Watch AlDub First Anniversary Live Online: See Streaming Video As Alden And Yaya Dub Celebrate #ALDUB1stAnniversary Together

Viewers can watch the AlDub first anniversary special live online and see live streaming video of how Alden and Yaya Dub celebrate their first year together.

What has now become a global phenomenon started quietly on July 16, 2015, as a story of two star-crossed lovers playing out on the Philippines noontime show Eat Bulaga. Viewers followed the short segments about Alden and Yaya Dub’s winding romance on the show’s KalyeSeyre segment, watching the action play out in public and in real time.

The segment was a huge hit, attracting millions of viewers and turning actors Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza into the two most sought-after brand endorsers in the Philippines. Their drama has also become popular across Asia and prompted media coverage in Europe and the United States, with the BBC recently calling it a “social media phenomenon.”

Experts explained that the AlDub drama was so very popular because of the very believable chemistry between Richards and Mendoza, which even prompted rumors that the two might be dating in real life (they both say, for the record, that they are just friends).

“Actors and actresses are often paired up so fans hope they end up together in real life. But what’s different about AlDub… is that it wasn’t just the creation of a TV network or movie production,” TV host and blogger Daphne Osena Paez told BBC News last year about the AlDub phenomenon.

Happy #ALDUB1stAnniversary, AlDub Nation! ?? https://t.co/cOt5qN7rMm

— GMA Integrated News (@gmanews) July 15, 2016

It has also shown amazing staying power given that critics predicted fans would soon grow tired of the obstacles and troubles in the path of Alden and Yaya Dub. Even Richards himself said he wasn’t sure how long it would last.

“During AlDub’s first month, I thought that it would fizzle out as fast as it became a hit,” Richards told the Inquirer.

Those who want to watch live streaming video of the AlDub anniversary special can find it below.

Viewers who watch the AlDub anniversary special live online will see a show that has been in the works for months. Richard noted back in March that producers were busy putting together an exciting product for fans, one Richards said that “everyone has been waiting for.”

The anticipation was building even more after the opening of Imagine You & Me, the second major movie featuring the AlDub stars. The film, set in Italy, shows Richards and Mendoza meeting by chance and falling in love. Though it’s a story familiar to fans of the Eat Bulaga segment, AlDub lovers can’t seem to get enough of the pair and the movie was a giant hit in the Philippines this week.

The AlDub anniversary show was a huge topic on Twitter as well, where AlDub fans have often taken over during the show’s one-year run. A live concert back in October featuring Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards even helped set the all-time record for tweets in a 24-hour period, with fans flooding the internet to share the #AlDubEBTamangPanahon hashtag more than 40 million times.

There were several other times that the show’s daily hashtag generated millions — sometimes tens of millions — of tweets. These usually came along with big events, including the couple’s first official date. The show’s producers have managed to keep fans interested and keep the story fresh now one year after the segment first debuted.

Those who watch the AlDub anniversary special live online could see one that tops all previous records set by the show and its fans on Twitter. The #ALDUB1stAnniversary hashtag was already a major trend in the Philippines on Friday and into the early morning hours on Saturday, with millions expected by the time the program itself starts at noon.

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