Happy Truck ng Bayan
Happy Truck ng Bayan is a noontime variety show produced by the TV5's entertainment division and it was started airing since June 14, 2015. HTNB is airing every Sunday, 11:00am to 1:00pm on TV5, and it is the biggest project to date this year by the network and hosted by majority of the network's bunch of talents collectively known as "HappyPeeps".
| Happy Truck ng Bayan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show Variety show |
| Created by | Wilma Galvante |
| Developed by | TV5 Entertainment Division |
| Directed by | GB Sampedro |
| Presented by | Ogie Alcasid Janno Gibbs Derek Ramsay Gelli de Belen |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Juel Balbon Nelson Alindogan |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV5 |
| Original release | June 14, 2015 – February 7, 2016 |
| Related | |
Initially, HTNB visited selected barangays and places in Metro Manila (Manila, San Juan, Marikina, Quezon City, Caloocan, Valenzuela, to name a few) and Central Luzon (Pampanga), using a roving truck that transformed into a stage using remote control hydraulics system, with various segments and games cater to the growing number of audiences from Class D & E (masa).[1]
Competed against long-time rivals ASAP of ABS-CBN, Sunday All Stars of GMA Network and its successor, the comedy-and-variety show Sunday PinaSaya, it was the brainchild project of TV5's Entertainment Division Head Wilma Galvante. HTNB also served as drive for advertisers and sponsors thru on-ground and below-the-line activation events and pluggings for the network's new shows.
HTNB did "taped as LIVE" shows in different parts of the country, in Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.[2]
The show ended on February 7, 2016. It will be replaced by a similarly formatted program, Happy Truck HAPPinas, set to premiere live on March 6, 2016, at 11am.
Cast
Main hosts
Co-hosts
- Mark Neumann
- Shaira Diaz
- Empoy Marquez
- Tuesday Vargas
- Martin Escudero
- Eula Caballero
- Alwyn Uytingco
- Jingo Ismol
- Toni Rodriguez-Aquino
- Kim Idol
- Tom Taus
- Ritz Azul
Featuring
Former cast
- Valeen Montenegro (moved to GMA Network)
- Mariel Rodriguez (returned to ABS-CBN)
- Vin Abrenica (moved to ABS-CBN)
- Jasmine Curtis-Smith (moved to GMA Network)
- Akihiro Blanco (moved to ABS-CBN)
- Empoy Marquez (returned to ABS-CBN)
Segments
- Barangay Most Wanted
- Bida ng Dance Floor
- Ooohhh... Construction Worker - male personality search
- Barangay Bayani - nomination and voting for the most deserved neighbors of the barangay
- Ready, Set, Goma!
- Ta-Wattpad
- Sing-Ko - musical segment of Janno and Ogie (similar to their segment "Sobrang OJ Pare" then on SOP)
- Kwarta o Kwar-truck - segment on the final stretch of the show where the winner will take home P300,000 jackpot inside the lucky capsule
References
- "Proud to be 'Happy Truck ng Bayan' driver". The Standard. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- "TV5 CONTINUES DRIVE FOR HAPPINESS". Malaya. Retrieved August 16, 2015.