The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia

The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia (originally Eat Bulaga! Indonesia) was a variety and game show In Indonesia produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc., and last aired by ANTV Network. It was based on the Philippines' longest-running noon-time variety show, Eat Bulaga!, which made it the first Philippine TV show to be franchised in another country. Its first incarnation premiered on July 16, 2012 and ended on April 3, 2014, which aired on its original network SCTV. The show returned on its second network, ANTV from November 17, 2014 to August 8, 2016 with a mix of original and new hosts.

History

SCTV years (2012–2014)

Malou Choa-Fagar, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Television and Production Exponents Inc., revealed that SCTV first approached them.

Harsiwi Achmad, program director, had been watching the show on YouTube before she moved to SCTV. Achmad felt that the program was entertaining and educating, and that it can spread positive values and get close with the community. Feeling that it would work well with Indonesian audience, Achmad contacted TAPE's marketing creative service advisor, Gerry C. Guzman, who became a way for the SCTV and Filipino executives to negotiate. Kebon Jeruk, director of programs and production at Studio Penta SCTV, also became interested, saying that he wants the program to be as successful as the original.^[1] The situation had initially shocked and surprise Filipino television executives. The SCTV executives then went to the Philippines to spend time watch the show and getting a chance to see how it works.

Surya Utama, known by his stage name "Uya Kuya" (literally "Boss Uya", counterpart to Eat Bulaga!'s "Bossing Vic"), a magician and comedian from Bandung, would become the show's main host. His wife, Astrid Khairunnisha, also known by "Astrid Kuya" also co-hosted the show.

The show began simply as "Eat Bulaga! Indonesia", retaining much of the original segments and games played on the Philippine TV show, and premiered on SCTV on July 16, 2012. On July 21, 2012 - Philippine viewers watching on GMA Network got to view a glimpse of the show's opening performance, while the Philippine hosts simultaneously performed the beginning to the Philippine show.^[2]

Throughout its first year, the show kept in close touch with its original Philippine counterpart. The hosts made many occasional trips to the Philippines to perform with the hosts of the original show, including a segment where the Indonesian hosts teamed up with their Filipino counterparts to participate in a special segment of Pinoy Henyo: International Version. On December 17, 2012, Filipino singer Christian Bautista made a guest appearance on the show. That same day, Uya Kuya also announced that the show would be airing five days a week instead of three, due to positive feedback and requests from fans. On January 2013, Leo Consul, a Filipino host of the Indonesian show at the time, visited his homeland to perform in front of the Filipino fans, before leaving the show later in the year for unknown and unannounced reasons. Consul's departure from the show triggered an emotional response from the other hosts where Bianca Liza, one of the co-hosts at the time, was seen in tears on-stage. Despite this, Consul's rise to being a host of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia became a legacy and popular story in the Philippines.

The show reached lots of success in Indonesia, making it through one year as the number TV show in its time slot. Eat Bulaga! Indonesia celebrated its first-year anniversary at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta.^[3] The celebration featured a guest appearance by Dahlan Iskan, at the time, Indonesia's minister for state-owned enterprises. Iskan participated on the Indonesia Pintar segment. Various bands and pop groups alsob performed at the anniversary. The Philippine hosts at the original program also threw a mini-celebration of their own to congratulate the Indonesian accomplishment.

However unfortunately, the show's success would be short-lived, 2014 would be its last year with SCTV. Uya Kuya left the show amid its final days, causing the show's ratings to drop drastically. Thus, thus would lead to the show's cancellation on April 3, 2014 and was replaced by FTV Sore.

ANTV years (2014-2016)

The show returned as The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia on ANTV Network, airing its pilot on November 17, 2014. This version is nothing like the previous version. While Uya Kuya, Astrid Kuya, Farid Aja and Reza Bukan retained their roles as main hosts, the show debuted with a complete new set of hosts (many of them being Indian actors with shows aired by ANTV) as well as a new layout. Due to the strong presence of Indians and Indian Indonesians with ANTV, this version of the show adopted lots of Indian as well as Indo-Islamic influence. The show also became more drastically differentiated from the original Filipino program.

The new version also featured a new opening theme song and performance, though its tune was still based on the original and resembles an older version of the Philippine opening song. Viewers were greeted with "Inilah, The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia", meaning "this is The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia" in English. The theme was once-more given a minor change, a faster and moren dance-like mix in February of 2016.

Many of the game segments also debuted with new names, since many of their original Philippine counterparts were discontinued. The show also debuted new game segments in addition to the many changes, hence the adding of "The New" to the show's name to emphasize the large changes.

