1992-2001 / Saturdays, noon to 1:30 pm, 1:30-3:00 pm, 2:00-3:30 pm / RPN 9 / 1992-99 / PTV-4 / 1999–2001 / Produced by way of Focal Media Arts Inc and Uniwide Product sales Staff, then AMA Computer College, with the Department of Coaching, Custom, and Sports activities actions / Host: David Celdran / Alternates: Chiqui Roa-Puno, Cathy Santillan, Anthony Suntay

Struggle of the Brains was once as soon as a quiz show for elementary, high school, and school students from public and private faculties known by way of the Department of Coaching, Custom, and Sports activities actions. It has professionals from the Faculty of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila Faculty who serve as judges. Downside devices cover science, mathematics, arts and custom, history, provide events, and customary knowledge in easy, average, and hard rounds with a corresponding increase in prizes.

Each and every elementary and high school is represented by way of two students. A faculty is represented by way of one student. Weekly winners compete inside the per month finals, the winners of which compete inside the quarterfinals, and then battle with the best inside the grand finals. Prizes inside the grand finals are 300,000 pesos for the elemental level winner, 400,000 pesos for the high school level winner, and 500,000 pesos for the school level winner. 100,000 pesos every is given to the school and teacher of the winners inside the elementary and high school levels. There aren’t any identical prizes for the school winner. Grand finals are held in large assembly areas such for the reason that Philippine World Convention Center (PICC) and the Faculty Theater of the Faculty of the Philippines in Diliman.

The combined rewards of achieving non-public reputation and institutional standing, honoring one’s other people, and getting large prizes made it one of the vital same old television ways inside the Nineteen Nineties. It commanded a huge following, in particular a variety of the country’s early lifestyles, at the side of their family elders. 1000’s of students in numerous faculties from different parts of the country would contact Focal Media Arts to sign up for the weekly finals. It was once as soon as said that student target audience at area moreover tried solving the problems and competing with buddies for their the development is privately owned type of prizes. Parents are reported to have written and thanked the producers for encouraging their youngsters to test. Bereft of showbiz gimmicks and the usage of a set and not using a glamorous design, Struggle of the Brains has showed that the Filipino target audience moreover requires substance in recreational.

Faculties that have sent students to the grand finals boast of their alumni’s inclusion inside the show on their internet websites and in promotional materials. The program even had an invitational fit for the three student levels inside the Southeast Asian house which was once as soon as held on 4 Jul 1997 at the PICC. The entire levels were received by way of the Filipino contestants.

When the Uniwide Product sales Staff would possibly simply no longer take care of the program, AMA Computer College stepped in, moved the show to PTV 4 in 1999, and backed it until its final run in 2001.

David Celdran was once as soon as acclaimed perfect game show host by way of the PMPC Star Awards for three consecutive years in 1994-96. The Catholic Mass Media Awards conferred on the program the Lorenzo Ruiz Award for Television Recreational in 1996 for “inspiring its more youthful target audience to check out for excellence in class and in the entire thing they do.”