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shalani soledad gives a mousey performance on Willing Willie tv show debut
last night, shalani soledad today’s most popular “ex” went on tv for the first as co-host of willie revillame’s “willing willie” tv show on abc5. don’t know about you, but we almost fell asleep every time shalani appeared on tv to “perform”. it took a lot of self-control for us not to click the remote control to change channel. we had to force ourselves not to change channels.
shalani’s performance as a tv host was, well a non-performance. her whole performance was mousey, like a mouse squeaking away her lines making us wonder if something was wrong with the volume control on our tv or if they forgot to give shalani a microphone. we had to strain our ears to be able to hear what she was saying.
it was not just the volume, it was most of all her performance as a host. game show hosts are the loud and lively types. like a barker and as pokwang of wowowee, willie revillame’s co-host in the tv program where revillame came from. they need “energy”.
the energy of a game show host was something shalani did not at all have. not having energy in a game show is a very dangerous thing. you can have everyone falling asleep and lose interest on what is happening on screen.
shalani was so mousey that we thought it affected willie revillame. with a co-host delivering her lines almost in monotony and unnoticed, he had to dial down his own energy. it was not his usual performance and it made sense. if he continued his usual energetic hosting, the difference between him and shalani would have been magnified.
shalani on screen as always was beautiful. but that was the only thing she brought to the screen, nothing more. there was no chemistry with willie revillame and not real banter between them. it felt like revillame was talking to himself. they could have removed shalani from the set and it would have not made any difference. in fact we think had revillame hosted by himself, the show would have been better.
we doubt if shalani has a future on tv. minus 3 stars on shalani soledad.
cebu pacific’s flight attendants – entertainers or safety professionals?
this video as of this writing as gotten 6 million hits at youtube which makes it a viral success. from a marketing standpoint, that is a good thing. althought cebu pacific had no hand in posting it at youtube, a passenger did, it can still do something in advertising to exploit its success (read more here: http://the-wawam-file.blogspot.com/2010/10/cebu-pacifics-dancing-flight-stewardess.html).
over and above the marketing opportunity, there are other questions that need to be answered. one question is – what does the dancing do to the profession called flight stewardess?
PAL’s labor union for flight attendants disagrees with this video as they say it evokes the negative stereotypes FAs have. this one according to them is inconsistent with the FAs key role in the flight as the “safety professional”. after seeing your FA do this dance, will you be able to take the same flight attendant seriously when she asks you to take a seat, brace and prepare for a crash landing?
what the dancing does is that it adds a third function to the duties of flight attendants – they are already the safety professional and the waitress, this one adds a third, the entertainer.
to be fair, cebu pacific flight attendants from the very start has done some form of entertainment. when cebu pacific was launched, they were the emcees in the parlor games that they conducted among passengers at the start of the flight. we have not witnessed it our self but we have heard there was a time when they even had some kind of a karaoke show as well.
it was shocking that the flight attendant conducts these parlor games during the flight. we really felt embarrassed for the flight attendants. we thought it cheapened the image of the flight attendant. it did not help that the uniforms they wore wore were a far cry from the ones other flight attendants wore. the uniforms cebu pacific flight attendants wore id look cheap – cotton t-shirt and pants, something you expect ordinary people wore on a daily basis at home. it was the exact opposite of what we expect flight attendants to be – smart, beautiful and aspirational.
this dancing adds a very different element to the image of the cebu pacific flight attendant. we are wondering what is next for cebu flight attendants? will there be a new choreography much like the girls we used to see at wowowee that is supposed to be entertainment?
things get ugly : willie revillame sues abs-cbn for P11M, abs-cbn counterclaims for P486M
we thought this is where the episode in the life of willie revillame will end – in court and ugly. in a press conference held recently, revillame “invalidates” his contract with abs-cbn. (click here:http://www.abs-cbn.com/Feature/Article/8278/Willie-Revillame-invalidates-his-contract-with-ABS-CBN.aspx). a flurry of activities was fired offf by abs-cbn since that tine, one of which saying revillame is still under contract with abs-cbn and he just can’t invalidate it. (http://www.abs-cbn.com/Feature/Article/8277/OFFICIAL-STATEMENT-ON-WILLIE-REVILLAME-S-PRESSCON-PRONOUNCEMENTS.aspx)
the latest real life episode puts revillame about to air a new tv show in another tv station. they are rumors but the it is all over the place with a few details about the show making it sound much more than just rumors.
