survivor philippines: marlon carmen becomes 4th member of the jury

after 30 days on the island, marlon carmen became the fourth jury member of the first season of survivor philippines during the 10th tribal council in the island. the chalam tribe voted unanimously against marlon, with a vote of 6 - 1 - 1. marlon got all 6 votes from the other cast aways, cris got marlon's vote and charisse have 1 point from the curse of the black pearl which vern gave her from the previous tribal council.

marlon was voted out despite his threat that he have hidden the flint and killed all fire at camp. he also had a fight with cris at camp just before the tribal council due to the way marlon is cooking the so-called jarakay soup.

marlon has been the popular antagonist of the show. many fans have hated him because of the way he played the game and his attitude towards other cast aways. but despite all of these, he is undoubtedly the most strategic player. he played 2 alliances while in the jarakay tribe. he escaped several weeks of elimination and even convinced kaye and cris to break the naak alliance and vote out kiko. but he still fell short of winning the game.

a new twist was also introduced last night. instead of a black pearl, a white pearl was given to marlon. who ever has the white pearl would have a -1 vote on the next tribal council or one vote against that person will be nullified. but if that cast away loses the pearl, it would have no effect. marlon gave the black pearl to the only remaining jarakay member, charisse.

pinoy fear factor: new timeslot starting november 24

after 2 weeks of airing, pinoy fear factor will move to a new timeslot starting today, november 24. it will now be aired on a later timeslot, after telenovela kahit isang saglit. it will now have the same timeslot as that of its rival reality show in the other network, survivor philippines. it will test survivor philippines fan base, after maintaining a rating of more than 30 percent over the past few weeks over the new audience share that pinoy fear factor is gaining. will survivor philippines' elimination win over pinoy fear factor's record setting performance from a participante? will this move improve abs cbn's ratings? let's see...

shall we dance: joseph bitangcol & hannah mariano becomes the first pair in the finals

joseph bitangcol & dance partner hannah mariano became the 1st pair to qualify to the finals of the new season of shall we dance, the seasrch for the next dance superstar. on the third week of elimination, each pair is given a country that they would need to use as inspiration. brazilian japanese model akihiro sato & partner vicky huyatid got africa, baroon geisler & partner michelle valdez got japan and joseph & hannah got philippines.

in the end, joseph got the highest score of 8.33, way ahead of akihiro's score of 7.50 and baron's score of 7.17. joseph top all 3 weeks of competition for this batch. new set of dace contenders will be introduced next week for the second batch.

survivor philippines: cast offs guests in tok! tok! tok! isang milyon pasok

six cast offs from survivor philippines played in the latest episode of tok! tok! tok! isang milyon pasok! which is also hosted by survivor philippines host paolo bediones. the blue team is composed of jury members jace & vern, yellow team was made up of cast offs kiko & patani and the red team is composed of john & nikki. they are also playing for their respective charities.

kiko answered the first 3 questions and patani successfully executed the first two challenges, the snapping turtle challenge and the cobra challenge. they challenged john and nikki in the third task, which is to lift a sumo player 6 feet above the ground. nikki & john failed to complete the task.

john answered the next question correctly and all teams bid on how fast they can finish a meal composed of rats and frogs. vern & jace won the bidding, they need to finish the meal at 1minute and 45 seconds. they were able to finish it just in time. kiko then answered the next question and they eventually reached the finish line and advanced to the jackpot round.

jace & vern won 10 thousand pesos for their charities while john & nikki failed to win anything.

kiko & patani played in the jackpot round and chose the door marked with a star. they were able to double their initial money of 40 thousand pesos. their charity won 80 thousand pesos and a computer set.

in another show, cast offs nina and chev guested in all star k, the 1 million pesos videoke challenge. in a episode where the contestants are look a likes, nina is paired with sexbomb mia and chev was paired with sexbomb izzy. both failed to win the contest. chev was eliminated in round 2 and nina was eliminated on the next round.

pinoy fear factor: ram sagad on the buzz, participantes perform in asap 2008

ram sagad, the second eliminated participante of pinoy fear factor, guested on the buzz after being eliminated last friday. he cleared out the issue on the ring that rj gave him before he left camp. the ring was a thank you gift since rj was borrowing some things from him such as shoes and thermal clothing. it was just a sign of appreciation and no malice intended. it was also revealed that ram already appeared in the abs cbn show lastikman as brix, one of the antagonists. ram also confirmed that he will accept any offer that may come his way after the show.

all 12 participantes also guested in asap 2008. they danced together with mickey perz, gab valenciano, rayver cruz and gercel. the girls danced way better than the guys and among the guys, it was jommy and manuel who danced better.

pinoy fear factor: ram sagad is the second participante eliminated

this week's third el;imination challenge is entitled acrobacias en helicoptero. in this challenge, the participantes will hold on to a trapeze attached to a helicopter. their aim is to hold as long as possible on the trapeze while the helicopter is moving over the waters. time stops when both hands are off the trapeze. this is a test of upper body strength and endurance.

