It's Showtime (variety show)

It's Showtime
Also known as Showtime (2009–2012)
Magpasikat (2010)
Genre Variety show, Musical, Comedy
Written by Jillmer Dy
Maria Anna Isabel Reyes
Ruth Peña-Padriga
Karla Gacusana
Bebeth Santos
Alex Balite
Directed by Bobet Vidanes
Presented by Vice Ganda
Vhong Navarro
Anne Curtis
Billy Crawford
Karylle
Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla
Amy Perez
and Others
Judges Vice Ganda
Celebrity "Hurados"
Tawag ng Tanghalan
Rey Valera (head judge)
Edgar Mortiz
Yeng Constantino
Billy Crawford
Karylle
Karla Estrada
Nyoy Volante
K Brosas
and Mitoy Yonting
Theme music composer DJ MOD and Bobet Vidanes
Opening theme "Showtime (2012 remix)"
performed by It's Showtime hosts
Country of origin Philippines
Original language(s) Filipino (Tagalog), English
No. of seasons 10
No. of episodes 2,065 (as of April 30, 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s) Peter Edward Dizon
Editor(s) Alphonse Dayao
Kerwin de Mesa
Malvin Flores
Location(s) Studio 3 ABS-CBN
Quezon City, Philippines
Running time 3 hours
Release
Original network ABS-CBN (2009–present)
TFC (2009–present)
Picture format 480i (SDTV) (2009–2015)
1080i (HDTV) (2015–present)
Original release as Showtime
(October 24, 2009 – January 28, 2012)
as It's Showtime
(February 6, 2012 – present)
Chronology
Preceded by Pilipinas, Game Ka Na Ba? (2001-2009)
Happy Yipee Yehey! (2011-2012)
External links
Website

It's Showtime (formerly known as Showtime and Magpasikat) is a noontime musical variety show that premiered on October 24, 2009 on ABS-CBN. The show airs Weekdays at 12:15pm to 3:20pm and Saturdays at 12:00pm to 3:00pm, and is mainly presented by Vice Ganda, Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Billy Crawford, Karylle, Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla, and Amy Perez. The show is also broadcast worldwide through The Filipino Channel. On January 28, 2012, the show aired a special episode to end its two-year competition format as Showtime, and ended with an impartial farewell.[1] On February 6, 2012, it debuted as a reformatted noontime show.[2][3] It's Showtime was also previously aired on Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports and Action) and CgeTV's website during its relaunch week.

It's Showtime is the second live entertainment program in the Philippines to be broadcast in true high-definition picture, after ASAP, sports programs and various shows. It's Showtime is also the longest running noontime variety show of ABS-CBN after Eat Bulaga! (1989-1995), Magandang Tanghali Bayan (1998-2005) and Wowowee (2005-2010).

History

As Showtime!

On October 24, 2009, Showtime premiered as a morning program, airing before the network's noontime shows, serving as the replacement for Pilipinas, Game KNB? (after its successful 8-year run). The original cast consisted of Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Kim Atienza, Jugs Jugueta and Teddy Corpuz, and Vice Ganda as the permanent judge. During the third season, the show added previously evicted judges Billy Crawford and Karylle as hosts.

In its first four seasons (see below), Showtime had its competition format, wherein three groups, each made up of two to twenty-five members (with no age limit), performing a single performance, whether it is a song and/or dance number After the group's performance, the judges would give a collective yes or no to the group. If the judges give a yes, the group is considered part of the main contest, with the judges' scores to the group's performance to be included in the calculation for the winner. A no would, of course, mean exclusion of the group from the main contest. This segment was removed during season 2. In season 3, during the February 16, 2011 episode, the said segment was returned but no random selection, instead the group automatically performs on stage.

The group with the highest average score from the judges wins and proceeds to the weekly finals. All winners throughout the whole week perform in the weekly finals. Whoever wins in the weekly finals will get the chance to compete in the monthly finals. Lastly, all the monthly finalists compete in a season grand finals.

