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Monday, October 8, 2007

Battle Of The Game Shows

There are a lot of game shows that are being shown here in the Philippines. And know that its getting famous, some TV Stations here in the Philippines have partnered with some of the leading entertainment franchises in the world.

On the left corner comes the partnership between ABS-CBN and Endemol. Endemol is also a famous company that provides different reality shows including Big Brother and Fear Factor. Here are the shows that ABS-CBN and Edemol currently offers to their audiences:

Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal is the Philippine franchise of Deal or No Deal, hosted by former Pilipinas, Game KNB? host, Kris Aquino, which premiered on June 5, 2006 on ABS-CBN. The smallest prize has always been PHP1 (about 2¢ US, €0.01, 1p, and ¥2), but the grand prize used to be PHP2,000,000 (about US$42,000, €31,000, £21,000, and ¥5,000,000). On New Year's Day, 2007, the show's top prize became P4,000,000 (about US$84,000, €62,000, £42,000, and ¥10,000,000) but it was lowered to PHP3,000,000 for the second season. The game show's tag line is "Ang Kapalaran mo, Desisyon Mo" which in turn translates in English as "Your Fate, Your Decision.". The Philippine version is very similar to the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal (including the logo), except for the sounds and musical scoring which were adapted from the Dutch version. Before the game proper begins, a third party randomly places the possible amount of prize in the briefcases, which are distributed to 26 models called the 26K (identically dressed without wigs -- US style) who reveal the contents during the game. No one, including the host, knows what amounts are in the cases. Each contestant receives a new, randomly assigned set of cases. The prizes range in amounts from PHP1 to PHP3,000,000. More info here.

The Philippine version of 1 vs. 100 was first aired on ABS-CBN on August 25, 2007. It is hosted by veteran Filipino quiz host Edu Manzano, from Pilipinas, Game KNB?, and Weakest Link. A single player (The One) goes up against 100 other contestants (The Mob). The One gains money for each mob member eliminated, but if the One answers incorrectly at any point of the game, the game ends and he or she leaves with nothing. The grand prize of the show is P2,000,000. The program is the fourth franchise the network acquired from its creator Endemol and it is also the most expensive, due to the studio's sheer size to accommodate the Mob. The Philippine version is similar to the US format and the new European format used in Italy and France. Contestants are given a question with three possible answers. After answering a question correctly, any mob members answered the question incorrectly is eliminated from the game. Players add a specific amount to their bank for every member of the mob they eliminate on a particular question (See table, left). If after any correct answer the entire mob members has been eliminated, the contestant wins the top prize of P2,000,000. More info here.

Pinoy Big Brother is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother (the word Pinoy is a colloquial term for Filipino). It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 100 days (extended to another 12 days for the first season due to inefficient scheduling of nomination and eviction of housemates in the first week). It is shown on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and its international affiliate, The Filipino Channel, with snippets shown on local affiliate Studio 23. The uncut 24/7 version of the series can also be seen on the internet through streaming video and a special cable channel provided by ABS-CBN-owned cable TV provider, SkyCable. The elimination process in the show is the reverse of the original Dutch format. At the start of the elimination process, the "housemates" (as the contestants are referred to) vote for which two (sometimes more if there are ties) fellow housemates they should eliminate. More info here.

Pinoy Dream Academy (also known as PDA) is the Philippine version of Endemol's Star Academy. The format is similar to Big Brother, where 16, later 20, finalists (billed as "scholars" throughout the series) will live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers. Activities in the Academy will be monitored 24/7 by the headmaster. More info here.

ABS-CBN has also its own produced game show which is Pilipinas, Game KNB? It is a former primetime game show and now currently noontime game show broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. It is hosted by actor-politician Edu Manzano, but the incarnations of the show was hosted by Kris Aquino. The KNB in the title is derived from Filipino SMS language wherein the words "ka" "na" and "ba" are shortened to single letters as they are originally pronounced in the Filipino alphabet (letters are currently pronounced like their English counterparts). Its theme music (and its incarnations) sounds like a ringtone, also influenced by the use of cellphones in the Philippines. It is shown on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and its international affiliate, The Filipino Channel, with snippets shown on local affiliate Studio 23. The uncut 24/7 version of the series can also be seen on the internet through streaming video and a special cable channel provided by ABS-CBN-owned cable TV provider, SkyCable. More info here.

Those are some of the game shows that are being aired by ABS-CBN which a lot of people are really in to right now. Now lets go to the next contestant.

