JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith, one of the ex-housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11, who were respectively named the final evictee and the Big Winner of the season, have just crowned a new Prom King and Queen of the Night, during the Star Magical Prom 2026: The Future, which took place at the Bellevue Manila on June 26, 2026.
JM and Fyang also received a Best Promposal Award, courtesy of online lending platform BillEase. According to the final votes standing for all of these stellar awards, JM and Fyang were voted by 56% and 58%, respectively, by the public for the Prom King and Queen of the Star Magical Prom 2026.
For Prom King nominees, Joaquin Arce and Iñigo Jose received 25% and 11% of the vote, respectively. For Prom Queen nominees, Kolette Madelo and Bianca de Vera received 25% and 13% of the votes, respectively. For Best Promposal, JMFyang ranked first and won the Best Promposal Award with 51% of the votes. The other Promposal nominees, LelQuin (Joaquin Arce and Lella Ford) and LizGuel (Eliza Borromeo and Miguel Vergara) received 32% and 16% of the votes, respectively.
Meanwhile, Star Magical Prom 2026 also named a new Prom Prince and Princess, ahead of the announcement of the other Stellar Awards. Based on the final vote count for the said Stellar Award, Fred Moser and Krystal Mejes, with 77% and 50% of the votes, respectively, are proclaimed as the Prom Prince and Princess of the year.
Additionally, the Star Magical Prom 2026 also named Lella Ford for Best Infinity Walk Award (courtesy of sanitary brand Kotex), Krystal Mejes for Planet Forward Award (courtesy of coffee brand Nescafé), Reign Parani and River Joseph for Best Dressed Awardees (courtesy of Metro Magazine), and Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin for Couple of the Night (courtesy of mobile phone brand Samsung Galaxy).
In the previous Star Magical Prom held last March 14, 2024, six artists were proclaimed Prince and Princesses of the year, including Raikko Mateo, Harvey Bautista, Matthew Cruz, Trisha Gomez, Dalia Varde, and Anji Salvacion. The said event from that year also previously named KD Estrada and Alexa Ilacad as the Prom King and Queen of the Night, and also received the Best Promposal Award.
Citing that JM and Fyang were known for Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11, other ex-housemates from that season also appeared at the event, including Kanata Tapia, Marc Nanninga, Jan Silva, JP Cabrera, Rain Celmar, Kolette Madelo, and the main show host Jasmine Dudley-Scales.
Similarly, the newly crowned Prom Prince and Princess, Fred and Krystal, were also known for the same reality show, but from the Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0 season. In addition to these two artists, Joaquin Arce, Lella Ford, Eliza Borromeo, Miguel Vergara, Iñigo Jose, Rave Victoria, Carmelle Collado, and Reich Alim were also seen at the futuristic prom night.
Also appeared at the Star Magical Prom 2026 were Francine Diaz, Seth Fedelin, Dustin Yu (as a special participant, despite being part of Sparkle Artist Center), Bianca de Vera, Emilio Daez (main show host), Ralph de Leon, River Joseph, Shanaia Gomez, Wrive, DNA, Jana Agoncillo, Chunsa Jung, Heart Ramos, Several Star Hunt Academy Girl, Boy, and Teen Trainees, Rhianna Santiago, Nathan Garcia, Reign Parani, and many others, to name a few, based on what we had seen in the live streaming of the event.
DRPS PHCA Update before we end 1H 2026
DRPS PHCA launches the DRPS PHCA App, free on Google Play and Huawei AppGallery
As part of the DRPS PHCA’s expansion of online reach through its social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter, the launch of DRPSPHCA.com website in November 2025, and following its fifth anniversary on January 27, 2026, the Archive has officially launched its own Android App called the DRPS PHCA App.
Available for download on the Google Play Store for most Android phones and tablets and on the Huawei AppGallery for Huawei devices (running Android-based HarmonyOS), the DRPS PHCA App uses the content of its own website, DRPSPHCA.com, which feature several articles related to Philippine Television and Radio, updates of several celebrities, including those from Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11 and Celebrity Collab Edition Seasons 1 and 2, and its weekly Newsletter, published on Saturdays.