Aside from the talent competition, Showtime also aired quick and short-termed segments that offer cash prizes to the studio audience. On January 1, 2011, the show was moved temporarily to the noontime slot. It went back to its original timeslot on February 12, 2011 to give way for Happy Yipee Yehey!.

As It's Showtime!

Showtime ended their pre-noontime slot run on January 28, 2012 to prepare for their noontime-reformatted show which premiered on February 6, 2012 on its new timeslot, 11:30 am, replacing former noontime program Happy Yipee Yehey!. The show retained all of its hosts, including Vice Ganda, while adding former judges Jhong Hilario, Ryan Bang and Coleen Garcia. Eric Tai was also added as a new host during the pilot episode. It's Showtime aired new long-term segments, while the competitive format returned once again as one of its segments. The competitive format was used for one final season, season five. To cater the entire family audience, a new competition called Bida Kapamilya was introduced on April 30, 2012 as season six. Throughout the run of Bida Kapamilya, It's Showtime added Joy Rendon (May 19, 2012) and Red Bustamante (October 27, 2012) as part of the cast.[5]

On January 2, 2016, Amy Perez and Mariel Rodriguez were added as the show's main hosts after guesting in December 2015. Coleen Garcia was dropped from the program because of her acting career. Eric "Eruption" Tai, meanwhile, left the show to focus on his sports career and married life.

On March 23, 2016, host Jhong Hilario announced his hiatus from the show prior to his political career.

On April 11, 2016, the program was extended until 3:20pm.

Cast

Karylle (left) and Anne Curtis (right), with guest co-host Angelica Panganiban

Main hosts

Co-hosts

Tawag ng Tanghalan judges

Featuring

  • XB Gensan (2010–present)
  • Showtime Dancers (2009–present)
  • Ryan Rems Sarita (2015)
  • Xia Vigor (2015)
  • Enzo Pelojero (2015)
  • Bayani Agbayani (2015)
  • Eric Nicolas (2015)
  • Mel Feliciano (2009–present)
  • Six Part Invention (2015)
  • Joey Marquez (2016–present)

The #Hashtags

  • Zeus (2015–present)
  • Jameson (2015–present)
  • Jimboy (2015–present)
  • Luke (2015–present)
  • Ronnie (2015–present)
  • Jon (2015–present)
  • Paulo (2015–present)
  • Ryle (2015–present)
  • Nikko (2015–present)
  • Tom (2015–present)
  • McCoy (2015–present)

GirlTrends

  • Dawn Chang (2016–present)
  • Miho Nishida (2016–present)
  • Mikee Agustin (2016–present)
  • Jessica Marasigan (2016–present)
  • Kamille Filoteo (2016–present)
  • Barbie Imperial (2016–present)
  • Maris Racal (2016–present)
  • Loisa Andalio (2016–present)
  • Devon Seron (2016–present)
  • Karen Reyes (2016–present)
  • Chienna Filomeno (2016–present)
  • Erin Ocampo (2016–present)
  • Riva Quenery (2016–present)
  • Jane de Leon (2016–present)
  • Nikki Gonzales (2016–present)
  • Leyana Magat (2016–present)
  • Krissha Viaje (2016–present)
  • Joana Hipolito (2016–present)
  • Kelley Day (2016–present)
  • Mica Javier (2016–present)
  • Maika Rivera (2016–present)
  • Sammie Rimando (2016–present)

Former hosts/guests

Occasional guest co-hosts

Segments

Current segments

Tawag ng Tanghalan

Tawag ng Tanghalan was the first talent search show of ABS-CBN from 1953 to 1972 and back again in 1987 to 1988. It was reported that it will make a comeback in 2015 as a reality show, however it was later placed as an "It's Showtime" segment, which premiered on January 2, 2016. The guidelines of the segment resemble the original show. The winner will take P10,000 daily & P25,000 for the defending champion. This segment is also simulcast via live streaming thru ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel.

TrabaHula (Level Up!)

