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Eat Bulaga! (transl. eat surprise!; stylized as Eat... Bulaga!) is a Philippine television noontime variety show currently broadcast by TV5 and RPTV.
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Dec 7, 2021 · The show broadcasts from the new APT Studios at the No. 80 Marcos Highway, San Isidro, Cainta, 1900, Rizal. Eat Bulaga! is aired Weekdays at 12:00pm to 2:35pm and Saturdays at 11:30am to 2:45pm...
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(EB) is a Philippine noontime variety program co-produced by TVJ Productions Inc. and MediaQuest Holdings. It airs from Mondays to Fridays at 12:00 nn to 2:30 pm and Saturdays at 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. The show currently broadcasts through cable and satellite on TV5 and and RPTV from Mondays to Saturdays. It also airs worldwide through online streaming via Facebook and YouTube pages of TVJ Productions and TV5 Philippines.
As a variety program, Eat Bulaga! is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment that evolves with the ever-changing cultural trends of society. It has featured a diverse array of innovative segments over time, including Little Miss Philippines, Mr. Pogi, Super Sireyna, Laban o Bawi, Bulagaan, Lottong Bahay, Kalyeserye, and Pinoy Henyo. Beyond entertainment, Eat Bulaga! has also highlighted its public service endeavors via Juan for All, All for Juan, EBest, and
Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon, known as the comic trio TVJ, have hosted the program since its premiere on July 30, 1979 on the Radio Philippines Network (RPN-9). Their long-lasting presence as hosts has essentially made them synonymous with Eat Bulaga!, with the public dubbing the trio as pillars of noontime television and the program as a cultural institution. After more than 40 years on air, Eat Bulaga! is the longest-running noontime show in the Philippines.
Numerous other co-hosts, collectively known as Dabarkads, have joined Eat Bulaga! throughout its run. Notable co-hosts who have become household names include Chiqui Hollman, Coney Reyes, Ice Seguerra, Christine Jacob, Francis Magalona, Michael V, Toni Rose Gayda, Jimmy Santos, Ruby Rodriguez, Anjo Yllana, Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Paolo Ballesteros, Maine Mendoza, Alden Richards, Allan K, Ryan Agoncillo, and Ryzza Mae Dizon.
The title was originally stylized as Eat... Bulaga! until the program's 25th anniversary celebration in 2004. The program removed the ellipsis in its title—simplified to Eat Bulaga!—from November 2004 to May 2023. The title reverted to its original style with the ellipsis in January 2024.
On May 31, 2023, TVJ severed ties with the program's longtime production company TAPE Inc. due to disagreements with its new management over the planned recasting and restructuring of the noontime program. Consequently, the co-hosts and a significant portion of the production crew followed suit by filing their mass resignation from TAPE Inc., essentially ending the TVJ-led Eat Bulaga! on GMA Network. After a month-long hiatus, Eat Bulaga! returned on television under the temporary title E.A.T. as a co-production between TVJ Productions and MediaQuest Holdings on TV5.
