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Krizza Neri is Protege Season 1′s Grand Champion

Krizza Neri, who has Aiza Seguerra as her mentor, wins the title in the first season of GMA 7′s Protege. She received 1 million pesos, a 2-bedroom condo unit (worth 3 million pesos) from Suntrust Adriatico Gardens, a 4-year scholarship at STI and a 5-year contract with GMA Artist Center. Co-finalists Lovely Embuscado and Lirah [...]

Marian Rivera Replaces Rhian Ramos in My Beloved

GMA 7′s upcoming primetime series in the first quarter of 2012 My Beloved will star Dingdong Dantes and his real-life sweetheart Marian Rivera as leads. Marian replaces Rhian Ramos who was originally casted for the female lead role in the said series. Read full article

Captain Barbell Final Cast Revealed

After the successful comeback of Darna, another Pinoy superhero returns on primetime TV. Captain Barbell, included in GMA 7‘s first quarter 2011 lineup, will be topbilled by Richard Gutierrez who will be reprising his role as Teng / Captain Barbell. Joining him will be six leading ladies: Solenn Heusaff, Michelle Madrigal, Sam Pinto, Frencheska Farr, [...]

Amanda Van Cooll Wins Survivor Philippines Season 2

25 year-old construction worker Amanda Colley Van Cooll was hailed as the sole survivor for the second season of reality TV show Survivor Philippines. She garnered 4 votes from the jury against 3 votes received by transsexual beauty queen Justine Ferrer. 3rd placer Jef Gaitan, a 22 year-old print and commercial model, didn’t receive any [...]

Survivor Philippines Season 2 in Beautiful Palau

The second season of Survivor Philippines, premiering August 17, 2009 on GMA, will feature the beautiful island of Peleliu, Palau wherein 16 castaways are going to stay for 39 days and compete for the title “Pinoy Sole Survivor”. Besides the title, the winner of Survivor Philippines will also take home P3,000,000, the largest ever cash [...]

Angel’s Darna vs Marian’s Darna: Ratings Comparison

Marian Rivera‘s Darna had a succesful pilot episode, garnering a 44.1 percent AGB Nielsen Mega Manila rating. Angel Locsin’s Darna in 2005 had a 47.1 percent on its pilot. Back then, Angel’s Darna was the undisputed winner in the ratings game unlike Marian’s Darna which is strongly challenged by two programs (May Bukas Pa & [...]

2009′s Battle of the Summer Station ID

The rivalry between GMA and ABS-CBN, 2 giant TV networks in the Philippines, has always been intense…From ratings, to their stars, movie productions (ABS’ Star Cinema vs GMA’s GMA Films) and even their respective station IDs. For this summer, the station ID war continues with ABS-CBN‘s “Galaw-Galaw sa Tag-araw” performed by Kanto Boys (Vhong Navarro, [...]

Full House Philippine Version Main Casts

GMA 7 bought the rights for the Philippine remake of Korea’s TV Hit Full House. The original version was aired in the Philippines on 2005 (also in GMA) and it became a huge hit, being the highest-rated Koreanovela with a peak of 52 % and an average of 42.3% during its entire run. There have [...]

Filipinized Zorro

GMA 7′s latest primetime offering Zorro, topbilled by Richard Gutierrez and Rhian Ramos, premieres March 23, 2009 and it looks like this is gonna be another hit for the network. Quite a big preparation was made for this upcoming series. For one, it’s not easy recreating a “period” setting. Also, some fencing, horse riding and [...]