Project Runway Philippines, Miacheal V. Runner Up Honors at the 14th Asian Television Awards

In the 14th Asian Television Awards, Philippines did not won any trophy yet it managed to bring home two runner up honors according to GMA-7.

Project Runway Philippines received runner up honors in the Best Adaptation of an Existing Format category. The local franchise of the popular reality program is co-produced by Solar Entertainment, ETC and Unitel Productions. The trophy went to Amazing Race Asia Season 3.

It’s quite ironic that the Philippines was the leading Asian country at the International Emmy Awards this year but got snubbed at the Asian Television Awards. We got 8 nominations but it only produced two runner up honors.

Last year, the Philippines bagged 1 award courtesy of GMA and QTV’s Camera Cafe for Best Comedy Program. RP also received 4 runner up honors last year including the Highly Commended recognition for Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year courtesy of GMA.

The host country, Singapore, has the lion share of the awards with 12 wins followed by Hong Kong and Japan with 7 trophies each. India got 4 awards while Taiwan, Thailand and Australia brought home 1 trophy each.

The following is the complete lists of Winners and Runner Ups for the 14th Asian Television Awards:

Best Documentary Programme (30 mins or less)

Winner – 6420 (now TV, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Dan Rivers – Killings Fields: Long Road to Justice (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Dan Rivers – World’s Untold Stories: A Forgotten People (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Documentary Programme (31 mins or more)

Winner – Yanomami: The Last Tribe (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – PAMIR – Cradled by the Skies (Kansai Telecasting Corporation, Japan)

Best Natural History Or Wildlife Programme Or Docu-Drama

Winner – Wild China (BBC Worldwide, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Death of the Megabeasts (Prospero Productions, Australia)

Best News Programme

Winner – Election Counting Day Coverage (IBN 18 Broadcast Limited, India)

Highly Commended – CNN Today (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Single News Story/Report

Winner – John Vause – China / Gold Machine (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Kyung Lah – Japan / Elderly Shoplifters (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Drama Series

Winner – The Little Nyonya (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 8, Singapore)

Winner – 1895 in Formosa (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Highly Commended – The Samurai Gentleman Episode 1: Road to Destiny (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – City Homicide Season 2 Episode 2 (Southern Star International, Australia)

Best Single Drama or Television Programme

Winner – Easy Money (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Highly Commended – Scorched (ITV Global Entertainment, Australia)

Highly Commended – Love in the Season of Osmanthus (Hakka Television Station, Taiwan)

Best Comedy Programme

Winner – The Iromonea (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., Japan)

Highly Commended – Gag Concert (Korean Broadcasting System, Korea)

Best Current Affairs Programme

Winner – Sunday Report: Sichuan Earthquake One Year On – The Unspeakable Truth (Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Drugs Business Inside Prison Cell (PT. Cakrawala Andalas Televisi, Indonesia)

Best Children’s Programme

Winner - Super Kid Game (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Highly Commended – Classroom Genius (Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan)

Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) Special

Winner – My School Rocks Asia Finals 2008 (The Walt Disney Company (SEA) Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Highly Commended – President’s Command Performance (Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Entertainment Programme

Winner – 26 Hours / Day (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., Japan)

Highly Commended – The Best House 1,2,3 – The Discovery of New Da Vinci (Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan)

Best Game or Quiz Programme

Winner – Run for Money (Fuji Television Network, Inc. / Fuji Creative Corporation, Japan)

Highly Commended – Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Best Music Programme

Winner – Indian Idol Season 4 Episode 1 (Miditech Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Reality Programme

Winner – Revealed – Chinese New Year (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Storm Surfers (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Infotainment Programme

Winner – The New Anatomy Show (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Talk Show

Winner – We The People (NDTV Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – Blogtv.sg: Who Lives Around You? (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, ChannelNewsAsia, Singapore)

Best Animation

Winner – Little Krishna – Assault of the Lethal Bird (Big Animation Pvt Ltd, India)

Highly Commended – The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill Season 4 (Southern Star International, Australia)

Best Social Awareness Program

Winner – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Future Makers (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Ecopolis (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

Winner – The Amazing Race Asia, Season 3 Episode 3 (SPE Networks – Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Project Runway Philippines ( Solar Entertainment Corporation, SBN, Philippines)

Best Cross-Platform Content

Winner – Hip Korea – Rain (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – BITWORLD-Two Rooms: The Past and The Present (NHK, Japan)

Best News Presenter or Anchor

Winner – Martin Soong for Squawk Voice (CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Kristie Lu Stout for CNN Today (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Best Current Affairs Presenter

Winner – Anjali Rao for Talk Asia (CNN International, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Najwa Shihab for Suafa Anda: The Election Channel Programs (PT. Media Televisi, Indonesia)

Best Entertainment Presenter

Winner -Jon Niermann for Asia Uncut (West Meets East Production, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Phanya Nirunkul for Yok Siam (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Thailand)

Highly Commended – Cyrus Sahukar for Hole in the Wall – Season 1, Episode 1 (Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Hong Kong)

Best Drama Performance By An Actor

Winner -Adrian Pang for Red Thread (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Qi Yu Wu for The Little Nyonya (MediaCorp Pte Ltd, Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Drama Performance By An Actress

Winner -Michelle Yim for Moonlight Resonance (Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong)

Highly Commended – Robyn Malcolm for Outrageous Fortune Series 4 (South Pacific Pictures, New Zealand)

Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress

Winner – Chusak Lamsuk for Raberd Thurd Theung (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited, Singapore)

Highly Commended – Michael V for Bubble Gang (GMA Network, Inc., Philippines)

Highly Commended – Chua Enlai for Parental Guidance (Pics Talk Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Best Cinematography

Winner – Lonely Planet: Natural Born Traveller Episode 3 (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Highly Commended – The Way We Live Episode 5: Living in the Shadow of the Volcano (August Pictures Pte Ltd, Singapore)

Best Direction

Winner – All Saints Episode 465 (Seven Network Operations Limited, Australia)

Highly Commended – Sudden Death (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Editing

Winner – Supermen of Malegaon (NHK, Japan)

Highly Commended – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Achievement in HD

Winner – Storm Surfers – Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (Singapore)

Highly Commended – Inside Afghan ER (National Geographic Channel Asia, Singapore)

Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year

Winner – TBS (Japan)

Highly Commended – TVB Jade (Hong Kong)

Best Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year

Winner – Discovery Channel (Singapore)

Highly Commended – CNN International (Hong Kong)

The second and last recognition brought home by the Philippine contingent is courtesy of kapuso comedian Michael V. The Bubble Gang star received runner up honors (Highly Commended) in the Best Comedy Actor/Actress category. The trophy went to Thailand’s Chusak Lamsuk for Raberd Thurd Theung, again.