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Vice celebrates birthday with unkabogable number, special editions of “Isip Bakla” and “Kantambayan”

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Mary Ann Bardinas

<p>It may be April Fools’ Day, but the very first day of April this year went on to become the most VG-ful Day on television as the Unkabogable Host Vice Ganda celebrated her 47th birthday on<em><u><strong> </strong></u></em><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/itsshowtime"><em><u><strong>It’s Showtime</strong></u></em></a> by staging a spectacular and ostentatious musical number on Saturday, April 1. </p><p>The episode commenced with the hosts singing and dancing to the program’s anthem along with the madlang people, which was quickly followed by the birthday girl’s Magpasikat-level production depicting her life in-and-out of the spotlight. It began with a montage of some of her most remarkable moments on-and-off the noontime show in the past 14 years – from opening up about her personal struggles on-screen to her GV (good vibes) days and milestones.</p><p>She stepped on the stage in a sleek silver bodysuit and full-head blonde wig that only displayed her face as she sang Ava Max’s “<em>So Am I</em>.” She was joined by four confidently beautiful women, who were later on revealed to be DeeDee Villegas, Johaira Morris, Rhaizel Pacia, and Romarie Fonseca. It was followed by her performance of Demi Lovato’s “<em>Confident</em>” while in between two brightly illuminated LED screens and of Miley Cyrus’ “<em>Can’t Be Tamed</em>” while enclosed in a cage and cladded in a tiered tulle white dress and voluminous kinky white wig.</p><div><img alt="Vice Birthday Performance" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/itsshowtime/2023/04/01/Vice-Birthday-1.jpg"/></div><div><img alt="Vice Birthday Performance" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/itsshowtime/2023/04/01/Vice-Birthday-2.jpg"/></div><p>Vice then transformed into a real masterpiece while singing Jessie J’s “<em>Masterpiece</em>” as a female artist painted a dress on the canvas she was wearing and her very own glam team appeared onstage to doll her up. From an immaculately white set design, she eventually shifted to a disheveled elevated stage set-up that looked like a junkyard from which she emerged in tattered red mermaid dress and blonde wig while emotively singing Kelly Clarkson’s “<em>Broken and Beautiful.</em>”</p><div><img alt="Vice Birthday Performance" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/itsshowtime/2023/04/01/Vice-Birthday-3.jpg"/></div><p>The flamboyant opening number capped off with her powerful rendition of “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child while she’s cladded in a black maillot, black knee-high boots, and straight and long light green wig with braids.</p><div><img alt="Vice Birthday Performance" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/itsshowtime/2023/04/01/Vice-Birthday-4.jpg"/></div><p>As soon as her absolutely unkabogable and extravagant birthday bash was finished, her <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/itsshowtime"><em><u><strong>It’s Showtime</strong></u></em></a> family went up to the stage to greet and commend her for a job well done. According to her, it was inspired by the songs she’s been listening to in the past few days in preparation for her upcoming concert and the valuable message she’s been wanting to convey to everyone, which is to never be afraid to show their truth and their authentic selves. While the production appeared seamless, she revealed that they actually encountered various problems during the preparations, the run-through that morning, and even during performance. But they were able to overcome those, thanks to the teamwork, resourcefulness, and diligence of the people who helped her out in order to pull this off.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2565121"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Aside from her <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/itsshowtime"><em><u><strong>It’s Showtime</strong></u></em></a> family, she also didn’t forget to express her gratitude to ABS-CBN, especially to the bosses, for the unwavering love, support, and trust that they’ve been giving her, including this musical spectacle.</p><p>Thus, as a way of rewarding their hardwork, she came up with the idea of turning it into contest by asking the help of the madlang netizens to vote which among her songs they liked the best via Twitter. Whichever song number garnered the highest number of votes, the team behind it will be rewarded with PHP100,000. </p><p>Since it’s a special day, the noontime program also had a special edition of its well-loved segment “Isip Bata.” Instead of having children as advisors and players, it was Vice’s beloved gay friends who graced the segment, which was retitled “Isip Bakla.” MC Muah and Lassy served as the advisors, a.k.a. “Baklang Kyawti,” while among the “madlang beks” were her Ate Babot, John “Sweet” Lapus, Kaladkaren Davila, Awra Briguela, and even her glam team. Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, a.k.a. “Patron Saint ng mga Bakla,” also made a special appearance as the celebrity player of the day. </p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2565128"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>For this special edition, the Rounds 1 and 2 were combined, wherein Regine had to guess the majority pick of the “madlang beks” in every question and lock in her answer before they fell in line. But the twists were, each answer that would match was equivalent to PHP20,000 and would be divided among the studio audiences, while every error meant that the Regine had to sing. In the end, Regine was able to earn a total of PHP60,000 including the PHP40,000 she gained in the jackpot round, and, at the same, delighted us with her brief performances of “Gusto Ko Nang Bumitaw” and “Dadalhin.”</p><p>Because it’s her birthday, Vice decided to add PHP112,000 so that each of the 172 audience would take home PHP1,000. Regine also pledged another PHP100,000, turning the total earnings for that day PHP272,000 – much to the thrill and delight of the madlang people.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2565133"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Of course, it was not only her who prepared special gifts for everyone, but her <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/itsshowtime"><em><u><strong>It’s Showtime</strong></u></em></a> family, too. While she was singing Regine’s “Ikaw,” her beloved Nanay Rosario and the rest of her family made an unexpected appearance in the studio and joined her. There were indeed no dry eyes in the room as her loved ones gave their heartwarming messages to them and Vice, in return, expressed her gratitude for the imperfect family that they have, which now includes her husband Ion Perez.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="06b9cac5decc13edae3497a22831561a" data-ivs-spid="3001384" data-ivs-vid="2565165"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Happy birthday, Meme Vice!</p>

Vice Ganda celebrated her 47th birthday on It’s Showtime with an unkabogable production and special editions of “Isip Bata” and “Kantambayan.”