The celebrity player of the day must guess who's the one of four madlang workers as the true worker depending on the job that will be given everyday by showing their personality, showing their skills on their job, and asking them a question. If the player correctly identify who's the true worker of the four, he/she will win P20,000 and if the player identifies the fake worker, the P20,000 will be divided equally to the four worker which is P5,000 each.

#Hashtags

Hashtags is an all-male dance group consisting of Pinoy Big Brother ex-housemates Zeus Collins, Jimboy Martin, Tom Doromal and Jameson Blake, Star Magic artists McCoy de Leon, Jon Lucas, Paulo Angeles, Ryle Santiago, Ronnie Alonte, and "Gandang Lalake" grand finalists Nikko Natividad and Luke Conde.

GirlTrends

GirlTrends is an all-female dance group consisting of 21 talents from Star Magic, Pinoy Big Brother and other programs.

House Mo, Show Mo: HashTaraNa!

Hashtags members visit random houses to give cash prizes to 'It's Showtime viewers.

Discontinued segments

Competition

One of the major concepts of the Showtime series airing throughout the whole run is the competition, in which talent groups compete against each other in a tournament for the grand finals.

Performers

Everyday there are winner/s which will compete in the Weekly Finals, the winner/s in the Weekly Finals will directly be one the finalists for the Monthly Finals. The winner/s in the Monthly Finals will compete in the Grand Finals.

Grand Finals

Special episodes

Wildcard Weeks

The best groups that either did not make it to the monthly finals or was in the monthly finals but lost got another chance to compete again in order to win a slot to the Grand Finals. This was called the Wildcard Week. During the week, the main hosts got to switch roles (except for Vice Ganda who still got to be a judge).

In season one, Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, and Kim Atienza got the role of being the judges, Teddy and Jugs got the role of hosts/interviewers, and the longest-staying judge Jhong Hilario got the role of introducing the group contestants. At the Wildcard Finals that was aired on July 23, 2010, the groups XB Gensan and Boyz Unlimited Dancers tied in the competition and became the 10th and 11th finalist to compete in the Grand Finals.

In season two, Vhong Navarro, and Kim Atienza including Jhong Hilario got the role of being the judges, Teddy and Jugs got the role of hosts/interviewers, and ex-judge Bianca Manalo got the role of introducing the group contestants. Anne Curtis returned on the Wednesday episode but she still had her spot as host/interviewer and did not join the judging panel. On the Thursday and Friday episodes respectively, Anne replaced Vhong Navarro as judge since he was absent. At the Wildcard Finals that was aired on December 17, 2010, the group Ground Zero won the competition and became the 10th finalist to compete in the Grand Finals.

In season three, Vice Ganda joined Vhong Navarro in hosting the show while Karylle, Kim Atienza, Billy Crawford, Jugs and Teddy, and Anne Curtis became the judges. At the Wildcard Finals that was aired on May 13, 2011, the group The Next Level Octomix Dancers and Street Noize tied the competition and became the 11th and 12th finalist to compete in the Grand Finals.

In season four, Vhong, Billy and Vice reprise the role as a host/interviewer while Kim, Karylle, Jugs & Teddy, Anne and Showtime resident choreographers Mel Feliciano, May Francisco and Showtime Dancers will take their spot as a judges. Ex-judge Georgina Wilson took over as a host/interviewer in lieu of Vice Ganda due to his absence for two days. The Wildcard Finals was aired on December 5, 2011. It was the first time that the Wildcard Finals was extended into four different groups in one episode who did not make it in either the daily, weekly or monthly finals. The groups Prime Machine and UDC tied the competition and became the 13th and 14th finalist to compete in the Grand Finals.

