Paolo Bediones (born March 17, 1974) is a Filipino television host, newscaster, and radio announcer.
Bediones started his career as a commercial model, and later transitioned to television show hosting. He is best known for hosting GMA Network's Extra Challenge and Survivor Philippines.He is now a TV host and the newest newscaster on TV5.
On December 3, 2009, Bediones announced in a press conference that he had signed a three-year exclusive contract with TV5.
His previous girlfriend was former beauty queen Abby Cruz. His late great grandfather was Maximo Bediones (1820–1932). Bediones has three sisters.
Bediones is a former TV host of a defunct MTV Philippines program Para Bos' and Gameplan TV where he won "Best TV Host" alongside co-hosts Suzi Entrata-Abrera and Mondo Castro of the band The Pin-Ups. His previously hosted shows on GMA Network are Channel S, Gameplan, Digital LG Challenge (formerly Digital LG Quiz), Extra Extra, Extra Challenge, ETChing, S-Files, Mornings @ GMA, Whammy! Push Your Luck, Unang Hirit, Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok!, Pinoy Meets World, and Survivor Philippines (Seasons 1 and 2) on GMA 7 and hosted Sapul sa Singko (formerly Sapul) on TV5.
He is expected to return to hosting when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Philippines premieres on TV5 in 2012.
He's now host a public service program called Rescue 5, and also he's now also host a reality show Demolition Job and a sports program Astig in 2013 on TV5.
Since he did not become a news anchor for GMA News, and due to TV5 can't hire news anchor from ABS-CBN and GMA when Manny Pangilinan acquire TV5 from Tonyboy Cojuangco in late 2009, Bediones became a news anchor of Aksyon alongside Cheryl Cosim and later Erwin Tulfo. This was his first time as a newscaster for News5.
He was also given a public affairs program USI: Under Special Investigation on TV5 which airs every Sunday nights.
On February 18, 2011, Bediones left Aksyon to anchor Aksyon JournalisMO as a replacement for Martin Andanar. There he joined Cheri Mercado and Jove Francisco.
On February 22, 2012, Bediones joined together with Cheri Mercado to anchor a former news program entitled Pilipinas News replacing the former news program, Aksyon Journalismo.
On July 21, 2014, Bediones reunited with Cheryl Cosim for a new news program entitled Aksyon Tonite. This was Paolo's fourth over-all news program on News5 via TV5. He quit in late August, as he will shortly start a new restaurant business
Since Bediones did not become an announcer on GMA's DZBB-AM, he became an announcer for Radyo5 92.3 News FM as a member of News5. There, he hosts Sakto kay Paolo, Sakto (rin) kay Cheri and renamed Trabaho Lang with Pilipinas News co-anchor Cheri Mercado airing every weeknight.
Television
2015 Sabado Badoo Cameo Footage Featured GMA Network
2014–present Aksyon Sa Umaga News Anchor TV5
2014 Aksyon Tonite News Anchor
2013-14 Astig! Host
2013-present Demolition Job Host
2013–present Rescue 5 Host/Team Leader
2012 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Philippines Host/Team Leader
2012–13 Pilipinas News News Anchor
2012–13 Good Morning Club Host/Anchor
2011–12 Sapul sa Singko Host/Anchor
2011–12 Aksyon JournalisMO News Anchor
2010–11 Aksyon News Anchor
2010–12 USI: Under Special Investigation Host
2009 Survivor Philippines (Season 2) Host GMA Network
2007–09 Unang Hirit Host
2008 Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok! Host
2008 Survivor Philippines (Season 1) Host
2007–08 Whammy! Push Your Luck Host
2006 Pinoy Meets World Host
2006 Extra Challenge Reloaded Host Q (television network)
2006 Mars Ravelo's Captain Barbell Prof. Brando/Captain B GMA Network
1998–2007 S Files Host
2001–03 Digital LG Challenge Host
2003 Para Bos! Host Music Source Inc.
2003–06 Extra Challenge Host GMA Network
2003 Via Crusis Various
2002 The Great Globe Adventure Host
2002–03 Extra Ordinaryo Host
2002–03 Extra Showbiz Host
2002–03 Extra Income Host
2001–2002 Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin Cameo Appearance
2001–02 Extra! Extra! Host
1999–2006 Extra! Extra! Host
1999–2004 Digital LG Quiz Host
1998 Txter's V Host
1997 Gameplan Host
1998–99 Mornings @ GMA Host
1997–98 Etching: Entertainment Today w/ Lyn Ching Host
1996–98 Text Game Show (Philippine TV Game Show) Host
1995–97 Channel S Host
Radio
Year Title Character Network
2012–13 Trabaho Lang with Paolo and Cherie Host Radyo5 92.3 News FM / AksyonTV
2010–12 Sakto kay Paolo, Sakto rin kay Cherie Host Radyo5 92.3 News FM
Movie
Year Title Role Network
2009 Shake Rattle & Roll XI Newscaster Regal Films
2005 Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom Haring Bantayan Imus Productions
2003 Walang Kapalit Teddy Viva Films
Awards and Recognitions
Winner, Best Showbiz Oriented Talk Show Host for S-Files - 2005 PMPC Star Awards For Television (Tied w/ Boy Abunda of "The Buzz")
Winner, Best Reality Competition Program Hosts for Extra Challenge - PMPC Star Awards For Television (2004, 2005 & 2006) (w/ Ethel Booba)
Winner, Best Travel Show Hosts for Pinoy Meets World - 21st PMPC Star Awards For Television 2007 (w/ Miriam Quiambao)
Winner, Best Reality Show Host for Survivor Philippines - 23rd PMPC Star Awards For Television
(2009)
Hall of Fame Winner - Aliw Awards (2000–2006)
Maria Lourdes Egger dela Cruz-Casareo, better known by her screen name Angelika de la Cruz (born October 29, 1981), is a Filipina actress and singer. She started her career in 1995, and has since appeared in television shows and movies. Originally with ABS-CBN, she became a contract artist under GMA Network in 2007.
Angelika Dela Cruz was born to a Filipino father Ernie Dela Cruz and an Italian-Austrian mother Angelica Egger. She has also a younger sister, Mika Dela Cruz, who is also an actress, and two brothers, Erick and Edward, one of the lead singers for the boy band "Freshmen". She currently resides in Malabon, Metro Manila. Dela Cruz is also the owner of Starz Bar and restaurant. Her younger brother Edward died in a vehicular accident in June 7, 2010. On an episode of Showbiz Central, de la Cruz stated that she had married Orion Casareo in August 2008 and was expecting a child
Dela Cruz gained notice when she won Best New Actress of the year award at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies for her very first movie Nights of Serafina. ABS-CBN saw her potential as an actress and cast her in Mara Clara with Judy Ann Santos and Gladys Reyes.
She was also cast in other youth-oriented movies such as Istokwa with Mark Anthony Fernandez and was launched as the lead star in Huwag Mo Nang Itanong and Seventeen... So Kaka. She received critical acclaimed in the movie Manananggal ng Manila which she starred alongside Alma Conception, Tonton Gutierrez, Eric Fructuoso and Aiza Seguerra. She was once again able to work with Judy Ann Santos in the primetime drama series Esperanza which made her a household name. In the series, she was first paired to Spencer Reyes however, their tandem was not accepted by the viewers so ABS CBN paired her to actor Jericho Rosales. Her team-up with Rosales made its way to the big screen via Magandang Hatinggabi a movie produced by Star Cinema and other television projects such as the teen-oriented horror series Oka Tokat, Star Drama Theater anthology, Maalaala Mo Kaya and Flames. They also became regulars in ASAP and Magandang Tanghali Bayan.
