PHILIPPINE AZKALS : AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST NEPAL TO BE TELECAST LIVE BY ABS-CBN SPORTS+ACTION

After several away games of our Philippine Men's National Football Team - the Philippine Azkals - not being broadcasted live in Philippine TV, ABS-CBN will again broadcast the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier game live.

The Azkals will be up against Nepal on November 14 next week. Broadcast will be live both in TV and in livestream at 4:15pm Manlia time. A win in this match means we will qualify already to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

This is confirmed in this tweet in the Azkal's Twitter page:

One Blood, One Team! Witness the Azkals’ historic game against Nepal on ABS-CBN Sports and Action! The game will be aired on November 14th, 4:15PM — LIVE on S+A, S+A HD, and on livestream! Stay tuned to our social media accounts for updates #BangisNgAzkals #FightAsOne ⚽🇵🇭🐺 pic.twitter.com/EEh9ksG8cX

— The Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) November 10, 2017

In their first meeting, the Azkals won over Nepal, 4-1 with goals from Phil Younghusband, Iain Ramsay and Javier Patino. After this, the last game of the Azkals will be on March 27, 2018 against Tajikistan to end the 3rd round of qualifications. Only the top 2 teams per group will advance.

If we advance, this will be the first time that the Philippines will qualify in the Asian Cup.

Good luck Azkals! Get that win!

ABS CBN CHRISTMAS STATION ID : JUST LOVE RECORDING VIDEO RELEASED

The much awaited Christmas station ID song of ABS-CBN (recording version) has been released earlier today in the YouTube channel of ABS-CBN Entertainment which you can see below:

Spread the love this Christmas! Can't wait for the actual music video!

PINOY BIG BROTHER : WILL NEW SEASON BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK?

Will Pinoy Big Brother announce a new season this week? Your guess is as good as mine.

The PBB Lucky Season 7 finale aired last March 2017 and after 7 months off the air, a teaser was posted on the show's official Facebook page saying that there will be a big announcement with in the week. This is the typical teaser that they post before they announce audition dates for a new season.

Here is the teaser posted:

Let's wait and see!

THE VOICE TEENS PHILIPPINES : JONA IS THE FIRST THE VOICE TEENS PH GRAND CHAMPION

Congratulations to Jona Soquite of Team Sarah for being the 1st grand champion of The Voice Teens Philippines!

1st ever The Voice Teens Philippines Grand Champion, JONA SOQUITE! Team Sarah is Back!!! Congrats JONA & Coach Sarah! #VoiceTeensChampion 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ZgLHdLL7vG

— The Voice Teens PH (@thevoiceteensph) July 30, 2017

Jona bested Mika Becerro of Team Lea, Isabella Vinzon of Team Bamboo and Jeremy Glinoga of Team Sharon. Voting is as follows as posted in The Voice Teens PH Twitter account.

#VoiceTeensChampion tabulation of scores: pic.twitter.com/AQ1kvzHuRQ

— The Voice Teens PH (@thevoiceteensph) July 30, 2017

This is Team Sarah's third win, after Lyca Gairanod in The Voice Kids Season 1 and Jason Dy in The Voice Season 2

Again, congratulations Jona!

PINOY BIG BROTHER LUCKY SEASON 7 : FOUR FEMALE TEEN HOUSEMATES REVEALED

After revealing 3 housemates last Wednesday, four new female teen housemates was revealed yesterday in 3 Kapamilya shows - one in It's Showtime, 2 in TV Patrol and 1 more in Tonight with Boy Abunda.

Some of the current celebrity housemates that are in the PBB House will be exiting from the house tonight. Only Jinri Park, who won the Lucky Star thru two challenges and the one that will be voted by the public will be left inside the house when these new set of housemates enter the house tomorrow.

The new teen housemates revealed yesterday includes a ballroom dancer from Bohol, teens who went viral - Badjao girl and Yakult girl and a local Bicolana beauty queen.

The new teen housemates as posted in the Pinoy Big Brother official Twitter account are :

Let's welcome our Ballroom Baby ng Bohol, Fenech Veloso!!! #PBBLuckyReveal pic.twitter.com/QMWBHR6GN4

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 4, 2016

Lets welcome, Ang Badjao Girl ng Lucena, Rita Gaviola! #PBBLuckyBigJump pic.twitter.com/Hh80ukebXY

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 4, 2016

Let's welcome, Ang Sporty Spice ng Biñan, Kristine Hammond! #PBBLuckyBigJump pic.twitter.com/01B2LYBMhK

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 4, 2016

Lets welcome ang Miracle Daughter ng Masbate, Kisses Delavin! #PBBLuckyReveal pic.twitter.com/TXWYubTf2q

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 4, 2016

Good luck girls! Hope this will be a good season.

