Twist and Shout started their premiere episode on ABS-CBN yesterday. Hosted by Concert King Martin Nievera and Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano, the first day was a very successful launch.

Twist and Shout is a musical talent-show with a twist. While contestants are performing their numbers, everything is done to put them off such as distractions during the performances to know who among the contestants can survive.

Each Team have 3 members which means 3 rounds and 3 showdown. Contestants will need to pass the Weapons of Mass Destructions which are the sweat, cold and hot. Also starring were musical director Mel Villena and the Jeje Band. The board of judges were composed of Aiza Seguerra, Jimmy Bondoc and special guest Bianca Manalo. The winning Team can have the chance to win 200,000 pesos as well as 3 lucky contestant.

On first episodes, two team shown their ability to sing despite of the distractions. The Red Team were composed of Richard Poon, Juris of MYMP and Soul Siren Nina. From Blue Team, Bugoy, Frenchie Dy and Christian Bautista will fight against opponent.

The Running Machine

On the first round, Christian Bautista of Blue Team and Richard Poon fought on The Running Machine. Judges will give 1 point on this part. Christian tried it first but he fall on the middle of his song as well as Richard when he followed. Richard Poon won with 2-1 score from judges.

Ice Dip

On the second round, Nina from Red Team and Frechie Dy faced the battle on Ice Dip. It is a bath tub with ice. Judges will give 2 points for this challenge. Nina and Frechie finished both the challenge with an amazing performance. Aiza seguerra gave 2 points for Frenchie Dy, Jimmy Bondoc gave the points to Nina while Bianca Manalo choose awaeded the 2 points for Frenchie Dy whih means frenchie won this round.

Volcano

On the third round, the last member of each team, Bugoy and Juris faced the challenge. Judges will give 3 points on this challenge. Bugoy was the first one to face the challenge and he finished his songs. Juris also complete the challenge but the jugdes favored Juris. Aiza Seguerra and Jimmy Bondoc gave the 3 points for Juris while Bianca Manalo awarded the 3 points for Bugoy.

All in all, Blue Team got 8 points while Red Team got 10 points.

Under the supervision of international audit, a raffle was drawn to select 3 studio audience who can also win the total prize of the player.

The Turntable

On the jackpot round, the Red Team need to ride on the the turntable, a circular rotating table with only strings were they can hold to win the jackpot prize of 200,000 pesos. The turntable turned smoothly at first but it gone faster and faster. Richard Poon got out first followed by Nina then Juris. They stayed 43 seconds which is equivalent to 43,000 pesos.

Don't miss Twist and Shout episodes every Saturday and Sunday 8:45pm right after Rated K only at ABS-CBN.