Kandidato


Kandidato is a Philippine television public affairs show broadcast by GMA Network. Focusing on the 2010 Philippine presidential elections and the 2013 Senatorial elections. Hosted by Arnold Clavio, Malou Mangahas and Howie Severino, it premiered on March 3, 2010. The show concluded on May 2, 2013 with a total of 20 episodes.

Format

For 2010 presidential elections, each episode features one of the presidential candidates who will run this 2010 Philippine presidential elections, and in 2013 senatorial elections, 3 candidates will answer questions from the panel composed of Arnold Clavio, Howie Severino and Malou Mangahas in a similar fashion as a job interview. The panel has three sets of questions; easy, average, and hard levels.
In the Easy category, the panelists will ask the questions which is about the personality, family and personal life of the candidates. Average category, on the other hand ask the platform of the candidates and on how they can resolve the problems of our country today, such poverty, corruption, education, and others. The hard level focuses how the candidate answer on his/her controversies that lie on them.

Episodes

CandidateOriginal airdateEpisode #
Sonny Angara
Jamby Madrigal
Mitos Magsaysay
February 21, 20131
Francis Escudero
Marwil Llasos
Eddie Villanueva
February 28, 20132
Bam Aquino
JV Ejercito
Richard J. Gordon
March 7, 20133
Loren Legarda
Tingting Cojuangco
Rizalito David
March 14, 20134
Risa Hontiveros
Gregorio Honasan
Ricardo Penson
March 21, 20135
Greco Belgica
Teodoro Casiño
Ramon Montaño
April 4, 20136
Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
John Carlos de los Reyes
Baldomero Falcone
April 11, 20137
Grace Poe
Edward Hagedorn
Samson Alcantara
April 18, 20138
Jack Enrile
Ernesto Maceda
Christian Señeres
April 25, 20139
Koko Pimentel
Juan Miguel Zubiri
May 2, 201310

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the final episode of Kandidato scored a 5% rating.