The seventh season of Philippine amateur singing competition Tawag ng Tanghalan, titled Tawag ng Tanghalan: Ikapitong Taon, was an amateur singing competition airing as a segment of the noontime variety television show It's Showtime. The season premiered on July 3, 2023. This is the first regular season to air on GTV.

The season was concluded on January 27, 2024, making it the second shortest regular season, following the fifth season. Rea Gen Villareal ended up winning, while Eunice Encarnada became the runner-up.

Development

Auditions

Prior to the previous season's semifinals, preliminary auditions for the seventh season were announced, with the first ones taking place in June 2023.

Production

The seventh season was supposed to premiere in June 2023, but it was pushed back due to the indefinite extension of Tawag ng Tanghalan: Duets, which was supposed to run for four weeks but was extended indefinitely to eight weeks.

Following the expiration of It's Showtime's blocktime agreement with TV5 on June 30, and its transfer to GTV, this is the first regular season that will air on the latter. The show still airs on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, Jeepney TV, and on the social media platforms of It's Showtime and Tawag ng Tanghalan.

From October 14 to 27, 2023, daily live production of It's Showtime was halted due to temporarily suspension of the show for 12-airing days, which was released by ruling decision of Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. It's Your Lucky Day temporarily replaced the show during the show's suspension period.

Changes

The judging panel for the daily rounds has returned to five judges for the first time since the pre-pandemic shows. The mechanics for the daily rounds have returned with the regional format, which will pit competitors from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao against one another. During the first week of the season, three new contenders are introduced, introducing the possibility of a head-to-head match with two contenders of the same region (as seen in July 7, 2023 episode). This was discontinued starting from the second week with only two contenders competing without the defending champion's region. In case of a tie, two contenders from the same region will a have a head-to-head match resulting to a three way face-off round (as seen in September 14, 15, 26 and December 13, 2023 episodes). A contender can only defend the golden microphone five times. When a contender does this, he or she advances to the semifinals. Continuing from the previous season is the gong element during the face-off round. The daily winner(s) and defending champion can still be axed from the competition when they are gonged.

For the first time, individual judges' scores are revealed, albeit only one judge's score is revealed after the comments.

Hosts and judges

Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Amy Perez, Kim Chiu, Karylle, Ogie Alcasid, Anne Curtis and Jhong Hilario reprised their hosting roles. Meanwhile, Ryan Bang reprised his role as gong master with substitutes Jugs Jugueta, and Teddy Corpuz appeared in occasional past roles.

Darren Espanto, Kyle Echarri, RK Bagatsing, Jackie Gonzaga, MC Muah Calaquian, Lassy Marquez, Negi and Petite served as guest hosts in the absence of the main hosts.

Louie Ocampo, Erik Santos, Marco Sison, Jona, Darren Espanto, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Jed Madela, Nyoy Volante, Kyla, Klarisse de Guzman, Ogie Alcasid, Jolina Magdangal, Karylle and Angeline Quinto returned as judges for the seventh season. Nonoy Zuñiga, Dingdong Avanzado, Kean Cipriano, and Bituin Escalante were introduced as new judges in the first week. Julie Anne San Jose served as a guest judge on July 29, August 11, September 6, 14, 15, 18 and 21, 2023. After his first guest judging appearance on the TNT Duets finale, Mark Bautista returned as a guest judge on August 12, 18, 19, 28, 31, September 11, 14, 15, 22, December 11 and 14, 2023. Yeng Constantino also returned as a judge for this season, following her appearances in the opening production numbers of the July 6 and August 29, 2023 episodes, and her return to ASAP on August 20, 2023. Gary Valenciano reprised his role as head judge for the finale just like the previous seasons.

Daily rounds

The mechanics for the daily rounds have returned with the regional format, which will pit competitors from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao against one another. Metro Manila contenders will now be classified under Luzon. A contender can only defend the golden microphone five times. When a contender does this, he or she advances to the semifinals. Contenders who claimed the golden microphone receive ₱10,000 for each win while contenders who became daily winners receive ₱10,000 and contenders who lost in the elimination and face-off rounds receive ₱5,000.

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• Italicized names denotes a contender is a resbaker

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It's Your Lucky Day crossover

It's Your Lucky Day premiered on October 14, 2023, as an original programming by ABS-CBN Entertainment under the timeslot of It's Showtime which was suspended from airing by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). One of these segments is the Stars of All Seasons, which features singers over 50 years of age. The eventual winner of the series, Allan Urbiztondo, was invited to the semifinals of this season, with his first appearance occurring during the group performance of the semifinalists in January 12, 2024.

Resbakbakan

The Resbakbakan (Wildcard) Round aired on January 13, 2024. The 6 Resbakers (two daily contenders, one daily winner and three 3-time defending champions), will perform their redemption songs in a single round elimination, where two resbakers will be selected for the semifinals. The Top 2 Resbakers will receive an additional ₱20,000 while ₱10,000 was given to Resbakers that failed to advance to the Semifinals.

Resbakbakan summary

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Semifinals

Contenders who can defend the golden microphone for five consecutive days enters the semifinals.

Summary of Semifinalists

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Semifinal Details

The Semifinal round will commence on January 15–20, 2024. Each day, three semifinalists will face-off for a slot in the finals. The semifinalist with the highest average score will advance to the Grand Finals and receive an additional ₱30,000 and a medal while a consolation prize of ₱15,000 will be given to semifinalists that failed to advance to the Grand Finals, but advance to the "Second Chance".

Second Chance

The Second Chance round aired on January 20, 2024. The twelve semi-finalists who did not advance to the grand finals in the previous round were given another chance. Four semifinalists will be chosen: two from the judges and two from the public. The public was only asked to vote during the commercial break after the judges announced the two semi-finalists; voting was then closed.

Ang Huling Tapatan (Grand Finals)

The finals, dubbed as Ang Huling Tapatan (The Final Face-off), aired on January 22 to 27, 2024. This marked the return of the week-long finals since the fourth season.

Summary of Grand Finalists

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Top 10 (January 22 to 26, 2024)

All ten grand finalists were grouped into five pairs. Each day, a pair of grand finalists will face-off in two rounds. The first round will consist of a duet with a champion, while the second round will feature a solo song. The contender with the higher score will advance to the Top 5 and will receive an additional ₱50,000, while the eliminated finalist will receive ₱20,000.

Live Finale (January 27, 2024)

Karylle and Kim Chiu were not present in the live finale due to other commitments.

Top 5

Joy Escalante was forced to withdraw from the competition due to an emergency health situation. Vensor Domasig was later selected by the judges as Escalante's replacement.

Theme: Tribute to OPM Bands with a Medley

Top 3

Theme: Awit Pangmalakasan (Power Ballad Songs)

Rea Gen Villareal from Caloocan City emerges as the Grand Champion, followed by Eunice Encarnada as the second placer, and Vensor Domasig as the third placer.

Elimination table

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Overall Results

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Scores

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