The RPN years (1979–1989)
Production Specialists Inc., a company owned by businessman Romy Jalosjos, brought the idea of creating a noontime program for Radio Philippines Network (RPN-9). Tony Tuviera, who was working as an assistant for the company at the time, tapped the comic trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon—better known as TVJ (who had gained fame through Discorama and Student Canteen)—to host the new program. After some negotiations, TVJ accepted the offer. premiered on 30 July 1979 with its first-ever live episode at 11:30 AM from RPN Live Studio 1 of Broadcast City studio complex in Quezon City. TVJ was joined by Chiqui Hollman and Richie D'Horsie to serve as the original hosts of the program. Being pitted against the already-established Student Canteen, Eat Bulaga! had a rough beginning due to low ratings and lack of advertising revenue. Its hosts were not paid their monthly salary and its staff would get by through cash advances. To keep the show afloat, Eat Bulaga! decided to entertain movie trailers, such as from Regal Entertainment, which paid less than standard commercials. slowly gained top-rating status in 1980 after the introduction of the dance contest Mr. Macho. The segment saved the noontime program from getting cancelled after suffering a year of low ratings. On the month of the segment's debut, Eat Bulaga! won the ratings game for the first time, gaining 31% against Student Canteen's 29%. Despite the newfound success of the programs, Production Specialists Inc. went bankrupt and was dissolved in 1980. With the original company gone, Eat Bulaga! had no production company for months. In July 1981, production of the program resumed under the newly established TAPE Inc., a company founded by Romy Jalosjos and Tony Tuviera. On 18 May 1982, Eat Bulaga! became the first noontime program to achieve nationwide simulcasting via RPN-9's new domestic satellite (DOMSAT) technology. To celebrate the milestone, Eat Bulaga!'s television special introduced former Student Canteen member Coney Reyes as a new co-host and debuted a theme song for the program. At the height of the People Power Revolution, Eat Bulaga! and other RPN-9 programs briefly went off air from 27 February to 1 March 1986; the transmitter of RPN-9 had been captured by reformist soldiers to remove the snipers stationed atop the building. Broadcast of the network resumed on 3 March 1986. In 1987, Eat Bulaga! faced serious competition when ratings tilted in favor of Lunch Date, GMA-7's replacement for Student Canteen, after Randy Santiago and his mysterious pair of shades became a pop phenomenon. Despite the threat, Eat Bulaga! was able to regain its top-rating status later that year after introducing Aiza Seguerra, a runner-up of its segment Little Miss Philippines, as the newest member of the program. On 3 December 1987, Eat Bulaga! moved its studio from Broadcast City to the nearby Celebrity Sports Plaza in Quezon City.
The ABS-CBN years (1989–1995)
In 1986, ABS-CBN resumed its operations after the Aquino government approved its return to the Lopezes. To rebuild and regain its viewership, the newly reopened network developed a strategy of convincing top-rating programs from government-sequestered networks of RPN-9 and IBC-13 to transfer to the more stable and privately owned ABS-CBN. With RPN-9 and IBC-13 in decline, TAPE Inc. conducted negotiations with ABS-CBN to transfer Eat Bulaga! and its three other programs—Agila, Coney Reyes on Camera, and Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!—to the network. On 18 February 1989, Eat Bulaga! premiered on ABS-CBN with a television special titled Eat... Bulaga!: Moving On! that was held at the Araneta Coliseum. The show later returned to the same venue to celebrate their 10th anniversary on 23 September 1989. Throughout most of its time on ABS-CBN, Eat Bulaga! used Studio 1 (now Dolphy Theatre) at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center to hold its regular shows. The noontime program also used the adjacent Studio 2 on several special occasions. In 1991, Coney Reyes left the noontime show and was replaced by former Olympic swimmer Christine Jacob. In the same year, Ruby Rodriguez and Rio Diaz also joined as regular co-hosts to replace Helen Vela who left the program after being diagnosed with lymphoma that would result to her death a year later. In 1992, Tito Sotto started appearing only on weekends after topping the senatorial elections that May. After Eat Bulaga!'s 5-year contract with ABS-CBN had lapsed, Eat Bulaga! moved out of ABS-CBN Studio 1 and returned to Celebrity Sports Plaza sometime in the first quarter of 1994, although the program still stayed with the network. By that time, ABS-CBN had regained its television foothold to the point that it could already produce its own programs and no longer needed to rely on blocktimers. Hence, the network attempted to purchase the airing rights of Eat Bulaga! from its production company. When TAPE executives rejected the offer, ABS-CBN proceeded to terminate its contract with them, which would effectively remove Eat Bulaga! and two other TAPE-produced shows—Valiente and Okay Ka, Fairy Ko—from the programming lineup of the network. TAPE Inc. then began negotiations with GMA-7 to relocate its programs to the network. On 27 January 1995, Eat Bulaga! aired its final episode on ABS-CBN. As replacement, ABS-CBN reformatted its Sunday variety program, Sa Linggo nAPO Sila, into a weeklong show aptly titled 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila.
