Startalk (Philippine talk show)

Startalk, formerly called as Startalk: The Only Showbiz Authority and Startalk TX is a Philippine television talk show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally hosted by Boy Abunda, Kris Aquino and Lolit Solis, it premiered on October 8, 1995 replacing Show & Tell. The show is the longest-running entertainment news and talk show in Philippine television. The show concluded on September 12, 2015 with a total of 1,024 episodes. Solis, Butch Francisco, Joey de Leon, Ricky Lo and Heart Evangelista served as the final hosts. It was replaced by CelebriTV in its timeslot.

Not to be confused with StarTalk (American talk show).

Startalk
Title card since 2014
Also known as
  • Startalk: The Only Showbiz Authority (2012–2015)
  • Startalk TX (2010–2012)
GenreTalk show
Directed byLouie Ignacio
Presented by
Country of originPhilippines
Original language(s)Tagalog
No. of episodes1,024
Production
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time45–120 minutes
Production company(s)GMA Entertainment TV
Release
Original networkGMA Network
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Original releaseOctober 8, 1995 (1995-10-08) –
September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)

History

Startalk premiered on October 8, 1995 and was first taped at the Fernandina Suites, on a late Sunday afternoon timeslot. Its original hosts of the show were Boy Abunda, Kris Aquino and Lolit Solis. Aquino left in 1996 and Dawn Zulueta joined as a host. In 1997, Zulueta quit the show and Rosanna Roces served as her replacement. The show also featured Steve, Fayatollah and Pepita as segment hosts of T! The Tigbak Authority. Steve also served as a regular voice-over for the show.

The move favored Boy, Lolit, Osang and the staff of "Startalk" (led by Floy Quintos) since they can dish out more exclusive showbiz news earlier in the weekend. The show's popularity rose to new heights as new portions such as Da Who and Startalk True Stories were introduced. Solis also earned a portion entitled Alok Bati (Offer a Greeting) suitable for her never-ending greetings.

"Startalk" reigned in the Saturday afternoon ratings where drama shows from ABS-CBN used to dominate the slot. On June 5, 1999, the show had to say goodbye to one of its pioneer hosts, Abunda, after he got an offer from ABS-CBN to host the new Sunday talk show The Buzz as the network's answer to S-Files after Showbiz Lingo ended on June 6, and was given several shows. Former "Showbiz Lingo" host Butch Francisco (who just came fresh from his migration to America) replaced Abunda in the show.

Boy's farewell from "Startalk" left Lolit Solis as the sole pioneer host from the show. The show's ratings slightly suffered after Boy left the show. However, the quality of the show's entertainment news content and no-nonsense reporting became the main attraction among the viewers, regardless of the hosting changes. Butch, Lolit and Osang's new found chemistry was evident as the show was provided a fearless trio that can facilitate, comment and report the latest entertainment news when it happens, where it happens.

"Startalk" also pioneered the no-nonsense segment, "Walang Takot Sasabihin (WTS)", where the show speaks out its opinion about the week's biggest showbiz news. It usually starts by giving a blow-by-blow account on what really happened, and why did it happen. At the end of the segment, the show gives an unsolicited advise to the persons involved in the controversy and the show's final stand to it. Overall, the segment serves as a mouthpiece of the show to praise, crucify, criticize, and open the eyes of the Filipino public to awareness.

Through the viewers, viewers have observed Osang as too frank with her comments and occasionally displays her lewd conduct in front of her guests. The MTRCB even issued a warning against Osang for wearing gowns that are too provocative, two of them when she hosted the 12th PMPC Star Awards for Television in 1998 where she just wore a body paint to cover one of her breasts, and one where she wore an all-black nun costume with a silver cross at the front, with a see through satin at the back, revealing her buttocks.

A very emotional Osang later on appeared in the show a week after the awards night wearing a black T-shirt that printed "Down with Hypocrisy" as her response to MTRCB's warning. She stressed that MTRCB should not single her out and instead look after the slew of sex movies that came out in theatres almost weekly.

Another controversy that put Osang in hot water was her statement regarding the stories surrounding the mysterious death of matinee idol Rico Yan in 2002. Yan died from acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis (or more popularly known in Filipino parlance as bangungot) but Osang claimed on the air that he died of drug overdose and that Rico's friend Dominic Ochoa is also into it as well.

Osang's controversial statement drew irate reactions from Rico's legion of fans and threatened to boycott Startalk for as long as she is there. As a result, Osang was suspended for a month.

The Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) was also one of the governing bodies that censured Osang in 2003, together with newscaster Mike Enriquez. It triggered GMA's withdrawal of its membership from the said group.

In 2004, Osang had a widely publicized feud with close friend and dermatologist Dra. Vicki Belo. The said feud had something to do with Osang allegedly violating the contract she signed with Belo's company, Forever Flawless, where she was the main endorser. As a result, Osang was replaced by Lorna Tolentino and Katya Santos. Osang retaliated the move by not acknowledging Forever Flawless on-air (which she was supposed to do as part of the exchange deal) and instead started to acknowledge Dra. Belo's rivals in the dermatology industry, Drs. Manny and Pie Calayan. She also revealed on air that her liposuction sessions with Dra. Belo was not something she was really proud of and called Dra. Belo just a gym instructor.

