Kapuso acts shine in Sinulog 2015

CEBU, Philippines - Before trooping to the streets of downtown Cebu City to witness the annual Sinulog Festival revelry, thousands of Cebuano Kapuso fans congregated in three of the city’s biggest malls to meet GMA’s premier artists led by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and lead stars of drama series “Healing Hearts,” “Second Chances” and “Once Upon a Kiss.”

The Asia’s Songbird astounded her Cebuano audience, once more, with her outstanding performance on January 16 at The Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu. Regine’s last visit in the city was in November 2014 for the “Bet ng Bayan” Visayas Semi-Finals. This time, however, she was joined by Angelika de la Cruz, Joyce Ching and Kristoffer Martin who are starring in the upcoming series “Healing Hearts.”

Joyce and Kristoffer, despite their rumored real-life break-up, still titillate their fans who’ve seem to have held on to the possibility of the two getting back together whether for the reel or for real. GMA is more than willing to satisfy their craving for more of the Kris-Joy love team with the new series airing soon.

The following day, January 17, another set of Kapuso artists starred in back-to-back mall shows at the Gaisano Grand Mall in Mactan and at the SM City Cebu event center. The lead stars of the recently launched primetime series “Second Chances”—Jennylyn Mercado, Raymart Santiago, Camille Prats and Rafael Rosell —shared the stage with the freshest love team of Miguel Tanfelix and Bianca Umali from the primetime series “Once Upon a Kiss.” Comedians Albert “Betong” Sumaya and Mike “Pekto” Nacua, who also star in the said series, added more fun to both shows.

Miguel and Bianca were the highlight of GMA’s colorful float at the Grand Sinulog Parade on Sunday, January 18. The love team began to attract a band of followers when they were first paired in the primetime series “Niño,” prompting GMA to grant them another project almost immediately after their high-rating show ended.

The three-day Kapuso roadshow in Cebu is part of GMA Network’s participation in the Sinulog Festival.

“The Kapuso Network would like to thank our viewers in Cebu and the rest of Central Visayas whose support and patronage never waned through the years. Our participation in the Sinulog Festival is just the start of a very busy and exciting year. GMA Regional TV remains steadfast in its goal of to bring out the best of and in the Filipino,” said Oliver B. Amoroso, GMA Regional TV’s Head of Regional Strategy and Business Development Division. (PR)(FREEMAN)