PINOY BIG BROTHER LUCKY SEASON 7 : 3 TEEN HOUSEMATES REVEALED

After the celebrity housemates entered the Pinoy Big Brother house last Saturday, it was revealed that the next batch of housemates that will enter will be the new teen housemates. The teen housemates will enter the PBB house on Saturday, August 6, 2016.

Three new teen housemates were revealed today - one in It's Showtime, one in TV Patrol and the last one in Today with Boy Abunda. The first 2 revealed teen housemates also guested in the PBB Online show hosted by Bianca Gonzales, Robi Domingo and Darla Sauler.

Here are the three teen housemates that was revealed, pictures posted in the official Twitter account of Pinoy Big Brother

The First Teen Housemate! Edward Barber, Ang Cheerful Charmer ng Germany! #PBBLuckyReveal pic.twitter.com/b0QqKGuZpG

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 3, 2016

Let's welcome ang Pag-a-son ng Angkan ng Zamboanga, Yong!!! #PBBGameOfThrows pic.twitter.com/45toiSSM7z

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 3, 2016

Let's welcome ang Go Getter Girl ng Bohol, Vivoree Esclito!!! #TWBAPBBTeens pic.twitter.com/KWHgu4QzG1

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) August 3, 2016

Really excited this season. Can't wait for Saturday to meet all the housemates.

WE LOVE OPM : TRES KANTOS IS DECLARED AS THE FIRST GRAND CHAMPION

The group Tres Kantos, mentored by the first Star in a Million grand winner Eric Santos, was declared as the first grand champion of the reality singing show We Love OPM during its grand sing off at the Resorts World Manila last Sunday.

The team composed of the first Pilipinas Got Talent champion Jovit Baldivino, Pinoy Dream Academy season 2 runner up Bugoy Drilon and It's Showtime Tawag ng Tanghalan Q1 finalist Dominador "Daddy D" Aviola.

In the grand sing off, the group performed their own version of the OPM legend Ryan Cayabyab's "Nais Ko". Here is their performance as posted in ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel :

They got a combined icon and audience score and text votes score of 80.45%. They bested 2nd placer Oh My Girls (Ylona Garcia, Alexa Ilacad and Krissha Viaje; mentored by Yeng Constantino - 58.27%) and 3rd placer O Diva (Liezel Garcia, Emmanuelle de Vera and Klarisse de Guzman; mentored by KZ Tandingan - 57.78%).

Congratulations Tres Kantos!

PINOY BIG BROTHER : ALL CELEBRITY HOUSEMATES REVEALED

All the 8 celebrity housemates that will participate in Pinoy Big Brother Lucky Season 7 has been revealed after the remaining housemates was named in TV Patrol last night.

The housemates includes members of a boy group, a young dancer / actress, a Korean star, a teen singer, a hunk model, a comedian, a radio jock and a teen commercial model.

The new celebrities housemates are:

1. Hashtags McCoy de Leon and Nikko Natividad - 2-in-1 housemates  (revealed in It's Showtime - July 2)

Let's welcome our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, Mccoy!!! #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 2, 2016 at 3:40am PDT

Let's welcome our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, Nikko!!! #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 2, 2016 at 3:42am PDT

2. The Voice Kids Season 1 finalist JK Labajo (revealed in ASAP on July 3)

LET'S WELCOME OUR LUCKY CELEBRITY HOUSEMATE, JK LABAJO!!! #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 3, 2016 at 1:28am PDT

3. Dancer / Actress Yassi Pressman (revealed in TV Patrol on July 4)

Our 4th LUCKY Celebrity Housemate, Ang Dance Floor Dreamgirl ng Antipolo, YASSI #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 4, 2016 at 5:30am PDT

4. Korean celebrity Jinri Park (revealed in TV Patrol on July 4)

Our 5th LUCKY Celebrity Housemate, Ang K-Hot Covergirl ng South Korea, JINRI PARK #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 4, 2016 at 5:28am PDT

5. Hunk Model Hideo Muraoka (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

Our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, ang Hunky Daddy ng Taguig, Hideo Muraoka! #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:08am PDT

6. It's Showtime My Funny One finalist and comedian Nonong Ballinan

Our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, ang Kanto Komikero ng Quezon City, Nonong Ballinan! #PBBLuckyReveal #PBBSeason7

