Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown is an amateur singing competition that currently airs as a segment of the noontime show It's Showtime that premiered on April 22, 2024.^[1]

Initially promoted as Tawag ng Tanghalan: Ikawalong Taon, little information about this season was released until the finale of the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids, which was held two days before the season began, when the hosts teased about the new season.

Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Amy Perez, Kim Chiu, Karylle, Ogie Alcasid, Anne Curtis, Jhong Hilario and Darren Espanto reprised their hosting roles for this season. Michelle Dee, Barbie Forteza, MC Muah Calaquian, Lassy Marquez and Jackie Gonzaga also served as guest co-hosts in the absence of the main hosts.

Meanwhile, Ryan Bang, Teddy Corpuz and Jugs Jugueta reprised their roles as gongmasters for the season. Ion Perez debuted as the newest gongmaster for this season.

This season marked the return of Zsa Zsa Padilla, Jed Madela, Klarisse de Guzman, Marco Sison, Dingdong Avanzado, Bituin Escalante, Nonoy Zuñiga, Nyoy Volante, Kean Cipriano, Mark Bautista, Jolina Magdangal, Jona Viray, Kyla, Yeng Constantino, Darren Espanto and alternating head judges or punong hurados Louie Ocampo, Erik Santos and Ogie Alcasid to the judging panel after a season break during the second Kids season.

Tawag ng Tanghalan: The School Showdown features student contestants from different universities in the Philippines, representing the universities they are currently enrolled in. Similar to the rivalry between Ateneo and La Salle, the season will feature battles between student contenders from different universities competing to become the season's grand champion.

The season's format, similarly structured from the second kids season, is divided into four phases of "examinations":

• Phase I: Entrance Examinations — equivalent to the Daily Rounds, two student contenders from two different universities will battle in a head-to-head challenge for a slot in the weekly finals.
• Phase II: Preliminary Examinations — equivalent to the Weekly Finals, those who won during the daily rounds will compete for a slot in the semi-finals (or monthly finals) that will be held every Saturday.
• Phase III: Middle-term (Mid-term) Examinations — equivalent to the Semi-Finals, those who won during the weekly finals will compete for a slot in the Grand Finals (or the Huling Tapatan) after five (formerly four) weekly finals.
• Phase IV: Final Examinations — equivalent to the Grand Finals or Huling Tapatan, those who won during the semi-finals will battle it out one last time to become the season's grand champion.

Still, the criteria for judging remains the same: 50% for voice quality (includes intonation, enunciation, voice projection and technique); and the other 50% for the overall performance (includes timing, mastery of lyrics, stage presence and audience impact).

The student contender with the higher score during the daily rounds will receive ₱10,000 while the losing student contender will receive ₱5,000. The weekly finalist that will advance to the semifinals will receive an additional ₱25,000 while the other weekly finalists will receive ₱5,000. The semi-finalist that advances to the grand finals will receive an additional ₱30,000, while the losing semi-finalists will receive an additional ₱10,000 for those who were eliminated in the first round, and ₱15,000 for those who were eliminated in the second round.

Phase I, dubbed as the Entrance Examinations is equivalent to the Daily Rounds, where two student contenders from two different universities will battle in a head-to-head challenge for a slot in the weekly finals.

Phase II, dubbed as the Preliminary Examinations is equivalent to the Weekly Finals, where those who won during the daily rounds will compete for a slot in the semi-finals (or monthly finals) that will be held every Saturday (except on the final week).

Phase III, dubbed as the Midterm Examinations is equivalent to the Semifinals, where those who won during the weekly finals will compete for a slot in the grand finals. This phase is held every last Saturday of the month.

For this round, five judges will be sitting on the panel. There will be two rounds for the midterms. The top three contenders from the first round will advance to the second round. After the second round, the two contenders with the highest average score will advance to Phase IV.

The Midterms also marked the return of the TNT Band, who was last seen on Year 3, and the return of the original number of judges serving in the panel since Year 7.

Phase IV, dubbed as the Final Examinations is equivalent to the Grand Finals.

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