The January 27, Saturday episode of the Kapamilya noontime show, featured the grand finals of its hugely popular singing competition, Tawag Ng Tanghalan, now on its 7th year.
It’s Showtime buried competition among noontime shows, in the online concurrent viewership game, with the grand finals of Tawag Ng Tanghalan Year 7, drawing more than 300,000 live viewers yesterday, January 27. Peaking at nearly 320,000 combined concurrent live viewers on YouTube and Facebook, the Kapamilya noontime show fended off both Eat Bulaga and Tahanang Pinakamasaya. The TVJ-led noontime show peaked at 133,000 viewers, combined from livestream feeds on TVJ and TV5’s Facebook and YouTube accounts.
Throughout its run, TAPE Inc’s Tahanang Pinakamasaya flatlined with an average of 2,000 concurrent viewers on YouTube and Facebook, only picking up 15 minutes before the closing credits, as viewers of Kapuso Stream, anticipated for the Saturday episode of the top rating Kapuso daytime series, Abot Kamay Na Pangarap. The show peaked at 14,000 live viewers, minutes before its broadcast ended.
This is not the first time that It’s Showtime hit the 300,000-mark in concurrent viewership. Last year, July 1, combined live concurrent viewers for the show totaled more than 360.000. While its total was notably not enough to set a new record, the January 27, saw It’s Showtime’s live viewers swell up to more than three times its nearest competitor, E.A.T. Bulaga.
This feat was achieved alongside a similar accomplishment on social media, where various hashtags and topics, including the official hashtag, #ShowtimeTBT7AngHulingTapatan, made it to nationwide trending topics list. Rea Gen Villareal of Caloocan City was declared the winner of the season, during the said episode.
