Wowowee (ABS-CBN) Channel: ABS-CBN Genre: Gameshow/Variety Show Started: February 5, 2005 Status: Running

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Wowowee is one of the top-rated noontime television variety and game shows in the Philippines that awards cash and prizes to contestants playing various games. The show is produced in Studio 3 at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Novaliches, Quezon City, Philippines, and premiered on Saturday February 5, 2005.

The show airs every Monday through Saturday on ABS-CBN in the Philippines and on ABS-CBN Global's The Filipino Channel around the world (in the United States it is also shown on imaginAsian TV network). In the Philippines, it is presently on live after Pilipinas, Game KNB? at 12:30 (Mondays to Fridays) and on Saturday at 12:00.

In the United States, the show is on tape delay where a new episode airs at 15:00 Eastern time (GMT-5) and repeats at 20:55 and 04:00 Monday through Friday. On the Saturday, a new episode also airs at 15:00 Eastern time and (GMT-5) is rebroadcast at 22:00 and 04:00.

The show is hosted by comedian Willie Revillame, with co-hosts Janelle Jamer and Mariel Rodriguez. Roxanne Guinoo was formally introduced as the new co-host on March 17, 2007 after edging out fellow celebrities such as Sitti Navarro and Carla Humphries. Other cast members include Bentong, the on-camera assistant, Owen Garcia, the floor director, and Anna Santos Feliciano, the show's choreographer who manages the ASF Dancers. Occasionally, celebrities join Revilliame or fill in as his co-hosts.

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[ FORMAT ]

Currently, the show has the following segments:

1. Introduction

Currently, at the start of every show, Jamer and Rodriguez welcome the audience and television viewers to the show. Then the show begins as disc jockey and musical director Angelo "DJ M.O.D." Macanaya begins playing the introduction and theme music. The entire studio audience and the ASF Dancers dance along. Finally, host Willie Revilliame enters the studio from the back-center set door that lifts up in the air, welcomes the audience and viewers, and sings the Wowowee theme song along with the audience and gives opening remarks. After the theme song, Revilliame, Jamer, Rodriguez, and Guinoo do a mini-monologue which is followed by another audience participation song, Pusolog. Directly following Pusolog is another audience participation song, a Do Do Do, a Da Da Da.

2. Interaction with the audience

Revilliame and his co-hosts goes to each section of the studio audience, says hello, allows some audience members to greet their family and friends watching (mainly the overseas TFC subscribers who came to see the show) and selects ten players interested in winning prizes in the "Bigat 10" segment. Currently, Revilliame chooses someone from each part of the audience who can become a potential "Bigat 10" contestant by letting him or her sing and dance to Do Do Do, Da Da Da.

Sometimes, a contestant from the youth groups in the audience, mainly members from either The Pappi Boyz or The Boom Tarat Gang, gets automatically chosen to play "Bigat 10". Viewers do not know the selected player until the "Bigat 10" segment.

It is also in this part of the show where overseas TFC subscribers donate money to Revilliame, where it is used to give to charities benefiting the poor and to give away as extra-incentive prizes to a deserving "Willie of Fortune" or "The Ultimate Pera o Bayong" player.

3. Willie of Fortune

Before the game

Jamer and Rodriguez introduce the two groups of three "Willie of Fortune" contestants, known as the "Tigasen", who will be playing against each other. All players were selected through a contestant search session held at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center the previous day. Then, Revilliame calls out the ASF Dancers. Every Saturday, Revilliame 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, Revilliame conducts a quick candid interview with each contestant. After the interview, the contestants are given a chance to showcase their talents, usually by singing or dancing. In the past, contestants often danced, sang, recited poems or told jokes. Once they finish showcasing their talents, Revilliame gives them PHP3,000 and $20 for their efforts.

Occasionally, they are given extra gifts, like money donated from the TFC subscribers (over time, it ranged from $5 to $100), film, or concert tickets, or music CDs (most notably the Wowowillie CD.) Since the May 29, 2006 show, Revilliame gives an additional PHP500 to PHP1,000 to contestants who show more "extraordinary" talent.

4. Questune

In this game, each of three winning "Willie of Fortune" players can:

win PHP5,000 in cash.
advance to "Sinong Kumanta Ng Kantang 'To".

Gameplay:

Like the U.S. game show Name That Tune, the show's keyboardist plays a song and the player must buzz-in and correctly identify its title first.

The player wins one point for each correct answer.

If a player gives a wrong answer, his or her opponent can answer for that one point, correctly identifying that same song.
Upon giving the correct answer, for a one point bonus, the contestant must sing the exact lyrics to that song.

The first contestant in each group who earns two points wins an PHP5,000 and moves on to "Sinong Kumanta Ng Kantang 'To".
The losing contestant gets a consolation prize from Bentong which are giftpackages from sponsors of the show.

