NUTAM TV Ratings - APRIL: "Dyesebel" Charms Nationwide Audience but ABS-CBN 2 Still Dominates Rating Contest

Registering an impressive 35.7 percent rating, Marian Rivera's Dyesebel conquered the entire archipelago to lead the Top Weekday Programs in the primetime category for the month of April.

According to the Nationwide Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) data forwarded by AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines, the legendary Filipino mermaid bagged the top spot in the highly-contested nationwide race, considering that Dyesebel piloted only on April 28.

Closely pursuing Dyesebel's tail was ABS-CBN's new karaoke show The Singing Bee, which averaged 33.7 percent. Unlike in Mega Manila, ABS-CBN dominated the bracket with Kung Fu Kids (32.8 percent), Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin's Lobo (31.2 percent), Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (30.2 percent), and TV Patrol World (29.9 percent) all flexing their muscles to secure the second to sixth positions.

Settling for seventh spot was Robin Padilla's Joaquin Bordado via its 28.8 percent mark. Richard Gutierrez's Kamandag, on the other hand, stood closely with a 28 percent rating.

In the daytime contest, Wowowee still held the lead over Pilipinas, Game KNB? and perennial rival Eat Bulaga. For the month of April, Willie Revillame's controversial noontime show generated a comfortable 22.3 percent rating as compared to Edu Manzano's game show, which had 19.6 tally. Mega Manila darling Eat Bulaga! still can't seem to fix the nationwide puzzle as it remained planted in the third spot with 17.2 percent rating.

Interestingly, cartoons proved that they are still a force to reckon with. Collecting an identical 14.6 percent rating, Powerpuff Girls Z and the lovable Japanese character Doraemon barged inside the Top 10 to complete the roster.

The Kapamilya network bludgeoned the daytime weekend race as it dominated the competition. GMA-7's only saving grace was Eat Bulaga! which came in at No. 4 with a 17.7 percent rating to beat ABS-CBN's Your Song by a narrow margin.

Conspicuously absent from the Top 10 weekend programs are Mega Manila topraters SOP, Showbiz Central, Kap's Amazing Stories, Mel & Joey, Imbestigador, among others.

GMA-7 fared at least fairly well in the Top Weekend Programs for primetime. Michael V's Bitoy's Funniest Videos managed to nail the 5th spot overall to shatter ABS-CBN's strong showing. Occupying the top spot in the said category was Komiks Presents Kapitan Boom with 31.1 percent rating. Kapitan Boom's triumph pretty much set the tone as other Kapamilya programs—Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus, I Am KC, and Goin' Bulilit—followed suit and raked in impressive numbers to grab the top positions.

Here are the Top 10 Weekday and Weekend programs for the month of April based on a survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines among NUTAM households:

Top Weekday Programs (Primetime)
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 35.7%
2. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 33.7%
3. Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) - 32.8%
4. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 31.2%
5. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) - 30.2%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 29.9%
7. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) - 28.8%
8. Kamandag (GMA-7) - 28%
9. Palos (ABS-CBN) - 24.2%
10. Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (GMA-7) - 22.5%

Top Weekday Programs (Daytime)
1. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 22.3%
2. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 19.6%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 17.2%
4. Prinsesa ng Banyera (ABS-CBN) - 17.1%
5. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17%
6. Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) - 16.1%
7. One Piece (GMA-7) - 15.3%
8. Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) - 14.9%
9. Powerpuff Girls Z (GMA-7) - 14.6%
10. Doraemon (GMA-7) - 14.6%

Top Weekend Programs (Primetime)
1. Komiks Presents Kapitan Boom (ABS-CBN) - 31.1%
2. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) - 28.2%
3. I Am KC (ABS-CBN) - 28.1%
4. Goin' Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 27%
5. Bitoy's Funniest Videos Yari Ka! (GMA-7) - 26.1%
6. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) - 24.5%
7. Rated K (ABS-CBN) - 22.3%
8. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 21.4%
9. Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok (GMA-7) - 20.5%
10. Kap's Amazing Stories (GMA-7) - 20.5%

Top Weekend Programs (Daytime)
1. Invasion: Philippines vs. The World (ABS-CBN) - 29.5%
2. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 23%
3. ASAP '08 (ABS-CBN) - 18.8%
4. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 17.7%
5. Your Song (ABS-CBN) - 17.6%
6. Cinema FPJ: Da King On ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 16.1%
7. The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 15.6%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 15.5%
9. Love Spell (ABS-CBN) - 14.1%
10. Entertainment Live! (ABS-CBN) - 13.8%

Source: NUMAM via PhilippinePortal

American Idol 7: Top 3 Performance - Who Got Kicked Off?

