Here are the Top 5 most tweeted moments in the Philippines.
1. Push Awards
The Push Award is given to several artists who push past the limit of social media, and this year, Twitter played an important role in the voting process. Avid supporters of the different personalities went on Twitter to campaign for their idols. At the end of the day, #MayWard (Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber) proved they were the most influential tandem in the world of social media as they were given the Group/Tandem award while their fan base was recognized as the Ultimate Fan Club.
2. Kids’ Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards honors the year’s biggest television, movie, and music acts and artists. This year, Nadine Lustre (@hellobangsie), Janella Salvador (@superjanella), Janine Gutierrez (@janinegutierrez) and Liza Soberano (@lizasoberano) were nominated for Favorite Pinoy Star.
On Twitter, fans battled it out to campaign for their favorite nominee by sending millions of Tweets using #KCAPinoyStar along with the hashtags of their favorite artist, #NadineLustre, #LizaSoberano, #JanellaSalvador and #JanineGutierrez.
In the end, Nadine Lustre took home the orange blimp and was named Favorite Pinoy Star of 2017.
3. Miss Universe
The Miss Universe competition was held at the SM Mall of Asia in January of this year. The return of Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) as pageant host despite the epic mishap in 2015 piqued the interest of many Miss U fans. A whopping 34.6 million Tweets were generated globally during the coronation event in January—the highest Tweet volume this year for a telecast entertainment event.
4. "Destined to be Yours" pilot episode
The #AlDubNation lit up Twitter with over 4.6 million Tweets as the pilot episode of “Destined to be Yours” (#DTBY) aired on television. Supercouple Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm) and Alden Richards (@aldenrichards02) played the role of Sinag and Benjie, respectively. Fans of the couple could not contain their excitement to see the two actors venture in the world of drama.
5. BTS in Manila
2017 had been good to the Korean boy band Bangtan Boys or BTS (@BTS_twt). The group’s Wings Tour in Manila in May generated 3.4 million Tweets. On Nov. 13, @BTS_twt hit another milestone as they gained 10 million followers on Twitter.