Wil Time Bigtime
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Wil Time Bigtime is a Philippine primetime variety
game show
broadcast by TV5
. The show premiered on October 23, 2010 with its main host Willie Revillame
. It is produced by Wil Productions, Inc. and airs daily from Mondays to Fridays (6:30-9:00PM; after Aksyon) and Saturdays (5-7:30PM; after Sabado Sineplex). The show broadcasts live from Studio A of the TV5 Complex.
and the transfer of Willie Revillame to TV5. Several personalities from Wowowee appearing on Willing Willie include DJ Coki Meneses (disc jockey), Owen Ercia (floor director), Anna Feliciano (choreographer), April "Congratulations" Gustillo, Lovely Abella and some former ASF dancers who comprise the in-house WW.Girls.
The show premiered on October 23, 2010 with Willie Revillame as host and Mo Twister as co-host. It was earlier reported that Revillame was courting Sandra Seiffert and Venus Raj as co-hosts, but both declined the offer. Valenzuela City
councilor Shalani Soledad accepted the job, eventually appearing on the November 8, 2010 episode.
.
filed a copyright infringement suit against Willie Revillame
, Wil Productions, Inc. and TV5
for allegedly copying Wowowee in Willing Willie. However, hearings on the case, which was filed at the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 66 under presiding judge Joselito C. Villarosa, was suspended after the Court of Appeals granted the request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) by TV5.
TV5 then filed a petition for certiorari
, prohibition and writ of preliminary injunction
before the Court of Appeals. ABS-CBN responded by filing a motion seeking to dismiss the petition of the former. On March 10, 2011, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of TV5.
releasing a statement three days later asserting that this was a clear case of child abuse. In a press statement, the DSWD condemned 'the emotional abuse and humiliation bestowed on a six-year-old child contestant'. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is currently pursuing an investigation of the program for violating Section 10 of Republic Act No. 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
is also conducting hearings on the issue. On April 8, three members of the MTRCB panel inhibited from the case. The decision of the MTRCB is due by the end of May.
The issue received condemnation from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, showbiz personalities by the likes of Jim Paredes
, Bianca Gonzalez
, Lea Salonga
, Aiza Seguerra
, Leah Navarro
(of the Black and White Movement), K Brosas
, Agot Isidro
, Mylene Dizon
(of rival program Mara Clara
) and Tuesday Vargas, through the social networking site Twitter, columnists of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
such as Randy David, Rina Jimenez-David, Michael Tan, and Benjamin Pimentel, as well as militant organizations such as GABRIELA
.
Mang Inasal
, Procter & Gamble
, CDO
, Cebuana Lhuiller, Nutri-Asia and Unilever
pulled out their advertisements from the show on the first week of April after pressures resulting from this controversy.
As a result, Revillame announced that the show would be on hiatus starting April 11. He warned that charges would also be filed against those who attacked him on Twitter. He questioned why only Willing Willie was singled out, while other shows such as Showtime and Goin' Bulilit
were not.
On April 18, 2011, Revillame stated that he would no longer file charges against the celebrities who attacked him on Twitter.
On April 25, 2011, the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) filed a child abuse case against Revillame, TV5 and its officials, including chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan
. The DSWD filed a similar suit two days later.
The show did not resume on April 25, pending a go-signal from TV5. On April 27, the Philippine Entertainment Portal reported that the show would resume on May 7 with a new format.
On May 3, 2011, MTRCB issued a month-long suspension for the show and placed it under probationary status, meaning that the show needs daily permits from the MTRCB before airing after the suspension is lifted. The days that had passed since the show voluntarily went off the air on April 8 were counted.
In the decision of the board in which it suspended the Willing Willie show,, it stated:
reported on Juicy! Express that the show would return with a new title, Wil Time Bigtime, on May 14, occupying the same timeslot.
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
broadcast by TV5
Associated Broadcasting Company
The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
. The show premiered on October 23, 2010 with its main host Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame is a television host, actor, and a recording artist in the Philippines.-Career:He is the host of TV5's primetime variety show Wil Time Bigtime...
. It is produced by Wil Productions, Inc. and airs daily from Mondays to Fridays (6:30-9:00PM; after Aksyon) and Saturdays (5-7:30PM; after Sabado Sineplex). The show broadcasts live from Studio A of the TV5 Complex.
History
First broadcast under the name Willing Willie, the show was formed as a result of the cancellation of WowoweeWowowee
Wowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...
and the transfer of Willie Revillame to TV5. Several personalities from Wowowee appearing on Willing Willie include DJ Coki Meneses (disc jockey), Owen Ercia (floor director), Anna Feliciano (choreographer), April "Congratulations" Gustillo, Lovely Abella and some former ASF dancers who comprise the in-house WW.Girls.
