Will Angela Be the Very First Pinoy Biggest Loser?

Angela Chico-Lupango entered the Biggest Loser camp weighing 223 pounds but left weighing only 155 pounds, according to her last weigh-in.

She joined the reality show because she wanted to bear a child and finally be able to start a family with her husband. After losing a total of 68 pounds, Angela proudly says, “The audience can expect not only a slimmer and healthier Angela, but a more confident woman who will face what life has to offer.” Will Angela be the very first Pinoy Biggest Loser? Find out how many pounds will Angela be able to lose until the “Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition Wellness Fair and Grand Finale” this Saturday (October at the Ynares Stadium in Pasig, with host Sharon Cuneta, game master Derek Ramsay, and trainers Chinggay Andrada and Jim Saret.

For program updates, log on to http://biggestloserpinoyedition.abs-cbn.com, like it on Facebook and follow @BLPinoyEdition on Twitter.

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‘The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition’ Wins in Mega Manila TV Ratings

AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People Ratings (Sept. 20 to 22, 2011) – “Eat Bulaga” leads daytime, “Amaya” tops primetime.

Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs in Mega Manila from September 20 to 22, 2011 according to AGB Nielsen’s People Ratings:

September 20, Tuesday

Daytime:

1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 11.6%
2. Sinner Or Saint (GMA-7) – 6.2%
3. Pahiram ng Isang Ina (GMA-7) – 5.9%
4. Kapuso Movie Festival: Lab En Kisses (GMA-7) – 5.6%
5. Slam Dunk (GMA-7) / Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit (GMA-7) – 4.7%
6. The Fierce Wife (ABS-CBN) / My Fair Lady (ABS-CBN) / Gourmet (GMA-7) – 4.2%
7. Super Sine: Ba’al The Storm God (TV5) – 4%
8. Showtime (ABS-CBN) – 3.9%
9. Dragon Ball Z Kai (GMA-7) – 3.8%
10. T3 Kapatid Sagot Kita! (TV5) – 3.4%

Primetime:

1. Amaya (GMA-7) – 13.7%
2. Munting Heredera (GMA-7) – 12.7%
3. Iglot (GMA-7) – 11.6%
4. 100 Days To Heaven (ABS-CBN) – 10.8%
5. Time of My Life (GMA-7) – 10.7%
6. 24 Oras (GMA-7) – 10.1%
7. Guns And Roses (ABS-CBN) – 9%
8. My Binondo Girl (ABS-CBN) – 8.7%
9. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) – 8.6%
10. Nasaan Ka Elisa? (ABS-CBN) – 8.3%

September 21, Wednesday

Daytime:

1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 11.8%
2. Kapuso Movie Festival: Leon Cordero Duwag Lang Ang Hahalik Sa Lupa (GMA-7) – 7.4%
3. Sinner Or Saint (GMA-7) – 7.1%
4. Pahiram ng Isang Ina (GMA-7) – 6.7%
5. Slam Dunk (GMA-7) – 5.2%
6. Dragon Ball Z Kai (GMA-7) / Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit (GMA-7) – 5%
7. One Piece (GMA-7) / My Fair Lady (ABS-CBN) – 4.8%
8. The Fierce Wife (ABS-CBN) / Gourmet (GMA-7) – 4.7%
9. Super Sine 5: Caved In (TV5) – 4.2%
10. Reputasyon (ABS-CBN) – 4.1%

Primetime:

1. Amaya (GMA-7) – 13.6%
2. Munting Heredera (GMA-7) – 12.9%
3. Time of My Life (GMA-7) – 11.7%
4. 100 Days To Heaven (ABS-CBN) – 11.4%
5. Iglot (GMA-7) – 11.3%
6. My Binondo Girl (ABS-CBN) – 10.7%
7. Nasaan Ka Elisa? (ABS-CBN) – 10.6%
8. 24 Oras (GMA-7) – 10.2%
9. Guns And Roses (ABS-CBN) – 9.9%
10. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) – 8.2%

September 22, Thursday

Daytime:

