on January 2, 2016. Originally it was the first talent search show of ABS-CBN which was broadcast from 1953 to 1972 and was revived from 1987 to 1988.

In 2015, it was first announced that it will be back on TV as a reality show, but it was tapped as one of the segments of the noontime show It's Showtime. It is hosted by Vice Ganda, Amy Perez, Mariel Rodriguez, and Anne Curtis. Vhong Navarro serves as a reliever when Vice is absent. The standards of the reformatted version is the same as the original. The daily contender will win ₱10,000, and a consolation prize of ₱5,000 to the other contenders, while the defending champion will win a pot money of ₱25,000. It is being simulcast in the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel.

Overview
The segment is marketed as "Your all time favorite search for outstanding amateur talent." OPM legends like Nora Aunor, Pepe Pimentel and Bobot Mortiz became contenders of TNT. The competition is open for contenders among Luzon, Visaya, Mindanao, and NCR.

Format
Four singers, one each in Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, are competing every day to prove their skills in singing for the madlang people (audience) and the hurados (judges). However, if the contender goes off tunes, the head judge will signal to "GONG-cilor Jhong" (formerly "Jhong Gong") (Jhong Hilario), "Teddy Get-set-Gong" (Teddy Corpuz), or "Ryan bang-bang-bang" (Ryan Bang) to beat the gong 'three times to let the singer stop his singing.

The contestant who earned the highest score from the judges wil be hailed champion and have the opportunity to hold the golden microphone to be watched by fighting with other regional bets within five consecutive days to advance to the next level of competition, Semi-Final Rounds. At the end of each quarter, five Finalists are competing with their pangmalakasang boses (strong voice) and the two contenders that received the highest score from the combined hurados scores and public votes will be advancing to the Grand Finals. The Grand Finalists will receive ₱ 150,000 and a golden medal.

Judges
The "punong hurado" or head judge of the competition is Rey Valera. Bobot Mortiz and Yeng Constantino takes over his place when he's absent. Listed below are the judges of each quarter.