The show premiered on October 23, 2010 with Willie Revillame as host and Mo Twister as co-host. It was earlier reported that Revillame was courting Sandra Seiffert and Venus Raj as co-hosts, but both declined the offer. Valenzuela City
Valenzuela City
Valenzuela ,In rare occasion it is pronunced as , with a glottal stop after /ɐ/ in Filipino/Tagalog languages. officially known as the City of Valenzuela is a highly urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila...
councilor Shalani Soledad accepted the job, eventually appearing on the November 8, 2010 episode.
Dancer feuds
Two WW.Girl members, Aprilyn "Congratulations" Gustillo and Monique "Pak" Natada, were suspended for five days from the show on November 2010 because of a fight over a lipstick. On January 12, 2011, the WW.Girls group was given a three-day suspension for fighting over each other in TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
.
Copyright infringement allegations
On November 24, 2010, ABS-CBNABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
filed a copyright infringement suit against Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame
Willie Revillame is a television host, actor, and a recording artist in the Philippines.-Career:He is the host of TV5's primetime variety show Wil Time Bigtime...
, Wil Productions, Inc. and TV5
Associated Broadcasting Company
The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
for allegedly copying Wowowee in Willing Willie. However, hearings on the case, which was filed at the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 66 under presiding judge Joselito C. Villarosa, was suspended after the Court of Appeals granted the request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) by TV5.
TV5 then filed a petition for certiorari
Certiorari
Certiorari is a type of writ seeking judicial review, recognized in U.S., Roman, English, Philippine, and other law. Certiorari is the present passive infinitive of the Latin certiorare...
, prohibition and writ of preliminary injunction
Injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions...
before the Court of Appeals. ABS-CBN responded by filing a motion seeking to dismiss the petition of the former. On March 10, 2011, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of TV5.
Child abuse controversy
On March 12, 2011, Willing Willie featured a segment in which a 6-year old boy performed a 'macho dance' as his talent. At first, the incident came and went without much clamor. It wasn't until a clip of the show was posted on YouTube that it began eliciting an online furor. On March 25, Benjamin Pimental of the Inquirer wrote, "We have a big problem if it’s OK for most people to let a big shot TV host treat a child like garbage." This was followed by the Department of Social Welfare and DevelopmentDepartment of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines)
The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare rights of Filipinos and to promote social development.-History:...
releasing a statement three days later asserting that this was a clear case of child abuse. In a press statement, the DSWD condemned 'the emotional abuse and humiliation bestowed on a six-year-old child contestant'. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is currently pursuing an investigation of the program for violating Section 10 of Republic Act No. 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board is the government agency responsible for rating television and film for the Philippines. Recently, the MTRCB was given the additional task of rating various video media . It is under the executive powers of the Office of the President...
is also conducting hearings on the issue. On April 8, three members of the MTRCB panel inhibited from the case. The decision of the MTRCB is due by the end of May.
The issue received condemnation from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, showbiz personalities by the likes of Jim Paredes
Jim Paredes
Jaime Ramon "Jim" Paredes is a Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist best known for being one-third of the APO Hiking Society, along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garrovillo.-Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo:Paredes' most prominent solo...
, Bianca Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez is a Filipina TV host and model.-Education:Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez graduated from high school at the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School and graduated with a degree of AB Communication Arts with a minor in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University.-Writer:Her first job in...
, Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...
, Aiza Seguerra
Aiza Seguerra
Cariza Yamson Seguerra better known as Aiza Seguerra is a Filipino actress, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She traces her roots from Calauag, Quezon....
, Leah Navarro
Leah Navarro
Leah Navarro was still in her late teens when she became a major pop-music star in the Philippines in 1970s-80s.Born to a well-off family, Leah's mom is Nelda Navarro, a signer herself who used have her own TV program The Nelda Navarro show...
(of the Black and White Movement), K Brosas
K Brosas
K Brosas , sometimes credited as Kaye Brosas, is a Filipina actress, comedienne, singer and television host. She was a band member of 'Gladys and The Boxers' and was lead singer when the group performed as 'K and The Boxers'...
, Agot Isidro
Agot Isidro
Agot Isidro is a recording artist, actress, host, and TV personality in the Philippines.Born as Maria Margarita Amada Fteha Isidro, she is the fourth of the six children of Edwarta Fteha and Jose Isidro. She graduated from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with a Bachelor's Degree in...
, Mylene Dizon
Mylene Dizon
Mylene Lilibeth Dizon is a Filipina actress and model. She is a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic, being an alumna of Batch 2...
(of rival program Mara Clara
Mara Clara (2010 TV series)
Mara Clara is a Philippine television drama which aired on ABS-CBN from 2010 to 2011. It is a remake is based on the 1992 original television series of the same name.-Adaptation:...
