1. #ALDUBTheAbduction, another record-
breaking AlDub hashtag?
September 12, 2015 12:14pm
Tags: aldub, kalyeserye, eatbulaga
The AlDub saga continues to rule the world of Twitter as its latest hashtag,
ALDUBTheAbduction, topped the trending topics in the Philippines even hours
before Eat Bulaga's kalye-serye on Saturday afternoon.
As of 11:45 a.m., tweets with #ALDUBTheAbudction has reached 1.28 million,
which is expected to balloon as Eat Bulaga starts to air at noon.
The kalye-serye, featuring the love team of Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya Dub and
Alden Richards, usually starts around 1 p.m.
As of noon, the hashtag was top 9 in the worldwide trending topics on Twitter.
Last week, #ALDUBBATTELForACause broke Twitter records with over 5 million
tweets. This followed the 3.5-million record tweets for #ALDUBMaiDenHeaven.
Yaya Dub was able to escape her abductors on Thursday, but Alden was then taken by
masked men.
Yaya Dub was again kidnapping during the kalye-serye on Friday.
Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, Tito Sen in Eat Bulaga, on Friday hinted that Alden
and Yaya Dub may be rescued on Saturday. —ALG, GMA News

2. ‘AlDub’ makes Twitter history
By Kathy Moran (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 14, 2015 - 12:00am
Photo from the Eat! Bulaga Facebook page shows blindfolded Alden Richards and Yaya Dub
(Maine Mendoza) bumping into each other as the jealous Duhrizz (Wally Bayola) watches in last
Saturday’s record-breaking KalyeSerye episode.
MANILA, Philippines - What is it about AlDub, or is it MaiDen, that continues to make hearts
go a-flutter?
Even Twitter’s, it seems.
Before midnight Saturday, a new record of 6.37 million tweets around the #AldubTheAbduction
series was set.
Netizens were glued to the latest episode of the KalyeSerye story, around the kidnapping and
eventual rescue of Yaya Dub.
On Saturday, Yaya Dub, who had been kidnapped a week before, was not yet rescued. Making
matters worse, Alden was also kidnapped on Sept. 10.
So what was to happen to AlDub, the fans wondered?

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The excitement builds, perhaps because it is becoming more real that there is an ever-developing
feeling for each other between Alden and YayaDub (in real? and reel life).
These have been sending the netizen fans of AlDub to their computers, cell phones or whatever
they use to get online and tweet on “beastmode” as they like to call it.
For the last eight weeks, we have been witness to a sweet love unfolding — for 30 minutes, from
Monday to Saturday, on Eat Bulaga’s KalyeSerye.
The fan-nomenon around the Aldub loveteam between GMA 7 talent Alden Richards and
YouTube sensation Maine Mendoza, aka Yaya Dub, has seen no equal to date.
In the Twitter universe, their netizen followers make each daily hashtag not only trend, but aim
to make it No. 1 nationwide and worldwide for the day.
Already, tweets reached 5.7 million during the Sept. 5 first meeting – in the flesh – between
Alden and YayaDub.
Before that, 3.5 million tweets went around on Aug. 29, as Twitter was set ablaze.
That was the day when the wedding between Yaya Dub and Frankie Arinoli (Jose Manalo) was
declared fake because the pastor was an impostor. The fans loved it — and made sure they
tweeted about it.
The 3.5 million tweets were more than the 3.3 million sent around Pope Francis’ visit to Manila
in January.

4. Alden Richards talks AlDub phenomenon
Leading man in Philippines’ first “street drama segment” talks about what makes AlDub click
with viewers
Image Credit: Supplied
Philippine actor Alden Richards.
Published: 10:21 August 23, 2015
By Florence Pia G Yu, News Editor - Web
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It’s probably all over your Facebook. Or Twitter. Talk of this latest segment on TV show Eat
Bulaga that has taken Philippine entertainment by storm.
I’m referring to the unbelievably phenomenal love team called AlDub, which has sparked the
first “street drama segment” on Philippine television.
The name has been coined by fans of the Alden Richards-Yaya Dub onscreen love team. The
sparks between Richards and Yaya Dub or Maine Mendoza get them excited, said fans, who are
collectively referred to as AlDub Nation.

5. Why exactly has the tandem clicked with viewers? Richards shares his thoughts: “[Maybe
because] it’s a fresh love team on TV, and our story is something different [that gives happiness]
to viewers.”
Mendoza, who rose to fame through her funny dubsmash videos, plays the role of Yaya Dub in
the street drama segment. Richards plays the role of her bedimpled love interest.
Both Richards and Mendoza have never met, both in character and in real life, and the leading
man said he would be ecstatic when they finally meet.
“I will be very happy... It’s worth the wait!” he said, adding that he will be very surprised if they
accidentally meet. “I might end up doing a dubsmash of God Gave Me You!” he said, referring to
the pair’s theme song.
When asked about what he does to keep the excitement going: “Secret!” he replied.
Richards has recently signed an exclusive recording contract with GMA Records and is on his
way to finishing his album, which features two original tracks and some remakes of popular
songs.