Eat Bulaga! Indonesia (21st Century Crisis)

'Eat Bulaga! Indonesia' is a variety and game show produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc., which is aired by SCTV Network in Indonesia. It is the Indonesian franchise of Philippines' longest-running noon-time variety show, Eat Bulaga!. Its first incarnation premiered on July 16, 2012 and ended on April 3, 2014, which aired on its original network SCTV. The show returned to Indonesian television with its new incarnation on a different station, ANTV as 'The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia' starting November 17, 2014 with a mix of original and new hosts. On October 10, it was announced that the show was returning to SCTV, under the original name, also with a mix of returning and new cast crew members, its launch episode to air on November 1, 2015.

SCTV Years (2012-2014)
Malou Choa-Fagar, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE Inc.), revealed that SCTV first approached them.

Harsiwi Achmad, program director, had been watching the show on YouTube before she moved to SCTV. Achmad felt that the program was entertaining and educating, and that it can spread positive values and get close with the community. Feeling that it would work well with Indonesian audience, Achmad contacted TAPE's marketing creative service advisor, Gerry C. Guzman, who became a way for the SCTV and Filipino executives to negotiate. Kebon Jeruk, director of programs and production at Studio Penta SCTV, also became interested, saying that he wants the program to be as successful as the original. The situation had initially shocked and surprise Filipino television executives.

Surya Utama, known by his stage name "Uya Kuya" (literally "Boss Uya", counterpart to Eat Bulaga!'s "Bossing Vic"), a magician and comedian from Bandung, would become the show's main host.

The show began simply as "Eat Bulaga! Indonesia", retaining much of the original segments and games played on the Philippine TV show, and premiered on SCTV on July 16, 2012. On July 21, 2012 - Philippine viewers watching on GMA Network got to view a glimpse of the show's opening performance, while the Philippine hosts simultaneously performed the beginning to the Philippine show.

Throughout its first year, the show kept in close touch with its original Philippine counterpart. The hosts made many occasional trips to the Philippines to perform with the Philippine hosts, including a segment where the main host Uya Kuya played a game of Pinoy Henyo (then "Indonesia Pintar" in the show) with Filipino host Jimmy Santos. On December 17, Filipino singer Christian Bautista made a guest appearance on the show. On January 2013, Leo Consul, a Filipino host of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia at the time, visited his homeland to perform in front of the Filipino fans, before leaving the show later in the year for unknown reasons. Yet, Consul's rise to being a host of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia became a legacy and popular story in the Philippines.

The show reached lots of success in Indonesia, making it through one year as the number TV show in its time slot. Eat Bulaga! Indonesia celebrated its first-year anniversary at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta.[3] The Philippine hosts at the original program also threw a mini-celebration of their own to congratulate the Indonesian accomplishment.

Eat Bulaga! Indonesia on SCTV ended on April 3, 2014 and was replaced by FTV Sore.

ANTV Years "The New Eat Bulaga Indonesia" (2014-2015)
The show returned as The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia on ANTV Network, airing its pilot on November 17, 2014. This was a completely revamped version of the first, while Uya Kuya, Farid Aja and Reza Bukan retained their roles as main hosts, the show debuted with a complete new set of hosts as well as a new layout, featuring Indian actor and former lawyer Shaheer Sheikh and Indonesian model Nita Sofiani as part of the hosts. The show also became more independent from and less-based on the original Filipino program, while retaining the essential segments that emphasize the point of Eat Bulaga!, (such as "Berbagi Kejutan", originally named "Satu Untuk Semua, Semua Untuk Satu" which is modeled after the Philippine segment "Juan for All, All for Juan").

The new version also featured a new opening theme song and performance, though it's tune is still based on the original. Viewers are greeted with "Inilah, The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia", meaning "this is The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia" in English.

Many of the game segments also debuted with new names, since many of their original Philippine counterparts were discontinued. The show also debuted new game segments in addition to the many changes, hence the adding of "The New" to the show's name to emphasize the large changes.

Viewers also get to watch replays of entire episodes on ANTV's YouTube channel, which also has replays of its other television shows.

However, Uya Kuya revealed lots of issues with the cast and crew, including backstage disagreements and fighting. There was also an incident in which Tengku Dewi Putri out of anger, walked out of the set on an August 25 episide during a segment of Tanjidor.

The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia aired its last episode with ANTV on September 30, 2015 with Uya Kuya telling fans that the show was not going away, but simply making some changes and that "great things" are to come.

Return to SCTV (2015-present)
Uya Kuya, as well as some of the show's executives at TAPE Inc., contemplated on returning the show to SCTV under the original name. Reza Bukan and Farid Aja was positive with the plan and stated that things had not been working well with ANTV, as well as the cast and crew of The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia. Many fans had also requested a return to SCTV with the original set and studio feeling that the original show had more hype and happiness.

