Kandidato

Kandidato
Kandidato
	Title card in 2013
Genre	Public affairs
Presented by	Arnold Clavio; Malou Mangahas; Howie Severino;
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
No. of episodes	20
Production
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	GMA News and Public Affairs
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Audio format	5.1 surround sound
Original release	March 3, 2010 –; May 2, 2013

Kandidato (transl. Candidate) is a Philippine television public affairs show broadcast by GMA Network. Focusing on the 2010 Philippine presidential elections and the 2013 Senatorial (midterm) 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[]

Episodes of *Kandidato*
Candidate	Original airdate	Episode #
Gilberto Teodoro	March 3, 2010	1
John Carlos de los Reyes	March 10, 2010	2
Richard J. Gordon	March 17, 2010	3
Joseph Estrada	March 24, 2010	4
Nicanor Perlas	March 31, 2010	5
Eddie Villanueva	April 7, 2010	6
Jamby Madrigal	April 14, 2010	7
Benigno Aquino III	April 21, 2010	8
Manuel Villar	April 28, 2010	9
Huling Pagkilatis bago ang Eleksyon 2010	May 5, 2010	10

Episodes of *Kandidato 2013: Senador*
Candidate	Original airdate	Episode #
Sonny Angara (Team PNoy) Jamby Madrigal (Team PNoy) Mitos Magsaysay (UNA)	February 21, 2013	1
Francis Escudero (Team PNoy) Marwil Llasos (Ang Kapatiran) Eddie Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas)	February 28, 2013	2
Bam Aquino (Team PNoy) JV Ejercito (UNA) Richard J. Gordon (UNA)	March 7, 2013	3
Loren Legarda (Team PNoy) Tingting Cojuangco (UNA) Rizalito David (Ang Kapatiran)	March 14, 2013	4
Risa Hontiveros (Team PNoy) Gregorio Honasan (UNA) Ricardo Penson (Independent)	March 21, 2013	5
Greco Belgica (DPP) Teodoro Casiño (Makabayan) Ramon Montaño (Independent)	April 4, 2013	6
Ramon Magsaysay Jr. (Team PNoy) John Carlos de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran) Baldomero Falcone (DPP)	April 11, 2013	7
Grace Poe (Team PNoy) Edward Hagedorn (Independent) Samson Alcantara (Social Justice Society)	April 18, 2013	8
Jack Enrile (UNA) Ernesto Maceda (UNA) Christian Señeres (DPP)	April 25, 2013	9
Koko Pimentel (Team PNoy) Juan Miguel Zubiri (UNA)	May 2, 2013	10

Ratings[]

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the final episode of Kandidato scored a 5% rating.^[1]

References[]

^ Tuazon, Nikko (May 6, 2013). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila Household Ratings (May 1 to 2): Love & Lies and Apoy Sa Dagat tied in sixth spot last May 2". Retrieved August 16, 2018.

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[1] Tuazon, Nikko (May 6, 2013). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila Household Ratings (May 1 to 2): Love & Lies and Apoy Sa Dagat tied in sixth spot last May 2". Retrieved August 16, 2018.

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