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:11am PDT

7. Commercial model Elisse Joson (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

Our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, ang Hugot Babe ng Mandaluyong, Elisse Joson! #PBBLuckyReveal #PBBSeason7

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:13am PDT

8. Radio jock DJ Chacha (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

Our Lucky Celebrity Housemate, ang Bibig ng Pag-ibig ng Tondo, DJ Chacha! #PBBLuckyReveal #PBBSeason7

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:15am PDT

It was also revealed that this set of celebrity housemates will initially stay at the Big Brother house in Vietnam. As of the writing, 5 out of the 8 housemates are already in Vietnam - McCoy & Nikko, Yassi, Jinri, JK and Hideo.

Yes! You heard it right! Pinoy Big Brother LUCKY Season 7 in VIETNAM!!! This is the first time in the history of Pinoy Big Brother that we're housing the Housemates in another country #PBBLuckyReveal

A photo posted by PINOY BIG BROTHER 🏠 (@pbbabscbn) on Jul 5, 2016 at 6:22am PDT

The show will premiere on July 11 in Primetime Bida, replacing Jane the Virgin.

All images are from the PBB official Instagram account.

PINOY BIG BROTHER : PBB LUCKY 7 PREMIERE DATE REVEALED

The premiere date of the seventh season of the hit reality show Pinoy Big Brother was revealed tonight. Dubbed as Pinoy Big Brother Lucky 7, the show will premiere on July 11. This is the first time that the show will premiere on a weekday - on a Monday to be exact.

It was also revealed that Big Brother will also reveal some twists this weekend - during It's Showtime on Saturday and ASAP on Sunday.

Here is the video as posted on the official Twitter page of Pinoy Big Brother :

The biggest and longest-running reality show is back! See you on July 11 sa Primetime Bida 🙌🏼 #PBBSeason7 pic.twitter.com/fyv5xWkSO1

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) July 1, 2016

I am really excited that PBB will be back soon since it has already been 8 months since the Big Night of PBB 737. This will definitely be a nightly habit again for the PBB fans.

PINOY BIG BROTHER : PBB LUCKY 7 WILL PREMIERE IN JULY

The seventh season of the hit reality show Pinoy Big Brother is revealed to premiere in July. Now dubbed as Pinoy Big Brother Lucky 7, the premiere date was revealed during a commercial gap during the Primetime Bida show Ang Probinsyano.

The show will still be hosted by the trio of Toni Gonzaga - Soriano, Bianca Gonzales - Intal and Mariel Rodriguez - Padilla witrh Robi Domingo coming back as well for the new season.

The auditions ended last Sunday, both the on ground and online auditions.

Here are excerpts from the video shown tonight as posted in PBB's official Twitter account :

We're sooooo back!!! Kita-kits this July #PBBSeason7 pic.twitter.com/9HHeQRGd0N

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 29, 2016

The gang is back!!! @PBBToniG @iamsuperbianca @marieltpadilla @robertmarion #PBBSeason7 pic.twitter.com/w5ezqrJq6o

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 29, 2016

Here is the longer version uploaded in PBB's official Facebook page :

PINOY BIG BROTHER : NEW LOGO REVEALED FOR SEASON 7

The new logo for the seventh season of reality show Pinoy Big Brother has been revealed in a new post in its official Twitter page :

A brand new look for a brand new season! 😎 #PBBSeason7 pic.twitter.com/2nOsZQzQMK

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 27, 2016

The new logo is more sophisticated as compared to the previous logo. The yellow color on the word "PINOY" and the house emphasizes that this is a show about a Filipino house and the yellow really pops out on the dark blue background. I also like the red circles on the holes of the "g" and "o". But the black and white eye is quite Caucasian looking.

ABS-CBN REVEALS UPCOMING REALITY SHOW LINE UP

ABS-CBN reveals its upcoming line up of reality shows on this video shown during the finale of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5 last weekend :

PART 1: Ipanalo ang talento, ang kwentong puno ng inspirasyon, at ang pangarap para sa pamilya! #PBBAuditions pic.twitter.com/igdRu1oHxU

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) May 22, 2016

First to premiere will be The Voice Kids Season 3. The show will premiere on Saturday, May 28. This new season will look for new kid singers that will follow Lyka, season 1 winner and Elha, season 2 winner. It will be hosted by Robi Domingo, Luis Manzano and the new host, Kim Chiu. Mentors for this season will be Lea Salonga, Bamboo and new mentor, the Superstar, Ms Sharon Cuneta. The show started taping last week.

