Extra Challenge was a one-of-a-kind Filipino reality show that has blazed a trail in Philippine television. The show has attracted a wide following after it presented episodes where strange yet amusing predicaments befall on participants. It is shown in the Philippines by GMA Network every weekday evenings. The show is a top-rater in its time slot and it started the era of reality-television in the Philippines. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is one of the largest broadcast networks in the Philippines. ... GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is one of the largest broadcast networks in the Philippines. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is one of the largest broadcast networks in the Philippines. ... Weekdays are the days of the week which are not part of the weekend, i. ...

The show was patterned after American reality-based series, such as Survivor, Amazing Race, and Fear Factor. Extra Challenge, however, offers a distinctly Filipino style to entice and entertain local viewers. Also, majority of the contestants featured in the show are celebrities. It rarely casts unknown individuals, contrasting the standard of their American counterpart. Another difference is that sometimes the hosts themselves initiate or participate on the challenges. Survivor redirects here. ... The Amazing Race is a reality game show broadcast in one-hour episodes in which teams of two race around the world in competition with other teams. ... Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. ... Celebrities often have a symbiotic relationship with photographers. ...

Extra Challenge aired its last episode on May 26, 2006. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Extra Challenge began as the lifestyle show Extra Extra, but its ratings suffered during the rise of the television series Meteor Garden. It was refurbished as a reality show, and has made remarkable progress in the ratings. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Meteor Garden (流星花園, Liu Xing Hua Yuan in Mandarin) is a Taiwanese television series that began its broadcast 12 April 2001 on Chinese Television Station. ...

Now called Extra Challenge, the show offers daily "Pinoy Reality TV" format, which takes participants to the edge of personal endurance amid never-before-experienced challenges and presents spur-of-the-moment and spontaneous scenes.

Hosts

Currently, the hosts of Extra Challenge are Paolo Bediones and Ethel Booba.

Paolo Bediones was in the show since it started. He was first co-hosted by journalist Karen Davila in the lifestyle tele-magazine show Extra Extra. Karen Davila, after she transferred to ABS-CBN, was replaced by beauty queen (1st runner-up, Miss Universe 1999) turned TV host Miriam Quiambao in 2000. Extra Extra still continued its tele-magazine format but when the "chinovelas" (Chinese TV series) topped TV ratings in the Philippines, the format became reality-based. The name was then changed to Extra Challenge. Categories: Corporation stubs | Philippines | Television networks ... Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova from Canada. ... Miriam Quiambao has a degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2004, when Quiambao decided to marry her Italian fiance and give up hosting, Extra Challenge came up with an episode to search for her replacement. The episode Ang Kapalit (The Replacement) featured five contestants — model Phoemela Barranda, TV host Reema Chanco, comedian Ethel Booba, and beauty queens Joanna Penalosa and Josephine Canonizado — that competed among themselves in a series of challenges to be the new host. Phoemela Barranda won the contest but Ethel Booba was picked by millions of texters and won the "Viewer's Choice" award. After the episode, both Barranda and Booba hosted the show as the replacements of Quiambao. Booba is known for being a comic relief in the show during serious challenges. In 2006, Quiambao returned to Extra Challenge during the few last episodes of the show. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Later that year, MTV Philippines VJ Mariel Rodriguez replaced Barranda, co-hosting for one season. After Rodriguez left the show, Paolo Bediones and Ethel Booba continue to host Extra Challenge up to this day. This list is incomplete; you can help by . ... Mariel Rodriguez (born Mariel Termulo) is a Filipino model and TV host. ...

Several guest hosts appeared in the show when the main hosts were unavailable. Among them are the following: Pops Fernandez, Jolina Magdangal, BJ "Tolits" Forbes, Nikki Gil, K Brosas, Ate Gay, Teri Aunor and Angel Locsin Pops Fernandez, at a concert in Copenhagen, October 15 2005. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... A famous singer in the philippines known for singing jazzy blues music! A Consumers Choice Best Actress in a comedy role, Kakai or [K] is very visible on your television sets, appearing in shows in almost all the philippine channels. ... The cover of an issue of FHM Philippines, featuring Angel Locsin Angel Locsin (full name Angélica Locsin Colmenares, born April 23, 1985, Bulcacan, Philippines) is a Filipina television and film actress who was introduced in the youth-oriented program of GMA Network entitled Click. ...

Notable challenges

In September 2004, during the bungee jumping challenge of Ethel Booba, Francine Prieto and Michelle Bayle in Bali, Indonesia, Extra Challenge garnered 47.1% rating according to AGB - the highest rating yet for the show. September 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Events Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8... Bungee Jump in Normandy, France (Souleuvre Viaduct) Bungee jumping (or bungy jumping) is an activity in which a person jumps off from a high place (generally of several hundred feet/meters) with one end of an elastic cord attached to his/her body or ankles and the other end tied... Bali is an Indonesian island located at , , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. ...