first up was elmer. elmer had the right idea on what to do. he keeps his head over the trapeze and keeps himself closer to the helicopter. he keeps pulling himself up but eventually had a hard time when the helicopter star moving laterally, tossing him from one side to the other. he stayed up for 38 seconds and he had a hard fall on the water, complining of pain on the abdominal area but subsided after some time.

up next was jose who did the same strategy as that of elmer. but he stayed up longer than elmer and stayed on the trapeze for 49 seconds. up next was jommy. jommy planned to hold on the trapeze with a closed fist but ryan reminded him that he should face where the helicopter is facing. so he changd his plan. hold on the trapeze and curled like a ball. it was effective at first but he also had difficulty when he started swaying from side to side. he finished with a timne of 39 seconds, 1 second longer than elmer.

now it is only between ram and elmer. ram had a bit of disadvantage since he was taller than the rest of the 3 participantes. ram used the same strategy as jommy used, curling like a ball while holding the trapeze. but when he started swaying from one side to another, he had a hard time keeping the position. he fell onto the water only after 30 seconds.

since he had the shortest time, ram sagad is the second participante to be eliminated. elmer cried when ryan announced that he was safe. during the elimination challenge last week, he said that he never wants to be on the elimination challenge again. but due to the conditions and his sickness the night before, he still was included in the ones up for elimination. as ryan said, he can be considered as a beterano, having performed all 6 challenges in pinoy fear factor.

amazing race asia season 3: sam & vince are declared the winner

sam and vince of hong kong became the official winners of the third season of the amazing race asia. the best friends from hong kong bested 9 other teams for the title after 11 grueling legs to win one hindred thousand us dollars. finishing second was the dating couple from the philippines, geoff rodriguez and tisha silang. third place is malaysia's ida & tania.

the last leg was a race from oman to thailand. in oman, the teams were pretty much even out due to the hard driving conditions and all of the teams had a hard time driving on sand. on the fligh from oman to thailand, ida & tania failed to secure the same flight as that of the 2 other teams, sealing their fate in the competition. in thailand, it was a toss up between geoff & tisha and sam & vince. but geoff & tisha got lost because their taxi driver did not know where the ice factory was located. sam & vince never looked back and eventually checked in first on the mat in the last pit stop of the race, rang yai beach in phuket thailand.

pinoy fear factor: savanah wins second challenge for week 2, four boys up for elimination

the 2nd challenge for the participantes for week 2 is called cerebros de ojos de ovejas. in this challenge, the staff prepared a special breakfast for the participantes. first, the participantes would drink a glass of milk. after finishing the whole glass, they will see what they will try to finish in this meal. the choices were sheep's brain and eyes, and the amounts of which will also vary. the ones with the fastest time will be safe and the bottom 4 will compete in the final elimination challenge. to add up to the challenge, they should keep the food on their stomach up until the last person is finished. if they vomit, they will be included in the bottom group.

first up was rj. rj will eat half of a brain and 3 sheep eyes. rj had an easy time on the brain but had a hard time on the eyes. he evntually finished after about 2 minutes. jose was up next. he will eat the same meal as rj. jose also had a hard time on the sheep's eyes. he also finished but was evidently slower than rj. savanah was the first female particiante to try the challenge. she was lucky since she will only eat half of a sheep's brain. she ravaged on the brain quickly and finished with only a minute and 9 seconds on the clock.

next up was jommy. jommy was concerned on eating the brain because it contains fats and he des not eat fats. he will eat 1 whole brain and 2 eyes. he really had a hard time finishing the brain but eventually finished after more than 5 minutes. elmer also picked up the same meal as that f jommy. he also had a hard time finishing the meal, especially the eyes. he finished slower than all of the other participantes.

janna was up next. she finished after a little over 4 minutes. last on the table was ram. he was tasked to eat only half of a sheep's brain, the same as savanna's. but surprisingly, he had a hard time keeping it down. he finished after almost 5 minutes, way over savana's time.

when their times were announced, savanah was declared the challenge's winner. also safe from elimination were rj and janna. the four participantes that will participate in the last challenge are elmer, ram, jose and jommy. this is their first elimination challenge, except for elemer since this is his 2nd time.

survivor philippines: jc wins fourth individual immunity challenge

this week's individual immunity challenge is a three stage challenge. first, all remaining 7 cast aways will run to their respective stations and answer 5 questions. all questions are answerable by a number and are about the past challenges. once completed, they will perform the required mathematical operation and find the scroll with the answer. if the answer is correct, they will get a metal key. if wrong, a wood key will be inside the scroll. they will open a lock and launch a flag. first three cast aways will advance to the next round.


in the second stage, the cast away need to finish a rope course. after that, they need to answer another series of questions just like in the first round. after they launch their flag, they need to transport 3 pails of rocks from the starting line to the finish point using only 3 poles and a flat board. first person to cross the finish line wins immunity.


before the start of the challenge, paolo showed them a 10 second message from home. for charisse, it was his brother and mother. for jc and marlon, messages came from their girlfriends. for kaye and cris, it was from their mothers. for rob, it was his brother and for zita, it's from her bestfriend. as an additional reward, the winner will hear the whole message.