Kids Edition

This week was dedicated to the children called "Showtime: Kids Edition". During the week, kid group performers were the ones who would show their talents and also kids were the audience. Nash Aguas and Sharlene San Pedro were the special kid judges that joined the judging panel. No voting of judges for eviction during the week. At the end of the week, a finals was held where the winner here is the Showtime Kids Edition Champion. The kid group "Cea's Angels" won and became Showtime Kids Edition Champion, but they were not eligible to go to the monthly finals with the regular performers. But during Season 3 Summer Special, Nash and Sharlene reprises the role as kid judges receptively together with selected Goin Bulilit kids during April 4 to 9-week long kids group competition. In Season 4, Krista Kleiner, Katya Santos and Goin' Bulilit Kids were the special judges that joined the judging panel. No voting of judges for eviction during the week on December 19 to 23-week long kids group competition. At the end of competition the kid group "JPS Dance Crew" won of P200,000 and 2nd Showtime Kids Edition Champion.

Campus Clash Edition

The Campus Clash Edition features group performances of all school levels (Elementary, High School & College/Universities). Jhong Hilario, Gabriel Valenciano, Lauren Young, and Gretchen Fullido were the season's judges. The winning group received P 1 million in cash plus P 500,000 for the school campus. The Campus Clash Edition lasted for only a month, which took place in January 2012.

Grand Sample Finals

This was the Grand Finals of the segment "Sample! Sample! Sample!" of Showtime held at Studio 2 of ABS-CBN. Five contestants called "Grand Sampolistas" performed their talents to the judges and the audience to become Showtime's First Grand Sample Champion. The longest remaining judge Ryan Bang acted as the guest host due to Vice Ganda's absence. The special set of judges for the Grand Sample Finals were former Showtime judges Dimples Romana, Carmen Soo, Bianca Manalo, and Gladys Reyes. At the end of the episode, Grand Sampolista #5 Remiel Galeno from Caloocan emerged as the winner of the competition. He won the grand prize of P100,000 and became the 1st Grand Sample Champion with a final average score of 9.8 pts. On February 5, 2011, the second Grand Finals was held along with the Week 5 weekly finals. The judges of Week 5 (except Vice Ganda) are the ones who made the difficult task of judging the 4 Grand Sampolistas. Grand Sampolista #4 Red & Pink, a duo group from Quezon City emerged as the winner and became the 2nd Grand Sample Champion with a final average score of 10 pts. They won the grand prize of P100,000 and the first ever duo group to win the competition.

All-Star Barangayan

Signaling the return of Showtime to its regular timeslot, the main competition of the show showcased various talents from groups of different barangays. The first competition was held on February 12, 2011. The guest hurados were news personalities Ted Failon, Gus Abelgas, Pinky Webb and Karen Davila. The episode also welcomed two new co-hosts for the show: singers Billy Crawford and Karylle.

Holy Week special

In honor of Holy Week, Showtime suspended the daily performances and reflected on the best highlights since the show's launch. Also, the hosts looked back at the previous groups who performed at the show and what they gave back positively in this special time of the year. However, in 2012, It's Showtime continued to air live for the next three days with a special letter sender segment with the usual "Arte Mo" and "Singing V". In 2013, a drama special was held in place of its usual format, featuring stories of Bida Kapamilya finalists as portrayed by Showtime hosts under the helm of TV directors. The drama special again in 2014, featuring stories of stars of 45 finalists as portrayed by Showtime hosts under the helm of TV directors including the interviews to the winners. In 2015, the drama special about the stories of PINASikat and I Am Pogay finalists as portrayed by Showtime hosts under the helm of TV directors including the interviews to the contestants as well as musical performances by Karylle, Noel Cabangon, Kyla, Jason Dy, Erik Santos and Darren Espanto. In 2016, the drama special returns again this year with new faces are Mariel Rodriguez-Padiila, & Amy Perez-Castillo, The Hashtags, The Girltrends & Former Paranaque City Mayor & Comedian Joey Marquez.

It's Showtime Pa-Star Awards

This segment award is a parody of Star Awards showcasing the host who were acted in an occasionally lenten drama scene, It was first awarded in March 2016.