5. Sinong Kumanta Ng Kantang 'To?

The three winning Questune contestants from the last round play "Sinong Kumanta Ng Kantang 'To?" against each other. This time, Revilliame asks the players to identify the artist of the song that's being played by the keyboardist. The contestant who buzzes in with the correct artist wins one point.

The first contestant to win two points wins another PHP5,000 and moves on to "Bigat 10".

6. Bigat 10

Before the start of "Sinong Kumanta Ng Kantang 'To?", Rodriguez scans the crowd to reveal the winner of the Hapee smile of the day, sponsored by Hapee toothpaste. The winner is given cash and prizes. Jamer or Rodriguez then reveal the "Bigat 10" player who has a chance to play "Pasalog" secretly to the home viewers. Jamer or Rodriguez introduces the ten "Bigat 10" players that were selected during the "Interaction with the Audience Members" segment.

The winning "Willie of Fortune" contestant in this round can:

possibly win up to PHP100,000 in cash.
advance to "Pasalog".

Gameplay:

Revilliame calls two "Bigat 10" players to come to the podium and introduce themselves before facing the winning "Willie of Fortune" contestant.
Revilliame or Guinoo asks a trivia question.
The first person to buzz-in with the correct answer wins.
If the "Willie of Fortune" player wins, he or she keeps all the money.
If the "Bigat 10" player wins, he or she gets PHP10,000 from the money holder.
At the end of the segment, whoever gets the correct answer to the question (whether it be one of the "Bigat 10" or the "Willie of Fortune" contestant) keeps all the money left and advances to "Pasalog".
Bonus: If the "Willie of Fortune" contestant eliminates all ten "Bigat 10" players, he or she wins an additional PHP25,000.
Before the segment was revamped on the June 26, 2006 episode:

The pot starts at PHP50,000.
Revilliame called a "Bigat 10" contestant one-at-a-time.
The "Bigat 10" contestant won PHP5,000 for a correct answer (PHP3,000 from the pot, plus PHP2,000 from Willie. Before the week of January 30, 2006, the player received PHP3,000.)
If the "Willie of Fortune" player eliminates all "Bigat 10" players, their winnings are doubled to PHP100,000.

7. Pasalog

In "Pasalog", the "Willie of Fortune" player has a chance to win:

cash from a progressive jackpot, starting at PHP20,000.
a Sinski tricycle, Rich-O multi-cab car, Wow-a-cart from Zhon Marketing or a supply of Liveraide vitamins plus cash jackpot.

Gameplay:

ASF Dancer Luningning brings in a beach ball that has two side-opening compartments, where one cube resides in each. The ball is then positioned on top of a holder.
Inside the left-side compartment, a six-sided cube resides where one side says "Jackpot". The rest of the sides are blank.
Inside the right-side compartment, another six-sided cube resides where one side has a Sinski logo, a Rich-O logo, a Zhon Marketing logo and a Liveraide logo. The other two sides are blank.
Revilliame asks the player to position each of the cubes.
Both compartments are then closed. Revilliame tells the contestant to shake the ball by rolling it on the floor or asks Luningning to do it for them. Then, the contestant places it back on top of the holder.
The left-compartment is revealed.
If the word "Jackpot" lands, the contestant wins the cash jackpot.
If a blank space lands, the player wins nothing.
Next, the right-compartment is revealed.
If the Sinski logo lands, the player wins the Sinski tricycle.
If the Rich-O logo lands, the player wins the Rich-O multi cab car.
If the Zhon Marketing logo lands, the player wins the Wow-a-Cart from Zhon Marketing.
If the Liveraide logo lands, the player wins the sponsor's cash jackpot starting at PHP5,000.
If a blank space lands, the player wins nothing.
If no one wins the progressive jackpot that day, PHP20,000 is added on top for the next show.
If the Jackpot Prize reaches PHP200,000 above, the Special Prize reveals first at the left-compartment and the Jackpot reveals at the right-compartment.

At the end of segment, the winning contestant keeps all the winnings from all the games.

8. Entertainment acts

This segment, which is presented after "Pasalog" every Monday through Friday and after "Introduction" every Saturday, presents either a dancing number featuring special appearances by well-known singers and dancers along with the ASF Dancers or live music from a musical group or artist(s).

9. The Ultimate Pera o Bayong (Cash or Bag)

Pera O Bayong contestant winning a grand prize of Php 1,000,000

This final segment of the show offers a player a chance to win either:

PHP1,000,000 or PHP2,000,000 in cash
a house and lot package, offered by Globe Asiatique
a jeepney, offered by W.L. Foods
The game has two parts:

Part one:

The first part is an elimination round in which 50 contestants (100 contestants on Saturdays), selected by the show-sponsored cell phone text contest, answer multiple-choice questions with three possible answers. Each answer is given a color section on stage, Verde (Green), Pula (Red), and Dilaw (Yellow).

Jamer, Rodriguez, and Guinoo ask a question. After the question is asked, the contestants move to the section they believe is the correct answer. Contestants who get the answer right advance to the next question, while the others are eliminated from further gameplay.

