Dabarkads Awards (also known as EB Dabarkads Awards) is an annual awards ceremony given that recognizes exemplary productions and performances of the Eat Bulaga! hosts for the year's Holy Week special drama presentations.
It is held on the Saturday of the week the noontime show returns its regular programming after the Holy Week.
The annual ceremony was first held in 2014, which was the same year that the Lenten specials was returned on television with fresh, new episodes after its seven-year hiatus. Malou Choa-Fagar, one of the executives of TAPE, Inc., described the awards ceremony as a "reward for a job well done, for a job that is unfamiliar to most of them".
The last awards ceremony occurred in 2016. It did not return the year after.
1st Dabarkads Awards
The 1st Dabarkads Awards took place on 26 April 2014.
It featured five award categories: Best Story, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Role, and Best Child Performer.
The judges who decided the winners for each category include multi-awarded actor Philip Salvador, veteran and master director Mel Chionglo, The Philippine Star columnist Butch Francisco, Golden Screen Awards executive Ricky Calderon, and Philippine Movie Press Club vice president Mell Navarro.
| Episodes |
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Winner |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Paolo Ballesteros | "Karugtong ng Puso" |
| Kempee de Leon | "Kulungan Kanlungan" |
| Jose Manalo | "Pangalawang Bukas" |
| Michael V. | "Hakbang sa Pangarap" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Julia Clarete | "Ilaw ng Kahapon" |
| Isabelle Daza | "Kulungan Kanlungan" |
| Pia Guanio | "Kulungan Kanlungan" |
| Pauleen Luna | "Anyo ng Pag-Ibig" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Ryan Agoncillo | "Anyo ng Pag-Ibig" |
| Wally Bayola | "Hakbang ng Pangarap" |
| Allan K. | "Ilaw ng Kahapon" |
| Ruby Rodriguez | "Anyo ng Pag-Ibig" |
| Jimmy Santos | "Anyo ng Pag-Ibig" |
| Anjo Yllana | "Pangalawang Bukas" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Ryzza Mae Dizon | "Pangalawang Bukas" |
2nd Dabarkads Awards
The 2nd Dabarkads Awards took place on 11 April 2015.
Unlike the first awards ceremony, the 2nd Dabarkads Awards only featured three award categories: Best Story, Best Actor, and Best Actress. It no longer featured Best Supporting Role and Best Child Performer as categories. Another important modification is that the awards ceremony recognized two episodes in the Best Story category instead of only one.
A final drastic change in the second annual awards ceremony is that there is no panel of judges to select the winners of the awards ceremony. The show's home viewers get to decide the winners for each category via SMS text voting.
| Episodes |
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Winner First Runner-Up |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Ryan Agoncillo | "Pinagpalang Ama" |
| Wally Bayola | "Pinagpalang Ama" |
| Keempee de Leon | "Biro ng Kapalaran" |
| Jose Manalo | "Pinagpalang Ama" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Ryzza Mae Dizon | "Lukso ng Dugo" |
| Pia Guanio | "Lukso ng Dugo" |
| Pauleen Luna | "Pangako ng Pag-Ibig" |
| Marian Rivera | "Aruga ng Puso" |
| Aiza Seguerra | "Lukso ng Dugo" |
3rd Dabarkads Awards
The 3rd Dabarkads Awards took place on 2 April 2016.
The categories have undergone drastic changes for the third annual awards ceremony. The Best Story category was officially renamed as Best Story of the Year, and it only named one Lenten episode as the winner of the category
In addition, it no longer featured Best Actor and Best Actress categories. Instead, the two categories were combined into the Most Dramatic Performance of a Lead Star category. It also featured a new Darling of the Screen Award, which recognizes the camera's favorite artist because of his or her incredible on-screen presence. It also returned the awards for supporting roles with the Exceptional Performance in a Supporting Role category and added the new Breakthrough Artist of the Year category to recognize the stellar achievement of a Dabarkad who is new to the acting scene.
The third annual Dabarkads Awards also brought back the jury to decide the winners for each category. The judges include veteran and master director Mel Chionglo, veteran writer and director Tony Mabesa, The Philippine Star columnist Butch Francisco, actress and MTRCB board member Gladys Reyes, Seattle Film Institute film graduate Anne Monique Mangente, and UP Diliman film graduate Christianne Deligero.
The winner of the Dabarkads Choice Award is decided by Facebook voting.
| Episodes |
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Winner |
| Episode |
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| Winner "God Gave Me You" "Dalangin ng Ama" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Ryan Agoncillo | "Dalangin ng Ama" |
| Paolo Ballesteros | "Kaputol ng Buhay" |
| Wally Bayola | "Kaputol ng Buhay" |
| Allan K. | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Jose Manalo | "Kaputol ng Buhay" |
| Maine Mendoza | "God Gave Me You" |
| Alden Richards | "God Gave Me You" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Paolo Ballesteros | "Kaputol ng Buhay" |
| Ryzza Mae Dizon | "Panata" |
| Jake Ejercito | "God Gave Me You" |
| Pia Guanio | "Dalangin ng Ama" |
| Maine Mendoza | "God Gave Me You" |
| Alden Richards | "God Gave Me You" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Jake Ejercito | "God Gave Me You" |
| Pia Guanio | "Dalangin ng Ama" |
| Pauleen Luna | "Panata" |
| Kenneth Medrano | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Ruby Rodriguez | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Patricia Tumulak | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Jimmy Santos | "Dalangin ng Ama" |
| Artist | Episode |
|---|---|
| Baste | "Panata" |
| Anne Boleche | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Jake Ejercito | "God Gave Me You" |
| Kenneth Medrano | "Walang Kapalit" |
| Patricia Tumulak | "Walang Kapalit" |