| The world's most popular
Filipino noontime game show "Wowowee" is coming to Hawaii in May.
Based in Manila, Philippines,
Wowowee (Wow!) is today's most watched program of Filipinos abroad who have
access to The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN. And for our kababayans in Honolulu,
the event promises to bring you closer to home!
Since its premiere in September
of 2005, the show has been the favorite of locals and overseas Filipinos
due its humanitarian theme.
Its host, Willie Revillame
skyrocketed to fame and his career in showbiz has soared high. Though he's
met with a number of challenges and personal controversies, along the way
- he brave to continue the mission of the program by being able to help the
less fortunate and touch the lives of his countrymen. This has inspired many
TFC subscribers around the world to support the show.
This season, California-based
Bigatin Production will produce the game show as the community perceives
the event would be the biggest gathering of Filipinos in Hawaii to date.
Twenty thousand people are expected to come watch and participate in the
celebration.
The show will be staged
at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 10, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Leading the celebrity lineup
is Charice Pempengco, "The little girl with a big voice," who had
the rare chance of guesting and performing at the Ellen Degeneres show;
singer-composer, Yeng Constantino; comedy queen Pokwang; matinee
idols Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz along with the show's
regular co-hosts: former beauty queen Precious Lara Quigaman, Mariel
Rodriguez, Valerie Concepcion, Luningning, Mariposa,
Milagring and RR.
Tickets are at $100, $75,
$50 and $25 and available online at
www.Bigatin
WorldTour.com or by phone at (808) 225-5320 and (773) 841-9777.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
Wowowee is a noontime variety
and game show being broadcast from Studio 3 of the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center
in Quezon City, Philippines. It originally premiered on February 5, 2005.
The show airs live weekdays
from 12:30pm-3:00pm and on Saturdays, the show is aired from 12:00 Noon-3:00pm
(PST). The show also airs worldwide via ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel. In
North America, the show is tape-delayed to air weekdays starting at 4:25
a.m. EST (GMT-5) and is also repeated at 3:10 p.m. EST and in Primetime at
9:15 p.m. EST. On Saturdays, the primetime repeat occurs at 9 p.m. EST.
The show is currently hosted
by Willie Revillame, with his co-hosts Mariel Rodriguez, Valerie Concepcion,
Precious Lara Quigaman, Pokwang and RR Enriquez. The show is also accompanied
by the ASF Dancers.
Other members of the production
includes Bentong, Owen Ercia, the floor director, and Anna Santos Feliciano,
the show's choreographer who manages the ASF Dancers. The show itself has
gone through several hosts who have, in one way or another, left the show
for various reasons.
Introduction to Wowowee
and Willie Revillame
The start of every show,
the co-hosts welcomes the audiences and television viewers. Then the show
begins as disc jockey and musical director begins playing the introduction
and theme music. The entire studio audience and the ASF Dancers dance along.
Finally, host Willie Revillame enters the studio from the back-center set
door that lifts up in the air as he welcomes the audience and viewers, and
sings the Wowowee theme song along with the audiences.
Interaction with the Audience
Members
Willie Revillame and his
co-hosts goes to each section of the studio audience, and selects ten players
interested in winning prizes in the "Bigat 10" segment. Currently Willie
chooses someone from each part of the audience who can become a potential
"Bigat 10" contestant by letting him or her dance to the latest hit song
currently found on Willie's current CD.
Before the Games
The Co-host introduces the
two groups of three "Willie of Fortune" contestants that will be playing
against each other. All players were selected in a contestant search session
held at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center the previous day. Then Willie calls
out the ASF Dancers. Every Saturday, Willie Revilame calls out Mark (a child
contestant before in "Willie of Fortune") to give him the Dollars. Then the
first person in each group goes to the podium and prepares for "Questune".
Before each game, Willie
Revillame conducts a quick candid interview with each contestant. Later,
he allows him or her to show talent. In the past, contestants often danced,
sang, recited poems or told jokes.
At the end, the contestant
receives PHP2,000 in cash for their appearance. On some occasions, they are
given extra gifts, like money donated from the TFC subscribers (over time,
it ranged from $5 to $100), movie or concert tickets, or music CD's (most
notably the Wowowillie CD.) Since the May 29, 2006 show, Willie Revillame
gives an additional PHP500 to PHP1,000 to contestants who show more
"extraordinary" talent.
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