POLITICS
1. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wins over Fernando Poe Jr. as the 14th president of the Philippines
TALENT SEARCH/REALITY TV
3. Star Circle Quest where these teens stars got discovered: Hero Angeles, Sandara Park, Melissa Ricks, Roxanne Guinoo, Neri Naig, Michelle Madrigal, and Joross Gamboa.
4. Rachel Anne Go wins GMA 7’s Search For A Star
5. Frenchie Dy wins Season 2 of ABS-CBN’s Star in a Million
CHILD STARS IN THE MAKING
6. Child stars that were born in 2004: Xyriel Manabat, Izzy Canillo, Clarence Delgado, and Chacha Canete.
TALK SHOWS
7. It has been 10 years since we last saw Kris Aquino and Korina Sanchez together in the morning show, ‘Morning Girls with Kris and Korina’
8. Athens Summer Olympics 2004
9. Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao fights against Mexican boxer and WBA/IBF title holder at that time, Juan Manuel Marquez, for the very first time. The judges scored a draw and Pacquiao loses.
YOUTH-ORIENTED SHOWS
10. After two years of airing, the Saturday afternoon show, Berks (which stars Angelica Panganiban, Carlo Aquino, Heart Evangelista, John Pratts, Karel Marquez, Glaiza De Castro, and others), finally ended in 2004.
11. This is the same year GMA 7’s Click (which launched the careers of Angel Locsin, Richard Gutierrez, Jake Cuenca, JC De Vera, Iya Villania, Bianca King, etc.) also concluded their show.
KOREANOVELA
12. Successful run of Lovers in Paris in ABS-CBN (starring Kim Jung-eun, Park Shing-yang, and Lee Dong Gun)
13. Kris Aquino’s Feng Shui
14. Piolo Pascual and Claudine Baretto’s Milan
OPM (National Anthems in 2004)
15. South Border’s Rainbow
16. Christian Bautista’s The Way You Look At Me
17. Dice and K9’s Itsumo
18. Kitchie Nadal’s Huwag na Huwag Mong Sasabihin
19. Bamboo’s Masaya and Noypi
Anything else we missed out? Feel free to comment below.