things like these are never easy. you just can’t walk out of things. these need to be settled in court. and things are getting ugly – for the part of revillame in the tune of an P11M claim and for abs0cbn a mind boggling P486M counterclaim. abs-cbn seem to be bent on taking back everything and anything that revillame earned as tv host at the tv station since the start of his career there. abs-cbn’s counterclaim is “all or nothting” written all over it.
reading from the news reports, we find revillame’s suit on the strange side. revillame seem to be claiming damages, like he was the victim. abs-cbn seem to be the victim here as revillame did act like a brat on live tv when he did his disrespect of cory aquino during her funeral and that amazing live tv scene of revillame threatening to resign from abs-cbn in his fight against a radio host at abs-cbn.
with such mega millions on the table plus personal pride on willie’s part and corporate pride on the side of abs-cbn, who will blink?
TV network files P486-M counterclaim vs noontime host
By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 15:14:00 09/17/2010MANILA, Philippines – A P486-million counterclaim damage suit has been filed before a Quezon City court against TV host Willie Revillame for allegedly committing several violations in his contract with ABS-CBN Corp.
In a 139-page answer with compulsory counterclaim, ABS-CBN through lawyer Augusto San Pedro Jr. asked the court to order Revillame to pay P20 million each for moral damages, exemplary damages and attorney’s fees and other litigation expenses.
The TV network also wanted the host to pay the amount of P426,917,646.96 as liquidated damages for breaching the agreement between Revillame and the network.
The counterclaim was filed before Judge Luisito Cortez of Regional Trial Court Branch 84.
ABS-CBN filed the answer with compulsory counterclaim in compliance with the summons issued to them to answer the P11.5-million damage and rescission of contract filed by Revillame.
Revillame, through legal counsel Leonard De Vera, filed the damage suit claiming that his suspension with pay and placing him under probation were valid grounds to terminate his contract because they were provided for in the agreement.
willie revillame wants out of abs-cbn contract, is a legal battle the next step?
willie revillame called a press conference yesterday to announce his desire to get out of the his contract with abs-cbn. apparently his contract with abs-cbn runs until september 2011. he wants out of it as he intends to produce and air his own show. his contract with abs-cbn says he can’t appear in a tv show similar to wowowee. apparently abs-cbn only offering him to host a once a week taped program that will be aired over cable tv, not the abs-cbn’s channel 2.
we understand why willie wants out of his contract. tv shows is what he does and coming from a very popular daily tv show with adoring fans and huge fees, it must be really hard for him doing nothing at the moment and being offered a once a week tv show on cable.
sidebar – what got our eyes to pop was not that abs-cbn intends to air the show they are offering willie on cable but that it will not be live but taped. we thought that was included there to give the tv station the option to remove any offending statements on new threats to resign before it is aired.
in yesterday’s press conference and accompanying news articles, many details were revealed in the latest willie revillame saga. apparently the parting of ways was done through a long process of many meetings, promises made then broken and hurt feelings on the side of willie.
we think abs-cbn has made the right decision in canceling wowowee and removing revillame from wowowee. revillame has used up all the goodwill he has earned from being one of the country’s most popular tv host in his latest gambit on live tv. he may be popular but he did step on very large toes at abs-cbn and doing it in the most public of ways - on live national tv.
will revillame once again survive this one? does he still have an audience? and will another tv station hire him?
with his statements, it appears he will be a block timer. that means he will buy airtime hours from a tv station for him to air his own tv show. he will have full creative and marketing control on it and will be his own man. he has the money to do something like that and we assume he has the brains and the creativity to pull it off. the question is – will it be true that when he builds it, will they come?
revillame wants to be free from the contract now, not one year from now. he probably thinks a layoff of one year from national tv will shrink his audience base. pilipinas win na win, the show that replaced wowowee is apparently doing very well in the ratings so his hears of losing his audience base may have some basis. if the the tv viewers did not seem to miss wowowee, what is the reason why they won’t miss willie?
the showbiz aside, we think yesterday’s press conference is an prelude to a looming legal case with abs-cbn. he had the press conference to marshal his fans into action, to draw support to pressure abs-cbn and eventually the courts.
the willie revillame drama has taken a new chapter.
