Wowowee

***Wowowee*** is a Philippine noon time variety show that was aired by ABS-CBN from 2005 to 2010. The show premiered on February 5, 2005 and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show officially ended on July 30, 2010 and was replaced by Everyday Live! the next day. After Wowowillie's premiere, Everyday Live's timeslot was changed to 3pm to 4pm. Everyday Live! concluded on December 31, 2010.

## Cast

### Co-hosts

* Mariel Rodriguez (2006–2010)
* Valerie Concepcion (2007–2010)
* Pokwang (2007–2010)
* RR Enriquez (2008–2010)
* Jed Montero (2010)
* Kelly Misa (2010)

### Former co-hosts

* Iya Villania (2005–2006)
* Kat Alano (2005–2006)
* Janelle Jamer (2005–2007)
* Cheena Crab (2005–2007)
* Roxanne Guinoo (2007)
* Janna Dominguez (2007–2008)
* Precious Lara Quigaman (2007–2008)
* Carmen Soo (2010)
* Isabelle Abiera (2010)

### Featuring

* Wowowee Dancers (*Formerly ASF Dancers*) (2005–2010)
* Kembot Girls (2010)
* ASF Boys (2005–2010)
* Wowowee Girls (2005)
* Bentong (2005–2010)
* Luningning (2008–2010)
* Saicy Aguila (2008-2010)
* Mariana del Rio (2008–2009)
* Priscilla Meirelles (2008–2009)
* Ariana Barouk (2008–2009)
* Sandra Seifert (2008–2009)
* Nina Jose (2008–2009)
* Owen Ercia (Jimmy Santol) (2005–2010)
* DJ Coki (2007–2010)
* DJ Mod (2005-2007; 2010)

## Segments

### Hep, Hep, Hooray

In this segment of the show, the audience is prepared to dance to one of Willie Revillame's hit songs. This opening song number is the theme tune for the choosing of the ten random audience members, the audience is warmed up for the public displays of talent, where Willie and his co-hosts will draw from the audience, from different sections including the TFC subscribers to dance the song in an entertaining way.

The objective of the game is to repeat the words "Hep Hep" and "Hooray". A co-host puts the microphone in front of a contestant's face and they are supposed to say "Hep Hep" while clapping their hands together below their waist, then another co-host will put the microphone to another contestant's face and they are to finish the cheer with saying "Hooray" and raising their hands in the air. If a contestant makes a mistake, they are out of the game, but they win PHP500 and a gift pack from Rexona as a consolation prize. This is a last person standing game. The one who lasts the longest wins.

Since *Cash Bukas*, the old bonus round for the game has moved on to *Willie of Fortune*, new rules were written on its relaunch. The final person standing goes for the final round, where the contestant can duel against one of the three "Amazonas": April, Lovely, and Aiko. During the duel, same rules apply repeating the words "Hep" "Hep" "Hooray". The contestant's goal is to beat the "Amazona" to win the jackpot, which always starts at PHP2,000. Every day the jackpot is not won, another PHP2,000 is added to it. On January 25, 2010, Jana was removed as an Amazona due to losing three times; April replaced her. A new batch of Amazonas were introduced on March 8 of the same year, referred to the hosts as "Amazunas". A new name to "Amazunas" was introduced last April 10: the "Dragon Ladies". Beginning July 5, the "Dragon Ladies" portion was removed, and the last person standing automatically wins P2,000 from Rexona.

On July 26, a new format called the *Pair Factor* was introduced. The twenty random audience members choose a partner to play with. The rules still mainly stay the same, however, they must both clap with "Hep" "Hep", and raise their hands with "Hooray". There are two groups consisting of five pairs each playing in their own group. The winner of rounds one and two will advance to the final round competing against each other. The last pair standing wins P2,000 from Rexona.

### Willie of Fortune

Six people selected earlier through "themed" auditions compete in pairs in rounds of *Willie of Fortune*. The in-house keyboardist plays a portion of a song, and the first person to name the song correctly wins one point. If the player can correctly sing the exact lyrics from that portion of the song, they will receive the second point. Two points are required to win the round and get to round two. In this round, the three remaining players go to a knock out question. One song will be played, and whoever can buzz in the correct song title first wins PHP500 and advances to the jackpot round, *Cash Bukas*.

Every Saturday, celebrity teams play against each other. Same gameplay rules used in the weekday version exists. However, the team who gets to five points first wins, and goes straight to the jackpot round, *Cash Bukas*.

