Willie Revillame (born Wilfredo Buendia Revillame, January 25, 1961) (age 46) is a Filipino game show host, singer and comedian. He rose to fame in the late '90s as sidekick to big-named movie stars before making his own mark in the business as a TV host for ABS-CBN's (now defunct) noontime variety show, "Magandang Tanghali Bayan". Revillame now currently hosts the noontime game show "Wowowee," one of the network's most popular shows. Early showbiz career Revillame earned a living by becoming a hostess for Alma Moreno's musical variety show "Loveliness" and rising young singers like Gary Valenciano. But when he met Randy Santiago, who rose to fame via his trademark shades and the song "Hindi Magbabago", his fortunes changed. Santiago hired him as his sidekick in the now-defunct GMA 7 noontime show "Salo-Salo Together ". Revillame stayed for three months on the show and was signed up by Regal Films to star alongside Joey Marquez the movie