Revillame scraps ABS-CBN contract
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:32:00 08/10/2010MANILA, Philippines—Willie Revillame wants out. ABS-CBN says, “No way.”
The controversial TV host Monday said in a press conference that he was rescinding his contract with the network, on account of the shabby treatment it was giving him.
Revillame complained of what he believed were continued violations of the terms of his contract with the Kapamilya station. The TV host is bound by a contract until September 2011 to the Lopez-owned network.
ABS-CBN gave Revillame his biggest break through the daily noontime game show, “Wowowee,” which was recently canceled after more than five years.
In a statement released shortly after Revillame’s press conference in a Quezon City restaurant, the network insisted that it was the TV host who violated “behavioral provisions” of the contract when he threatened management during the May 4 episode of “Wowowee.”
wowowee & willie revillame permanently out of abs-cbn! win na win ang audience!
abs-cbn announced wowowee together with its host willie revillame will finally be off the air. they announced they will replace it with a new show that will be hosted by robin padilla and kris aquino.
this is an excellent decision and we applaud abs-cbn for their decision. finally, we will get rid of willie revillame during the noontime hour. we have been calling for the permanent resignation of willie revillame from the tv station.
the choice of the new hosts, padilla and aquino is also brilliant. both are excellent draws and we think this combination of hosts have the potential to beat eat bulaga. eat bulaga for many years is the tv rating leader of this time slot.
this is also good for aquino as it gives her very good exposure on tv. and maintains her star power. more importantly, a game show of this sort which if patterned after wowowee keeps her in contact with the poor, highly consistent with president aquino’s pro-poor stance and keeps her out of trouble as it is not a talk show where her personal life is fair game and her penchant to open her mouth irresponsibly and talk about any topic is part and parcel of a talk show format.
on the whole we think everybody wins. what we are happy the most though is that with the removal of willie revillame, the audience wins the most.
‘Wowowee’ to go off air; Kris joins new game show
abs-cbnNEWS.comPosted at 07/27/2010 7:21 PM | Updated as of 07/28/2010 8:15 PM// <
ed to quit his wowowee tv show if abs-cbn continues to allow a showbiz journalist, jobert sucaldito, to continue to criticize his wowowee tv show.
in no uncertain terms, revillame says he will stop reporting to work if the critiques on his tv show continue.
what is that? rvillame now wants to control philippine journalism. he is asking abs-cbn to stop journalists from criticizing his tv shows. it does not matter that sucaldito also works for abs-cbn but we think revillame here is completely in the wrong. we support sucaldito. abs-cbn should allow revillame to quit the tv show. at last!
read the latest: willie revillame – no show at wowowee, on indefinite leave; did he quit? vote in this poll on this issue here: willie revillame vs jobert sucaldito – who should be let go by abs-cbn? view video of revillame’s threat to quit abs-cbn on live tv here: willie revillame threatens to quit show over reporter’s critiques on wowowee show read more about willie revillame in this blog: http://wawam.wordpress.com/category/willie-revillame-2/
willie revillame returns to wowowee
Willie makes triumphant return to ‘Wowowee’
MANILA – Six weeks after going on indefinite leave from the show, controversial TV host Willie Revillame returned to his top-rating noontime show “Wowowee” Monday to a grand “Will-come back” party.
Some fans and supporters and “Wowowee” staff wore red and white shirts with “We love you, Willie” and “Will-come back” messages.
When he emerged onstage, the audience cheered and applauded as they chanted his name. Revillame went around the studio to greet his supporters who reached out to hug and kiss him or even shake his hand.
Popular cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo and her daughter, Cristalle Henares, and “Bench” owner Ben Chan were also in the audience. Revillame is the celebrity endorser of Belo Medical Group and clothing line Bench.
“Sa almost two months na wala ako, lumuluha ako. Lumuluha ako, nagdurugo ang puso ko dahil hindi ko kayo kapiling. Pero lahat ng kalungkutan na iyon napawi na dahil muli ko kayong makakasama ngayong araw na ito,” he said.
