Fotini Paraskakis, FremantleMedia Asia's production director (which holds the Idol franchises in the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaysia) reported that the second season will not take place in 2008, and is planning to launch on 2009 due to several reasons (Kazakhstan, Malaysian and Singapore franchises ended, relaunch of the Philippine franchise, delayed launch of India and Vietnam, cancellation of the Pakistan franchise).
Fotini Paraskakis, Direktur Produksi FremantleMedia Asia (yang memegang waralaba Idol di Filipina, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapura, dan Malaysia) melaporkan bahwa musim kedua tidak akan berlangsung pada tahun 2008, dan direncanakan akan diadakan tahun 2009 karena berbagai alasan (waralaba Kazakhstan, Malaysia dan Singapura berakhir, peluncuran ulang waralaba Filipina, penundaan peluncuran waralaba India dan Vietnam, pembatalan waralaba Pakistan).