The DRPS PHCA App was initially released on the Huawei AppGallery in February 2026, followed by the Google Play Store on June 22, 2026, at 11:30. The app is available for free to download globally (except Mainland China) on these app marketplaces mentioned, and is compatible on most Android phones and tablets running the Android 7.0 (Nougat) operating system.
Here are the features to explore within the DRPS PHCA App, as of the launch of this app:
- Reading of DRPS PHCA Free Blog and its Newsletter (issued every Saturday), both of which are as seen on the DRPS PHCA website. You can access them within the Home page, or via the Blog or Newsletter button.
- Need to read the post later or getting out elsewhere? The DRPS PHCA App has a Bookmark and Download feature. Tapping the Bookmark icon will bookmark the post to read it later once you open the app. Tapping the Download icon will download the whole article and read it offline anywhere you go, without an internet connection. Note that the offline reader will download the entire content, excluding embedded content. Additionally, clearing the app data and/or cache may cause all the bookmarked and/or downloaded data to be deleted.
- You can also access our Blog posts and our weekly Newsletter content instantly from your phone’s home screen by adding our widgets to your home screen.
To download the DRPS PHCA App on your Android device, visit the Google Play Store or the Huawei AppGallery, search for “DRPS PHCA”, and tap the “Install” button.
The DRPS PHCA will look forward to adding more features in the app, including the addition of DRPS PHCA Check, its fact-checking service, and an app and social media-exclusive Quick Updates section.
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Frekles (fans of Fred Moser and Kanata Tapia), Listen Up!
Fred Moser and Kanata Tapia, to appear in the 9th Eddys Awards on July 5, 2026
The Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors (SPEEd) will hold the 9th edition of The Entertainment Editors’ Choice (The Eddys) awards, taking place at the Marriott Grand Ballroom at Newport World Resorts, situated in Pasay City, Metro Manila, on July 5, 2026.
Hosted by Kim Atienza and Pops Fernandez, the awarding ceremony will feature outstanding Filipino films released across various platforms over the past year, competing for top honors in 14 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Furthermore, the show will open with a special number with two of the Pinoy Big Brother ex-housemates, including Gen 11 alum and actress Kanata Tapia and Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0 Kapamilya ex-housemate Fred Moser, known for their appearance in the Mahiwaga music video sung by Tarsier Records singer-songwriter Zion Aguirre, together with the cast of the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival entry film ImPerfect.
Before their opening performance in The 9th Eddys, Fred Moser and Kanata Tapia, as Star Magic artists, will appear in the Star Magical Prom 2026: The Future, which took place on June 26, 2026.
Also present at the awarding ceremony is highly acclaimed actor and AKTOR Founding President Dingdong Dantes, who presents their accomplished and ongoing initiatives with SPEEd, as they continue to develop their community engagement platforms and industry collaborations.
Singer Jamie Rivera will lead and deliver his posthumous tribute performance. And to conclude the 9th The Eddys Awards, a closing performance with Andrea Gutierrez and David Young will mark the end of the awarding ceremony.
The King of Action of the New Generation Returns!
Coco Martin’s Sigabo premiered on multiple channels and scored more than 400,000 concurrent online viewers
On June 22, 2026, the highly anticipated premiere and much awaited comeback of Coco Martin and Julia Montes, in his own Sigabo, which aired its pilot episode on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, ALLTV2, A2Z, TV5, and iWant, made a mark in online viewership, as it registered a strong 404,124 peak concurrent viewers on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel, during the series is streaming live – a higher number compared to its predecessor, FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, which achieved 341,509 during the same premiere airing on February 13, 2023.
The series also registered higher TV ratings, according to data from Fifty5 Blue (formerly Kantar Media) and Nielsen Philippines, where the series got respective 13.8% and 8.2% ratings. The DRPS PHCA TV Ad Listings also showed that Sigabo had aired 59 TV Ads on Kapamilya Channel, 46 TV Ads on A2Z, and 49 TV Ads on ALLTV2 and TV5, compared to The Master Cutter, which had 48 TV Ads on GMA (same timeslot basis).