Joey coined the title of the show: The term "Eat" was inspired by the title of the rival program Student Canteen (as Joey explained, eating is what people do in a canteen), while "Bulaga" represents the plan to fill the show with surprises. The title is also a play on the children's game It Bulaga, which is the Filipino version of Peekaboo. Because...
has developed hundreds of segments throughout its more-than-40-year run. Its segments include beauty pageants, talent contests, quiz shows, interactive games, comedy sketches, and other unique concepts. In fact, certain segments have been labeled as "Tatak Eat Bulaga!" because their concepts have been naturally associated with the show itself and their success have brought remarkable popularity to the show and its participants. Iconic segments include Little Miss Philippines and That's My Boy, which are child talent searches which have become an important stepping stone for little children who aspire to enter the Philippine entertainment industry. These segments launched the careers of Ice Seguerra, Camille Prats, Lady Lee, Pauleen Luna, BJ Forbes, Ryzza Mae Dizon, and many others. Mr. Pogi is a talent search for young adult men, which became an important launchpad for the showbiz careers of Jericho Rosales and Edgar Allan Guzman. Other beauty pageants are Super Sireyna, which is regarded as the first gay beauty pageant on Philippine television after its launch in 1995, and Fatalbugan, a breakthrough pageant that gave heavy people a chance to show that big can also be beautiful.
In 2000, Laban o Bawi became one of the first segments to give out ₱1 million as the jackpot prize in order to get the audience interest back. Prior to its launch, Eat Bulaga! faced tough competition after rival noontime show Magandang Tanghali Bayan introduced its popular segment Pera o Bayong. Another iconic segment is Pinoy Henyo. In 2006, Pinoy Henyo was launched, but the game wouldn't gain its tremendous popularity until its revival in 2009.
A new trend on Eat Bulaga! is the development of subsegments for Juan for All, All for Juan in order to bring the show closer to the Filipino people. The segments are collaboratively presented by the studio hosts and the barangay hosts. The subsegments range from talent contests to ad-lib soap operas and may usually involve participation of barangay residents. Notable subsegments include Suffer Sireyna, That's My Tambay, Problem Solving, and Kalyeserye.
Aside from Eat Bulaga's original segments, the show also adapted and franchised game shows from other countries. Notable acquired game shows are Stop the Clock from Thailand; Hi-Lo Todo Panalo from the United States, based from the American television game show Card Sharks; Ba Ba Boom from the Netherlands; Boom! from Israel, produced by Keshet Media Group; and Rush 4 Win Philippines: Slippery Stairs from Japan, produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television.
The melody of the theme song was composed by Vic Sotto, while musical arrangement was by Homer Flores. The lyrics of the theme song were formerly attributed to Vincent Dy Buncio and Pancho Oppus, before it was revealed in 2023 that the theme was written by Joey de Leon.
The show's easily recognizable theme song was introduced on 18 May 1982 during EB's domestic satellite launch. The song has gone multiple revisions and variations to keep the theme song updated and relevant to the audience's tastes throughout the years. Changes were also made to signify the growing roster of hosts, as well as to update the inaccuracy of recognizing Aparri as the northernmost part of the country instead of Batanes.
•Tito, Vic, and Joey did not sign any formal contracts after accepting the offer to host Eat Bulaga!. Vic Sotto confessed that he accepted the offer and would immediately stop once he had enough money to buy a car. Joey de Leon also admitted that the show was only supposed to be a short-term employment. However, Eat...Bulaga! defeated Student Cante...
LABAN O BAWI: The world's ultimate game show! EAT BULAGA is a multi-hour variety show with talk, music, dance, comedy and games. It is seen six days each week in the Philippines during the hottest part of their broiling, baking daytimes.
Jun 5, 2023 · With the departure of Tito and Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon, and other mainstays of “Eat Bulaga,” the new noontime show introduced its new hosts, led by Paolo Contis and the Legaspi twins, Cassy ...
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