GMA-7's Sunday musical variety show Party Pilipinas will soon go off air. The three-year Sunday show will finally bid goodbye this May 19. The news came out after the Kapuso network cancelled another Sunday show H.O.T TV (Hindi Ordinaryong Tsismis).
The end of Party Pilipinas was confirmed by Lilybeth Rasonable, GMA Network's OIC for Entertainment TV. In a statement sent to PEP, Ms. Rasonable talked of a new musical variety show that will replace Party Pilipinas in an attempt to boost GMA-7's Sunday noontime offering.
The statement reads:
"In a few weeks, there will be exciting changes in the Sunday noontime offering of GMA. The new musical variety show will have more fun and thrilling elements that viewers must definitely watch out for, still with the biggest and brightest Kapuso stars. More information on the show will be announced soon."
Performers of the show took to Twitter expressing their gratitude to those who supported the show on its three-year run.
"Sa lahat ng sumuporta sa Amin sa partypilipinas, salamat! It has been an awesome 3 years. We will never forget you. We love you," Ogie Alcasid posted on his official Twitter account.
"Thank you for supporting Party Pilipinas next week will be our last! Thanks so much for ur love and until next time:-)," Jaya said on Twitter confirming that May 19 will be their last episode, which is said to have the title Party Pilipinas Take A Bow.
Rumor has it that there became an unhealthy competition between the two teams in the show, involving the directors. However, one possible reason for Party Pilipinas' demise is very much like what happened on its predecessor SOP going off air after being consistently beaten by rival ASAP of ABS-CBN.
There has been reports that Level Up will be replacing Party Pilipinas as the new Kapuso Sunday noontime variety show but nothing has been finalized yet.
Well, what will happen now to Christian Bautista who just transferred to the Kapuso network and went on to perform in Party Pilipinas? He may be joining the replacement but surely, GMA-7 has a teleserye for him. As for the other performers of the show, let's just wish them luck on their every endeavor.
Well, what will happen now to Christian Bautista who just transferred to the Kapuso network and went on to perform in Party Pilipinas? He may be joining the replacement but surely, GMA-7 has a teleserye for him. As for the other performers of the show, let's just wish them luck on their every endeavor.
