Survivor Philippines
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| Survivor Philippines | |
 Logo of Survivor Philippines |
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| Format | Reality competition |
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| Created by |  Charlie Parsons |
| Starring | Paolo Bediones |
| Country of origin |  Philippines |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | GMA Network |
| Original run | September 15, 2008 – December 12, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Expedition Robinson Survivor (US) |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Survivor Philippines is the Philippine version of the Survivor franchise. Like many of its counterparts, the show has a set number of contestants stranded on an isolated area for 39 days until one remains and is given the title Pinoy Sole Survivor. Aside from the title, the winner also receives P3,000,000 (around US$65,000), the largest ever cash prize in the history of Philippine reality game shows. The show is hosted by Paolo Bediones and is aired by GMA Network on weekday nights during the primetime Telebabad time slot.
The show basically follows the structure and all elements of the Survivor franchise, with some modifications. The show also uses the theme music for the British version composed by Russ Landau, who made the Ancient Voices series of theme scores for the American version. It has further been re-arranged and added with tribal and ethnic flavors by local Filipino composer Diwa de Leon and chant vocals were performed by Evan Britanico.[1][2]
There have been two seasons of the show. One already took place, while the other has just been announced.
- The first season took place in Ko Tarutao, Thailand, the same island where Survivor: Thailand was shot, from July to August, 2008. Auditions were held in six Philippine cities in May 2008.[3] Sixteen contestants were initially chosen, but the number was increased to 18 as producers felt the original number would not be enough to satisfy the diversity of personalities to be involved.[4] The show aired for 13 weeks from September to December 2008.
- The second season was announced by GMA on February 2009 with nine audition venues in eight cities already being announced to be held in March 2009.[5][6] The season will start airing in August of the same year. Local media in Palau is reporting that the second season will be filmed there. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ Meet the composer of the Survivor Philippines Theme: an OTWOMD Exclusive interview
- ^ Survivor Philippines Begins - Official Theme Music by Diwa de Leon Master Diwa: Composer, Violinist, Gamer and Cosplayer
- ^ "THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF SURVIVOR PHILIPPINES". http://blogs.gmanews.tv/survivor-philippines/?p=5. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
- ^ Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, September 20, 2008
- ^ "Survivor Philippines Season 2 will begin nationwide auditions". http://www.pep.ph/guide/3400/Survivor-Philippines-Season-2-will-begin-nationwide-auditions. Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Survivor Philippines Season 2 Application". http://www.survivorphilippines.tv/application_form.doc.
- ^ "Palau president drops fee for Philippines Survivor team". http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=47220. Retrieved on 2009-06-18.
[edit] External links
- Official Survivor Philippines Website
- Official Blog of Survivor: Philippines
- Survivor Philippines at the Internet Movie Database
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