I read this from an Inquirer.net article (
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Eat Bulaga! to let go of male host -- sources INQUIRER.net
Last updated 08:58pm (Mla time) 05/10/2007TV host-actor Paolo Ballesteros would soon bid adieu longest-running daily noontime show “Eat Bulaga!,” sources from the show’s production group said.
“Eat Bulaga!” executive producer Malou Choa-Fagar had already met with Paolo’s camp to arrange for the host’s eventual release, the sources added.
It was not immediately known why Paolo would leave the show, which airs via acquired blocktime rights on GMA-7. It was not also immediately determined whether Paolo had resigned or that he was given his walking papers. Speculations arose that Paolo had been the first to be axed amid a reported reformatting of the show.
“Eat Bulaga!’s” rival, ABS-CBN’s “Wowowee”, had beaten the 28-year-old noontime show in the overnight ratings game for a good number of days.
Other hosts had been rumored to leave show. This includes mainstays Ciara Sotto, Sugar Mercado, and the Mr. Pogi trio.
Malou had denied the show would axe Ciara and Sugar but did confirm it would let go of the Mr. Pogi trio, a group made up of recent winners of the show’s male talent contest.
However, Paolo will remain a cast member of the GMA-7 comedy “Dadedidodu” with Eat Bulaga host Vic Sotto.
Paolo is also set to join the cast of the upcoming GMA-7 fantasy series, “Shaider”, a local remake of the 1980s Japanese action series. He is reported to have been tapped as a villain in the series opposite the “Shaider” character to be played by 2006 Starstruck winner Marky Cielo.
