| Banana Split | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Banana Split Lafternoon Delight (Weekdays) Banana Split Extra Scoop (Saturdays) |
| Created by | ABS-CBN |
| Directed by | Edgar Mortiz Frasco Mortiz |
| Starring | Angelica Panganiban Jason Gainza Pooh Pokwang John Prats Melai Cantiveros Jason Francisco Ryan Bang Jobert Austria Badjie Mortiz Sunshine Garcia |
| Opening theme | Banana Split by Kool Chix (2008–2009) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino, English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (Weekdays) 1 hour (Saturdays) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN |
| Original run | October 11, 2008 – present |
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| Website | |
Banana Split is a comedy gag show broadcast in ABS-CBN every weekday mornings and Saturday evening featuring Angelica Panganiban, Jason Gainza, and John Prats, comedians Pokwang and Pooh, Melai Cantiveros, Jason Francisco, Radio personality Jobert Austria and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash of 2010 2nd Big Placer Ryan Bang.
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Banana Split is the spiritual successor to the Goin' Bananas series which included Edgar Mortiz, Christopher de Leon, the late Johnny Delgado and the late Jay Ilagan.
Banana Split first aired on October 11, 2008. The second season premiered on February 28, 2009, and the third season on April 18, 2009 with a new cast.[1] The fourth season premiered on July 18, 2009.[2] A 30 minute version has began airing every weekday afternoon from September 30, 2009, entitled Banana Split: Daily Servings, as part of the Hapontastic block.[3] On August 18, 2010, it was moved to morning timeslot at 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. However it was moved again twice as early as 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. starting June 27, 2011. On July 9, 2011 the Saturday show was reformat as Banana Split: Extra Scoop which features live comedy performance including the return of Clown in The Million Season 2, a reality comedy search. On September 12, 2011, Banana Split: Daily Servings will be renamed as Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight and moved to 2:45 pm slot. Due to low ratings, Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight was ended on October 7,2011.
| Contestant | Date | ||||||||||
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| 10/22/11 | 10/29/11 | 11/12/11 | 11/19/11 | 11/26/11 | 12/03/11 | 12/10/11 | 12/17/11 | 12/24/11 Wild Card |
01/07/12 | ||
| Karen | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Won | Laugh 5 | Safe | Final 4 | ||
| Mimi | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Laugh 5 | Safe | Final 4 | ||
| Super Tekla | Laugh 10 | Won | Safe | Won | Safe | Safe | Laugh 5 | Safe | Final 4 | ||
| Leo | Laugh 10 | Safe | Won | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Final 4 | |||
| Onse | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Laugh 5 | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| James | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Won | Laugh 5 | Eliminated | Eliminated | |||
| Ichat | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||
| Jandyll | Laugh 10 | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Jodie | Laugh 10 | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Michael | Laugh 10 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Baba-Low | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Chad | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| GB | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Ryan | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Tresha | Eliminated | ||||||||||
Lito Camo composed the theme song Banana Split performed by Kool Chix, and is available as a bonus track in Willie Revillame's album Giling Giling from Star Records. But during Season 3 the theme song was changed.
During the December 6, 2008 episode, coverboys Rafael Rosell, Jon Avila and Will Devaughn were involved in a practical joke segment following a dating game format, where they kissed an extra gay instead of the Banana Split girls. This event caused a short rift between Rafael and a Banana Split executive producer. As a result, few clips were aired instead of the whole segment. Also, a public apology was delivered after the end of the show.[4][5][6][7]
Valerie Concepcion, Roxanne Guinoo and Dianne Medina left the show due to Precious Hearts Romances collection where they will act in different episodes. It was reported that Guinoo was removed from the show due to her weight problems while Concepcion left the show due to a talent fee dispute. The rift between Angelica Panganiban and Cristine Reyes arose as another issue following Reyes's departure from the show.[8][9][10]
The additional cast includes John Prats, Zanjoe Marudo, Jayson Gainza, Pooh and Pokwang were part of the third season starting April 18, 2009. There were no guests during the first episode of the season.[11][12][13][14]