From March 18 to April 10, 2021, the season was halted because ABS-CBN decided to temporarily stop holding daily live programs due to surge of COVID-19 cases in the Greater Manila Area.
[2][3] The public thought that it might be the new cases of COVID-19 caused by one of the staff testing positive for the coronavirus or preparing to move to a new studio in ABS-CBN Soundstage at San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
[5] Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Jhong Hilario, Amy Perez and Kim Chiu also returned as hosts, and was joined by Karylle as an occasional co-host with Ryan Bang, Teddy Corpuz and Jugs Jugueta serving as co-hosts and gong masters.
[citation needed] K Brosas, Rey Valera and Randy Santiago did not return as Hurados due to their commitments to the revival of Sing Galing!.
[6] Also, after the show returned from its temporary suspension due to the reimposed enhanced community quarantine, the Hurados instead appeared through a work-from-home arrangement via Zoom.
The two remaining spotlight holders at the end of Friday's episode battled each other in two rounds to be crowned the weekly winner.
The top two (2) Quarter Finalists with the highest combined scores at the end of each week move on to the grand finals (previously announced as semifinals) and receive ₱50,000.
For the second quarter finals, due to It's Showtime's existing segments of ReIna ng Tahanan and Madlang Pi-POLL, and due to the limitations imposed by the preparation for the reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila,[72] the Quarter Finals was reduced from twelve days into only three days.
[73] Shanne Gulle (Mindanao) did not participate in the competition due to the restriction under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) and she wasn't able to travel in Manila, but she will return in the next quarter finals.
[74] Erika Buensuceso (Luzon) withdrew from the competition on Day 4 of the second Quarter Finals Week due to undisclosed reasons.
Results Details On August 26, 2021 (Thursday), Vice Ganda announced that the round was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.