''Happy Truck ng Bayan'' is a noontime variety show produced by the TV5's entertainment division and it was started airing since June 14, 2015. ''HTNB'' is airing every Sunday, 11:00am to 1:00pm on TV5, and it is the biggest project to date this year by the network and hosted by majority of the network's bunch of talents collectively known as "HappyPeeps".
Initially, ''HTNB'' visited selected barangays and places in Metro Manila (Manila, San Juan, Marikina, Quezon City, Caloocan, Valenzuela, to name a few) and Central Luzon (Pampanga), using a roving truck that transformed into a stage using remote control hydraulics system, with various segments and games cater to the growing number of audiences from Class D & E (masa).
Competed against long-time rivals ''
ASAP'' of
ABS-CBN
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, ''
Sunday All Stars
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'' of
GMA Network
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and its successor, the
comedy
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-and-variety show ''
Sunday PinaSaya
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'', it was the brainchild project of TV5's Entertainment Division Head Wilma Galvante. HTNB also served as drive for advertisers and sponsors thru on-ground and below-the-line activation events and pluggings for the network's new shows.
''HTNB'' did "taped as LIVE" shows in different parts of the country, in Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The show ended on February 7, 2016. It will be replaced by a similarly formatted program, ''
Happy Truck HAPPinas'', set to premiere live on March 6, 2016 at 11am.
Cast
Main hosts
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Ogie Alcasid
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Early care ...
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Janno Gibbs
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Derek Ramsay
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Gelli de Belen
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Co-hosts
*Mark Neumann
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Shaira Diaz
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Empoy Marquez
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Tuesday Vargas
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Martin Escudero
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Eula Caballero
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Alwyn Uytingco
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*Jingo Ismol
*Toni Rodriguez-Aquino
*Kim Idol
*Tom Taus
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Ritz Azul
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Featuring
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SexBomb Girls
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Former cast
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Valeen Montenegro
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(moved to GMA Network
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Mariel Rodriguez
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Vin Abrenica
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Jasmine Curtis-Smith
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(moved to GMA Network
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*Akihiro Blanco
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Empoy Marquez
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(returned to ABS-CBN
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)
Segments
*Barangay Most Wanted
*Bida ng Dance Floor
*Ooohhh... Construction Worker - male personality search
*Barangay Bayani - nomination and voting for the most deserved neighbors of the barangay
*Ready, Set, Goma!
*Ta-Wattpad
*Sing-Ko - musical segment of Janno and Ogie (similar to their segment "Sobrang OJ Pare" then on SOP)
*Kwarta o Kwar-truck - segment on the final stretch of the show where the winner will take home P300,000 jackpot inside the lucky capsule
See also
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List of programs broadcast by TV5
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References
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External links
TV5 website
TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming
2015 Philippine television series debuts
2016 Philippine television series endings
Philippine variety television shows
Filipino-language television shows