He added: “Bawal na ang mainit na ulo. Pag may nagkamali palakpakan na lang natin.”
Revillame took an indefinite leave from “Wowowee” after drawing criticisms generated by his order to cut the live streaming of former president Corazon Aquino’s funeral procession last August 3.
Revillame, who is rumored to be eyeing the vice presidential post in the 2010 elections, is expected to announce his political plan before his show ends on Monday.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/09/21/09/willie-makes-triumphant-return-wowowee
Willie Revillame back on Sept. 21 – MTRCB
MANILA – The Movie Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) confirmed on Friday that controversial host Willie Revillame will be back on ABS-CBN’s popular noontime show “Wowowee” on Monday, September 21 after a one-and-a-half month leave from the show.
The confirmation was made by MTRCB Board Member Paulino Cases during a budget hearing in the Senate. He said Revillame’s leave was done to prevent the MTRCB from suspending the airing of “Wowowee”.
“ABS-CBN proposed that instead of the program being suspended or removed from the air for some time, they would extend the leave of the host Mr. Revillame for about three weeks. That would be from August 8 to September 20, because there will be a lot of people affected in that program if in fact we would render a decision to suspend the show… Of course, Mr. Revillame did not accede to that but it was imposed upon him by ABS-CBN,” Cases said.
The MTRCB official said Revillame’s leave was the decision of ABS-CBN management since the MTRCB only monitors and sanctions programs, not the people behind it.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/09/11/09/willie-revillame-back-sept-21-mtrcb
why firing willie revillame from wowowee is a good business decision for abs-cbn
if they have not already, abs-cbn will at some point need to make a business decision on willie revillame’s future in the show wowowee. their action at “self-regulation” seem to indicate MTRCB’s decision on the complaint is against revillame. the self-regulation action is meant to preempt MTRCB’s adverse decision if not to delay it to buy time so that they can negotiate with MTRCB perhaps for a leaner punishment for revillame.
we think abs-cbn’s business decision on willie revillame should be to remove revillame from wowowee, based on the following:
- tv ratings show no change or no drop in rating when revillame was not hosting wowowee versus the period prior to the incident when revillame was hosting the show. that means the audience do not find revillame that important to the show. the audience do not mind revillame not hosting to show. the same audience watch the show even though
revillame is not there. - from the above, one conclusion is that people watch the show, its concept and not revillame.
- another conclusion is that the other hosts of the show who have taken over revillame’s hosting chores are doing a great job and can in fact hold their own in the show.
- with no change in tv ratings, abs-cbn does not face any risk of losing tv ad placements in the show. advertisers air their ads on the basis of ratings and audience profile. none of that is lost and none has changed. advertisers will continue to air ads at wowowee even without revillame in the show.
- based on the rating of the show versus eat bulaga, abs-cbn should also reconsider changing not only the hosts, removing revillame and looking for new ones, they should also look into changing show’s format and concept. eat bulaga’s ratings even when willie was in the who was at a high 25% to 28% while wowowee was at a low 12% to 16%. eat bulaga has almost double the audience size of wowowee. that says a lot fo things. eat bulaga is funnier, relatively more wholesome, relatively has less in your face sexy dancing and it does not have willie revillame in it. that says the lunchtime audience prefer eat bulaga’s relatively more wholesome, funnier and less sexy format and concept.
- the firestorm this latest incident has caused says wowowee has lost goodwill from its audience due to revillame. keeping revillame there will make it difficult for the show to gain this goodwill back.
- this is not the first time revillame has done something like this. it is time abs-cbn gets rid of a problematic tv host.
bottom line — abs-cbn stands to gain and regain a lot and lose nothing if it fires revillame from wowowee. in fact removing revillame from the show can give abs-cbn a good opportunity to reformat the show and finally beat eat bulaga in the ratings game.
we think these are compelling reasons for abs-cbn to do what is right- remove revillame from wowowee.
no drop in tv rating while willie revillame out of wowowee – revillame is insignificant
the tv show wowowee is a product of the business called abs-cbn, it yields for them revenues and profits and from the advertising loads that it has, the revenues and profits are huge.