Eventually, the show's executives began to negotiate with SCTV for a return, with a debut episode to take place in either late October or November, possibly even December depending on how long the process took. On October 1, it was announced that the show was no longer going to be aired on ANTV, and that a highly possible return to SCTV was in the works.

Meanwhile, Eat Bulaga! Indonesia kept its Facebook and Twitter page updated and keep in touch as to what was going on.

Shaheer Sheikh stated that he was willing to switch to SCTV network, effectively ending his contract with ANTV. Tengku Dewi Putri, Vina Rana and Nita Sofiana also stated that they were switching to SCTV to remain on the cast of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia.

Along that, the return of some of the original hosts also stated their desire to return, which Uya Kuya approved and welcomed. On October 10, it was finalized and announced that Eat Bulaga! Indonesia would be returning to SCTV. The next day on October 11, it was confirmed on the Jakarta Post, ANTARA News as well as the Manila Bulletin as and Eat Bulaga! Indonesia's Facebook page that Rian Ibram, Bianca Liza and Rio Indrawan from the original show, were indeed returning and reprising their roles. Leo Consul, a Filipino host of the original show, was contacted by the group. On October 13, Consul confirmed that he was joining them, stated that he was "excited" to hear of the return. Several more people were hired to fill in some empty spots. Filipino-born American internet personality Enrique Sandoval, as well as Malaysian actress Mariam Yusuf were announced as having joined the cast.

Uya Kuya also stated on ANTARA News that the show was going renamed back to "Eat Bulaga! Indonesia". On October 15, a photo was released of the now-complete cast of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, featuring both original hosts and those from the show's ANTV incarnation, together at SCTV's Studio 9 set with the caption, "It's final! We're back! See you in November!".

He stated that he wouldn't be revealing anymore information, since he wanted the show's return to be a surprise and let the fans decide for themselves. He told new anchors, "I've revealed all there is to reveal, I've felt like I've kinda revealed too much already. We don't want to ruin it for people."

That same day, vignettes began airing on SCTV of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia's return to national television, with the original theme song.

Schedule
he first incarnation of Eat Bulaga! Indonesia aired at 2:30 pm (WIB) (3:30 pm (Philippine Time)), a deviation from the original which is broadcast at noon. This was done to consider the viewers' prayer time (salat) according to Islam. The first season was set for 13 weeks, as a trial period. The show ended on April 3, 2014 and it was replaced by FTV Sore which shows Indonesian television films.

The show returned to the airwaves in its second incarnation as "The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia", this time on a new network, ANTV, its pilot episode airing on November 17, 2014. The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia currently airs from 8:00 am to 10:00 am (WIB) (9:00 am to 11:00 am (Philippine Time)). The names of the segments of the show also changed to new names.

It was announced that the third incarnation, renamed back to Eat Bulaga! Indonesia would be airing back to 2:30 pm (WIB).

Current hosts (Third Incarnation)

 * Uya Kuya
 * Farid Aja
 * Reza Bukan
 * Shaheer Sheikh
 * Tengku Dewi Putri
 * Leo Consul
 * Rian Ibram
 * Rio Indrawan
 * Vin Rana
 * Bianca Liza
 * Enrique Sandoval
 * Mariam Yusuf

Previous hosts (Second Incarnation)

 * Uya Kuya (2014–2015)
 * Shaheer Sheikh (2014–2015)
 * Saurav Gurjar (2014–2015)
 * Reza Bukan (2014–2015)
 * Farid Aja (2014–2015)
 * Tengku Dewi Putri (2014–2015)
 * Lavanya Bharadwaj (2014–2015)
 * Ibnu Jamil (2014–2015)
 * Brandon Nicholas (2014–2015)
 * Vin Rana (2014–2015)
 * Rohit Bharadwaj (2014–2015)
 * Fiona Fachru Nisa (2014–2015)
 * Nita Sofiani (2014–2015)
 * Ana Riana (2014–2015)
 * Vicky Prasetyo (2015–2015)

Original hosts (First Incarnation)

 * Uya Kuya (2012–2014)
 * Andhika Pratama (2013–2014)
 * Farid Aja (2012–2014)
 * Reza Bukan (2012–2014)
 * Narji (2012–2014)
 * Rian Ibram (2012–2014)
 * Rio Indrawan (2012–2014)
 * Jenny Tan (2012–2014)
 * Bianca Liza (2012–2014)
 * Christie Julia (2012–2014)
 * Christina Colondam (2013–2014)
 * Ivan Gunawan (2013–2014)
 * Gading Marten (2014)
 * Aaron Ashab (2012)
 * Selfi Nafillah (2012)
 * Selena Alesandra (2012–2013)
 * Wijaya (2012)
 * Ramzi (2012)
 * Ciripa (2012)
 * Leo Consul (2012–2013)
 * Steven Muliawan (2012–2013)
 * Tora Sudiro (2013)
 * Astrid Kuya (2012–2014)