ASAP (variety show) in Encyclopedia

ASAP 2012 (All-Out Sunday Afternoon Party) is a longest-running musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. Currently, it became the longest-running musical variety show in the Philippines and on Asia. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays. The show also broadcasts worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel.

History

LED]] displays. When "Sa Linggo nAPO Sila" became "'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila" to replace Eat Bulaga which left ABS-CBN to transfer to GMA Network, ASAP was conceptualized and launched in 1995 as a "concert party" on Sundays. Then, Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, along with Ariel Rivera and Dayanara Torres, were tapped as main hosts for the show. The cast of "Pare Ko" (Claudine Barretto, Victor Neri, etc.) became co-hosts for the show to attract the younger viewers. When Dayanarra Torres left the country, Charlene Gonzales took her place. Channel V s Joey Mead also joined the show for a while. By 1998, regular guest Zsa Zsa Padilla became a regular host the following year. After Martin Nievera left, Richard Gomez took his place. In March 1999, Onemig Bondoc joined the group.

The show originally had their own theme song, set. Initial broadcast commenced on February 1995 at the Delta Theatre in Quezon Avenue. In January 1997, they transferred to their own studio at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center Studio 3 in Eugenio Lopez Drive in Quezon City. It was a few years later when they moved to Studio 10.

In 2003, the show was reformatted as ASAP Mania, after which some of its original hosts went to the show SOP Rules. In 2005 the format changed to ASAP '05. In 2008, Lani Misalucha joined ASAP. Karylle, Zsa Zsa Padilla's daughter, also joined ASAP.^[1]

On January 8, 2010, the show was relaunched as ASAP XV to mark its 15th anniversary. In the show's special anniversary on February 7, 2010, a new set was introduced. After the year numbers in the show title wasn't adapted in 2010, a new show named ASAP Rocks launched January 2, 2011. On April 3, 2011, a new set was introduced. On January 1, 2012, the show was launched as ASAP 2012.

Cast

Main Hosts

Co-hosts and Performers

Segments

Subsidiaries

ASAP Music

ASAP Music is the record label of ASAP, distributed by Star Records. The label has released a tribute compilation album to OPM classic pop-rock band, Hotdog. It has also released soundtracks of ABS-CBN TV series Sana Maulit Muli, My Girl and My Only Hope—all of which starred Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson. It has also released dance compilations for the defunct segment "Ultimate Dance 4" and the current segment "Supah Dance Plus". All of which contain original remixes and dance songs. Here is a list of albums released by the label:^[3]

ASAP Live

Since 2006, ASAP Live has become a concert producer in the Philippines, staging and mounting concerts. ASAP Live has produced:^[4]

Title	Venue	Artist(s)
Heartthrobs	Araneta Coliseum	Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby
You and Me	Aliw Theater	Christian Bautista and Rachelle Ann Go
Rock Da Vote	Araneta Coliseum	Chokoleit, Candy Pangilinan, Tessie Tomas, John Lapus, Jon Santos and other comedians
Rock Enroll	Aliw Theater	Yeng Constantino
Ten: Piolo Pascual 10th Anniversary Concert	Araneta Coliseum	Piolo Pascual
Ol4Luv	Araneta Coliseum	Christian Bautista, Sarah Geronimo, Erik Santos and Rachelle Ann Go
Richard Poon: I'll Take Care of You	Music Museum	Richard Poon
Coverboys: Uncovered	Music Museum	Jake Cuenca, Zanjoe Marudo, Will Devaughn, Victor Basa, Jon Avila and Rafael Rosell
PoohKwang	Music Museum	Pooh and Pokwang
Pop Icons	Araneta Coliseum	Piolo Pascual, Christian Bautista, Erik Santos, Sam Milby and Mark Bautista
ASAP Sessionistas Live	Araneta Coliseum	Nina, MYMP, Aiza Seguerra, Sitti, Richard Poon and Duncan Ramos
My Poohlish Heart^[5]	Music Museum	Pooh
Love Is... Toni Gonzaga^[6]	Music Museum	Toni Gonzaga
Nina... The Diamond Soul Siren^[7]	Music Museum	Nina
Christian Bautista: Romance Revisited^[8]	Music Museum	Christian Bautista
25 B.C.	Music Museum	Billy Crawford
Angeline Quinto: Patuloy ang Pangarap	SM Skydome	Angeline Quinto

ASAP Box-Office

Year	Film	Location
2007	Dreamgirls	Greenbelt
2007	Shrek The Third	TriNoma
2007	Transformers	TriNoma
2007	Hairspray	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2007	I've Fallen For You	SM Megamall
2008	Alvin and The Chipmunks	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2008	Step Up 2	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2008	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2008	Mamma Mia!	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2008	The Dark Knight	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2009	Fame	SM City North EDSA: The Block
2010	Step Up 3D	SM City North EDSA: The Block