wowowee is still airing but willie revillame has been out of the tv show for a week now. but the firestorm, loathing and protest by many has not stopped and in fact has grown in real life and in the internet world. at facebook, the Anti-Revillame Movement has now 11,956 members ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yellow-Ribbon-for-President-Cory-Aquino/100738003363#/group.php?gid=126156564264&ref=nf) while the online Petition To Oust Willie Revillame as of this writing has 57.771 signatures ( http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?badwilly). both continue to grow.
there is a nagging question that abs-cbn needs to answer, it is a business question – what is the business impact of removing willie revillame from wowowee? in answering that question, abs-cbn need to look at the tv rating of the program. tv ratings is THE key magnet for ad placements in any tv show. advertisers will place their ads in shows with high ratings. higher ratings mean larger number of the audience watching the show and the higher the ratings lower cost per thousand audience.
for me, i do not think removing revillame is really a problem. revillame as a tv host does not bring any unique talent or skill to the show. he sounds and looks like any other tv host. he does not have any strong singing or dancing talent as added bonus. all he has is really just emceeing.
we think what makes the show work or get a large audience is the show’s format and concept and not the host. put any host to the same concept and it will continue to get the audience.
but business needs to look at it with numbers, not conjecture. we have the numbers 
here.
we got the tv ratings from this blog, http://forums.mukamo.com/ from AGB Nielsen Philippines, the ad industry’s ratings company. admittedly the data points are few but we think it’s a good enough gauge for abs-cbn to base its decision on.
for 5 data points covering the period when revillame was still appearing in the show, wowowee had an average rating of 17.1%.
for 6 data points covering the period when revillame was no longer hosting the show, wowowee had an average rating of 16.2%.
a drop of only 0.9 rating points is not significant. drops of that magnitude happen often, due to normal day to day fluctuations.
from these numbers, the conclusion is —- the audience did not miss revillame at all, the audience continued to watch wowowee even though revillame was no longer hosting the show. not only that, revillame’s co-hosts in the show who took over the hosting role have done very well.
this means from a purely business standpoint, abs-cbn is not risking anything if it removes revillame from wowowee. but what abs-cbn will gain is goodwill from its audience where the large number of those calling for the removal of revillame from the show will now feel heard and contained.
removing revillame will win goodwill from its audience and risk no loss of business.
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read other posts on willie revillame and wowowee:
- no drop in tv rating while willie revillame out of wowowee – revillame is insignificant
- willie revillame and wowowee and what is wrong with philippine television
- willie revillame may leave tv show. internet citizens making a difference!
- Reasons why Willie Revillame must be banned from Television
- willie revillame apologizes for the wrong reason; takes a 3-week leave from wowowee
- Which is worth of respect? Which is rude?
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN Against Mr. Willie Revillame
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN against Mr. Willie Revillame
- willie revillame desecrates the memory of tita cory and finds the funeral a nuisance to his performance – also watch video here
- willie revillame gives the BS during MTRCB hearing – it was just a “suggestion”
- Anti-Willie Revillame Movement at facebook gains traction, now 10T members
- ABS-CBN backs Willie Revillame; says Wowowee host did not disrespect the memory of cory aquino
ABS-CBN backs Willie Revillame; says Wowowee host did not disrespect the memory of cory aquino
letter from abs0-cbn to MTRCB:
It is ABS-CBN’s position that there was no disrespect of the dead by Mr. Revillame. When the funeral cortege of former President Aquino was shown as an inset during Wowowee, Mr. Revillame expressed his opinion of the inappropriateness of the simultaneous exhibition of both the funeral cortege and Wowowee, and his preference that only one or the other be shown.
In expressing his opinion and preference, though, Mr. Revillame did not show disrespect for former President Aquino. In fact, the contrary is true. In making his statements, Mr. Revillame wanted to give due respect to former President Aquino and her funeral cortege.
Indeed, in Filipino culture, customs, and tradition, ceremonies involving the dead are solemn and sober. Thus, the laughter, jokes, and happiness usually seen in a program like Wowowee would appear to be inappropriate when viewed together with the funeral cortege. On the one hand, the Filipino people are mourning the death of a loved and respected former President, and on the other hand, Wowowee is trying to entertain its audience.