Coco Martin, who played the lead role of Gabo Magtibay, made a mark in his grand TV comeback in an action-filled and feel-good premiere that aired on several TV networks (ABS-CBN-Kapamilya Channel, ALLTV2, A2Z, and TV5) and online streaming platforms (Kapamilya Online Live and iWant), which sparked widespread buzz among viewers.
The other casts of Sigabo also lauded the cinematic quality of the action sequences and highlighted how he continues to elevate his productions as a lead actor, director, and producer, which delivered world-class storytelling and visuals that are on par with international series. Among the highlights of the episode, as an example, was an unexpected kiss between their characters, Gabo (Coco, an ex-convict turned secret agent) and Sam (Julia, an investigative agent), who clashed following a high-speed car chase.
Yeng Constantino, the singer behind the official theme song for the series, also delivered a live performance of it, while some cast members were also able to show their love to online viewers during a special online gap show via Kapamilya Online Live to further tackle the series.
Also attending the Kapamilya special screening for Sigabo were the other cast members, employees, and executives from various television networks.
Meeanwhile, following their successful nationwide motorcade stops in Manila, Cebu, Cavite, and Palawan, weeks before Coco Martin’s Sigabo premiered on-air via Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, ALLTV2, A2Z, and TV5 on June 22, 2026, the whole casts of Sigabo, alongside its lead casts – Coco Martin and Julia Montes – will bring their festive motorcade to Pampanga on June 28, 2026 (Sunday).
Led by Hari ng Aksyon sa Ating Henerasyon, the Prime Actress, and the whole cast of Sigabo, the motorcade will kick off in San Fernando, Pampanga, at 16:00, featuring a fun-filled celebration, complete with impromptu song numbers from the stars. The Pampanga leg also serves as the final stop of their nationwide motorcade, where Filipinos – from young kids, to grandparents, and families – packed the streets and chanted the show’s title, as they greeted the cast members.
Since its premiere until to date, Coco Martin’s Sigabo continues to receive widespread praise and positive feedback from the viewers, influencers, reviewers, and those who attended its special screening event on June 22, 2026, and it continued to log more than 400,000 peak concurrent viewers on YouTube for each of its first four episodes.
As of June 25, 2026, Coco Martin’s Sigabo achieved another all-time high peak concurrent viewership record of 434,048, during the live streaming of its “Trabaho” episode via Kapamilya Online Live on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube Channel – one of Southeast Asia’s most subscribed channels on YouTube to date.
Coco Martin’s Sigabo airs on weekdays at 20:00 via Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, ALLTV2, A2Z, TV5, and iWant, as well as on The Filipino Channel (TFC) for Kapamilyas abroad.
Entertaining you more on your phone
Bodjie Pascua turns into a villain in Blood vs. Duty, GeLex for Libreng Manood DITO, JMFyang for Will You Fake Marry Me
Bodjie Pascua, one of the childhood-favorite educational show hosts of the past, known for Batibot and Epol Apple, fuels viewers’ anger as the mastermind of the destabilization scheme, as seen in the Kapamilya primetime series aired on weekdays at 20:45, Blood vs. Duty.
The gun smuggling operation with Marcus (Richard Gutierrez), Jalil (Gerald Anderson), and Lara (Bela Padilla) continues to escalate its conspiracy, as he, Bodjie, played the role of Manuel Carillo, a retired military general, who stepped out of the shadows, revealing the true extent of his criminal ambitions.
Viewers have drawn ire for being the real boss of Felix (Baron Geisler), and the cunning adoptive father of Lara has drawn the viewers’ ire for the well-loved educational show host. The new chapter of Blood vs. Duty will also feature growing suspicion about how General Carillo has been involved in recent events, and whether he could still carry out his plan for mayhem when Japanese investors arrived at the Miraikona Economic Summit. Task Force Alpha, however, may prevent bad things from happening if Jalil and Marcus collaborate, if possible.
Blood vs. Duty airs on weeknights at 20:45 (new timeslot) on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, ALLTV2, and A2Z, and streaming in advance via Netflix and iWant.
Additionally, following their recent appearances in Love Is Never Gone (Prime Video) and Almost Us (Philippine Cinemas), JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith, known as JMFyang by its fans, return to iWant for their second series appearance on the streaming platform, for their latest Microdrama offering, Will You Fake Marry Me, in partnership with PlayTime Entertainment.
