Is ‘Idol Philippines’ hopeful Luke Baylon, rapper Quest doing a collab?

Exciting times are up ahead. Ready na kami guys. (Photo: Quest/Twitter)

Although he failed to win the ‘yeses’ of three judges when he auditioned in the reality singing television competition “Idol Philippines,” Luke Baylon still has a ticket to stardom on his hand as it seems like he will be doing a collaboration with rapper Quest.

It was none other than Quest himself who broke the news about them apparently working together, uploading a photo of him with the ‘Idol Philippines’ auditionee on Twitter on Friday night, May 17.

“Exciting times are up ahead. Ready na kami guys (We are ready, guys)!” Quest, who is known for his hits “Sige Lang” and “Back to Love,” wrote in his Tweet.

Further details of their project, however, have yet to be disclosed.

Quest earlier expressed his desire to work with Luke when he commented on the latter’s audition performance in the “Idol Philippines” where he serenaded the contest’s four judges — Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Vice Ganda, James Reid, and Moira Dela Torre — with his reggae rendition of “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys.

Luke and his reggae performance became the talk of the town after the auditionee failed to qualify for the next round as he only got one ‘yes’ vote coming from the “Asia’s Songbird.”

Disappointed with the other judges’ decision to reject Luke, many netizens threw criticisms to Moira, Vice, and James, with some of them questioning the singing credentials of the three.

On his comment, Quest said people do not need to bash the judges for their decision because, he said, they have ‘different taste in music.’

“Respetuhin natin yun (Let’s respect that),” he said, continuing, “But I don’t want to miss the opportunity to see Luke soar. So I wanna help him if he’s okay with it.”

James had taken to Twitter to defend his ‘no’ vote, saying that he appreciates Luke for being a good singer but then they are looking for a “total package.”

“Wait till you see the 12 finalists. You’ll see why I said he wasn’t ready.

For now, I wish Luke all the success is his music career. That rendition of If I Ain’t Got You was sick,” he said.

[READ: James Reid explains rejecting ‘Idol Philippines’ reggae singer]