### Cash Bukas

In the *Cash Bukas* segment, the winner of *Willie of Fortune* (previously the player is taken from *Hep, Hep, Hooray*) gets to play for four prizes. 10 trays are available for the player to select, while the player only selects three to play with. Next, the player must choose only one tray. The player is offered increasing amounts of cash until the player takes the offer, or keeps playing to open the tray. The trays offered in the game follows:

* 1: PHP100,000
* 1: PHP500,000
* 1: Grand Pasada Showcase (Sinski Maton)
* 1: PHP1,000,000
* 6: Cheap prizes (e.g., sandals, salted egg, noisemakers, etc.)

### Tic Tac to Win

*Tic Tac to Win* is a game that premiered in January 2009, with a format similar to past "end-games" in the show, including its predecessor, *Want More, No More*. Beginning on February 6 of the same year, the game played on a recurring basis.

### Wow! Wow! Win! sa Wowowee!

All the home viewers must do is answer a question correctly, with the provided possible answer containing 5 letters or less. If the home contestant texts in and answers correctly, one random viewer will receive PHP1,000.

### Bigat 10

Ten random audience members are chosen to play on round three of *Willie of Fortune*. Willie then chooses one of them (now two at a time) to come up on stage. Willie asks a question and if the contestant answers correctly, the Bigat 10's are eliminated for good. However, if the Bigat 10's answer correctly, the contestant wins PHP500 - that is subtracted from the total winnings from the contestant which was rewarded to him/her prior to the game.

## Controversies

### PhilSports Stadium stampede

On February 4, 2006, while Willie was hosting *Wowowee*, the PhilSports Arena stampede occurred.

### Hello Pappy controversy

During the August 20, 2007, episode of the ABS-CBN program *Wowowee*, a contestant named Weng participated in the "Wilyonaryo" segment of the show. In the earlier rounds, she had won ₱1,500. For the jackpot portion of the game, out of the twelve "wheels" used in the game, she was randomly given a white-colored wheel. Weng now had to choose between two big prizes: the ₱10,000 that *Wowowee* host Willie Revillame was offering her, or whatever was inside the white wheel, which, according to the rules, could be a jackpot prize of ₱200,000 (US$97,000), a jackpot prize of ₱100,000 (US$48,500), a jackpot prize of ₱50,000 (US$24,000), a house and lot, or nothing at all (which would be signified by the numeral zero).

At first, Weng decided to go with what was inside the white wheel. However, after being prodded by the hosts to take the money instead, she decided to forgo the possible jackpot prize revealed in the white wheel and instead take home the ₱10,000 for this round, plus the ₱1,500 from an earlier round. After this, Revillame pulled a dark film from the window embedded in the wheel to reveal what prize the contestant had lost by choosing to take home the ₱15,000. Pulling the dark film revealed the numeral zero. This meant that if she had chosen the white wheel instead, she would have gone home with only ₱1,500.

After the decision, Revillame went on to reveal where the other prizes—the ₱200,000 cash prize, the ₱100,000 cash prize, the ₱50,000 cash prize, and the house and lot—were hidden. He said that the symbol for the ₱200,000 cash prize—the numeral "2"—was in the window of the violet wheel. Revillame was handed the violet wheel and he reached behind it, supposedly to pull the dark film in order to reveal the numeral "2." However, when he pulled the film, the numeral "0" appeared instead. Revillame appeared to fiddle with the back of the wheel and then he pulled out two films: one dark film (supposedly the "cover" film) and another film bearing the numeral "2". As he held those two films in his hand, the numeral "0" was still visible in the window of the violet wheel.

The scandal grew after Joey de Leon, one of the hosts of *Eat Bulaga!*—a rival variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN—began making comments about the incident, ending an edition of his *Manila Bulletin* entertainment column with the statement, "Teasing is not bad. Cheating is ... on TV."

On the August 29, 2007, episode of *Wowowee*, Revillame apologizes for the controversy.

## Ratings

During its past 5 years, Wowowee became one of *Eat Bulaga!* and *Magandang Tanghali Bayan*'s biggest opponent. According to TNS National TV Ratings, Wowowee was consistent in hitting the 20% mark. It even hits the 30% mark if the show had special occasions. Example of this is the comeback of Willie Revillame on the show after its 1-month suspension. It rated 34.3% against *Eat Bulaga!*'s 22.5% and *Magandang Tanghali Bayan*'s 19.4%.