1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 12.4%
2. Sinner Or Saint (GMA-7) – 6.7%
3. Pahiram ng Isang Ina (GMA-7) – 6.3%
4. Kapuso Movie Festival: Anting-Anting (GMA-7) – 6.2%
5. Slam Dunk (GMA-7) / Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit (GMA-7) – 5.4%
6. Dragon Ball Z Kai (GMA-7) – 5.1%
7. One Piece (GMA-7) / The Fierce Wife (ABS-CBN) / My Fair Lady (ABS-CBN) – 5%
8. Super Sine 5: Bone Eater (TV5) – 4.9%
9. Reputasyon (ABS-CBN) – 4.4%
10. T3 Kapatid Sagot Kita! (TV5) – 4.2%

Primetime:

1. Amaya (GMA-7) / Munting Heredera (GMA-7) – 12.4%
2. 100 Days To Heaven (ABS-CBN) – 11.7%
3. Iglot (GMA-7) – 11.2%
4. Time of My Life (GMA-7) – 10.2%
5. Nasaan Ka Elisa? (ABS-CBN) / Guns And Roses (ABS-CBN) – 10.1%
6. My Binondo Girl (ABS-CBN) – 10%
7. 24 Oras (GMA-7) / Wil Time Bigtime (TV5) – 9.2%
8. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) – 9%
9. The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition (ABS-CBN) – 7.4%
10. Maria La Del Barrio (ABS-CBN) – 6.5%

Source: AGB Nielsen Phils. via PEP

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Biggest Loser Top Four Shocked by the Return of the Ex-Cons

It’s the return of the ex-cons in the country’s biggest reality TV show.

Twelve eliminated contestants from the “Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition” went back to the camp in last night”s epsiode (Sep 6), following the elimination of Ryan, a twist that shocked the four remaining contestants.

But not all were lucky as two of them, Winwin and Andy, were eliminated immediately for gaining weight.

Top four contestants Angela, Art, Larry, and Raffy will battle the ex-cons in a series of challenges before the next weigh-in. If the top four win, they get to send home an ex-con. Otherwise, all ex-cons remain.

The latest turn of events in the Biggest Loser camp is giving the eliminated contestants a second chance to become the first Pinoy Biggest Loser.

“My experience at the BL Camp made me realize that the best things in life are not for free. You have to work hard for it,” said 31-year old Ryan Razon of Pampanga.

While Ryan may have been booted out of the camp, he earned the distinction of being the first Pinoy Biggest Loser contestant to shed off more than 100 pounds.

At the start of the show, Ryan weighed 293 pounds. When he left, his weight stood at 189 pounds or a total loss of 104 pounds.

Wild card contestant Leigh also bid the camp goodbye last Friday feeling lighter and happier. She lost a total of 46 pounds from the time she entered the contest and left weighing only 184 pounds.

“My experience inside the BL camp has been perhaps the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. I came in thinking only my body will be challenged. I never expected it to be emotionally and mentally challenging at the same time. The experience was priceless,” she said.

Will Ryan and Leigh fare better this time around? Find out as they join Alan, Destiny, Eboy, Edden, Eric, Hazel, JM, and Joy in staging a big comeback.

Don’t miss the exciting twists and turns in this week’s “Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition” after “Guns and Roses” on ABS-CBN. For news and updates on the program, visit http://biggestloserpinoyedition.abs-cbn.com, like it on Facebook, or follow @BLPinoyEdition on Twitter.

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Giant Crocodile Found in the Philippines is Biggest Captive Crocodile in the World

A giant crocodile captured in Agusan del Sur in the Philippines last Saturday, September 2, is believed to be the biggest captive crocodile to date.

The said Philippine adult male crocodile, measuring 21 ft or 6.4 meters long, was captured alive along a creek by crocodile farm staff and residents in Bunawan in Agusan del Sur. It we are to check the records, the Philippine crocodile is the biggest so far.

Giant Crocodile captured in Agusan del Sur, Philippines
Photo Credit: Associated Press

Two larger certifiable records of the biggest crocodiles in the world are both of 6.2 metres (20 ft) adult crocodiles. The first crocodile was shot in the Mary River in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1974 by poachers and measured by wildlife rangers.

The second crocodile was killed in 1983 in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. In the case of the second crocodile it was actually the skin that was measured by zoologist Jerome Montague, and as skins are known to underestimate the size of the actual animal, it is possible this crocodile was at least another 10 cm longer.

