Toni Gonzaga-Soriano and Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla are both pregnant.
Both are expected to take a maternity leave, and as a result, they have no choice but relinquish their hosting duties on ‘Pinoy Big Brother’: Lucky 7. That said, ABS-CBN must figure out a way to spread the hosting workload for the reality show while Toni and Mariel are tending to their soon-to-be offspring.
With the two out of the picture, only Robi Domingo and Bianca Gonzalez-Intal are left to shoulder the burden. So where will ABS-CBN go at this point?
They could consider Toni’s sister Alex Gonzaga to fill in for her. After all, she had hosting experience of her own, having hosted ‘ASAP’ on a regular basis, and more recently played the same role on season 2 of ‘The Voice Kids’.
They could also use Billy Crawford as well, whose prior hosting experience may be an asset. Or they may consider Anne Curtis, whose only hosting job at this point is on ‘It’s Showtime’.
Overall, ABS-CBN has a vast reservoir of talents who can also be capable host. But it will be up to them to decide on who will fill in for both Toni and Mariel.
Meanwhile, ‘Pinoy Big Brother’: Lucky 7 introduced a new set of teen housemates shortly after returning to Manila earlier this week. They are:
- Maymay Entrata
- Rita Gabiola
- Kisses Delavin
- Edward Barber
- Aizan Perez
- Vivoree Esclito
- Marco Gallo
- Christian Morones
- Fenech Velloso
- Yong Mujahil
- Kristine Hammond
- Heaven Peralejo
The 12 teen housemates join the ‘Lucky 2 Stars’ Jinri Park and Hashtags McCoy de Leon and Nikko Natividad inside the refurbished Big Brother house in Quezon City. Over time, however, some of the teen housemates will either be evicted or leave for personal reasons to make way for the regular ones, which will be announced soon.
‘Pinoy Big Brother’ season 7 currently airs weeknights after ‘Born for You’, Saturdays after ‘Maalaala Mo Kaya’, and Sundays after ‘Rated K’ on ABS-CBN. An afternoon edition also airs weekdays after ‘Tubig at Langis’, except for select regional areas.
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Well let us find out what happens next, I think, this might run shorter than expected.
There’s still regular housemates to be revealed though, so anything can happen.
Let Bianca and Robi do the work.
Just the two of them may be too much. But let’s find out how they’ll handle the heavy workload.
I would think that Toni’s sister Alex will replace her once the regular housemates enter.
We’ll see.