On the right corner comes the partnership between GMA7 and Fremantle Media! We've known Fremantle Media in providing quality reality game shows around the world of entertainment. Their shows includes the famous American Idol and some other reality shows. Know that their here to capture the hearts of Filipino audiences Fremantle Media has now different shows to offer here in the Philippines through GMA7. Hmmmmm. Looks like GMA7 is now aiming on the different game shows of ABS-CBN. Their new shows includes the following:

Whammy: Push Your Luck is the updated, faster paced version of the game show "Press Your Luck." Just like the classic version, three players vie for big bucks and fabulous prizes on a giant electronic game board as they try to avoid the dreaded Whammy. The show has already started today. Paolo Bediones together with the sexy comedienne Ruffa Mae Quinto host the show. Gameplay remained largely the same, and the Whammy took away the winnings of any contestant who landed on it. However, there were some differences between the two shows. Whammy! took away the first question round on Press Your Luck and went straight to the first "Big Board" round, with a few modifications. Contestants started at the game board. Play passed repeatedly down the line of contestants, each taking one spin, for an unlimited number of rounds. This went on until each contestant had either landed on a Whammy, or chosen to stop by "freezing". Each contestant was given $1,000 to start the show (in the first two taped episodes of the first season, they started at $0). Play started with four Whammies on the board and after each round through the contestants, four more are added. More info here.

Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5? is the Philippine version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? when GMA Network acquired rights to the game show from Fox Broadcasting Company and Fremantle Media which is a phenomenal hit in the United States. It is scheduled to air on October 27, 2007. This is a new quiz show hosted by Janno Gibbs. And I guess it will replace Celebrity Duets also from Fremantle Media. Each game is played by a single contestant who earns money incrementally based on a payout ladder by answering trivia questions, with the game themed as a school test. The contestant is presented with ten school subject categories, with two questions at each grade level from first to fifth; the subjects are changed for each game. The contestant chooses whichever category they wish and is asked a question purportedly taken from a school textbook for the grade level of the particular question. Some questions are multiple choice or true/false; others require the contestant to answer without any options. More info here.

Celebrity Duets Philippine Edition is GMA Network's interactive reality game show jointly hosted by singer-comedian Ogie Alcasid and singer-actress, Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez. This is a franchise from Fremantle Media and the Philippine version of Simon Cowell's Celebrity Duets. It is a progressive game-show type, which will be played by famous personalities of different backgrounds and different fields in our industry who knows how to sing,who will be singing with different professional singers in a weekly elimination competition and try to influence the votes of the viewers.The winner will get to choose a charity of his/her choice and donate in whole or in part of one million pesos. More info here.

Philippine Idol is the franchise of the Idol series in the Philippines. The franchise was awarded by Fremantle Media, 19 Entertainment and CKX, Inc. first to the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 2006. Just like the premise of the original show Pop Idol, Philippine Idol aims to find the best young singer in the country. And know the Season 2 of Philippine Idol will be aired by GMA7 soon. Local television personality Ryan Agoncillo is the host of the program.[2] Ryan Cayabyab (musical composer), Pilita Corrales (singer, known as Asia's Queen of Songs) and Francis Magalona (rapper and producer) are the judges of the show. Agoncillo, Corrales and Magalona auditioned to be a part of the program, while Cayabyab was chosen by the program's producers. [3] Actress Heart Evangelista hosts the daily updates program, I ♥ Philippine Idol. Composer Mel Villena is the musical director beginning at the semifinal round. In the first season, Mau Marcelo of Lucena City defeated two other contenders at the finale to become the first Philippine Idol. A second season is currently in the works. The second season will air on February 2008 on GMA. More info here.

GMA7 has also produced its very own new game show along with K! The One Million Peso Videoke Challenge and Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok!. Its called Send O Save which will be hosted by Ariel And Maverick a comedy duo known for their ABC5 Show The Adventures Of Ariel And Maverick.

Here Are The Lists Of Fights.

Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal VS. Whammy: Push Your Luck
1 Vs 100 VS. Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?
Philippine Idol Season 2 VS. Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2
Pilipinas,Game KNB? VS. Send O Save
Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition VS. StarStruck The Star Explosion

This is really a though fight between the two leading tv stations here in the Philippines and with the leading international franchises. I'm not sure with the latter because I've just saw it in the StartStruck Wikipedia page. I've also known that a Philippine Edition of Family Feud is in line in GMA7. I must say that I'm a Kapuso (in favor of GMA7) but I also watch Pilipinas, Game KNB? and sometimes Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal.

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