Viewers also get to watch replays of entire episodes on ANTV's YouTube channel, which also has replays of its other television shows. A unique twist to this version was its celebration of Islamic holidays and feasts, hosting "Ramadan" editions on the Islamic holy month of the same name.

The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia celebrated its 1st-year anniversary with ANTV on November 20, 2015 and was sponsored by Malkist Roma, a popular local crackers brand. The show featured an Indian-influenced celebration, since it featured guest appearances by Indian actresses Paridhi Sharma and Lavina Tandon who have a large fan base in Indonesia.

The show ended on June 30, 2016.

Schedule

The first incarnation of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia aired at 2:30 pm (WIB) (3:30 pm (Philippine Time)), a deviation from the original which is broadcast at noon. This was done to consider the viewers' prayer time (salat) according to Islam. The first season was set for 13 weeks, as a trial period.^[4][5][6][7] The show was cancelled after April 3, 2014 and it was replaced by FTV Sore which shows Indonesian television films.

The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia returned to the airwaves in its second incarnation, this time on a new network, ANTV, its pilot episode airing on November 17, 2014. The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia currently airs from 8:00 am to 10:00 am (WIB) (9:00 am to 11:00 am (Philippine Time)). The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia features a new set of hosts. The names of the segments of the show also changed to new names.

They aired their last episode on June 30, 2016 during Ramadan, with one last encore episode airing on August 8, 2016.

Hosts

Second Incarnation

• Uya Kuya (2014–2016)
• Astrid Khairunnisha (2014–2016)
• Shaheer Sheikh (2014–2016)
• Saurav Gurjar (2014–2016)
• Reza Bukan (2014–2016)
• Farid Aja (2014–2016)
• Tengku Dewi Putri (2014–2016)
• Lavanya Bharadwaj (2014–2016)
• Ibnu Jamil (2014–2016)
• Brandon Nicholas (2014–2016)
• Vin Rana (2014–2016))
• Rohit Bharadwaj (2014–2016)
• Fiona Fachru Nisa (2014–2016)
• Nita Sofiani (2014–2016)
• Ana Riana (2014–2016)
• Vicky Prasetyo (2015–2016)

First Incarnation

• Uya Kuya (2012–2014)
• Andhika Pratama (2013–2014)
• Farid Aja (2012–2014)
• Reza Bukan (2012–2014)
• Narji (2012–2014)
• Rian Ibram (2012–2014)
• Rio Indrawan (2012–2014)
• Jenny Tan (2012–2014)
• Bianca Liza (2012–2014)
• Christie Julia (2012–2014)
• Christina Colondam (2013–2014)
• Ivan Gunawan (2013–2014)
• Gading Marten (2014)
• Aaron Ashab (2012)
• Selfi Nafillah (2012)
• Selena Alesandra (2012–2013)
• Wijaya (2012)
• Ramzi (2012)
• Ciripa (2012)
• Leo Consul (2012–2013)
• Steven Muliawan (2012–2013)
• Tora Sudiro (2013)
• Astrid Khairunnisha (2012–2014)

Segments

These were the segments on the show, as they were on ANTV's The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, shown with their original names on SCTV's Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, the show adapted some games and segments from the original program:

• Idola Kampung (originally "Jagoan Karaoke", from Pambato ng Videoke)
• Berbagi Kejutan (originally "Satu Untuk Semua, Semua Untuk Satu", from Juan for All, All for Juan: Bayanihan of d' Pipol)
• Tokcer (originally "Indonesia Pintar", from Pinoy Henyo)
• Jackpot Dadakan (Jedak, from On the Spot, Jackpot!)
• Little Miss Indonesia (from Little Miss Philippines)
• Little Mister Indonesia
• Maju Terus Pantang Mundur (from Laban o Bawi)
• DanceBulaga
• Cocok Gak Cocok (from Heart to Get)

Discontinued/seasonal segments

• Ekstrim Karaoke
• Masak Gokil
• Super Grandma Indonesia
• That's My Boy Indonesia (from That's My Boy Philippines)
• Olympiade Bayi (from Babylympics)
• The Tailor
• Pekerja Keras
• Barberman
• Turisnesia (from You're My Foreignoy/You're My Foreignay)
• Merah, Putih (from Kontrapelo: Sa Pula, Sa Puti)
• Kanan Kiri Bumbum Cring! (from Kaliwa o Kanan? Wave, Wave, Wave, Win! Win! Win!)
• Beandaan (from Bulagaan University)
• Bolagaan (from Bolagaan)

References

External links

• SCTV program page