was joined by new main hosts John Arceo (who came from "Bongga"'s defunct rival show "Barkadahan sa S na S" of ABS-CBN Bacolod and also a character actor), new GMA Iloilo discovery Joan Jalandoni, and Gilbert "Onal" Golez (who was born in Iloilo and had a short stint in Manila as a singer), with regular performers from Bacolod and Iloilo joining them weekly. Later on the show added former Ilongga beauty queens Apol Arro and Leez Quimpo to complete the main cast. In August 2005, the show set a record in Western Visayas as the only local variety show that attracted more than 20,000 live audience when they taped an episode at SM City Iloilo featuring stars from "Darna" and "Encantadia" led by Angel Locsin, Dennis Trillo, Sunshine Dizon, Karylle and Jennylyn Mercado. "Bongga" also served as a front-act for Eat Bulaga during the Grand Kapuso Fans Day held at the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo City last September 17, 2005, performing before a record crowd of 60,000 people. Among the stars that graced the Kapuso Fans Day Special were the SexBomb Girls, Janice de Belen, Gelli de Belen, Carmina Villaroel, Ogie Alcasid and German Moreno. The All-New "Bongga!" In October 2005, "Bongga" was relaunched and was now under the production of GMA Entertainment Group. A new logo banner was unveiled during the show's grand press conference that culminated with a grand anniversary show held at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand with Kapuso stars Nadine Samonte, Ara Mina and Alfred Vargas as special guests. Over 20,000 people witnessed the event. Milestone episodes Last January 27, 2006, talents of "Bongga" hosted the GMA Kapuso Night at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand that featured some Kapuso stars from "Etheria", GMA KiliTV, and "SOP". The event was attended by more than 30,000 people. On April 2, 2006, 24 Oras news anchor and TV host Mel Tiangco guested in "Bongga!" to promote the upcoming Easter Sunday episode of "Mel and Joey" where the entire show will feature the tourist spots and delicacies of Iloilo and Bacolod together with the StarStruck Final 4 of Marky Cielo, Jackie Rice, Gian Carlos and Iwa Moto. The particular episode was shown on Easter Sunday. On April 29, 2006, "Bongga!" host Cherry Mae Barbo participated during the Aliwan Festival's Reyna ng Aliwan pageant as Iloilo's representative. Barbo won 2nd runner-up despite not winning any special awards. On August 5, 2006, "Bongga!"