It appears, therefore, that Mr. Revillame’s issue was with the inappropriateness of Wowowee and the funeral cortege being shown together, and not with the funeral cortege itself. While it may be argued that Mr. Revillame could have expressed his thoughts in a better way and that it would have been better to raise them privately, instead of the public manner in which he did, such was not disrespectful of the dead and does not constitute an offense under the KBP Broadcast Code of the Philippines.
read in full here: http://www.pep.ph/news/22858/ABS-CBN %3Bbacks-Willie-Revillame%3B-says-%3Cem%3EWowowee%3C-em%3E-host %3Bdid-not-violate-Broadcast-Code-of-the-Philippines
willie revillame, wowowee host, a disgrace to philippine television
we are posting here a comment by Gina Downer, posted here: http://wp.me/paTrm-WC.
please note that the uderscoring, the title of this post and accompanying photos and images are supplied by wawam.wordpress.
I was not familiar with this person Willie Revillame up until recently. All I could share is my very first impression of this supposedly wholesome noontime show he hosts.
Visiting the Philippines 3 years ago, I happen to notice his noontime show that was on. I found the show repulsive with the very young ladies gyrating in the “background” of the main event clad in very skimpy outfits.
There was a game going on but the cameras were making sure that these
gyrating dancers were there to be seen for all to see…for whose pleasure?
Then I later find out that the host ,Willie Revillame is the one that calls the shot for all of what goes on the show, including the young girls who I bet are just happy to have a paycheck But having to wear skimpy outfits more suited for an adult entertainment venue?
Is Willie responsible for the tone of this show? Apparently so. As I read more about this person, I was correct in being offended in what I saw in his show 3 years ago. His show was crass and he comes across to me as an arrogant, condescending rude to the audience and contestants in the show. Why is ABS-CBN so oblivious to all of these?
The Filipino people are getting so desensitized on a daily basis by this show. People just accepts it as it is.What Willie likes , he gets. A person like him should not have such absolute power over a media that is seen by millions.
The network has the responsibility that the viewing public is not subjected to such debauchery in the middle of the day. What is the government doing about all of this?
Those dancers deserve to show their talents in a more appropriate way, and not be required to perform in such lewd manner. I feel for the parents of these young girls, who like I said are all just wanting to make a living like the rest of us.
I say get this Revillame guy out of there and make your noontime show deserving a wholesome rating. Stop feeding the already sick appetite of some men, like Willie Revillame for young girls through your show. It is just plain wrong.
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read the latest : breakthrough : Willie Revillame’s leave extended, sexy dance numbers removed. Are anti-revillame forces winning?
photos posted by wawam.wordpress:
this is tame dancing compared to what happens on a regular basis in wowowee
co-host on the left accidentally flashes her breasts on live national tv
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read other posts on willie revillame and wowowee:
- no drop in tv rating while willie revillame out of wowowee – revillame is insignificant
- willie revillame and wowowee and what is wrong with philippine television
- willie revillame may leave tv show. internet citizens making a difference!
- Reasons why Willie Revillame must be banned from Television
- willie revillame apologizes for the wrong reason; takes a 3-week leave from wowowee
- Which is worth of respect? Which is rude?
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN Against Mr. Willie Revillame
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN against Mr. Willie Revillame
- willie revillame desecrates the memory of tita cory and finds the funeral a nuisance to his performance – also watch video here
- willie revillame gives the BS during MTRCB hearing – it was just a “suggestion”
- Anti-Willie Revillame Movement at facebook gains traction, now 10T members
- ABS-CBN backs Willie Revillame; says Wowowee host did not disrespect the memory of cory aquino
willie revillame may leave tv show. internet citizens making a difference!
the MTRCB and soon the KBP are holding hearings and an investigation on willie revillame’s desecration of cory aquino’s memory when he went on rant on live tv about removing the inset showing of the funeral march during his show. revillame wanted it removed as according to him which he said on national tv, it was affecting his performance as a superstar emcee of the noontime show wowowee.
these groups are doing something, we wonder why abs-cbn seem to be completely silent on it. all that they have done was to ask revillame to go on leave. first it was reported to be a 3-week leave but on this article the word being used is an “indefinite leave”. why is abs-cbn silent?
the other interesting part on this article is the mention of the fact that while the aquino family may have reconciled with willie and have forgiven him, it says here the people, the audience have not. the article says 48,165 have signed the online petition to oust willie from the tv show.
