She is described by one of the country’s top photographers as "effortlessly beautiful." She is also blessed with a gift of gab. While he is often characterized as having a face of an angel with the body of a sinner. Discovered in the Sunsilk commercials, he was also praised by one of the country’s top talk show personalities as "very articulate and one of the most exciting hosts we have now." The other has done numerous ads and has modeled for the country’s best designers. He too is articulate and witty. All three are promising talents who are slowly but surely gaining a name for themselves in hosting.
Meet the Backroom’s newest talents: Bianca Gonzalez, Chase Tinio and Drew Arellano.
Bianca is an established commercial model. She has done numerous endorsements for Pantene, Globe, Kotex including her latest, Nestle Yoghurt. She is currently the muse of RTW company Pink Soda. She is also the guest co-host of "Review Night" in Cinema One with Ryan Agoncillo, aired every Friday 8:30 p.m. with replays on Monday 12 m.n. She is also seen every weekday as a GJ (Game Jock) in "Game Channel Extreme," aired on ABC 5 at 4 p.m. "Game Channel Extreme" is a youth-interactive game show. She is also one of the E-Pals of "Wazzup Wazzup" Studio 23.
Chase has done numerous high-profile ads including the one for Globe where he calls his Kuya in Dubai before a basketball game. This year alone, he has done TV ads for Mountain Dew (he’s the guy who says, "Bad Cheetah!"), Greenwhich, and another for Globe telecom. He has shot another commercial to be aired soon. Chase is also one of the Unica Hija boys. He is seen also every weekdays in "Game Channel Extreme" on ABC 5. A student at the De La Salle University, Chase is also an athletic scholar for tennis in the mentioned school.
Meanwhile, Drew Arellano started out as an actor in the youth oriented drama show "Click." He was also cast in the studio 23 daily news parody show "Wazzup Wazzup" with Toni Gonzaga and Vhong Navarro as one of the main anchors. Drew is also the recent addition in the "Unang Hirit" barkada. He is seen every weekday morning in GMA-7 covering live events for the top-rating morning show. Drew is also part of "All Together Now," the top-rating sitcom on GMA-7 aired every Tuesday night where he trades punchlines with Johnny Delgado, Edgar Mortiz, Christopher de Leon and Pops Fernandez.
"I just love hosting," shares Bianca. "It gives me a chance to express what’s on my mind. I think hosting is my passion and I’ll do everything just to excel in it." Chase says, "Hosting is something I wouldn’t mind doing ‘til I get old. My dream is to have my own talk show." Chase, is also interested to dabble into acting. Meanwhile, Drew reveals that he loves to do acting and hosting. "In my case, you can’t take one out. I try to complement hosting and acting because in hosting, there are some elements of acting pa din that you can use to fully convey a message to your audience."
Bianca, Chase and Drew have been already booked as hosts in various corporate shows, product launches and other events. In fact, the three of them get many "repeater" bookings because they always do an excellent job in doing so.
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‘MTV Pilipinas’’ VIPs for a night
Three lucky MTV Debit cardholders won coveted front row seats and VIP accommodations to the hottest and most star-studded music awards show in the country, the MTV Pilipinas 2004 Awards held recently at the ULTRA.
Wendell Marzan, Eileen Go and JJ Lucas were the three grand prize winners of the MTV Debit Card raffle promo that gave them not only two Free VIP passes each to the Awards Night but also invitations to the exclusive post-show party where they hobnobbed with their favorite celebs!
Out of thousands of MTV Debit Card members in Metro Manila, 150 of them got free two tickets each to watch the much-awaited spectacle Live! and out of these 150 winners, Wendell, Eileen, and JJ’s’s card numbers were randomly picked out as the three "chosen" ones to become VIPs for a night.
Wendell is more than ecstatic to be among the special guests in the award show. "This is not really one hot card. Not only do I get cool privileges and discounts from my favorite happening places, I also get really big surprises, like being a VIP guest at the MTV Pilipinas Awards." Fellow MTV Debit Card holder Eileen shares the same enthusiasm. "The card is really perfect because the services and perks match our lifestyle." Likewise, JJ was very happy to experience his VIP stint even for a night.
This year’s MTV Pilipinas Awards was dubbed as the biggest of ‘em all as it gathered over 50 stars in a night of homage to local Filipino music artists. MTV Debit Card was among the event’s sponsors.
The MTV Debit Card is a VISA Electron co-branded card between MTV Philippines and Equitable Card Network Inc. and is accepted in over 12 million VISA merchants worldwide. It comes as a debit card linked to an account with Equitable-PCIBank and as a prepaid card called the MTV Prepaid Card XP that anyone can instantly get by simply paying a one-time processing fee of R100.
And because they are debit cards, there are no transactions fees, service fees, reloading fees or monthly charges that cardholders have to pay. Both cards can also be used in ATMs, subject to the standard ATM transactions fee.
Equitablecard Network, Inc. First VP Ms. Teresita Tanbonliong expresses gratitude to all MTV Debit Card members for their continued support. There will be more perks, privileges and treats for our valued card holders in the near future," she said. Another big thing coming is the MTV Credit Card –watch out for it!
For more information on the exciting features and freebies from MTV Debit Card, log on to www.equitablecard.com/mtv.
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Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings to Emil Yap III, actor Raymart Santiago, actresses Claudine Barretto, Anjanette Abayari and Agot Isidro-Sandejas, Zenaida Tantoco, Jorge Araneta, Francesca (Chackie) Arnault–Teotico, Dr. Mely Europa, Ser Alcatara, Butch Victoriano, Vice Consul Ron Castro of New York, Tess Pamintuan and Rosamarie "Baby" Arenas…