Christmas week special

This week had contestants that must have a Christmas theme in their performances. This week had special guest judges who will judge the contestants this week. The special set of judges included TV Patrol reporter Marc Logan, Miss Universe 2010's 4th runner-up Maria Venus Raj and Pilipinas Got Talent judges Comedy concert queen Ai-Ai Delas Alas and Philippines' Queen of all Media Kris Aquino. The weekly finals was aired on December 24, 2010, and the all-girl group Ephesians won the competition.

Summer special

The show had its month-long summer special, featuring talents of various groups each week. The 1st week featured All-Girl groups while the audience and Guest Hurados were All-Boys; the 2nd week featured All-Boy Groups while the audience and Guest Hurados were All-Girls; the 3rd week featured All-Kid groups, guest hurados and audiences. The next three weeks were a battle between Boy Groups vs. Girl Groups vs. Kid Groups and the Monthly Finals were on the last week.

Show anniversaries

During first anniversary, a special episode celebrating Showtime's first anniversary. The contestants consisted of the hosts with ex-hurados and guests. Jugs and Teddy's group with Yeng Constantino, Marc Abaya and Kean Cipriano, Kuya Kim's group with Alessandra De Rossi and Gloc-9, Anne Curtis' group with singers Robert Sena, Led Sobrepeña III and Bugoy Drilon, Vhong Navarro's group with Jhong Hilario, Archie Alemania, Izzy Canillo and Bugoy Carino and Vice Ganda's group with beauty queens Precious Lara Quigaman and Miriam Quiambao. The groups were judged by a special set of celebrity hurados namely returning judge Gladys Reyes, Gary Valenciano, Luis Manzano, Arnel Pineda, and the Kimerald loveteam of Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. At the end of the episode, the winner of the competition was the group of Jugs and Teddy.[9]

During the second anniversary, the show suspends daily competitions for the hosts to show their hidden talents and became contestants themselves. Two hosts will perform each day and they will be judged by a special set of hurados (Celebrity doctors Manny Calayan and Vicki Belo, Director Cathy Garcia-Molina, "Queen of Fragrances" Joel Cruz and Celebrity fashion designer Liz Uy). In the second anniversary, some of former contestants/groups and judges performing from the previous season to introduce their second anniversary week including showtime's game segments like Kantaranta, Arte Mo! and I know U!. On October 22, Anne Curtis won the competition getting a perfect score of 10 from all the hurados and received P100,000 which she donated to a charity. Billy Crawford and Vice Ganda were the runners-up and received P50,000 each for their chosen charities.[10]

On the third anniversary (October 22–27, 2012), the show had no competition so far after the Bida Kapamilya finals was held. This time, the hosts were grouped into pairs, after their solo performances 2 years back. These pairs showed their hidden talents as contestants themselves. There were one or two pairs to perform each day and it was determined by the special set of hurados (actress Eula Valdez, talent manager Alfie Lorenzo and his wife Angge, actor-singer Jericho Rosales and veteran actress Maricel Soriano). At the end of the week, teams Anne & Karylle, Jugs & Teddy, and Billy & Vhong all had perfect scores for a triple tie, and each won P100,000 prize money to their chosen charity.

On October 21–26, 2013, the show clebrated its fourth anniversary. Once again, the hosts were grouped into pairs or trios and they showed their hidden talents as contestants. They were judged by a special set of hurados (comedy actress Ai-Ai de las Alas, TV hosts Amy Perez and Ruffa Gutierrez, and singers Robert Seña and Isay Alvarez-Seña). At the end of the week, 3rd place went to Team Billy, Vhong and Coleen; 2nd place went to Team Vice and Kuya Kim (Vice performed as a solo in place for his partner Kuya Kim in time to take his rest after his successful recovery at the hospital) and the Grand Championship went to Team Teddy, Karylle and Jugs. For all winning cash prizes, half of the prize went to the victims of the Visayas earthquake through ABS-CBN's relief arm Sagip Kapamilya, while the other half went to their chosen charity.