all castaways had a hard time figuring out the answers to the questions on the first station. it was kaye who first answered all questions correctly. she is the first one to do the rope course. she was halfway to the course when jc finished the questions, and seconds after, it was marlon who qualified. the other cast aways are eliminated.

on the rope course, kaye finished first followed closely by jc. marlon finished the course quickly and all of them proceeded to the 2nd set of questions. it was again kaye who finished first and jc followed soon. kaye had a hard time pulling those stones and jc took over the lead. jc never looked back and eventually won immunity.

paolo then informed jc that he can choose two other castaways that will also watch their whole message. jc chose cris and marlon. as an additional reward, jc had a chance to call his girlfriend in the philippines which was cuortesy of smart.

pinoy fear factor: 4 participantes are safe, janna and jommy finishes last

the first challenge for the second week of elimination in pinoy fear factor is entitled as coglares como tarzan, or in tagalog; paglipat lipat sa lubid ala tarzan. the challenge course is a beam with a series of 8 evenly spaced rope suspended over water. each challenger should traverse the course from the start platform to the end platform by transfering from one rope to another, just as tarzan does to get from one point of the jungle to another.

basis of ranking will be the number of ropes used and in case of ties, the time consumed will be used to break it. the top 2 girls and top 2 guys will be safe and will not participate in the next 2 challenges. the least successful guy and girl will have a consequence.

jommy was the one who went first. he was still thinking of how to do it properly and ended up falling after only 4 ropes with a time of 1 minute and 22 seconds. rj was up next, who finished the stunt in three minutes and 21 seconds. janna was the first female to do the task. she was really at a lost in this challenge and was only able to hang on 1 rope wih a time of 1 minute and 30 seconds.

marion, who was fesh from a near-elimination experience las week gave a strong performance and managed to finish the stunt in only 50 seconds. lj then tried the course, while her argentine crush was cheering for her. she almost finished the course, and able to use 7 ropes in more then 2 minutes. ram was up next and was also able to reach the 7th rope with almost the same time as lj. elmer, another one fresh from the elimination, vowed not to be in the bottom 3 again, also failed to finish the stunt. he only managed to reach the 6th rope.

aspiring chef jose was the next to try the course. he was also able to finish the stunt with a faster time than rj, finishing it in only 2minutes and 11 seconds. the remaining 2 girls were the next on the challenge and both did not finish the task. savannah was able to hang on until the 3rd rope and phem was able to reach the 4th rope. phem was bragging that he did better than jommy since her time was faster and her shoes was slipping on the rope. the last participante to do the task was manuel, who also finished the task with the fastest time, at 47 seconds.

the 2 guys that were exempted in the next rounds were manuel (47 seconds) and marion (50 seconds). jose and rj also finished the stunt but had a slower time. the top 2 females were lj (reached the 7th rope) and phem (reached 4th rope). the bottom 2 were janna for the girls and jommy for the boys.

as ryan had previously mentioned, the consequences can be hard or can be humiliating. but in this case, it will be hard and humiliating. the 2 participantes need to perform back at camp in front of the other participantes. one will host the show and the other will dance naked. as voted by the other participantes, janna will be the one to host the show and jommy will dance naked.

survivor philippines: cris wins individual reward challenge

male cast aways continue their dominance in the individual reward challenges. after 2 weeks of wins by jc tiuseco, it was cris who wins the third individual reward challenge in day 28 of survivor philippines. the reward challenge was a spear throwing challenge. the cast aways will each throw a spear into a big target in the sand. the survivor with the arrow nearest the bulls eye wins.

The reward was to choose which castaway eats which meal. seven meals were shown before the challenge. the meals were steak meal with bottomless mountain dew, teriyaki burger with fries and a glass of mountain dew, pizza and pasta plus a glass of mountain dew, dried fish and tomato plus a glass of pepsi, camote plus a glass of pepsi max, tamarind and a glass of 7up and a plate of salt and a glass of water.

cris won the spear throwing part, marlon was a close second place. when cris chose which person eats which meal, it was evident that chalam was still divided into naak and jarakay. cris chose the steak for himself. he gace zita the burger while kaye got pizza and pasta. jc was given the ddried fish and rob got the camote. as expected, the 2 ex-jarakay members got the least appetizing dishes. marlon got the tamarind and charisse got the salt.

american idol 7: 3 american idol alumni will perform in manila

three american idol alumni will perform in manila in the coming weeks. they are austalian michael john, filinpina ramielle malubay and her best friend danny noriega.

michael johns will have a sereies of shows at the ayala malls as he had confirmed in his recent guesting at asap 08 where he sang with yeng constantino, rachelle ann go and sarah geronimo. his show's schedule is as follows:

november 18, 2008 - trinoma activity center, 7pm
november 19, 2008 - glorietta activity center
november 20, 2008 - alabang town center activity center, 6:30pm
november 21, 2008 - greenbelt greenbelt 3, park, 7pm

on the other hand, ramielle malubay and danny noriega will perform together at ogie alcasid's concert. titled as "the idol experience: ogie sings with the idol", ogie, who is a judge in the local version of the hit show, will perform with ramielle, danny and the 12 pinoy idol finalists. the show will be on december 21 and 22, 8pm at the aliw theater.