August 26 will mark the premiere of Philippine TV’s first parent-child reality show on GMA Network, titled Anak Ko Yan. Essentially a talent search like most reality shows, 13 pairs of participants have been selected to battle it out for the tilt from Metro Manila, North Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao, as well as a mother-and-son tandem all the way from Hong Kong.

At the program’s press launch Friday night, GMA Network addressed concerns regarding the enormous possibility of breeding stage mothers and fathers through the course of the competition. But management quickly brushed off such suggestions, pointing out that the show had been inspired by the crucial roles that parents play in their children’s success in show business. Their most famous poster child for their thesis is Songbird Regine Velasquez whom everyone knows was trained to sing by her own father, Mang Gerry.

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