WHAT MAKES AN idol, or simply, an individual person, or a thing, an all-time favorite and a perennial winner among the crowd?
However, what makes an object, a human being, a star (the subject at hand), lose its glow, fandom, and then, sadly, fade into oblivion?
What comes and what goes?
Today, one is on top of the world, the next day, on the cellar, or perhaps, in the middle of the road.
Anyway, what makes one always in?
The answer lies on several factors.
Some of them durability, consistency, sustainability, staying power etc.
One can be durable when a talent combines foresight, planning, public support, pursuit of prominence, innate tendencies etc. to last forever.
Being consistent, on the other hand, is a conscious yet instinctive device as well to realize a given projection and to repeat the same act positively (that which conforms with the former), with likelihood and fairness.
‘[S]ustainability is a conscious effort to maintain from within one’s stature in any given time.
And staying power is both an intuitive and a learned weapon to conquer and reconquer a market or an audience.
Being “out,” meanwhile, is one negative space only the crazy dwells in.’
STAYING POWER
Meantime, sustainability is a conscious effort to maintain from within one’s stature in any given time.
And staying power is both an intuitive and a learned weapon to conquer and reconquer a market or an audience.
Being “out,” meanwhile, is one negative space only the crazy dwells in.
In 2025, there are people, events and places which were right on top of the heap but, somewhere along the way, slid down to the base or remained at cliffhanger.
Would they still regain the once occupied prime place under the sun?
UPS AND DOWNS
Here are our showbiz elevator’s ups and downs from previous years to 2026:
ALLTV in, other networks out–When ABS-CBN shows (block timing due to disenfranchisement) were and are still airing in GMA Network, Zoe Broadcasting Network, TV5, among others, they have contributed and still contributing a large slice to the pie and prominence of these stations.
Therefore, ABS-CBN’s current collaboration and comeback to its original frequency Channel 2 with ALLTV in 2026 would advance the latter’s spot in the broadcast industry’s ratings game because of the popularity and bigness of its programs especially newscasts and teleseryes.
Quality movies in, potboilers out–It is a vision steadfast of the local film industry and its various stakeholders year in, year out.
QUALITY ENTRIES
With the good performances of the eight festival quality official entries, namely “Call Me Mother,” “Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins,” “Unmarry,” “I’mPerfect,” “Manila’s Finest” “Love You So Bad, “Rekonek” and “Bar Boys After School,” in the recently concluded national film fest that commenced on Christmas Day and ended on January 14, 2026, they resonated in the box-office and critical acclaim.
They delighted not only the organizer, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and its annual project, the Metro Manila Film Festival but the general audiences as well.
Vice Ganda, other showbiz rallyists in, Nepo Babies out–The series of anti-corruption street protests last year showed the firm commitment of show people against anomalous scandals in government where they believed taxes they religiously paid are being robbed by politicians, public servants and private contractors. Glitz and glam stars like Vice Ganda, Maris Racal, sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Carmi Martin, Julia Barretto, Catriona Gray, Gardo Versoza, Adrian Alandy et al are turning militants and the seasoned street parliamentarians like Juana Change, also known as Mae Paner, Madeleine Nicolas, Celeste Legaspi et al are becoming more aggressve and feistier in speaking up for truth and justice.
AMAZING DIVA
While the Nepo Babies such as Claudine Co etc. or shall we consider Heart Evangelista as a conduit?
As is, Heart has slowed down her fashionista stint here and in Europe.
Armida Zuniga in, Armida Zuniga out–They are one and the same person, Armida Zuniga, the so-called Amazing Diva.
The Armida Zuniga in the past is the frivolous woman who wouldn’t be focused of what she wanted but the Armida Zuniga now is the hungry artist who wants to satisfy her curiosity of what awaits in her journey to fame, glory and fortune through music.