) and Tuesday Vargas, through the social networking site Twitter, columnists of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
such as Randy David, Rina Jimenez-David, Michael Tan, and Benjamin Pimentel, as well as militant organizations such as GABRIELA
GABRIELA
GABRIELA is a leftist Filipino organization that advocates for women's issues.It is a nationwide network of grassroots organizations, institutions, and programs that address issues such as human rights, poverty, globalization, militarism, violence, health, sex trafficking, censorship and other...
.
Mang Inasal
Mang Inasal
Mang Inasal is a common fast food chain in the Philippines.-History:Edgar Sia II engaged in business at twenty years of age. He opened the first branch at the Robinson's Mall Carpark-Iloilo....
, Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
, CDO
CDO
CDO may refer to:* Cagayan de Oro, a city that lies along the northern coastline of Mindanao island, Philippines.* Canyon del Oro High School, a public school in Oro Valley, Arizona, USA....
, Cebuana Lhuiller, Nutri-Asia and Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
pulled out their advertisements from the show on the first week of April after pressures resulting from this controversy.
As a result, Revillame announced that the show would be on hiatus starting April 11. He warned that charges would also be filed against those who attacked him on Twitter. He questioned why only Willing Willie was singled out, while other shows such as Showtime and Goin' Bulilit
Goin' Bulilit
Goin' Bulilit is a sketch comedy show broadcasted on and by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. It is a gag show featuring children in various comedic situations. It is the rival of the now defunct GMA show "Bubble Gang Jr."....
were not.
On April 18, 2011, Revillame stated that he would no longer file charges against the celebrities who attacked him on Twitter.
On April 25, 2011, the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) filed a child abuse case against Revillame, TV5 and its officials, including chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan
Manuel V. Pangilinan
Manuel V Pangilinan , also known as Manny Pangilinan and MVP, is a Filipino businessman. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, from 1998 up to the present....
. The DSWD filed a similar suit two days later.
The show did not resume on April 25, pending a go-signal from TV5. On April 27, the Philippine Entertainment Portal reported that the show would resume on May 7 with a new format.
On May 3, 2011, MTRCB issued a month-long suspension for the show and placed it under probationary status, meaning that the show needs daily permits from the MTRCB before airing after the suspension is lifted. The days that had passed since the show voluntarily went off the air on April 8 were counted.
Poverty perpetuation
In the process of deliberating the sanctions against Willing Willie, the MTRCB, saying that it was heeding the call for sweeping reforms of the television industry, also brought up the matter of whether the show, and others like it on Philippine television, attracts its audience by offering 'quick fixes' to the audience members' poverty in the form of prize money.In the decision of the board in which it suspended the Willing Willie show,, it stated:
Wil Time Bigtime
On May 9, 2011, Cristy FerminCristy Fermín
Cristinelli "Cristy" Fermin is a controversial Filipino talk show host and showbiz reporter. She finished Criminology at the Lyceum of the Philippines University.-Career:...
reported on Juicy! Express that the show would return with a new title, Wil Time Bigtime, on May 14, occupying the same timeslot.
Co-hosts
- Shalani SoledadShalani SoledadShalani Carla San Ramon Soledad , better known as Lani Soledad and Ate Sha is a Filipina politician and TV personality. Soledad is a member of Valenzuela City council from second district since 2004...
(2010-present) - Mariel RodriguezMariel RodríguezMariel Rodriguez-Padilla is a Filipino commercial model, endorser, TV host, former MTV VJ and actress. She first started as an MTV VJ. Currently, she co-hosts the noontime variety show Happy Yipee Yehey!...
(2011-present) - Sugar MercadoSugar MercadoSugar Mercado is a Filipina dancer and actress. She was one of the hosts of the popular GMA Network noontime variety show Eat Bulaga. She was dropped by the show in 2007.-Biography:...
(2011-present) - Rosetela "Baby Bisaya" Chiongco (2011-present)
Former Co-hosts
- Imelda "Aimee" Schweighart (2011)
- Mo TwisterMo TwisterMohan Gumatay or commonly known as Mo Twister, is a radio disc jockey and television host in the Philippines. He is best known for his Good Times programs, which started as a Radio Show and spun off into TV and Internet.-Personal life:...
(2010-2011)
Guest hosts
- Rico J. PunoRico J. PunoEnrico de Jesus Puno , better known as Rico J. Puno, is a popular Filipino pop singing artist and television host who is credited as a pioneer-promoter of original Filipino music. He started the trend of incorporating Tagalog lyrics in his rendition of the American song The Way We Were and other...
(February 1, 2011–February 4, 2011)
Featuring
- Bigtime Girls (formerly known as WW.Girls)
- DJ Coki Meneses
- Anna S. Feliciano
- Owen Ercia
Staff
- Anna S. Feliciano - Choreographer
- Owen Ercia - Floor Director
- Arlene Tolibas - Floor Director
- Adrian Gret - Segment Producer
- Cecille Matutina - Head writer
- Jay Montelibano - Business Unit Head
- Rackie Sevilla - Executive Producer