The show's 5th anniversary (October 20–25, 2014) revived a previous segment "Arte Mo!" while "Sine Mo'To" featured sequels to past stories that had been told in the segment. The hosts once more were grouped into pairs or trios, and one team performed during the 5-day competition period. The performers were judged by a special set of hurados (singer Pops Fernandez, former APO Hiking Society member and social media activist Jim Paredes, and actress Cherie Gil). At the end of the competition, the 3rd place prize went to Anne and Coleen, who performed a two-woman band and acrobatic stunts; 2nd place went to Vhong and Jhong, who performed a skit about their friendship that resulted in a work of art featuring their faces; and the Grand Championship went to the trio of TBJ-Teddy, Billy and Jugs, who did a mock game show and took home one audience member P90,000. The winning team's cash prizes went to their chosen beneficiaries, while the two non-winning teams also took home P50,000 for their chosen beneficiaries.

The show's 6th anniversary (October 19–24, 2015). Once again, the hosts were grouped into pairs or trios and will showcase their special talents in a 5-day competition period (One team per day). The performers will be judged by a group of this year's hurados, divided into three pairs: Sakto tandem Amy Perez and Marc Logan, original heartthrobs Tirso Cruz III and Edgar Mortiz and Forevermore loveteam BangLi Bangky and Lilia Cuntapay. At the end of the week, third place goes to the group of Anne, Kuya Kim and Eruption who did an impressive performance on the environment, plus Kuya Kim's hair was shaved on Live TV towards the end of their performance which imparted the message itself about climate change. Second place goes to the group of Karylle and Jhong who did an all-original mini-musical skit. Team Vice-Jugs-Teddy was the grand champion, which marks Vice Ganda's first championship. The trio did an optical illusion, which has never been done on any live program, and sang to the tune of their original composition. Each of the winning teams get P100,000; P200,000; and P300,000 respectively for their chosen charities.

Best of Showtime/It's Showtime

In 2010, that the show held its first year-end special week. This was hosted by Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Kim Atienza, Teddy Corpuz, Jugs Jugueta and Vice Ganda. This week highlighted the best and funniest scenes and performances of the contestants, judges, and hosts since the start of Showtime.

In 2011, the show held its year-end special week. Like the previous year, the host highlighted the best and funniest scenes and performances of the contestants, judges, and hosts since the start of Showtime combined season 3 & 4 respectively.

In 2012, the show held its year-end special week for only four days after their Christmas special. This year highlights the best and funniest scenes and performances of the contestants, judges, and hosts of It's Showtime for the past 11 months since its debuted on the noontime slot in February of the same year.

In 2013, the show held its year-end special for only 3 days. This year highlights were featured some of the former contestants and various performers in the show.

In 2014, the show held its year-end special for only 4 days for their 5th anniversary of It's Showtime. This year highlights were featured some of the former contestants and various performers in the show, and also their post 5th anniversary of the show.

In 2015, the show held its year-end special for only 3 days after their Christmas Special. This year highlights featured some of the former contestants, former segments and various performers in the show, their 6th anniversary kick-off, their Magpasikat performances, and anniversary special of the show.

Thanksgiving episode

On January 28, 2012, the day after the finals of the Campus Clash Edition, the show aired a special episode wherein they gave thanks to its loyal viewers through different performances by past contestants and winners. The episode also featured the show's staff and the previous judges and their contributions to the show's success. The episode ended ambiguously with the hosts exiting the stage while entering an arc decorated with words giving thanks to the viewers. The episode caused quite a stir to fans and online users as many speculated that Showtime was cancelled. It was hinted in the show that followed its timeslot, Happy Yipee Yehey!, during a cold opening sketch done by its main hosts that Showtime will only say goodbye for a week while it was HYY saying goodbye forever. This was proven in the following news reports that HYY was indeed cancelled and the relaunched Showtime will replace it under the title It's Showtime.

Finals Week

This was the first time that instead of the usual format which is after the wildcard finals will be the Grand Finals itself, The show had its Finals Week, which the viewers will get to know the finalists right before the actual Grand Finals. In October 15–19, 2012, 9 finalists for Bida Kapamilya were introduced for the entire week. These family teams are joined by their celebrity mentors to train themselves and to motivate each family teams.