48,165 – that is us, that includes you who is reading this post. what that says is our indignation and our action on the internet is being considered and playing a factor. let us continue to be vigilant and voice our objection to revillame’s unacceptable behavior and let us continue to ask abs-cbn to remove willie from the show.
ask others you know to register in that on-line petition.
what else can you do? visit other blogsites and post the link to the on-line petition in other blogsites or ask them to visit this blogsite.
Please sign up on this petition.
What Willy Revillame did on his show with regards to the broadcast of President Cory’s cortege last Aug 3 was the height of crassness and rudeness against Tita Cory and the Filipino people in general.
Willie Revillame says he may just leave show
By Marinel Cruz
PDIMANILA, Philippines—The case of the “grossly unethical conduct” of “Wowowee” host Willie Revillame during the show’s Aug. 3 episode was the subject of an adjudication committee hearing at the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board offices in Quezon City on Thursday afternoon.
MTRCB chief Marissa Laguardia said Revillame and ABS-CBN, which
produces and airs “Wowowee,” were asked to present evidence in their defense against the charge of violating Section 3c of PD 1986, for “being objectionable and contrary to … customs and traditions paying respect to the dead.”
The complaint stemmed from Revillame’s objection to the insertion of videos of the late President Corazon Aquino’s cortege on the show. In a memorandum sent to the network on Aug. 11, Laguardia described Revillame’s behavior as a show of “arrogance and great disrespect to Filipino culture.” She said the TV host also violated the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ code of ethics.
The three-member adjudication board was chaired by lawyer Sonny Cases. Lawyers Mona Manalo and Cherry Cruz represented ABS-CBN. Revillame’s legal counsel Armando Marcelo attended on his behalf.
Another hearing has been set for Aug. 20.
Crucial hearing
Cases vowed to be “fair in resolving this case.” He said the show may be suspended or canceled, and if criminal liability is determined, “the guilty party” faces up to six years in prison. “Next week’s hearing is crucial,” said Cases.
Revillame is still on “indefinite” leave from the daily show even if Kris Aquino, in an interview on Monday on the late-night show biz program “SNN,” said her family has accepted Revillame’s apology.
Many viewers are apparently not as forgiving. At press time, 48,165 have signed an online petition seeking to ban Revillame from show biz. Revillame said he may just leave the show. “Even if I have the support of the network and the advertisers, kung ayaw na ng tao sa akin, what’s the use?”
Laguardia noted that another case has been filed against the TV host before the KBP. She said that, in a letter addressed to KBP president Herman Basbano, Arlene de Guzman-Ronquillo accused Revillame of “psychological violence” on account of some careless remarks.
read the rest of the news item here: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090816-220525/Willie-Revillame-says-he-may-just-leave-show
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Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN Against Mr. Willie Revillame
I sent this letter through ABS-CBN interactive (abs-cbn.com) about another issue against Mr. Willie Revillame
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MS. CHARO SANTOS- CONCIO
President, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network
Mother Ignacia St. Quezon City
Dear Ma’am Santos-Concio
We witnessed how Mr. Willie Revillame disregarded the public by airing his Wowowee show while the funeral of Cory was transferred from De La Salle Greenhills to Manila Cathedral last Monday. It was a shame. While the country wants to witness the history unfolding upon the death of Pres. Cory Aquino, Mr. Revillame was only pre-occupied with his work, which we all know earns a multi-millon peso per day of show.
With due respect, Ma’am Charo Santos Concio and Sir Gabby Lopez, you owe the coming back of ABS-CBN to no less than Pres. Cory Aquino when she gave it back to the Lopez family after the EDSA 1986 Revolution.
I think Mr. Revillame should know this. Yet inspite of giving apologies to the Aquino family and to the Filipino people, he sounded with arrogance and conceit.
We urge you, that you should remove Mr. Revillame from the network . His attitude is a shame and injustice to Pres. Cory, the Filipino people and to the network she herself restored. Revillame claims that “his conscience was clear”. Wasn’t he aware of what was going on that day? Wasn’t he aware that a former President who restored freedom and democracy has died? Wasn’t he aware that the network Mr. Revillame is working with through his Wowowee was restored by the late President Aquino?