Click links below to find out which contestant got kicked off of tonight's American Idol.

Top 3 sing Mcfadden and Whitehead’s 1979 hit “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” (Watch here)
Top 3’s Ford commercial (Watch here)
Fantasia performs “Bore Me” in RED HAIR and BEJEWELED JUMPSUIT (Watch here)
Archuleta goes home and cries (Watch here)
Syesha goes home and cries (Watch here)
Cook goes home and cries (Watch here)
Syesha is sent home!!! (Watch here)

So it's DAVID vs. DAVID in the finals!

38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards Winners

Here are the winners of 38th Box Office Entertainment Awards organized by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc. The coronation and awards night was held last May 13 at the RCBC Plaza in Makati City.

Box-Office King: John Lloyd Cruz
Box-Office Queen: Bea Alonzo

Film Actor of the Year: Aga Muhlach
Film Actress of the Year: Maricel Soriano

Prince of Philippine Movies: Richard Gutierrez
Princess of Philippine Movies: Angel Locsin

Most Promising Male Star: Mart Escudero
Most Promising Female Star: Marian Rivera

Male Concert Performer of the Year: Martin Nievera
Female Concert Performer of the Year: Sarah Geronimo

Male Recording Artist of the Year: Piolo Pascual
Female Recording Artist of the Year: Sitti

Most Promising Male Singer: Gian Magdangal
Most Promising Female Singer: Aicelle Santos

Most Popular Recording Group: Bamboo
Most Promising Recording Group: Calla Lily
Most Popular Novelty Singer: Joey de Leon

Most Popular Loveteam of RP Movies & TV: Gerald Anderson & Kim Chiu

Most Popular Dance Group: EB Babes

Most Popular Male Child Performer: Makisig Morales
Most Popular Female Child Performer: Kiray Celis

Most Popular Film Producer: Star Cinema

Most Popular Screenwriter: Carmi Raymundo & Vanessa Valdez
Most Popular Film Director: Cathy Garcia Molina

Most Popular TV Program: Marimar
Most Popular TV Director/s: Joyce Bernal & Mac Alejandre

Special Awards
Phenomenal TV Star: Marian Rivera
All Time Box-Office King: Vic Sotto
King of Valentine Movies: Richard Gutierrez
Outstanding Achievement by a Female Recording Artist: Sharon Cuneta

MARIAN RIVERA is the Box Office Entertainment Award's Most Awarded Star

In the 38th Box Office Entertainment Awards ceremony hosted by the Guillermo Mendoza Scholarship Foundation, Inc., Marian Rivera went home with 3 awards: Most Promising Female Star Award, Face of the Night Award and the Phenomenal TV Star Award, making her the most-awarded star of the night.

When showbiz reporter asked how she feels getting 3 trophies in just one night “Ay, utang na loob ko itong lahat sa mga fans ko na nagsusuporta at tumutulong sa akin. Basta ako, iniaalay ko ang award ko sa lahat ng taong naniniwala at nagmamahal sa akin.”

And when asked about the possibility of winning the “Box-Office Queen” title next year, she said, “Ang hirap kasing magsabi na next year, ganito na ‘ko. Siguro kung ano lang ang ibinibigay sa akin. Sa ngayon, sobra-sobra ang ibinibigay sa akin ni Lord. At masaya ‘ko na maraming tao ang nagmamahal sa akin. Yun lang, masayang-masaya na ‘ko.”

GMA Films' Valentine offering "My Bestfriend's Girlfriend" which featured her tandem with Richard Gutierrez still remains the top-grossing movie so far and the only movie to surpass the PhP 100 million barrier from January 2008 to date.

On Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby poolside sweetness: "There is no factual basis for my article." - Lolit Solis

Talent manager-TV host-columnist Lolit Solis can now breathe a sigh of relief after the libel complaint lodged against her was withdrawn Wednesday afternoon following her apology to the two actors involved, a television news report said.

24 Oras’ Chika Minute reported that Lolit signed a retraction at the Manila Regional Trial court at around 6 p.m. Wednesday and formally apologized to the actors, Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby.

Solis' retraction states: There is no factual basis for my article, which came out on October 12, 2007. I am extremely sorry for dragging the names of Sam and Piolo. Sam, Piolo, I am sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I caused. Separate undertaking, no more talking about Sam and Piolo or this incident.

Pascual and Milby likewise withdrew their libel complaints against the well-known TV host.

The move happened just a week after the two visited the Justice Secretary to ask for fairness regarding the handling of the case.

Pascual and Milby, went to the office of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez on May 7 amid talks that columnist Lolit Solis had been bragging about her "connections" in the department.

On November 16, Pascual and Milby filed a P12-million libel suit against Solis in connection with an alleged malicious item in her column about the two actors.