Ratings

Showtime

Showtime had been a successful pre-noontime show of ABS-CBN. Showtime hit an all-time high rating during its Season 1 Grand Finals last July 24, 2010. Based on Kantar Media Philippines, it garnered 35% national rating versus 8.9% of Diz Iz It! and 13.7% of Eat Bulaga.[11]

It's Showtime

It's Showtime's pilot on ABS-CBN scored a 13.6 household rating. Overall, the pilot scored a 16.3 household rating (the combined It's Showtime pilot telecast on ABS-CBN and Studio 23). The ratings were a little sluggish, rating as low as 9.2% up to a high of 15.8% (grand finals) and consistently lagged within the 10–12 points range (against Eat Bulaga's 17 to the mid-20's range) on its first few months but were a little better than its predecessor Happy Yipee Yehey! according to Kantar Media Philippines.

However, during the Bida Kapamilya Final Week and Anniversary Week respectively, its ratings peaked to 20.9% national household rating beating TAPE's Eat Bulaga, which only got 15% dropped based on Kantar Media's National Urban ratings.[12][13]

When Be Careful with My Heart was moved to an 11:45AM timeslot, It's Showtime was also moved to a later timeslot of 12:30PM. The variety show's ratings became pretty stable beating Eat Bulaga almost every day. The ratings of It's Showtime and Eat Bulaga fall within the range of 11–15% household ratings every day of the week. Be Careful with My Heart is also attributed to the stable ratings because of its primetime-like ratings and audience (usually rating between 24–27 points, and went as high as 30 points). It's Showtime's performance regained ABS-CBN's foothold in noontime national ratings.

When Kalokalike was introduced to the show, it became one of the trending topics in social media. It's Showtime became consistent in leading national TV ratings beating Eat Bulaga and Wowowillie. The Ultimate Kalokalike Showdown held last June 2, 2013, garnered a whooping 26.8% national rating leaving Eat Bulaga and Wowowillie with 13.2% and 2.8% national ratings respectively.[14] Due to its success, Kalokalike Face 2 was introduced. The Ultimate Showdown, held on September 28, 2013, posted a 21.6% national TV rating beating Eat Bulaga (15.8%) and Wowowillie (2.6%).[15]

After Kalokalike, It's Showtime edged out rivals with a new trend setter segment That's My Tomboy on October 15, 2013.[16] The 4th Anniversary week special of It's Showtime from October 21–26, 2013 also sustained the leadership of the show in noontime and daytime ratings game.[17][18]

"It's Showtime" had been enjoying high rating figures at the noontime slot due to a lot of factors. The show trended everyday on social media and its hosts were enjoying wide social media following and box-office success (for main hosts Anne Curtis and Vice Ganda) despite being embroiled in a lot of controversies. It inched closer to "Eat Bulaga"'s dominance at the noontime slot on both AGB and Kantar Media thanks to its game-changing LGBT-themed segments "That's My Tomboy" and "I Am Pogay", both launched in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Showtime: The Album

Showtime: The Album
Compilation album
Released October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)
Recorded 2010
Genre Soundtrack
Label Star Music
Producer Jonathan Manalo (executive)

A self-debut album composed of five music tracks featuring the Showtime hosts.[19][20]

Tours

Showtime and its hosts went to Cebu to have live shows from February 1–6, 2010. Voting for "Hurado o Burado" were suspended for this week as Sheryn Regis and Gab Valenciano both guested as special judges.

A special episode featuring the highlights of One Kapamilya Go at Great America in Santa Clara, CA and the special Showtime episode with all the hosts and special hurados. The event originally took place on September 12, 2010, airing a month later October 17, 2010 exclusively on The Filipino Channel. The special hurados consisted of Pooh, Gelo of Barangay USA, Angelica Panganiban, Michael Copon, and Vice Ganda. On December 2, 2011, the show visited Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

In 2013, It's Showtime hosts performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, for their day-long concert tour.

