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'We're finally complete!' In rare moment, all 16 'Showtime' hosts present

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="" BIHIRA="" All="" hosts="" of="" pose="" for="" a="" group="" photo="" to="" mark="" being="" rare="" in="" the="" noontime="" February="" episode.="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/02/01/20230201-showtime-fam.jpg"/><figcaption>&#x27;BIHIRA MANGYARI.&#x27; All 16 hosts of &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; pose for a group photo to mark being complete, a rare instance, in the noontime program&#x27;s February 1 episode. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — &quot;We&#x27;re finally complete!&quot;</p><p>This was Anne Curtis&#x27; elated observation in the Wednesday episode of &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime,&quot; as all 16 of the original mainstays plus the recent additions to the noontime program assembled on stage in its opening segment.</p><p>&quot;Bihira mangyari &#x27;to!&quot; Vhong Navarro added.</p><p>Vice Ganda and Kim Chiu asked for a &quot;group picture&quot; to mark the rare occasion. They also huddled for their traditional &quot;group hug,&quot; after posing for a photo.</p><p>Vice Ganda, a pioneering &quot;hurado&quot; of &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; who would later become one of its main hosts and creative pillars, explained that being complete can be challenging.</p><p>&quot;Tina-try po namin makumpleto, pero siyempre, &#x27;di ba, matatanda na tayo, iba-iba na ang priorities sa buhay. May mga naging nanay, naging tatay. Pero as much as possible, tina-try naming makumpleto para sa inyo,&quot; the comedy superstar said.</p><p>Among the current 16 hosts of &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime,&quot; seven are original mainstays since 2009 — Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Jhong Hilario, Karylle, Teddy Corpuz, and Jugs Jugueta.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FCkRoZfQg-E?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Over the years, the ABS-CBN program welcomed showbiz veterans and A-list stars as new hosts — the likes of Amy Perez, Kim Chiu, and Ogie Alcasid. Ryan Bang, also a former &quot;hurado&quot; like Vice Ganda and Hilario, later took on regular hosting duties.</p><p>Former talents with minor roles, such as dancer Jackie Gonzaga and &quot;Kuya Escort&quot; Ion Perez, would also become regulars with more visibility.</p><p>The most recent additions are Vice Ganda&#x27;s movie sidekicks MC and Lassy, and &quot;Showtime Sexy Babe&quot; contestant Cianne de Guzman — who all joined in late 2022.</p><p>The introduction of new hosts mostly came during prolonged absences of the pioneers due to personal reasons — Curtis and Hilario becoming first-time parents with their respective partners; and Navarro&#x27;s legal battle, among them.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; airs weekdays and Saturdays on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, TV5, iWantTFC, and TFC.</p><p>RELATED VIDEOS:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hou4T4WEskE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oMVHSVIYkg0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>