''Vilma'' is a

Philippine television Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even b ...

variety show broadcast by

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network ( ...

. Hosted by

Vilma Santos Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district sin ...

, it premiered on August 8, 1986 on the network's Friday evening line up. The show concluded on September 29, 1995 with a total of 479 episodes. It was replaced by ''

Bubble Gang ''Bubble Gang'' is a Philippine television sketch comedy show broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Frasco Mortiz, it stars Michael V. It premiered on October 20, 1995 on the network's Friday night line up replacing ''Vilma''. The show is the ...

'' in its timeslot.

Overview

Formerly known as ''Vilma In Person'', ''Vilma!'' (also known as ''Vilma! on Seven'') premiered on August 8, 1986. The pilot episode was filmed from the Metropolitan Theater where

and the VIP Dancers regularly performed there until 1987 when the show moved to GMA Broadway Studios. The show received four nominations in the PMPC Star Awards for TV from 1988 to 1990, 1992 and 1994, as well as Best Female Musical Variety Show Host from 1987 to 1988. There were also anniversary and birthday specials from 1987 to 1994.

Cast

;Host *

;Dancers * V.I.P. Dancers

Segments

*''OFF-Cam with Vi!'' *''Cafe Vi!'' *''Vilma's Music Watch''

Accolades

References

External links

* 1986 Philippine television series debuts 1995 Philippine television series endings Filipino-language television shows GMA Network original programming Philippine variety television shows {{Philippines-tv-prog-stub