The second highest rating for the show was the "Road Trip to Sagada episode" in August 2004, garnering 43% rating according to AGB. In this episode, the show challenged the contestants to travel from Manila to Sagada using a 1973 Volkswagen combi van. This particular episode of Extra Challenge won 3rd place in the 38th US International Film and Video Festival Entertainment Category. August 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports Deaths in August 2004 • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz • 13 Julia Child • 8... Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... Sagada is a 5th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Volkswagen (Ger. ... A van is a vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. ...

The P2M logo

The P2M challenge, the celebration of Extra Challenge’s second anniversary, was aired on September 2005. Paolo and Ethel took the celebrity challengers to race from Luzon, Visayas to Mindanao on an adventure similar to the Amazing Race. The celebrities faced challenges along the way and compete for the 2,000,000 million pesos jackpot prize. ImageMetadata File history File links Extrap2m. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Extrap2m. ... The Amazing Race is a reality game show broadcast in one-hour episodes in which teams of two race around the world in competition with other teams. ... The Philippine peso (Filipino: piso) is the official currency of the Philippines. ...

In November 2005, American Idol's Jasmine Trias participated in the Promdi episode of Extra Challenge, which she competed against MTV Asia VJ Donita Rose and former Miss World 2nd Princess Ruffa Gutierrez. Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jasmine Soriano Trias (born November 3, 1986) is a Filipino American singer and entertainer who was the third place finalist on the third season of American Idol; her success came in spite of popular belief that only the states of California and New York logged in more votes than her... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Martha Quinn was one of the original MTV veejays. ... Donita Rose Ramos Cavett, also known as Donita Rose, Donita, or Donita Rose Villarama) is a former MTV Asia VJ. She was born in Utah, USA on December 5, 1974 and moved to the Philippines when she was five years old. ... Miss World 2005, Unnur Laffy Birna Map of Miss World-winning countries as of 2005. ... Ruffa Gutierrez - A famous actress, model and beauty queen in the Philippines. ...

Criticisms

In June 2005, the program was criticized and condemned by a Filipino Muslim community following their "Mga Pasaway sa Dubai" episode, wherein they allegedly disgraced the virtues of Islam. According to the Islamic organization, Billah Islah, the show offended Muslims because the challengers, Ara Mina, Aubrey Miles, and Ruffa Mae Quinto, who are non-Muslims recited the Al-Fatiha, the first chapter in the Qur'an, while being in a Land Cruiser and not wearing proper Muslim attire. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Surat Al-Fatiha (The Opening or The Exordium) is the opening chapter of the Quran; it consists of a short 7-verse prayer which Muslims repeat at the beginning of every rakah of salat. ... The , (Arabic: recitation, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Al-Quran, Turkish Kuran), is the central religious text of Islam. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

For this instance, Philippines' MTRCB (Movie and Television Classification Board) has issued the program a stern warning to screen its episodes very carefully before airing it. The incident also caused some of them who rallied to burn the names of the women contestants involved in that certain challenge done at Dubai. Flag Coordinates , Government Emirate Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Geographical characteristics Area     City 4,114 km² Demographics Population     City (2006) 1,570,779     Density   293. ...

After hearing the complaint, Extra Challenge wrote an apology to the Office on Muslim Affairs Undersecretary Datu Zamzamin Ampatuan. They also clarified that their tour operator requested permission to the Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing for using the Qu'ran verse in the challenge. Datu is the title for ancient tribal chieftains in the pre-hispanic Philippines. ...

Extra Challenge also issued a public apology, which read:

in Tagalog: Kami po sa Extra Challenge ay humihingi ng paumanhin sa mga kababayan nating Muslim tungkol sa episode na ipinalabas kagabi...Hindi po namin intensiyon na gamitin sa maling paraan ang nasabing dasal. Higit sa lahat nirerespeto po namin ang kultura at relihiyon ng ating mga kapusong Muslim...

translated in English: We at Extra Challenge are begging for an apology to all of our fellow Muslim countrymen for the episode aired last night...It is not our intention to use the said prayer in a wrong way. Furthermore, we respect the culture and religion of our fellow Muslims...

Despite the apology, MTRCB issued a one-day suspension for the show and it is unclear whether the Muslim organization had accepted the apology. Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Anotheer issue that is said to be the cause of the end of the show is its host Ethel Booba. Ethel Booba was involved in various sex scandals and fights against her boyfriend Alex Crisano.

It has been also said that the reason why GMA Network decided to put Extra Challenge off-air is because it cannot maintain its ratings. GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is one of the largest broadcast networks in the Philippines. ...

See also

• List of Philippine television shows

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External links

• Official Website