Auditions for the new season of Pinoy Big Brother is already in full swing. They are now looking for regular and teen housemates for its 7th season. It will be another season to look forward to, knowing the creativity of the staff, making each season very unique as compared to the previous seasons.

A new show will also be launched soon. La Banda, a talent show that aims to find the next Filipino boy band. This is another local adaptation of a reality show of the same title in the US. La Banda, which translates to The Band, is a reality show from Univision and was created by Simon Cowell and produced by Ricky Martin. In the US version, the top 12 contestants advances to the live shows but only the top 5 singers will form the new boyband. The first winner was the boy band CNCO, and here is a brief video on the show's last episode :

It was also shown that there will be auditions for Dance Kids Season 2 and Star Circle Kid Quest which will also come back after 5 years. 

SHAKEYS V-LEAGUE NOW TO BE AIRED BY ABS-CBN SPORTS AND ACTION

Shakey's V-League will now be aired by ABS-CBN Sports + Action starting with this upcoming season.

The league was previously being televised by the rival station's sister channel - GMA News TV. Unfortunately, not all games were broadcasted live. Only 1 game is shown live and the other games were shown on a delayed basis.

With the new partnership, games are reported to be shown live. Double header games are scheduled every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. First game will be at 4pm and the 2nd game will be at 6:30pm. Games will be broadcasted both on the free TV channel (Channel 23) and the HD channel in cable TV. Live stream will also be availablr in the ABS-CBN sports website.

For this season, 8 teams will be vying for the championship, namely Pocari Sweat, Bali Pure, Philippine Air Force, college teams NU and UP and provincial teams Baguio, Iriga and Laoag.

Games will start on Saturday, May 28. Here is the initial schedule as posted in the Shakey's V-League Facebook page :

PILIPINAS GOT TALENT : POWER DUO WINS PILIPINAS GOT TALENT SEASON 5

Finally, after singers dominated the first 4 seasons of the show, Pilipinas Got Talent finally crown a dance act as its grand winner.

Power Duo, an interpretative dance act from Rizal, beat 11 other acts and was crowned the winner. The real life couple Anjanette and Gervin won 2 million pesos as winners of the talent show. They were also the golden buzzer act of one of the show's new judge, Robin Padilla.

In fact, there is no singers in the top 3. The dance duo edged out fellow contestants magician Ody Sto. Domingo and fire act Amazing Pyra to win the title.

Here is the video of their winning performance from the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel :

Other finalists include dance groups Crossover Family, Mastermind and Power Impact; singers Kurt Espiritu and Next Option, kid band The Chosen Ones, acrobat act Dino Splendid Acrobat and Sto. Domingo Bulilit Generation, motorcycle exhibition act UA Mindanao.

The winner was decided via the combined scores from the judges, text and Google votes.

ABS-CBN APOLOGIZES TO UPLB

Last week, Vice President Jejomar Binay agreed to speak in front of the students of University of the Philippines Los Banos about political transparency and social transformation in the Philippines. Things got more interesting during the open forum where the students did not hesitate to ask questions to the presidentiable, as seen in this video from Rappler's YouTube Channel :

Apparently, at the start of the discussion, students shouted "Sample! Sample!" since this portion came after an intermission number. ABS-CBN reported in its website that the students shouted "Trapo! Trapo!" which means traditional politician in local political lingo. This prompted some netizens to react negatively to the students of UPLB.

The UPLB University Student Council released in its Facebook page an open letter to the news agency, demanded a public apology by wrongly accussing the studentry of such action :

I really applaud this act of UPLB USC for standing for the students against irresponsible journalism. This prompted students and alumni of the university to take the fight to social media, sharing the post more than 7,000 times.

The hashtag #ABSCBNSaySorryToUPLB trended in Twitter in the afternoon as well, just behind the hashtags used by Eat Bulaga and It's Showtime.

After several hours, ABS-CBN News posted an apology in its website and shared it in its Twitter account:

.@ABSCBNNews apologizes over mistake on UP Los Baños report http://t.co/LSlhPhyea2 pic.twitter.com/Hdhs1gvtBu

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 19, 2015

In its website, the following statement was posted :

I also applaud ABS-CBN News for giving the apology. I really hope that this incident has taught all news sites to gear towards responsible and accurate journalism.

YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR : ERIC NICOLAS WINS WEEK 1

The second season of the hit talent show Your Face Sounds Familiar premiered on a very good note last week. All celebrity ka-familiars delivered on their first performances.