In 2014, It's Showtime hosts performed in Canada for their concert tour as a part of their pre-5th anniversary of It's Showtime.

In 2015, the It's Showtime hosts celebrate their 6th Anniversary kickoff in Araneta Coliseum together with different ABS-CBN stars, the same year, It's Showtime also toured their performance in Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna & Hoops Dome in Cebu.

Controversies

MTRCB suspension

Showtime was suspended by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) for 20 days. This was due to comments uttered by guest judge Rosanna Roces against certain groups, especially on teachers, heard live on January 7, 2010. As a form of self-regulation, ABS-CBN relieved Roces of her jury duty, but suspension was still served against the show effective January 11, 2010, thus returning on February 1. In the meantime, a placeholder show called Magpasikat took over Showtime's timeslot.[21] The show had essentially the same format as with Showtime, except that the competing groups were composed of celebrities.

The suspension period, however, lasted only for six days after the Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order against the MTRCB on January 15, 2010. The issuance of the order, and therefore the return of Showtime was announced later in Magpasikat.[22][23][24]

On March 26, 2010, MTRCB ordered a total one-month suspension of the program because of the incident, including the replacement Magpasikat. The MTRCB also directed the filing of criminal charges against Florida Tan, ABS-CBN vice-president for programming, and other officers "responsible for the violation."[25] Bong Osorio, head of ABS-CBN's Corporate Communications said that the suspension is not yet final and that they are seeking appeal before the Office of the President.[26] However the said variety show wins the case due to the MTRCB has not presented new arguments that would justify a reversal of its previous resolution.[27][28]

Pastillas Controversy

"Nasaan Ka Mr. Pastillas?" was a daily reality-dating game serial which drew the ire of netizens and women's-group Gabriela. Various complaints in online social networking sites were escalated to the MTRCB, who summoned the show's executives to a meeting regarding the said portion. After a thorough investigation, MTRCB imposed "self-regulation" on Showtime and "Pastillas Girl".

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2010 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Talent-Search Program Cast and crew Won
Best Talent-Search Program Hosts Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Kim Atienza & Vice Ganda Nominated
2011 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television[29] Best Talent-Search Program Cast and crew Won
(tied with TV5's
Talentadong Pinoy)
Best Talent-Search Program Hosts Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Kim Atienza, Billy Crawford, Karylle & Jugs and Teddy Nominated
2012 8th USTv Student's Choice Awards[30] Best Reality Show Cast and crew Won
34th Catholic Mass Media Awards Best Entertainment Program Cast and crew Nominated
26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Reality & Game Show Cast and crew Won
Best Reality & Game Show Hosts Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Vice Ganda, Kim Atienza, Billy Crawford, Karylle, Ryan Bang, Coleen Garcia, Jhong Hilario & Jugs and Teddy Won
2013 9th USTv Student's Choice Awards[31] Best Variety Show Cast and crew Won
Best Variety Show Host Anne Curtis Won
27th PMPC Star Awards for Television[32] Best Variety Show Cast and crew Won
Best Male TV Host Billy Crawford Won
Vhong Navarro Nominated
Vice Ganda Nominated
Best Female TV Host Anne Curtis Won
Karylle Nominated
2014 Yahoo OMG! Philippines Awards Male TV Host Vhong Navarro Won
28th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Variety Show Cast and Crew Won
Best Male TV Host Billy Crawford Nominated
Vice Ganda Won
Best Female TV Host Anne Curtis Nominated
2015 13th Gawad Tanglaw Awards Best Variety Show Cast and Crew Won
2nd Paragala Central Luzon Media Awards Best Variety Show Cast and Crew Won
Best Male TV Host Vice Ganda Won
11th USTV Awards Students’ Choice of Variety Show Cast and Crew Won
29th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Musical Variety Show Cast and Crew Nominated
Best Male TV Host Billy Crawford Nominated
Vice Ganda Won
Best Female TV Host Anne Curtis Won

Gallery

See also

References

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