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Parekoy is an upcoming comedy sitcom on ABS-CBN that runs for only 30 minutes like American sitcoms instead of the usual hour-long show. It is set to replace Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 2 Über.

The series is about the misadventures of friends Joseph (John Prats), Mario (Zanjoe Marudo), and Jess (Jayson Gainza) and how they think up ingenuous ways to help people in need.

Their roles in the said series came from the characters they played on now defunct show, Aalog-Alog. It is the first Comedy-serye in the Philippine television history. Parekoy is directed by Randy Santiago.

Cast and characters of Parekoy:
* John Prats
* Zanjoe Marudo
* Jason Gainza
* Christian Mercado
* Jade Lopez
* Ronald Jaimeer Humarang

Supporting Casts:
* Angelu de Leon
* Bobby Andrews
* Dennis Padilla
* Long Mejia
* Tetchie Agbayani
* Maria Isabel Lopez
* Igi Boy Flores,
* Mikylla Ramirez

Parekoy Teaser Utube video

If GMA 7 has Survivor Philippines which is the franchise of the biggest reality show “Survivor“, ABS-CBN Kapamilya will definitely not get behind as they also acquired the copyright of Fear Factor. Fear Factor was an American stunt/dare reality game show, originally created by Endemol Netherlands. The original Dutch version of the said reality show was called Now or Neverland.

Fear Factor has generally been the show that has stereotyped the reality TV genre as "eating disgusting things" by critics and viewers, despite the fact that most shows in the genre do not contain these things.

Anyway, ABS-CBN sources say that the show’s name can be either Pinoy Fear Factor or Fear Factor Philippines. Fear Factor host choices are between Derek Ramsey, Ryan Agoncillo, Edu Manzano, Cesar Montano, Willie Revillame, Paolo Bediones, or they may look for an entirely new face for Philippine television.

Well, let's just wait and see who between the two networks will have the higher rating. Will it be Survivor Philippines or Fear Factor Philippines, just like the rival between Pinoy Idol and Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 / PBB Teen Edition Plus?

The Singing Bee will soon aired on ABS-CBN this April, 2008! Teaser of the show are already aired on the said network. Combining karaoke singing with a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs.

How to play The Singing Bee?
At the start of the show, the band plays a song and the host "randomly" gives audience members a chance to sing part of the song. If they sing it correctly, they become one of the contestants on the show. This part of the show is actually staged, and the contestants are preselected.

Round 1
The host would provide the year the song was released, the performer, and the name of the song. A portion of the song is performed, and then the contestant has to attempt to sing the next line of the song. If correct, they advance to the next round, and a new song is introduced, which the next contestant in line must attempt; if not, they have to step back, and the next person in line tries the same song. A song is thrown out if none of the remaining contestants get the lyric correct. The first four people (three people in season two) who get a song lyric correct move on to the second round.

Round 2
The contestants who advanced go up in pairs to play a mini-game. The winner of the game advances to the championship round. (Note that these games are the only ones that have aired so far. As more episodes air, more games will likely be played.)

* "Scrambled Lyrics": While the band is performing, words from the next line are shown scrambled on screen. The contestant is required to sing the line in its correct order. When one contestant is correct and the other is wrong at any point, the one who was correct moves on to the Championship Round.

* "Karaoke Challenge": While the band is performing, the contestant sees the words to the song in karaoke fashion. As the contestant sings the song, he or she will also see blanks, each representing a word in the song. The player who fills in the most blanks correctly (out of a possible 15) wins and goes on to the Championship Round.

* "Blind Start": The band plays the beginning notes of a song. When the band stops, the contestant must sing the opening line correctly. One of the three contestants is eliminated from the second round.

* "Playlist": The three contestants are given 6 categories of song which have comical titles. Whichever two contestants have the most points after the 6 songs move on to the next round.

* "Singing with the Enemy": The band plays part of a popular song. The first contestant must do the next line when the band stops playing. The band then picks up with the line the contestant said and stops. The next contestant continues on with the song. This goes through 3 passes. The two with the highest score move on.

