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Wowowee is a noontime game show of the Philippines. It is aired Monday - Saturday at 1 PM GMT+8 on ABS-CBN. Since its debut, it became popular all over the Philippines, after airing with Pilipinas, Game KNB?. It is now popular all over the world on the TFC network.

== Show Format == (current as of Jan 2006) JD

Currently, this is how the show progresses...

• Interaction with the Audience members. Willie goes around the audience greeting them and allowing the TFC Subscribers to greet whoever they want to. Guests donate money to the show during this time.
• Willie of Fortune. (See the portion for it below).
• Isang Talon, Isang Sagot. (See the portion for it below).
• Bigat 10. (See the portion for it below).
• Sigurado o Doblado. (See the portion for it below).
• Pera o Bayong (Money or the Basket). The prizes may vary in this game. 100 contestants struggle it out in a question and answer portion choosing either red, green, or yellow. 1 person will emerge from this and will choose 3 bayong from 10 different colors which within contains 2 PHP1,000,000 prizes or a house and lot or a motor-tricycle. Only 1 bayong is chosen from the selected 3 and Willie will then start to barter the bayong for an amount of money.

Willie of Fortune Format

The first season's format started with Willie of Fortune, a pun to Wheel of Fortune. The pun is irrelevant to the real title. At this point, two people at a time answer questions and advance.

The Contestants are pre-choosen. Sometimes from local businesses, like all hairdressors, or all cooks, or all gardeners. Other times they ask celebrities to be on the show, like all actors or actresses, or beauty queens, singers, etc. This way the people doing the same type job are matched with each other.

Current Game: Questune. Willie calls for a Questune and the pianist plays a song. The Contestant that regognizes the song may press a button on a signal device. The first to press a button must guess the title of the song within a few seconds. If they get it right they get 1 point. Then if they can sing it they get another point for 2 points and advance to the next level. If they can't sing it, the other contestant has a chance to sing it to get the point. If the first contestant answers wrong, the song is played again for the second contestant and they are given a chance to answer it. Once one contestant gets 2 points they advance and the other gets some corn and a seat in the audience.

Current Game Formats

Game 1: Isang Talon, Isang Sagot (One Jump, One Answer). A type of question and answer game, the 3 contestants remaining stands in front of panels that you need to stomp via jumping to answer. The first person to score 5 points proceeds to game 2.

Game 2: Biga10 (Heavy hitter). This is where the earlier 10 random audience members are used for. The winning contestant from the first game is given PHP50,000, he/she will be pitted on a one on one question and answer part against 1 of the Biga10 's. If the contestant from Game 1 gets the right answer another person from the Biga10 's is pitted against him/her, otherwise he/she loses PHP3,000 from the PHP50,000 given. If the contestant from Game 1 is able to beat all of the Biga10 's, the PHP50,000 given is doubled.

Game 3: Sigurado o Doblado (Sure or Double). If the contestant from game 1 wasn't able to defeat the Biga10 's perfectly he/she will be allowed to choose from Sigurado or Doblado. If the game 1 contestant chooses Sigurado Willie of Fortune stops right thereand the contestant keeps the remaining money from facing the Biga10 's. However if he/she chooses Doblado he will be asked to choose a combination from chips that alternate as black and white that will be shown to him/her. After choosing, the chips will be put in a box which will be thrown all around the audience and back to the center. Willie will then open the box and reveal wether the player gets the right combination, if he/she does.. the money he/she earned from game 2 is doubled if not he/she goes home with the money he/she acquired before Game 1.

Edit: Recently another chip was added to the selection, this is a chip for a motorcycle unit... it has a side with a picture of a motorcyle on it and the other side has none. It will be included in the box making the chips contained in the box to 6. If the face that turns is the one with the picture of the motorcycle.. the player gets it add to that the result of the combination of the other 5 black/white chips.

== Old Game Formats == No Longer Played

The beginning is the same but the Willie of Fortune uses Questunes. Two points are needed to win. One point is scored by identifying the song and another if sung correctly.

Game 1: Kol a Kolokoy. This time, the Contestant competes with two other Kolokoys. To win, you must score three points to win.

Game 2: Rockboard. The other contestants must guess what is drawn on the boards. The drawing Contestant draws on two boards, one scrolling board and the rocky board. They have 30 seconds each to describe it. If cthe other contestant cannot guess, they have 5 seconds afterward to answer.

Game 3: Touch Ako. The rules bend often in this segment. He/she/they have 30 seconds to complete a task by throwing velcro balls into the arena, while the others try to avoid. Some rules are:

• Get ten balls to stick
• If they stick, they are out. Get all to win.

Previous Game: A Phillipine celebrity comes out and does a little charade game. The contestant must guess two within 60 seconds.

Previous Game: Guess Who? TVs surround the Contestant and that very same celebrity tries to describe what is on the screen. The contestant cannot see the character described and must guess two to win.

Previous Bonus Game: Kol a Kolokoy. The Contestant chooses someone from the studio audience to play against him/her (the Kolokoy.) The kolokoy must guess two to win and the Contestant must guess three to win PHP5,000.

Wowowee Girls

The Wowowee Girls were the original game assistants for the show. The group was formed in late January 2005 for the premier of WOWOWEE on February 5, 2005. The members were recruited from the Flawless Girls, The GoG!rls, Sexbomb and other sources. Host Willie started calling the girls "Bump Girls", but the name eventually was shortened to just "The Bump."

Later there was a second generation of Wowowee Girls. They were no longer called "The Bump," that name being dropped with the controversial resignation of a group of original members. They were then known as the "Wowowee Girls."

The next development was a shock to the many fans of the group. Without saying a word, the group was completely dropped from the show. No explanation was given. In fact, it was not even acknowledged. On November 2, 2005 the ASF Dancers began appearing in their place.

A significant sub-group of the original girls have formed a new group known as "Secret!" or "The Secret Girls." The fate of the others is unknown at this time.

See also

• ABS-CBN
• Telebisyon.net: Wowowee
• List of Philippine television shows

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