In 2008, Magdangal was selected to judge in the music competition "Pinoy Idol", an international TV franchise distributed by Fremantle Media, alongside singer-composer Ogie Alcasid and retired talent manager Wyngard Tracy. Her selection as one of the judges was marred with controversy when her competence was questioned by some viewers. That same year, she released her seventh studio album "Destiny" with two of the songs, her cover of "Will of the Wind" and the original "Umibig Ka", used as soundtrack in her next film "I.T.A.L.Y (I Trust and Love You)" (2008). The film, where she starred along with Dennis Trillo, Eugene Domingo, Rufa Mae Quinto, Mark Herras, and Rhian Ramos, featured five countries, and 13 cities as background of the story of intertwining lives and destinies of six people on a seven-day cruise aboard Costa Magica. Box Office Mojo puts the film's gross