When Osang jointly celebrated her birthday with co-host and manager Lolit Solis during a special episode of "Startalk" during May, not too many people knew that it would be her last live appearance on the show. A week later after the joint birthday celebration, she was a no-show during "Startalk"'s regular live telecast and instead had a phone patch with co-host Butch Francisco (who was alone at the studio when the episode happened).

During the on-air phone patch, she called Lolit various names and threatened to boycott the show as long as Lolit is there. It was reported that after the said phone interview, GMA management tried to pacify Osang and Lolit's feud by calling the two for a meeting. But the two warring hosts declined. The Startalk staff also reportedly sided with Lolit and threatened to leave the show if GMA decided to side with Osang.

On June 2004, Osang finally bade goodbye to "Startalk", by appearing on GMA's other talk show S-Files and declared that she was out of the show. After her farewell with GMA, Osang appeared at The Buzz (for which the hosts were the 2 original hosts of Startalk: Aquino & Abunda) where she revealed her issues with Vicky Belo and Lolit Solis.

Despite the issues made by Osang, Startalk proved its consistent dominance in the Saturday afternoon timeslot thereafter prompted rival network ABS-CBN to do away with producing weekly dramas in 2003 and instead, put another showbiz talk show to compete with "Startalk". The show has survived competition from five Saturday showbiz talk shows that were produced by ABS-CBN from 2003 to 2013. These were S2: Showbiz Sabado, EK Channel, ETK: Entertainment Konek, Entertainment Live and Showbiz Inside Report.

Lorna Tolentino and Joey de Leon became guest co-hosts until they were promoted as regular hosts.[1] In 2008, Tolentino left the show and Ricky Lo of The Philippine Star served as her replacement.

In April 2010, the show was retitled as Startalk TX.[2] In 2013, Heart Evangelista joined as a host. The show's 1,000th episode aired on March 21, 2015, while its 1,024th episode served as the final episode. It featured a lookback on the show with clips of the previously aired episodes and a segment featuring Abunda.

Hosts
Hosts
Kris Aquino
Boy Abunda
Joey de Leon
Heart Evangelista
Segment hosts

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the final episode of Startalk scored a 12.7% rating.[3]

Accolades
Accolades received by Startalk
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
1996 10th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Won
1999 13th PMPC Star Awards for Television Won
Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Host Won
2000 14th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Won
2002 16th PMPC Star Awards for Television Won
2003 17th PMPC Star Awards for Television Nominated
Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Rosanna Roces Nominated
2004 18th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Nominated
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Butch Francisco Nominated
Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Rosanna Roces Nominated
Lolit Solis Nominated
2006 20th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Won
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated
2007 21st PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Lorna Tolentino Nominated [4]
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated
Best New Female TV Personality Chariz Solomon Nominated
Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2008 22nd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Lolit Solis Nominated [5]
Best Showbiz Oriented/Celebrity Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2009 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated [6]
Best Showbiz Oriented/Celebrity Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2010 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated [7]
Best Showbiz Oriented/Celebrity Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2011 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated [8]
Ricky Lo Nominated
Best Showbiz Oriented/Celebrity Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2012 26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Butch Francisco Nominated [9]
Ricky Lo Nominated
Best Showbiz Oriented/Celebrity Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2013 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Lolit Solis Nominated [10]
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated
Butch Francisco Nominated
Ricky Lo Nominated
Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Won
2014 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Heart Evangelista Nominated [11]
Lolit Solis Nominated
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated
Butch Francisco Nominated
Ricky Lo Won
Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Nominated
2015 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Heart Evangelista Nominated [12]
Lolit Solis Nominated
Best Male Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host Joey de Leon Nominated
Butch Francisco Nominated
Ricky Lo Won
Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Startalk Nominated

References
  1. "Twitter".
  2. Joey de Leon: "Sa lahat ng mga shows ko, sa Startalk yung talagang nagpi-fiesta ako."
  3. Ching, Mark Angelo (September 17, 2015). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila Ratings (Sept 11-13, 2015): It's Showtime gets low ratings even with Pastillas Girl; AlDub tandem conquers weekend ratings". Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. "PMPC bares nominees in the 21st Star Awards for Television". October 21, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. Navarro, Mell T. (October 16, 2008). "PMPC bares nominees for "22nd Star Awards for Television"". Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  6. Reyes, William R. (October 26, 2009). "23rd Star Awards for Television nominees bared". Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. Reyes, William R. (October 25, 2010). "24th Star Awards for Television nominees bared". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  8. Llanes, Rommel R. (October 29, 2012). "25th Star Awards for TV nominees bared". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  9. "PMPC bares nominees for 26th Star Awards for TV". September 26, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  10. "Full list of winners of the 27th Star Awards for Television". Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  11. "28th Star Awards for Television nominees revealed". November 5, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  12. "FULL LIST: Winners, 2015 PMPC Star Awards for TV". December 4, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
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