The rounds continue until one player is left standing. He or she then wins PHP20,000 and advances to the final part of "Pera o Bayong" to play for the grand prize.

However, during the rare moments where two players remain, if none of them have the correct answer, the game immediately ends.

- "Uwe? Hindi? Lipat?" (Leave? Not? Change?)
Since the May 27, 2006 episode, during the later stages of part one, Revilliame offers cash to each contestant in a color section and asks the question, "Uwe? Hindi? Lipat?".

If a contestant says "Uwe", he or she accepts the cash offer and leaves the game immediately.
If a contestant says "Hindi", either:
Revilliame increases the cash offer and asks the question again
or the game continues as he or she stays in their color section.
If a contestant says "Lipat", he or she moves to another spot that he or she thinks is the correct answer.
In the past, Revilliame has offered contestants between PHP1,000 and PHP50,000 in cash and to leave the game.

Part two:

In the final part, there are ten bayongs with different colors. In the New Year's episode, Revilliame added another prize to the bayong. Inside four of them contain PHP1,000,000 cash, a house and lot package, a jeepney, and PHP2,000,000 cash.

First, the contestant chooses three bayongs he or she believe has a prize in it.

The contestant then chooses one of the remaining three bayongs. Once the contestant chooses the bayong of their choice, Revilliame calls in Milagring to bring up the content of the bayong, a prize box, and positions it next to the cash board.

Revilliame then offers cash in exchange for the selected box.

If the contestant says "Pera", he or she receives Willie's cash offer and the game is over.
If the contestant says "Bayong", Revilliame would either:
increase the cash offer
or reveal the content of the prize box.
After the deal ends, the contents of the bayongs that contain a prize are revealed to everyone.

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[ HOST ]

Host Willie Revillame

Willie Revillame – started off as a comedic actor and action star, usually playing supporting roles back in the early ‘90s. Some of his films were Sam & Miguel, Masahol Pa Sa Hayop, and Sa Kamay ng Batas. He later ventured into hosting variety shows like Magandang Tanghali Bayan and Masayang Tanghali Bayan. He also branched out to hosting a public service show and the first season of Pinoy Big Brother. He’s currently one of the most recognizable faces in the industry with the help of his noontime hit, Wowowee.

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[ MUSIC ]

The following background music is currently played and directed by disc jockey and sound effects director Angelo "DJ M.O.D." Macanaya:

"Wowowee" (dance remix): This cut is presented as a remixed dance version of the original and is currently played at the start of the show. Performed live by Revilliame, Jamer, and Rodriguez.

"Boom Tarat Tarat": This cut was used as an opening number and during "Interaction with the Audience Members". The first version of the dance remix premiered August 3, 2006. The second version, featuring a faster tempo and techno, club-style drumming, premiered on November 27, 2006. The third version, featuring a normal tempo and non-Christmas lyrics premiered on January 1, 2007. [1] The full holiday, non-remixed version is featured in Revilliame's Christmas CD, Namamasko Po.

"Puppy Mo Ako": This cut is a remixed version of the original that is used when the ASF Dancers come out to introduce the "Willie of Fortune" portion of the show in instrumental form. Song performed on album by Revilliame.

"Red Dress": Luningning dances to this song during the "Pasalog" portion. Performed by Sugababes.

"Beep Beep Beep": This cut is used during "Pera o Bayong" player eliminations, performed by Revilliame.

"Bow Wow Wow": This cut is used during "Pera o Bayong" player eliminations, performed by Revilliame.

"Jok Jok Jok": This cut was used during "What's the Joke? That's the Joke.", performed by Revilliame.

"Tango Boogie Cha-Cha": Presented as a dance remix, this cut is used during "Pera o Bayong" player eliminations, performed by Revilliame.

"Wankata": The dance remix version is used during "Pera o Bayong" player eliminations. The regular version is used whenever a host, a cast member or a contestant makes a joke. Performed by Revilliame.

"Follow the Leader": This cut is used as a winning cue when a contestant wins "Pera o Bayong." Written and performed by a 1980s American hip-hop performing group, The Soca Boys.

"Played Alive": This is played when Revilliame thanks the TFC subscribers for their support, and right before the bayong is revealed. Performed by Safri Duo.

"Have a Good Time" ("Goodbye, I hate to see you go..."): This cut is used as a losing cue when a contestant loses in "Pera o Bayong". Recorded in the United States and performed by Sue Thompson in 1962.

"Wowowee": This regular version of the theme song is used going into and coming out from commercial breaks and as a closing song. Performed by Revilliame and the song's lyricist and composer Lito Camo.

"Crazy in Love" (by Beyonce): This is normally played for young ladies during the "Bigat 10" segment and a performance for some Willie of Fortune contestants.

Also, all live background music, especially accompaniments to songs sung by contestants during the Willie of Fortune's "Questune" segment, is played by musical director and keyboardist Elhmir Saison.