In a year marked by big news, the switch of megastar Sharon Cuneta to TV5 still counts as one of the biggest. After being a loyal contract star of ABS-CBN for 23 years, Sharon recently confirmed months of speculation by signing with the Kapatid Network last November. She becomes the biggest star, next to Nora Aunor, to have joined the brash, revitalized “third” network (the other being GMA).
Even more stunning, the megastar was supposed to have been paid one billion big ones to make the switch—similar or not far from the contract fee Aga Muhlach supposedly got that lured him out of the Kapamilya fold.