But in the end it was comedian Eric Nicolas who won the nod of the judges and his fellow contestants. His portrayal of host Willie Revillame was really spot on, and from a far, he really looks like the comedian. He placed first with 42 points, a big 15 points ahead of 2nd placer Sam Concepcion.

Here is his performance from ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube Channel :

The other celebrities who performed were Sam Concepcion as Eminem, Myrtle Sarrosa as Sandara Park, KZ Tandingan as Vina Morales, Kakai Bautista as Sia, Denise Laurel as Jennifer Lopez, Michael Pangilinan as George Michael and Kean Cipriano as Harry Styles of One Direction.

YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR : NEW SET OF CELEBRITY REVEALED

The new set of celebrity contestants for the 2nd season of the hit show Your Face Sounds Familiar has been finally revealed.

The show will be back in September, replacing The Voice Kids which will have it's finale tonight, and will be hosted again by Billy Crawford with his new co-host, season 1 winner Melai Cantiveros. Judges Gary Valenciano, Jed Madela and Sharon Cuneta will also be back this season.

In a post from the show's official Instagram account, the new batch of celebrities includes:

The Harana Prince - Michael Pangilinan
The Playful Angel - Myrtle Sarrosa
The Dental Diva - Kakai Bautista
The Rebel Rock Royalty - Kean Cipriano
The Sultry Heiress - Denise Laurel
Ang Komikero ng Masa - Eric Nicolas
The Absolute Performer - Sam Concepcion
The Soul Supreme - KZ Tandingan

Here is their group photo from Instagram :

Handa ka na bang makita mag-perform ang 8 celebrity performers ng #YFSFNewSeason? #YourFaceSoundsFamiliar #TVK2Finale

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Aug 29, 2015 at 6:50am PDT

YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR : MELAI RETURNS IN SEASON 2 AS CO-HOST

Your Face Sounds Familiar season 1 champion Melai Cantiveros will return in season 2, not as a judge but as the new co-host alongside season 1 host Billy Crawford.

The second season will start in September and might be the show that will replace talent show The Voice Kids Philippines season 2 which will have their grand finals this weekend.

This was revealed in a series of video teasers shown this weekend and was also posted in the show's Instagram account:

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Aug 23, 2015 at 12:25am PDT

YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR : MELAI CANTIVEROS IS THE FIRST GRAND WINNER

PBB Double Up Big Winner Melai Cantiveros has been declared the first grand winner of the localized version of the talent show Your Face Sounds Familiar. The results of the voting was announced during the grand finale last Sunday at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Casino.

Melai got 51.39% of the public text votes. She was able to edge out 2nd placer Nyoy Volante (24.51%), 3rd place Jay-R (16.1%) and 4th placer Edgar Allan Guzman (7.47%).

Here are the winners as posted in the show's official Instagram page :

Congratulations MELAI! Ikaw ang #YFSFGrandWinner!

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Jun 7, 2015 at 7:30am PDT

Congratulations @nyoyvolante! #2ndplacer #YSFSGrandWinner

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Jun 7, 2015 at 7:29am PDT

Congratulations Jay R! #3rdplacer #YSFSGrandWinner

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Jun 7, 2015 at 7:17am PDT

Congratulations EA! #4thplacer #YFSFGrandWinner

A photo posted by Your Face Sounds Familiar PH (@yourfaceph) on Jun 7, 2015 at 7:15am PDT

PINOY BIG BROTHER : ANOTHER 4 HOUSEMATES REVEALED

Pinoy Big Brother released teasers revealing 4 more housemates in their official Twitter account. There is one global housemate, 2 from Visayas and 1 from Luzon. Here are the teasers released in Twitter:

First up, we've got another Global Housemate 🙌🏼 #PBB737 pic.twitter.com/5mI9NTqbvI

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 6, 2015

We've got a sweet girl from Luzon 🙋🏻 #PBB737 pic.twitter.com/l6gqGTyoI0

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 6, 2015

Umiyak sa sobrang tuwa nung nalaman niya na confirmed housemate siya! Visayas represent 🙌🏼 #PBB737 pic.twitter.com/UoADX8YymP

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 6, 2015

We've got another confirmed housemate from the Visayas 🙌🏼 #PBB737 pic.twitter.com/pDGTqJhGiW

— Pinoy Big Brother (@PBBabscbn) June 7, 2015

It was also revealed that the show will start on June 20. 

Super excited to watch this new season!