The largest crocodile ever held in captivity, on the other hand, is an Estuarine–Siamese hybrid named Yai (meaning “big” in Thai) which was born on June 10,1972, at the famous Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Thailand. This animal measures 6 m (19.69 ft) (19 ft 8 in) in length and weighs 1114.27 kg.

The largest captive crocodile alive in the US is located in South Carolina. In June 2002, Alligator Adventure introduced Utan, born in 1964 in Thailand. At 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighing in at more than a ton, “Utan”, the largest crocodile to ever be exhibited in the United States resides in Myrtle Beach.

The records are set to be changed as the giant crocodile which was captured in Agusan del Sur over the weekend has a measurement of 6.4 meters, by far the biggest if it becomes official.

Captured alive, the giant crocodile weighs around 2,370 pounds or 1,075 kilograms.

According to the town Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde it took almost 100 people to place the reptile in a fenced cage. The mayor also said that they are planning to build an eco-tourism park for species found in a vast marshland in Agusan (an impoverished region about 515 miles southeast of Manila) featuring the giant crocodile which is about to become the biggest captive crocodile in the world.

The giant crocodile was first seen by local farm villagers killing a water buffalo (carabao) last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July, according to reports.

After they spotted the giant reptile, villagers and members of the crocodile farm staff set four traps, which the giant crocodile destroyed. They then used sturdier traps using steel cables, one of which finally caught the giant crocodile late Saturday.

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Philippine Arena is Set to Become the Biggest Indoor Dome in the World

The Iglesia ni Cristo’s “Philippine Arena” is going to be the largest indoor dome in the world come 2014.

A gigantic indoor dome is about to rise in Bocaue, Bulacan which is set to become the largest in the world.
The dome is called Philippine Arena, a joint project of religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) and Korean builder Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp. It’s located at the 74,000-square-meter area of Ciudad de Victoria project in Bocaue with a budget of $175 million and a seating capacity of around 50,000.
The soon-to-be-biggest dome is expected to be completed within 30 months in time for the INC’s 100th founding anniversary in 2014.
(Images via Pinoy Exchange)
The ground breaking ceremony was already held last August 17 at the Ciudad de Victoria and was attended by Hanwha and INC officials.

Did you know that the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao was once the world’s biggest indoor dome? Also known as the “Big Dome,” it held the record from 1960 to 2001 for having a dome-shape roof measuring 108 diameter. It was beaten by the Oita Stadium in Japan in 2001, also known as “The Big Eye” for having a retractable roof measuring a diameter of 274 m.
In 2009, the Oita Stadium was beated by the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington Texas by just 1 meter. The Cowboys Stadium is still the biggest indoor dome until now for having a retractable roof measuring a diameter of 275 m.

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Raffy and Hazel’s Romance Cut Short in ‘The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition’

For almost three months, the Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition contestants Raffy Tan and Hazel Chua had consoled and encouraged each other as they faced the physical and emotional challenges inside the Biggest Loser camp.

But after Hazel was eliminated from the competition last Tuesday (August 9), they have to continue transforming their lives, separately and by themselves.

The 22 year-old was voted out by majority of the remaining Bigating Pinoy including Angela, Art, Ryan, and Larry. They said Hazel is more ready to go out of the camp than Winwin, who joined her in the elimination ceremony.

As Angela put it, Hazel is already a butterfly while the 18 year-old Winwin is still sleeping in her cocoon. The two fell below the yellow line during the weigh-in after gaining a pound each despite their strenuous marine camp training.

Larry, whose “six-pack” is starting to show, was declared the Biggest Loser of the week for shedding three lbs. or 1.59% of his previous weight.

Before the tearful elimination ceremony, Raffy kissed Hazel, who served as his inspiration inside the camp. Their parting was painful but it did solidify the trust they have for each other.

Hazel even said she is confident that Raffy will prevail as the program’s first Biggest Loser. “I believe so much in Raffy and I know he’ll do everything to be the first winner of the Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition,” she said.

She also vowed to go through an extreme transformation to wow the campers and the program’s loyal followers in the grand finale. However, Hazel said that as early as now she can say she’s already a changed person.

“The BL camp really changed how I view life. I can now walk with my head up and not try to hide my face in shame. I’m a more disciplined and a much happier person now because I feel good inside and out,” she revealed.