If your network is sincere in covering the funeral rites, procession and burial of Pres. Aquino and is truly KAPAMILYA, removing Mr. Revillame from ABS-CBN will give justice to Pres. Cory, the Filipino people and the network.
We hope starting Monday next week, we shall no longer see Mr. Revillame appearing in television. Anyways, he has already earned much from your network.
We hope for your immediate action regarding this matter.
(Sgd.)MR. DANTE M. RIVERO
A Concerned Filipino and ABS-CBN viewer.
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- Reasons why Willie Revillame must be banned from Television
- willie revillame apologizes for the wrong reason; takes a 3-week leave from wowowee
- Which is worth of respect? Which is rude?
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN Against Mr. Willie Revillame
- Letter of Complaint to ABS-CBN against Mr. Willie Revillame
- willie revillame desecrates the memory of tita cory and finds the funeral a nuisance to his performance – also watch video here
willie revillame desecrates the memory of tita cory and finds the funeral a nuisance to his performance – also watch video here
humility, class and respect are words that willie revillame does not know the meaning of. mayabang, bastos, egoistic and self-importance are words he knows based on the video in this post.
what he wanted done – removing the live shots of tita cory’s funeral march during his live show actually makes sense. showing sexy, scantily clad women cavorting on tv and screaming happy audience beside shots of a funeral march does not make sense. one hurts the other.
what does not make sense is willie asking for it to be removed on live tv and using the words he did.
what we find as a desecration of the memory of tita cory is not that he does not want sad and happy to be together on screen, it is that the live shots of tita cory’s funeral is a bother to him, a nuisance and an affront to his stature as a noontime tv host superstar.
it is all about his ego and his standing in the tv industry as one of the most popular noontime tv host. he felt he had the entitlement to demand the rest of the world, anything that reduces his star quality to be removed from his world. he has said this many times in this video – his only concern was his performance in his tv show, nothing more and nothing less.
the tv shots of cory’s funeral march was stifling his skills and performance like a pebble caught inside our shoe.
this nuisance, in this case shots of tita cory’s funeral march need to be removed from his world right at the moment he sees it. he cannot wait even for a few minutes when the show is off the air to talk to the director to have it removed on screen. the superstar status that he feels he has need to be obliged right at the moment he sees what tarnishes it.
if this was real life, if willie revillame is having a party in his home and it so happens his neighbor, the home right beside his is having a wake for a dead member of the family, we are sure willie revillame will go to his neighbor’s house and demand that the family remove the casket from their home and have the wake elsewhere far from his house. right now.
that is what we find as a desecration of tita cory’s memory.
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posted august 10:
watch the video again. what is most glaring in the video is that willie’s on-air rant is all about his ego. the only point he kept repeating was HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM the way he should because he can see the burial procession on screen.
it WAS NOT at all about giving respect to tita cory, the disrespect in showing scenes of happy moments in his show and the sadness of the funeral, but the disrespect he was seeing for himself.
he was saying he felt the funeral shots were disrespecting his star status as it was preventing him from doing well in his performance.
~wawam~
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What Willy Revillame did on his show with regards to the broadcast of President Cory’s cortege last Aug 3 was the height of crassness and rudeness against Tita Cory and the Filipino people in general.
Aquino family spokeswoman rebukes Willie
MANILA – A spokeswoman of the Aquino family on Friday issued a strongly worded rebuke against “Wowowee” host Willie Revillame for ordering the removal of the video of President Corazon Aquino’s cortege, which was being beamed live simultaneously with the noontime show last Monday.
A statement from Dee Dee Siytangco, spokesperson of the Aquino family, read: “It is regrettable and a crass attempt to desecrate the memory of the beloved Tita Cory.”
On Monday a visibly irked Revillame ordered the immediate removal of the livestream video of Aquino’s cortege, which was being shown simultaneously with his show.
The controversial host explained that it was inappropriate to broadcast it while they were having fun inside the studio. He added that it would be hard for him to make the public happy when he could see on screen the casket of Mrs. Aquino.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/08/07/09/aquino-family-spokeswoman-rebukes-willie
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