Local social media marketing here in the Philippines centered around the epic war between presidential candidates Manny Villar and Noynoy Aquino. Fueled both by money and supporters’ frenzy, these two candidates amassed more than 900,000+ fans on their respective profiles over several months. However another Filipino actually beat both of them to the 1,000,000 mark. As of a few days ago, ABS-CBN talent and comedian Vice Ganda breached the 1,000,000 mark in his Facebook fan profile. Here’s what Vice Ganda said in response:
“Dahil sa dami nang nagmamahal na madlang peeps sa Showtime, ay nakakaaliw sabihin na malapit na malapit na po akong magkaroon ng 1 million na members sa aking fan page,” the comedian said during Friday’s ‘Showtime’ episode.
On Sunday, the comedian shared the good news, which was relayed to him by Showtime director Bobet Vidanes.
“Si Direk Bobet tumawag na sa akin, ‘nak, nag-1 million na [ang fans mo sa Facebook]. Tapos iyong mga staff, [bumati na ng] congratulations, you are the first Filipino to reach 1 million (na) following sa Facebook,” he said via a recorded phone patch aired on The Buzz on Sunday.
“Iyong salita sigurong ‘saya,’ understatement. Parang hindi sapat iyong salitang saya,” he said.
Vice Ganda was in Dumaguete, which was one of his stops for the “May Nag Txt… May Show Ako” provincial tour.
The Dumaguete show, the first stop of the tour, was sold out, the comedian said.
Hmm, I’m sure whoever president Vice Ganda supports will get a massive boost in their profile fan numbers, haha.
Vice Ganda rocks!