Jeric Gonzales
Jeric Gonzales | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Eric Salvanera Gonzales August 7, 1992[1] |
| Other names | Kilig Cutie (Kilig is Tagalog for "attract" (usually in a romantic context), meaning he is attractive because of his cuteness.) |
| Occupation | TV Personality |
| Years active | 2012—present |
Jeric Gonzales is a TV personality from Laguna in the Philippines. He is known as one of the winners of the second season of the reality show, Protégé, a reality based artista search, created by GMA Network.[2][3][4]
Biography
Early life and career beginning
Jeric became David Pomeranz's opening act for the latter's concert in Manila.[5] He joined the Ginoong Laguna 2012 and he was declared as the 2nd Runner Up. Alden Richards also joined the said contest in 2010 where he ended up as the winner.[6][7]
2012: Protégé
Jeric auditioned via online. He is a nursing graduate from Calamba Doctors' College who has temporarily set aside taking the board exams to pursue a showbiz dream.[8] Since Jeric's origin is from Southern Luzon, Gina Alajar, the Southern Luzon mentor, judged his audition piece and got a callback. Eventually, Jeric was chosen as one of the official protégés for that season and one of the four protégés of Gina Alajar.
Jeric was originally the protégé of Gina Alajar but due to a twist of the show, her mentor had to let go one of her protégés and mentor Gina chose Thea Tolentino to stay under her guidance. Mentor Jolina Magdangal chose Jeric as her new protégé.
Singing, like his fellow countrywoman from Laguna Thea Tolentino, is considered as Jeric's niché. Jeric sang most of the gala night but the most notable performance of his was when he sang "Mad World" by Tears for Fears. Three out of four judges chose Jeric as the best male protégé of the night.
At the end of the competition, Jeric was announced as the "Ultimate Male Protégé" by host, Dingdong Dantes. Jeric's female counterpart in winning the competition is Thea Tolentino, his fellow countrywoman from Calamba. Jeric's cute looks are almost identical to male young actor and matinne idol, Coco Martin, and even his fellow countryman from Laguna and co-contestant of Ginoong Laguna Alden Richards, who Gonzales admits his idol.[9][10] Gonzales is now part of sunday noontime variety show Party Pilipinas (where he unexpectedly and co-incidentally works with his idol Alden Richards[10]) and Teen Gen, in the latter he is the oldest of the younger cast and acts like his co-stars' older brother (especially for males) because his co-stars (aside from Thea Tolentino) who auditioned for the show are between ages 15 and 19. In real life, he is the youngest of 4 siblings, all his siblings are married and he has 6 nephews.[8] On 2013, Gonzales appeared as a guest in sitcom Pepito Manaloto and for the first time will appear on nightly telenovela Love and Lies along with his fellow Protégé countrywoman Thea Tolentino.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Note/s |
| 2013 | Love and Lies | Ryan Alcantara | GMA Network | His very first telenovela |
| Eat Bulaga | Himself/guest | his first guest appearance as a GMA actor | ||
| Pepito Manaloto | guest | |||
| Idol sa Kusina | himself/guest | GMA News TV | along with his Protégé co-winner Thea Tolentino | |
| Personalan | himself/guest | |||
| Kusina Master | himself/guest | GMA Network | ||
| 2012 | Win na Win sa 2013: GMA New Year Countdown | himself/performer | He collaborates with his Teen Gen "younger siblings" | |
| Teen Gen[11] | Santiago Torres | |||
| Nay-1-1 | himself/guest | |||
| Kusina Master | himself/guest | |||
| Party Pilipinas | Himself | |||
| Eat Bulaga | Himself/guest | he was still under Protégé | ||
| Protégé: The Battle For The Big Artista Break | Himself | Winner |
External links
References
- ^ Jeric Gonzales's overview on GMA Network website
- ^ Santiago, Erwin (October 21, 2012). "Jeric Gonzales and Thea Tolentino declared winners of Protege: The Battle For The Big Artista Break". Philippine Entertainment Portal.
- ^ "Meet the Protégé male and female battle champs". Philstar.com. October 23, 2012.
- ^ "Jeric, Thea win in 'Protégé'". Malaya Business Insight. October 23, 2012.
- ^ Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon, Jocelyn Dimaculangan (August 5, 2012). "Protégé Season 2 Reveals Its Top 20". Philippine Entertainment Portal.
- ^ Garcia, Rose (August 8, 2012). "GMA-7 reveals Top 10 male contenders of Protégé". Philippine Entertainment Portal.
- ^ Nardo, Jun (August 9, 2012). "No plans to enter politics-- Dingdong". Journal Online.
- ^ a b Introducing Jeric Gonzales, The Coco Martin Lookalike Among The Proteges
- ^ TV Series Craze: Coco Martin-Alden Richards Look-Alike is One of the Contestants in 'Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break!'
- ^ a b Jeric, Gustong Sundan si Alden (Only applicable to the Philippines)
- ^ Rula, Gorgy. "Jodi, malaki ang kontribusyon kay Jolo". Abante Tonite.