Tawag ng Tanghalan, It’s Showtime: Chaddie Ruaza Out, Casiana Illescas of ‘Stars on 45’ is New Champ; Kim Chiu delights fans

There’s a new champion at ABS-CBN’s “Tawag ng Tanghalan” on “It’s Showtime.” Chaddie Ruaza of Metro Manila lost the title on Monday, Sept. 26, to balut vendor Casiana Illescas. Meanwhile, fans of Kim Chiu were delighted to see their favorite celeb return to Showtime as co-host.

Viewers of the noontime show remember Cas from Stars on 45, another Showtime segment that ran from 2013 to 2015. Click here to watch Casiana Illescas, 50, sing I’ll Never Love This Way Again by Dionne Warwick. To see how Cas looked and sounded like three years ago on Stars on 45, click here.

Chaddie Ruaza had a good time on the show. The last contender she was able to defeat was Ricky Deloviar. Fans held a Twitter party for their chinita idol Kim Chiu, a Showtime co-host on Monday. The young actress was teased a lot for her Bench “outfit of the day” (OOTD) but she was a good sport, saying she’s got the looks of flight attendants and tennis players pegged. Below are some of the posts from the Twitterverse.

Here’s the new champ on Showtime’s Tawag ng Tanghalan:

#StarsOn45 Grand Finalist Casiana Illescas singing This Is My Life & Edge Of Glory!#StarsOn45GrandFinals pic.twitter.com/xi86NkSnNv

— ItsShowtimeNa (@itsShowtimena) March 22, 2014

Good Morning!!! “Laughter Is the best medicine. But, if you’re laughing without any reason, you need medicine. -BatuBara” see y’all later sa #ShowtimeLuneSpeciaL

A photo posted by Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (@chinitaprincess) on Sep 25, 2016 at 8:23pm PDT

see you all mamaya sa @itsShowtimena  #ShowtimeLuneSpeciaL GOOD MORNING!!!

— kim chiu (@prinsesachinita) September 26, 2016

Trending at 6th spot@prinsesachinita

KimChiu OnItsShowtime Sept26 pic.twitter.com/1yxgWyhaLe

— United KimChiu (@UnitedKimChiu) September 26, 2016

Nalusot niya tuloy yung bench

KimChiu OnItsShowtime Sept26

— Kim Chiu Global/Fans (@teamKCG) September 26, 2016

Watch more ABS-CBN YouTube clips here.