Eat Bulaga! is a Philippine television variety show that premiered on Radio Philippines Network on July 30, 1979. The show features a disparate set of segments. It initially featured Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, Chiqui Hollman, and Richie D'Horsie; the show's cast have changed significantly during its run.
Eat Bulaga! is the longest-running variety show in the Philippines. It has enjoyed consistently high viewership on broadcast television, according to AGB Nielsen Philippines and Kantar Media Philippines. The show's impact on television resulted in the creation of international spin-off programs and the supercouple nicknamed AlDub, which inspired various Internet memes, other mediums, and global popularity on social media.
Eat Bulaga! has garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for its hosting and acting. It has won twenty-one Box Office Entertainment Awards. The show has received twenty-one Golden Screen TV Award nominations (winning eleven) and seventy-nine for PMPC Star Awards for Television (winning twenty). Eat Bulaga! won Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) at the 2005 Asian Television Awards. At the 2015 FAMAS Awards, Tito, Vic, and de Leon won FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award.
Accolades + Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Aliw Awards 2008 Best Dance Company (Modern) SexBomb Girls EB Babes 2016 Best Stand-Up Comedian Jose Manalo Asian Television Awards 2005 Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) Eat Bulaga! Silver Special Box Office Entertainment Awards 2002 Most Popular Dance Group SexBomb Dancers 2005 Most Popular Dance Group SexBomb Dancers 2007 Hall of Fame SexBomb Dancers Most Popular Dance Group EB Babes 2008 Most Popular Dance Group EB Babes 2009 Most Popular Dance Group EB Babes 2012 Most Popular TV Program – Musical Variety/Noontime & Primetime Eat Bulaga! Bert Marcelo Lifetime Achievement Award Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola 2013 Most Popular TV Program – Musical Variety/Noontime & Primetime Eat Bulaga! 2014 Most Popular TV Program – Musical Variety/Noontime & Primetime Eat Bulaga! 2015 Most Popular TV Program – Musical Variety/Noontime & Primetime Eat Bulaga! Corazon Samaniego Lifetime Achievement Award Vic Sotto 2016 Most Popular TV Program – Musical Variety/Noontime & Primetime Eat Bulaga! Breakthrough Male Star of Philippine Movies and TV Alden Richards Breakthrough Female Star of Philippine Movies and TV Maine Mendoza Bert Marcelo Lifetime Achievement Award Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, and Paolo Ballesteros Highest Record Rating of a Noontime Show of All Time (Local & Global) "Tamang Panahon" for gaining a 55% television rating on October 24, 2015 2017 Most Promising Recording/Performing Group That's My Bae Global Achievement by a Filipino Artist Paolo Ballesteros 2020 Male TV Host of the Year Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, and Paolo Ballesteros 2024 Box Office Iconic Stars of Philippine Television Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon FAMAS Awards 2015 FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon Gawad Tanglaw 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award Eat Bulaga! 2016 Natatanging Tanglaw ng Kabataan sa Sining ng Telebisyon Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza Natatanging Gawad Tanglaw sa Sining ng Telebisyon Antonio P. Tuviera Golden Screen TV Awards 2011 Outstanding Variety Program Eat Bulaga! Outstanding Male Host in a Musical or Variety Program Vic Sotto Tito Sotto Joey de Leon Outstanding Female Host in a Musical or Variety Program Julia Clarete Pia Guanio 2013 Outstanding Variety Program Eat Bulaga! Outstanding Male Host in a Musical or Variety Program Ryan Agoncillo Vic Sotto Outstanding Female Host in a Musical or Variety Program Julia Clarete 2014 Outstanding Variety Program Eat Bulaga! Outstanding Male Host in a Musical or Variety Program Allan K. Ryan Agoncillo Outstanding Female Host in a Musical or Program Julia Clarete Pia Guanio Special Citation as the Youngest TV Host Ryzza Mae Dizon 2015 Outstanding Variety Program Eat Bulaga! Outstanding Female Host for a Musical or Variety Program Julia Clarete Pia Guanio Outstanding Male Host for a Musical or Variety Program Allan K. Ryan Agoncillo PMPC Star Awards for Television 2000 Best Variety Show Eat Bulaga! Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon 2005 Best Variety Show Eat Bulaga! Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto 2006 Best Variety Show Eat Bulaga! 2007 Best Variety Show Eat Bulaga! Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Joey de Leon Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio 2008 Best Variety Show Eat Bulaga! Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Best New Female TV Personality Daiana Menezes 2009 Hall of Fame (Best Variety Show) Eat Bulaga! Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Allan K. Best Female TV Host Julia Clarete Pia Guanio 2010 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Joey de Leon Allan K. Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award Antonio P. Tuviera 2011 Best Male TV Host Allan K. Vic Sotto Joey de Leon 2012 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Allan K. Ryan Agoncillo Best Female TV Host Julia Clarete Pauleen Luna Best New Female TV Personality Ryzza Mae Dizon Isabelle Daza 2013 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Allan K. Best Female TV Host Julia Clarete Pauleen Luna 2014 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Joey de Leon Best Female TV Host Julia Clarete Pia Guanio Best Single Performance by an Actor Jose Manalo for "Hulog ng Langit" (2014 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) 2015 Best Male TV Host Wally Bayola Best Female TV Host Julia Clarete Pia Guanio Best New Female TV Personality Maine Mendoza German Moreno's Power Tandem Award Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza 2016 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Ryan Agoncillo Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Best Single Performance by an Actor Alden Richards for "God Gave Me You" (2016 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) Best New Male TV Personality Sebastian Benedict Jake Ejercito for "God Gave Me You" (2016 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) 2017 Best Male TV Host Ryan Agoncillo Allan K. Jose Manalo Alden Richards Vic Sotto Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Maine Mendoza Best Single Performance by an Actor Alden Richards for "Kapatid" (2017 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award Vic Sotto 2018 Best Male TV Host Alden Richards Vic Sotto Best Female TV Host Maine Mendoza Best New Male TV Personality Kendoll 2019 Best Male TV Host Vic Sotto Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Maine Mendoza Best Single Performance by an Actor Wally Bayola for "Bulawan" (2019 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) Alden Richards for "Bulawan" (2019 Eat Bulaga! Lenten Special) 2021 Best Male TV Host Paolo Ballesteros Alden Richards Vic Sotto Best Female TV Host Pia Guanio Maine Mendoza 2023 Best Male TV Host Paolo Ballesteros Alden Richards Best Female TV Host Maine Mendoza
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