Valerie Weigmann is Derek Ramsay’s new love interest on ‘Kidlat’

Things are heating up on “Kidlat”.
TV’s most popular primetime superhero (Derek Ramsay) may have lost his first love Lara (Nadine Samonte) to her current comatose state but just when Joey (Ritz Azul) is beginning to warm up to his alter ego, Voltaire, in comes another mysterious woman who is dead set on coming between Kidlat and his current object of affection.
That mystery woman is Natasha, a sassy and sophisticated fashion designer from South Africa who will be later revealed as the villainess Enigma.

Played by 21-year old Filipino-German “Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition” alumna Valerie Weigmann, the witchcraft-practicing Enigma is the latest evil character to join Kidlat’s increasing rogues gallery.
Though a little nervous to be part of a successful series, Valerie admits that she’s more than excited to meet everyone—particularly her new leading man.
“Excited at kahit paano kinabahan din ako. I’ve heard so many good things about Derek, like how he’s a gentleman. And it’s true, napakabait n’ya at very supportive to everyone. He’s easy to work with and we also got a chance to talk on the set kasi he has also been to Germany,” Valerie said during the press conference that introduced Enigma and the other new villains of the series, namely Warla (Paolo Ballesteros), Frosta (Shaira Mae) and Fuego (Mark Neumann).

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Hayop sa gimmicks

MANILA, Philippines - Joey de Leon has tried doing different shows on TV. At present, he has the long-running daily noontime show, Eat Bulaga and the weekly showbiz-oriented program, Startalk, both on GMA 7. On TV5, he is seen as occasional judge in the talent search, Talentadong Pinoy.
Recently, Joey started hosting a weekly primetime show about animals with Hayop sa Galing, which airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. on TV5. This time, he provides interesting information about different animals, complete with footage of animal incidents and interesting trivia.
Joey asks questions about animals to be answered by guest celebrities every episode. For the pilot, Ritz Azul and Martin Escudero joined Joey at Avilon Zoo, which is, so far, the weekly setting for the show.
The program asks informative trivia questions in Hayop sa Tanong. Before Lolong, what country was the biggest crocodile seen? The answer is Australia. Lolong measured 20 feet while the crocodile seen in Australia only measured 18 feet. However, Lolong already died second week of February, still of an unknown cause.
The show also gives information about animal events, animals that got into trouble, incidents involving animals and humans. Interestingly, there are many animals featured in the show like elephants, whales, crocodiles, kangaroos, bears, horses, bulls and even snakes.
What do you call the maneuver of a crocodile when it eats alive its prey? Death roll. How many times can a sea snake mate? Ten years. What snake can fly? Southeast Asian tree snake.

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