IBC-13's weekend primetime triumvirate

July 15, 2014

Heir of Pinoy rapper Elmo Magalona joins Drew Arellano, Anja Aguilar and Robi Domingo, as one of the famous young stars has names and faces who share the distinction of hosting IBC-13''s weekend high-rating winning shows known as Panalo Weekend.

Drew Arellano, Elmo Magalona, Anja Aguilar and Robi Domingo

Drew Arellano, the country's popular primetime winner prince has been hosting The Million Second Quiz for almost 8 months. The famous quiz show based on the original American series with the same name, the quiz is set in a huge hourglass-shaped structure in the entrance to the Studio 4 of IBC studio, houses on the roof of the studio at Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City, it has revolutionized TV viewing in the country to acquire the franchise of the show.

An indoor set witin the studio inportions of the game, as the cast in contestants compete in a quiz competition played 24 hours a day for 1,000,000 seconds, or about eleven and a half dats. At any given time, one contestant is sitting in the "Money Chair" and accumulating money, while defending his/her portion against a series of challengers in head-to-head quiz bouts. Although commercials bill the winnings as ₱1 per second spent in the chair — or P36,000 per hour or P864,000 for every day — the rate is actually P1 per tenth of a second; winnings accumulate at a constant rate, even when bouts are not being played and during commercial breaks (prime time). Contestants in the chair earn money until they are defeated by a challenger, who replaces the occupant of the chair. Only the four contestants with the highest total winnings get to keep their money once the million seconds are up.

Each bout lasts for a set number of seconds at the studio contestant. In all bouts, both participants use keypads to secretly lock in their answers and have five seconds to do so after the question is asked.

The Million Second Quiz will be seen on the newest second season this Saturday at 6 p.m. over IBC. Wherein viewers in the cash prizes of P100,000,000 at stake for lucky viewers. The show follows a group of contestants who compete for up to ₱1,000,000 in a quiz competition across 1,000,000 seconds (or 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds), while the rest of the show was viewable from within the Million Second Quiz app chance to win P1 million pesos in every episode. Contestants the chance to win P1 million pesos in every episode and another prize of P50,000 at stake for lucky viewers. To join, call PLDT phone line 1-908-1-800-800. All contestants must be Filipino citizens at least 15 years of age who can join by texting TMSQ to 8888.

Killer Karaoke which is a new look as Elmo Magalona hosting the Philippine edition of the popular musical game show from the US. Elmo is expecrted to bring the show his quick own brand of rapper. This marks a major milestone in the career of the well-known hip-hop, R&B and rock rapper who has also established a career as a TV host. For example, a contestant will sit on a swing while singing a chosen song. He or she will be then dipped into a pool of water filled with snakes and other reptiles. The audience will vote for the contestant who were able to sing well despite the challenges being thrown at them. The local version promises a whole lot of fun as Elmo Magalona adds his own brand of comedy to the already hilarious format as Pinoys now get to participate and try out the game show’s nerve-wracking challenges.

The franchise of the phenomenal US show guarantees you a weekly dose of laughter as contestants attempt to sing while facing crazy distractions. Imagine singing while getting your body hair waxed, stepping on spiders and maggots, or walking through a cactus maze (with balloons stuck in your body). That’s quite a challenge, but there’s only one rule: “No matter what happens, do not stop singing!,” it will will feature contestants attempting to sing in front of a live studio audience while various attempts are made to disrupt their performances. The final showdown puts the top three contenders on a spinning disc, with the prize money increasing as the turntable speeds up and tilts. The last player standing wins the jackpot. The game show was a success that the Killer Karaoke craze has reached the UK, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and now here in the Philippines.

The local version is sure to create a new Filipino pastime: Singing the Killer Karaoke style. What challenges can Pinoy players take on? Which celebrities are adventurous enough to try the sing-and-play surprise? He puts the scare on celebrity contestants and exciting viewer, check out the more exciting musical game show with its new look on Saturdayat 7:30 p.m. starting last July 5, on IBC.

Robi Domingo, the country's primetime prince has been hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? for almost 14th years. The famous quiz show from the UK and US enjoys a stellar selection of presenters all over the world, who are known not only for their hosting flair but also for easy interaction with the contestants and the ability to put into very question. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has revolutionized TV viewing in the country, spawned a number of copycats and Robi has a new, very successful career as TV host.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will be seen on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. over IBC. At stake in the show is P2 million and P50,000 for home viewers who will join the mini-WW2BAM game via number 8888 for Globe, Smart, IBC Mobile, Sun Cellular, My Phone, Star Mobile, Cherry Mobile and Touch Mobile users.

Born to be a Superstar is another hit show that originized from the United States along in the Philippines, United Kingdom, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia, Canada, Russia, Poland, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, among others.

It is a popular singing-reality show for the talent search contest where contestants get the superstar treatment and the chance to perform in a complete production number of their very own Philippine primetime television and to sing with the young diva princess Anja Aguilar. A popular young singer and actress who harvest Platinum Awards and biox-office hits with a huge success, Anja is new to the game of TV presenter while herself the product of a talent competition. It is for this new season that she decided to accept the reality show Born to be a Superstar, an opportunity for her to help aspiring and young talents for singers. The show scheduled, performance nights and result shows.

Become the huge success in the worldwide reality singing search contest in the next singing superstar fans to be the superstar champion discover the best singer in the country through worldwide audition rom a different collage of high-school students for oung singing superstars in the partner of the biggest training school in pop singing Center for Pop Music Philippines will provide chosen contestants with mentors in singing, stage performance for the high-school students as the star-maker, the personality development, style and fashion to help package them into the next singing sensations.

Platform for the online generation to showcase their flair for singing on TV and radio while using the internet to build a community that will support their talent. Submitted online in audio (MP3) and video (MP4) formats via borntobeasuperstar.ibc.com.ph. Aside from accepting entries, listeners of IBC and iDMZ 891 can also log on to this website to view or listen to the songs and vote for their favorite.

It will also roducing new Kapinoy singing champions such as Cayleen Villamor, Veejay Aragon, Ronald Humarang, Anne Bernardo and Joshua Cadelina to produce and discover a major singing superstar from the country’s best and brightest aspiring and young talents

Born to be a Superstar can be seen at 9 p.m. on Saturdays and 8:30 p.m. on Sundays on IBC. Some Filipino citizens, male and female, solo or group performers, 15 to 25 years old and above are qualified also join the national singing contest. The four panel of judges are Sam Concepcion, Paula Bianca, Gino Padilla and Joey Albert when a finalists from the weekly winner brings home for P50,000, P100,000 for the semifinals and P1 million pesos cazh prizes for the grand finals with the music recording contract of IBC Records. With the top 10 finalists are Shanne Velasco, Arvin Ventanilla, Paolo Antenorcruz, Hannah Bustillos, Randy de Silva, Dean Carlo Logo, Kelly Mercado, Shaina Hermogenes, Carl Camo and Janet Japor will also perform.