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Glitzy and Glamorous

GMA Network’s trade party unveils new faces and new shows

As part of its year-long 60th anniversary celebration, leading broadcast company GMA Network hosted Thursday night a grand, glitzy and glamorous trade party that launched new programs and new faces set to capture the hearts of millions of viewers, here and around the world.

Held at the SMX Convention Center , the successful GMA trade launch was anchored by the grandest and hippest party event on TV and the Network’s newest Sunday musical/variety show, Party Pilipinas.

This special celebration was attended by the Network’s top executives headed by GMA Chairman, President and CEO Felipe L. Gozon,Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., GMA Films President Annette Gozon-Abrogar, GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. President and COO Lizelle G. Maralag; Senior Vice President for Sales Joel G. Jimenez and Senior Vice President for Entertainment TV Wilma V. Galvante.

The glamorous trade party started with a blast with the grand production performances from R&B Royalties Kyla and JayR, Mark Bautista,Aljur Abrenica, Frencheska Farr, Geoff Taylor, Kris Lawrence and Bad Boy of the Dance Floor Mark Herras.

Fast-rising Kapuso teen stars Sarah Labahti, Steven Silva, Joshua Dionisio, Jake Vargas, Bea Binene, Barbie Forteza, Julie Ann San Jose together with today’s youngest rapper Elmo Magalona, son of the late Master Rapper Francis M, pumped up the event with their colorful song and dance number.

Plus, new faces and new segments of the show were introduced by Party Pilipinas party jocks Raymond Gutierrez, Tim Yap, Bella Padilla and Starstruck V’s Ian Batherson together with Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez, Jaya and Ogie Alcasid. These new segments and new members of Party Pilipinas will surely draw in more viewers to join the coolest partyphiles on TV.

Making the trade party more bubbly is comedy genius Michael V who introduced his brainchild to the audience–the first-ever reality-sitcom and the newest multi-millionaire on TV–Pepito Manaloto. The other cast members of Pepito Manaloto who all attended the grand event in character were Carmina Villaroel, Manilyn Reynes and Joshua Pineda. Multi-talented artists Allan K and Eugene Domingo were also introduced as hosts of the upcoming late-night Saturday program titledComedy Bar.

Following the success of its primetime shows in the first quarter, GMA Network promises to deliver more riveting and heartwarming stories with the upcoming programs in the primetime block led by the much-anticipated Pinoy adaptation of the Korean series Endless Love starring Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Viewers -kids and adults alike–will surely enjoy the Network’s other new programs presented in the trade fair like Pilyang Kerubin, Langit Sa Piling Mo and Odessa, The Legend of the Swan Princess.

Meanwhile, the GMA-7’s News and Public Affairs headed by Senior Vice President Marissa L. Flores and Vice President for News Jessica Soho also presented their new shows like Aha! hosted by Drew Arellano and the much-awaited return of the reality-based Survivor Philippines . Unlike the previous seasons, this year’s SurvivorPhilippines will be much more captivating at the same time intriguing since it will be a special celebrity edition hosted by one of GMA Network’s primetime actors Richard Gutierrez.

And since last year, GMA News and Public Affairs has been leading the Filipinos in its campaign for an honest and peaceful Presidential election this May with their extensive awareness campaign of the automation system and unbiased news coverage of all the political candidates throughEleksyon 2010.

Q Channel 11, GMA Network’s sister station, also unveiled their latest programming namely I Laugh Sabado, Sus Naman! May Solusyon Yan! and Tonight with Arnold Clavio.

More so, the country’s most-sought after showbiz couple Dingdong and Marian thrilled the audience with their wonderful production number. Aside from their upcoming primetime show, Dingdong and Marian topbill the latest GMA Films’ offering titled You To Me Are Everything.

Aside from introducing new programs, GMA Network also gave the guests at the trade party a chance to experience the newest dating game on television titled Take Me Out hosted by JayR. Brazilian–Japanese models Akihiro Sato, Daniel Matsunaga, Fabio Ide and stationed at the Take Me Out booth were swamped by the guests for photo sessions which went on the entire evening.

Adding more fun and excitement to the trade launch were the raffle prizes including IPADs, PSPs, other electronic gadgets and two brand new Mitsubishi Lancers won by Christina de Guzman-Lao of Golden Arches Development Corporation and Rommel Pentinio of Starcom Mediavest Group.

Activity booths with fun-filled games and prizes set up by the various GMA programs and subsidiaries placed strategically at the SMX Convention Center truly added fun and merry-making to the event from beginning to the end.