Willie Revillame Explained "Mechanical Glitch" on Wilyonaryo

For two days, Willie Revillame, main host of the famous and controversial noon time game show, Wowowee took a leave of absence and was replaced by comedienne Pokwang and Actor John Lloyd Cruz.

Today, Mariel Rodriguez, one of Willie's co-host, announced that in the later part of the show Willie Revillame will be giving a very important statement.

Before the game, Wilyonaryo started, Willie Revillame appeared to the audience to explain and clear his name, Wowowee and ABS-CBN regarding the alleged rigging of Wilyonaryo.

He explained very well how the incident happen and why there is two different number in one wheel.

After he explained everything, he end his statement with an apology to Joey de Leon of Eat Bulaga from their rival network.

Willie Revillame promised to be back on his show tomorrow.

Here a two part video clip courtesy of Wowomee.

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Cory Vidanes of ABS-CBN Clears Wilyonaryo Controversy

The ABS-CBN head for TV Production, Cory Vidanes released a statement regarding the "Wilyonaryo" controversy that put the noon time game show Wowowee and its host Willie Revillame to blame.

In TV Patrol World interview with Vidanes, she admitted a design flaw in Wowowee's new game segment and clears that no cheating occurred in the August 20 episode.

Here's a transcribed statement of Cory Vidanes through TV Patrol World (courtesy of abs-cbnnews.com)

"We launched a new game segment in 'Wowowee' titled Wilyonaryo. On the second day of its launch (August 20), we discovered a design flaw. There were two numbers in the same wheel, which became subject to questioning. On the next day, we corrected the flaw. While the design of the game may be flawed, we have no intention to manipulate results, but rather to add excitement and suspense,"

"Unfortunately, a game show can experience glitches in its initial stages of development. But we wish to assure the public that we would increase our vigilance in the development of our games in the protection of public interest,"

"We assure the public that all games and contests in 'Wowowee' are executed with transparency, fairness, and honesty. 'Wowowee' will continue to give cheer, help, and fulfill the dreams of millions of viewers around the world,"

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source: abs-cbnnews.com

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Wilyonaryo Controversy

The famous noontime game show Wowowee faces another controversy regarding their new portion Wilyonaryo that replaced Pera o Bayong.

Wilyonaryo was first played last Saturday, August 18 with celebrity participants.On its first week, with its studio contestants, Willie accidentally pulled the wrong film showing ZERO instead of 2 (2 million) then stripped off the wrong number and showed the number 2 film.

Watch this controversial video of Wilyonaryo courtesy of geerawrd111. Rigged? Or not?


source: gmanews.tv

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