The case was sparked by Solis' "Take It, Take It" - an apparent reference to the 1992 Metro Manila Film Festival scandal which also involved Solis - column last October 15.

In Solis' column, she said that she saw Pascual and Milby "whispering into each other's ears, with their cheeks touching," while having snacks at the poolside coffee shop of the Hotel Sofitel in Pasay City on October 12.

This was denied by Milby and Pascual who presented several witnesses who said that they were in different places at that time.

Solis and her co-accused Veronica Samio in the case, the former Pilipino Star Ngayon entertainment editor, have posted bail.

AMERICAN IDOL 7: Top 3 - Performance Night

First songs were chosen by the judges, second songs by the contestants and third songs by the producers. Paula Abdul chose David Archuleta’s, Randy Jackson chose Syehsa Mercado’s and Simon Cowell chose David Cook’s.

DAVID ARCHULETA
Billy Joel - ““And So It Goes” (Watch here)
Chris Brown - “With You” (Watch here)
Dan Fogelberg - “Longer” (Watch here)

SYESHA MERCADO
Alicia Keys - “If I Ain’t Got You” (Watch here)
Peggy Lee - “Fever” (Watch here)
Gia Farrel - “Hit Me Up” (Watch here)

DAVID COOK
Roberta Flack - “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (Watch here)
Switchfoot - “Dare You to Move” (Watch here)
Aerosmith - “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (Watch here)

Roxanne Guinoo in ABS-CBN's CATTLEYA

Cattleya is an upcoming ABS-CBN afternoon drama that is set to replace Prinsesa ng Banyera.

Roxanne Guinoo as Lea Alegro will play the lead role.

The plot of the story according to abs-cbnnews.com:

It begins in the 80s, a time considered to be the peak of horse race betting.

Lea is the daughter of a gambling man named Dennis, (Nonie Buencamino), and his wife Marilyn (Desiree del Valle). Marilyn is actually in love with Mon (Isko Moreno).

When Lea contracts dengue, Dennis finds out that his daughter’s blood type does not match his own nor that of Marilyn. This event triggers the changes in Lea’s life.

When her mother dies, Lea is left alone in a girls’ town. Lea blooms into a beautiful woman, and by herself she will search the truth about her life, her true love and her real self.

Lea’s decision to go back to the horse race track would be the start of her long and winding journey of many discoveries and revelations.

The cast includes Smokey Manaloto, Arlene Muhlach, Chokoleit, Sid Lucero, Carla Humphries, Erich Gonzales, Matteo Gaudicelli, Pen Medina, Marc Abaya and Ara Mina.

CHARICE PEMPENGCO meets OPRAH WINFREY

"My next young guest is an absolute sensation in the Philippines. I never heard her sing before but at the rehearsal last night my stage manager Dean says she was really something, right Dean?" said Oprah Winfrey on what she heard about Charice Pempengco. "Yes, really strong performer. Really strong and confident." testified by Dean.

"So let's take a look." Oprah, referring to a video representation of Charice.

As narrated:

[Charice Pempengco has been lighting up the stage in her home country in the Philippines since she was only 4 years old. Described as a diva in the making, this little songstress began her career competing in talent shows belting out hits from her favorite American singers Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. But it wasn’t until a stranger posted her jaw-dropping tv performance on Youtube that Charice became an internet singing sensation and kind of a household name. Within just 3 months, Charice’s international popularity skyrocketed. Her videos, raked up 13 million hits online. And last November, Charice was invited to guest on Star King, one of Korea’s most popular television shows. Her spectacular performance brought down the house. belting out hits from her favorite American singers.]

"Charice travelled 8,000 miles on a 15-hour flight to be here today. Singing 'I have nothing' by Whitney Houston. Please welcome 15-year old Charice Pempengco." as Oprah finally introduces Charice.

CAREGIVER Official Soundtrack and Full Trailer

Watch the Megastar Sharon Cuneta as she sing 'Paalam Na', the official theme song of the movie Caregiver:

Watch the Full Trailer of the movie Caregiver:

SHARON CUNETA's Mega Celebration on ASAP '08

30 years of Mega-Grandslam Best Actress Award
30 years of Mega-Platinum Hits
30 years of Mega-Concert Performances Around the World
30 years of Mega-Multimedia Entertainments
30 years of Unsurpass Mega Stardom
20 years as a Certified ABS-CBN Kapamilya

ASAP's finest salutes and honors a mega-inspiring artist by singing a mega-memorable song from her movies...as ASAP '08 Music Room presents...the Megastar Sharon Cuneta.

ASAP Balladeer Serenaded Sharon Cuneta on ASAP '08 Mothers Day Celebration