While life goes on for Hazel, same goes for Raffy and the remaining Bigating Pinoys Andy, Art, Angela, Larry, Leigh, Ryan, and Winwin. On this round, they are faced with a tough challenge from game master Derek Ramsay that tests not just their discipline in training and eating, but also in strategizing.

For this week’s immunity, the contenders will race each other in dropping 2% of their current weight. They will be given a one-time-only weigh-in access card, so they will have to gauge themselves to be sure they’ve already lost enough weight before they stand on the weighing scale.

Making this week even tougher for them is a new rule during the weigh-in. Instead of two, four Bigating Pinoys will fall under the yellow line and undergo the elimination ceremony.

Find out the different tactics the Bigating Pinoys will employ to acquire immunity and avoid being booted from the camp. Watch how they will handle another unanticipated twist that will intensify the competition even more.

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Sarah Geronimo to host ‘The Next Biggest Star’ on TV5?

Sarah Geronimo already denied earlier reports that she is transferring to other network and now the buzz about her becoming a “Kapatid” is getting louder once again.

Despite her denials, Sarah Geronimo is once again being rumored of jumping to ABS-CBN’s rival network, TV5. This is in line with the Kapatid Network’s upcoming reality talent search competition “The Next Biggest Star” to be hosted reportedly by he Popstar Princess.

The soul siren–Nina–has been reported earlier this year as the host of the said TV program but it did not push through. It was Geronimo who is originally being eyed by Viva Entertainment and TV5 to topbill the talent search program as revealed by Willie Revillame himself last year on his now defunct program “Willing Willie.” And now, Geronimo’s name is surfacing once again for the upcoming show.

And rumor has it that Sarah has received a very tempting offer from TV5 just to make the “big” move.

Do you think Sarah Geronimo will seal the deal or she will stay a Kapamilya?

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Heaviest Contestant Loses Chance to Become 1st Pinoy Biggest Loser

Eboy Bautista, one of the world’s heaviest Biggest Loser contestants in history, was eliminated Monday (August 1) from the “Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition.”

He was voted out by fellow Bigating Pinoys in the elimination ceremony after falling under the yellow line with former teammate Winwin.

Obviously bothered by an injury he got during the last challenge, the 33-year-old restaurant owner only managed to sweat out four pounds or 1.03 percent of his previous weight in his last weigh-in. He lost a total of 97 lbs. in his stay in the camp.

Although disappointed with his early finish in the competition, Eboy said he remains positive that he will be down to his ideal weight sooner or later.

“There was still so much to learn in the camp. But aside from getting ousted, I have no regrets. I had a total experience. From all the body aches to my hand accident, I wouldn’t trade those moments for anything,” he said.

Right now he is focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and even encouraging his friends and family to also have one. He wants to prove that nothing is impossible even with overweight people like him.

“I learned from Art that you can do things, especially exercise, if you just stop thinking and actually stand up and do it. Like our trainer Chinggay said, never say you can’t until you try. You are stronger that you think you are,” shared the camp’s resident funnyman.

As for his bet to win the title, Eboy said anyone has a fight to become the first Pinoy Biggest Loser. “After Alan left, I really felt I would be the one. Now, looking at those who were left, anyone can be the Biggest Loser,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the remaining Bigating Pinoy Andy, Angela, Art, Hazel, Larry, Leigh, Raffy, Ryan, and Winwin are now experiencing a different kind of training after being brought to a military camp.

There they get a taste of what Marines undergo to remain fit and discipline such as getting up and sleeping early, taking a bath in 100 counts, eating “Marine-style” and also rappelling.

From the get-go, some of them expressed resentment on the manner they are being treated by their “trainer” for the week, Staff Sgt. Pasco. According to Art, who experienced violence growing up, he doesn’t like being shouted and ordered upon. Larry, on the other hand, was excited to try on the drills he used to do as a former policeman.

Can the bigating Pinoy keep up with the pressure and discipline of a military training? Don’t miss the exciting big challenge this week with game master Derek Ramsay. Fighting for immunity in the coming weigh-in, all contestants are expected to give their all in the challenge

Also find out the romantic reward that Angela will get as the Biggest Loser of the week, the first female to be named so. Watch “The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition,” after “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin” on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida ng ABS-CBN.

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