Chorus Showdown
This follows a similar format to the first round, but instead of singing a line, the contestant is required to sing the entire chorus without mistakes from the song performed. If both are correct or incorrect (sometimes after two rounds), then they go to a tiebreaker, where they are given the year and the name of the performer and the first person to buzz in will be given the option of singing or passing. If the singer is correct, they win. If the singer is wrong, the other contestant wins. The winner moves on to the Final Countdown.

The Final Countdown
Ray Chew introduces this concluding round by announcing in song: "It's the Final Countdown!" (based on a song called "The Final Countdown" by hard rock band Europe.) Up to 7 songs are performed in a similar manner to the first round, but the contestant knows nothing about the song, (artist, title, year) and thus must use the lyrics in order to win the big money.

Here are the comparative TV ratings from March 25 to March 27 among Mega Manila households:

March 25 (Tuesday)
Non-Primetime:
SiS (GMA-7) 11.1 %, Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 7.1 %Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 13.9%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 22.4% Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.1%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 20% Prinsesa ng Banyera (ABS-CBN) 11.7%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) 17.9% El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) 11.4%
Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) 17.8% Hana Kami: Taiwan Version (ABS-CBN) 12.9%
Dating Now (GMA-7) 12.1% Devil Beside Me (GMA-7) 14.4% Naruto (ABS-CBN) 12%
Ghost Fighter (GMA-7) 16.7% PBB Teen Edition Plus Uber (ABS-CBN) 12.5%
Primetime:
Hana Kimi: Japan Version (GMA-7) 18.3%; Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) 13.4%
24 Oras (GMA-7) 28.1%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 21.3%
Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 34.4%; Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) 23.4%; Lobo (ABS-CBN) 23.7%
Kamandag (GMA-7) 32.1%; Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) 26.4%
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (GMA-7) 29.6%; Palos (ABS-CBN) 17.8%
The Legend (GMA-7) 20.5%; Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN) 14.7%
Kung Ako Ikaw (GMA-7) 12.6%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 8.9%

March 26 (Wednesday)
Non-Primetime:
Sis (GMA-7) 12.8%; Boy & Kris (GMA-7) 7.3%
Takeshi's Castle (GMA-7) 14.1%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 14.6%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 22.3%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.7%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 23%; Prinsesa ng Banyera (ABS-CBN) 10.6%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) 21.1%; El Cuerpo Deseo (ABS-CBN) 12.1%
Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) 21.7%; Hana Kimi: Taiwan Version (ABS-CBN) 10.9%
Dating Now (GMA-7) 13.7%; Devil Beside Me (GMA-7) 14.3%; Naruto (ABS-CBN) 10%
Ghost Fighter (GMA-7) 17.2%; PBB Teen Edition Plus Uber (ABS-CBN) 8.6%
Primetime:
Hana Kimi: Japan Version (GMA-7) 16.3%; Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) 12.5%
24 Oras (GMA-7) 28.8%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 18.8%; Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) 20.6%
Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 32.9%; Lobo (ABS-CBN) 20.1%
Kamandag (GMA-7) 33.1%; Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) 23.1%
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (GMA-7) 28.7%; Palos (ABS-CBN) 16.2%
The Legend (GMA-7) 20.9%; Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN) 14.7%
Kung Ako Ikaw (GMA-7) 13.6%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 8.1%
Saksi (GMA-7) 9.8%; Probe (ABS-CBN) 4.8%
Born To Be Wild (GMA-7) 6%; Uplate (ABS-CBN) 1.2%

March 27 (Thursday)
Non-Primetime (Partial):
Sis (GMA-7) 12.8%; Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 8.7%
Takeshi's Castle (GMA-7) 15.9%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 14.2%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 21.4%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.7%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 20.9%; Prinsesa ng Banyera (ABS-CBN) 10.9%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) 19.7%; El Cuerpo Deseo (ABS-CBN) 11.3% Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) 18.8%
Primetime:
Hana Kimi: Japan Version (GMA-7) 15.4%; Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) 14.5%
24 Oras (GMA-7) 28.7%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 22.6%
Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 34.1%; Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) 23.4%
Kamandag (GMA-7) 33.2%; Lobo (ABS-CBN) 21.8%; Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) 25.5%Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (GMA-7) 29.7%; Palos (ABS-CBN) 18%
The Legend (GMA-7) 22.7%; Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN) 14.9%
E.S.P. (GMA-7) 14.7%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 10.4%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines