It's Showtime

**It's Showtime** is a Philippine noontime variety show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment that premiered on October 24, 2009. It's Showtime currently airs on pay television network Kapamilya Channel and is simulcast A2Z from Mondays to Saturdays. It also airs worldwide via TFC, and streamed online on Facebook and YouTube via Kapamilya Online Live. A primetime encore telecast also airs on Jeepney TV.

It's Showtime is the second live entertainment program in the Philippines to be broadcast in high-definition behind ASAP Natin 'To. The program is currently ABS-CBN's longest-running daily noontime variety show after surpassing the original run of MTB (1998–2005) in 2016.

## Overview

### Showtime! and Magpasikat (2009–2012)

Showtime premiered on October 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM, as a competition program, airing before the network's noontime shows, and served as the replacement of Pilipinas, Game Ka Na Ba? following its successful eight-year morning run. The original hosts include Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Kim Atienza, Jugs Jugueta, Teddy Corpuz, and Vice Ganda as the resident hurado (unevictable judge). In the third season, the show added former hurados Billy Crawford and Karylle as hosts.

In the first four seasons, Showtime's original competition format was that three groups, each made up of 2 to 25 members (with no age limit) perform a single performance, either a dance and/or song number. Before the performance, one group member is given 20 seconds to make an introduction before ending with the phrase "It's Showtime!". After the group's performance, the hurados, with the help of the studio audience, rate the group from 1 to 10. The group with the highest average score from the hurados wins the competition. The daily winner perform again to compete in the weekly finals. The winning weekly finalists advance to the monthly finals. The winning monthly finalists get the chance to complete in the grand finals. In the wildcard week, selected groups from the weekly and monthly finals are invited back to compete again for a slot in the grand finals.

Aside from the talent competition, Showtime also aired mini-segments that offer cash prizes to the studio audiences.

In October 2010, the show moved to the noontime slot, serving as the lead-in program for Pilipinas Win Na Win which was pushed back to an early afternoon timeslot. On February 12, 2011, the program returned to its original timeslot to give way for the premiere of Happy Yipee Yehey!

On January 28, 2012, Showtime aired a special episode to end its two-year morning competition format with an impartial farewell. It was later revealed that the program was preparing for a reformat to become a noontime variety show.

### It's Showtime (2012–2020)

It's Showtime premiered on February 6, 2012 on its new timeslot at 11:30 AM, replacing Happy Yipee Yehey! The program was previously simulcast on then-Studio 23 and CgeTV's website during the first months of the relaunch. It's Showtime brought back its original competition format as a special segment while launching new segments.

It retained all of its main hosts while adding Jhong Hilario, Ryan Bang, Coleen Garcia and Eric "Eruption" Tai. In January 2016, Amy Perez and Mariel Rodriguez joined the program as main hosts. The program also debuted its all-male dance group Hashtags and its all-female dance group GirlTrends. On February 14, 2017, new Hashtags members were introduced. In May 2017, Nadine Lustre and James Reid were added as main hosts.

In October 2018, It's Showtime launched its own YouTube channel Showtime Online Universe. Three digital programs premiered on the channel: And I Thank You with Miss Q & A segment grand winner Juliana Parizcova Segovia; Hashtag Roadtrip with the Hashtag members; and Donna What To Do with Funny One segment season two grand winner Donna Cariaga. The Showtime Online Universe received a Silver Creator Award after getting 100,000 channel subscribers in January 2019.

Before 2019 ends, former It's Showtime hosts Crawford, Garcia, Tai, Reid, Lustre, Marquez, and Atienza left. Tai was fired due to his extreme addiction in video games.

### Second decade (2020–present)

On March 10, 2020, It's Showtime temporarily disallowed admission of live audience members following the government's declaration of a state public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. On March 15, 2020, the show's production was temporarily suspended in compliance with the government's declaration of a community quarantine in Metro Manila to curb the spread of COVID-19. It's Showtime aired a mix of episode replays and live episodes via Zoom. On April 29, 2020, the program's timeslot was shortened as part of the network's programming changes.

On May 5, 2020, It's Showtime, along with other ABS-CBN programs, stopped its broadcast operations following the National Telecommunications Commission's issuance of a cease and desist order to ABS-CBN's free to air stations due to the expiration of the network's 25-year franchise.

On June 13, 2020, the show resumed its broadcast with a shortened 150-minute timeslot on pay television network Kapamilya Channel which is owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. The show's "Kuya Escort" Ion Perez and "Ate Girl" Jacquie Gonzaga become the show's main host. It is also simulcast on Jeepney TV and streamed online on Facebook and YouTube via Showtime Online Ü and Kapamilya Online Live.

On July 13, 2020, following an employee working at ABS-CBN testing positive for COVID-19, It's Showtime and Magandang Buhay temporarily suspended live airings and aired replays. Also, the same instance later happened again when a Modified Enhanced community quarantine was temporarily reimposed in Luzon and again with the sudden surge of coronavirus cases in portions of Luzon on March 18, 2021.

On September 28, 2020, Kim Chiu officially joined It's Showtime as a main host, after being a guest host in the previous years.

On October 10, 2020, It's Showtime celebrated its return to free TV via A2Z Channel 11 under a blocktime agreement between ABS-CBN and religious broadcaster, ZOE Broadcasting Network.

In 2021, Bobet Vidanes leaves as show director of It's Showtime for almost 10 years.

On March 16, 2021, Vice Ganda announced at It's Showtime's segment Tawag ng Tanghalan that the show will move to a new studio at ABS-CBN Soundstage at San Jose del Monte, Bulacan soon.

From March 18 to April 10, 2021, It's Showtime temporarily suspended their live productions due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Greater Manila Area. The show resumed new episodes on April 12, 2021, airing three pre-taped episodes before resuming their live episodes on April 15, 2021.

On April 12, 2021, Jhong Hilario temporarily left the show to take care of his wife and newborn baby.

On May 29, 2021, following the launching of the show's new segment "ReINA Ng Tahanan"; the program has been co-directed by John Prats

On August 7, 2021, It's Showtime temporarily moved its studio to Hilton Clark Sun Valley Resort in Pampanga due to enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, until August 21, 2021.

## Merchandise

A self-debut album composed of five music tracks featuring the Showtime Hosts.

* "Hari Ng Dance Floor"  – Vhong Navarro

* "Magpasikat" – Teddy Corpuz

* "Madlang People"  – DJ M.O.D.

* "Showtime Theme"  – Showtime Cast

* "We'll Get There"  – Anne Curtis

* "Showtime Theme (NEW) – Showtime Cast

later the Anniversary albums just dropped.

1st Anniversary

* "Hari Ng Dance Floor"  – Vhong Navarro

* "Magpasikat" – Teddy Corpuz

* "We'll Get There"  – Anne Curtis

2nd Anniversary

* "Shutdown" – Karylle

* "Magpasikat (NEW) – Teddy Corpuz

and more anniversarys to come.

## Logos

### January 11–16, 2010

Magpasikat was the temporary replacement of Showtime when it was suspended.

### Teaser logo

The logo is only uesd every 2012 teasers and 2020's kapamilya channel teasers, Used in Tawag ng Tanghalan sa Showtime logos.