Eat Bulaga hosts Maine Mendoza and Paolo Ballesteros reacted to a contestant’s answer in Eat Bulaga‘s Bawal Judgmental, referencing Its Showtime‘s Bidaman segment.
During the Q&A portion of the segment, Mendoza asked a female contestant to guess the contest that Joel Palencia joined in Eat Bulaga!
And after mulling over her answers, the said contestant answered, “Sa… ano po… Sa BidaMan po.”
Mendoza could not hold the smirk creeping on her face while processing the answer she heard from the contestant.
Ballesteros then responded, “Taray, sa Showtime iyon.”
As a result, netizens on twitter gave their reactions to the priceless candid TV moment.
https://twitter.com/mrlxjsh/status/1418800439328399363
Natawa ako sa reaction ni @mainedcm nanlaki butas ng ilong sa "Bidaman" HAHAHAHHAHA
MAINE MENDOZA forSATLITE#DADDYSGURLNewRaket #MaineMendoza pic.twitter.com/vaJrtqQUfb
— 크리스탈린 (@cristaljccao) July 24, 2021
Kaso nga lang dahil sa binabanggit na BIDAMAN ang isang JUDGE sa BAWAL JUDGMENTAL, P5K lang ang nakuha. https://t.co/DDt92fei5C
— Paolo Mendoza (@ImPaoloMendoza) July 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/francissaysonn/status/1418799814213574657
Some of them even echoed Ballesteros’ remark toward the contestant.
https://twitter.com/Lcp_Cholo16/status/1418922130717151233
On 'Bawal Judgemental'
Q: "Ano sa tingin mo ang contest na sinalihan sa Eat Bulaga"?
A: "Bidaman!"
Tacca, Teh. With conviction pa sagot mo ah. Hahahahaha
— BRAVEPOZ 🔴 | LENI ROBREDO 2022 💗 (@bravepoz) July 24, 2021
Bidaman hahhaa kaloka si ate!
— Alexa ᴹᴬᴵᴺᴱ 💛 (@alexascribe) July 24, 2021
Others remarked about It’s Showtime‘s popularity.
https://twitter.com/PJHiz/status/1419208012032471043
https://twitter.com/EhDear/status/1419805281706414112
It’s Showtime lang malakas walang franchise pero di parin nawawala sa utak ng tao. Meme @vicegandako paki sali kay ate sa Reinanay kahit walang anak. naku naku sinasabi ko inyo nanggigigil ako! Charot #MadlangPiPOLLpower pic.twitter.com/2O3pSOk1bA
— AltMasHayopKa #LENIKIKO2022 (@AltHayopKa) July 24, 2021
Candid TV moments such as these happen all the time on ABS-CBN and GMA Network noontime shows and variety programs.
Some of the shows that encountered similar instances are Wowowin and even Its Showtime.
Bidaman was a segment on It’s Showtime in 2019. Its grand finale once beat Eat Bulaga‘s ratings with a 20.6% for It’s Showtime’s BidaMan: The Big Break versus Eat Bulaga’s 13.3%.