The new romance-comedy microdrama offering premiering exclusively on the online streaming platform on June 30, 2026 (for Part 1), and July 15, 2026 (for Part 2) of JM and Fyang bring their signature chemistry following the success of their two-part original series released in 2025, Ghosting, an online hit after achieving more than 30 million views for its promotional materials, i.e., its teasers and trailer, apart from being trended online.
The premise of the Jojo Saguin-directed series follows June (Fyang), a cheerful and hardworking Tocino brand promoter who learns she is set to inherit a vast fortune from a distant family patriarch on one condition – by marrying his godchild, Ping (JM), the young CEO of the very Tocino brand she represents.
Despite his distrust and her determination to secure the inheritance, the two enter a fake engagement. But as they work to prove their love is real, genuine feelings begin to blossom.
In the second quarter of 2026 alone, iWant had released two microdramas under the Quick Feels brand, Alexa Ilacad and Gelo Rivera-headlined The Chambermaid’s Daughter, which garnered 5 million online video views on social media and became an streaming platform hit when it leads on their most watched charts, and Twist of Fate, which broke the online viewership record of 18.6 million across iWant and ABS-CBN Entertainment social media platforms via Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, about 13.6 million views compared to the latter microdrama.
Will You Fake Marry Me is scheduled to premiere on June 30, 2026, for the first 15 episodes of the 30 on iWant, alongside the official Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube pages of iWant and ABS-CBN Entertainment. The social media release of the microdrama is limited to the first five episodes only.
The remaining 15 episodes are scheduled to release on July 15, 2026. iWant subscribers may also enjoy episodes 6 to 15 for Part 1, and episodes 16 to 30 for Part 2, which are available through its subscription plans, priced locally at PHP 35 per month for the Basic plan and PHP 119 per month for the Premium plan.
Kapamilyas and JMFyang Besties abroad may also watch these microdramas at a starting price of USD 12.99 in the United States, CAD 9.99 in Canada, or USD 4.99 elsewhere (or equivalent currency).
Meanwhile, apart from Blood vs. Duty and Will You Fake Marry Me, subscribers of DITO Mobile Prepaid may also watch some of the most popular Kapamilya shows, including It’s Showtime, TV Patrol, The Alibi: Ang Buong Katotohanan, and the newly premiered but highly anticipated comeback of Coco Martin and Julia Montes, Sigabo, for free and with additional 1GB of daily streaiming (equivalent to two hours of free video streaming, usage may vary depending on the selected video resolution), when they tap the DITO Plus (“D+”) icon, followed by the iWant icon.
iWant previously announced that they have collaborated with DITO Telecommunity for the Libreng Manood DITO promo, valid from June 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026, which enables its Mobile Prepaid subscribers to enjoy their shows free of charge through the DITO app.
Additionally, on June 23, 2026, a standout performance on It’s Showtime, headlined by Alexa Ilacad, Gelo Rivera, and Baby Dolls, delivered a serenaded sweet duet performance in front of their audiences, followed by the iWantDITODance challenge jingle for the said campaign, to the tune of their trending single, Clap Clap Clap Alright.
Through the partnership, subscribers of DITO Mobile Prepaid can watch iWant for free via the DITO App, available for download on the Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and Huawei AppGallery (although the iWant app is not available on the Huawei AppGallery at the moment).
By tapping the DITO Plus (“D+”) icon and selecting the iWant icon (or by clicking the Libreng Manood DITO banner under the “Partner Deals” section), subscribers will receive 1GB of daily streaming of ABS-CBN shows, Pinoy movies, and iWant exclusives, valid until 23:59 each day. Non-subscribers may avail of their prepaid SIM or eSIM pack, download the DITO app, and register their SIM card for activation (as required by the SIM Registration law).
Also on iWant are BINI-related shows, including their Docuseries, World Tour Series, Walo Hanggang Disyerto, and BINIverse and Chorus, as well as original series and films, such as Ghosting, Love At First Spike, Benta Nights, He’s Into Her, The Hows of Us, Hello Love Goodbye, One More Chance, Four Sisters and a Wedding, and many others.
Subscribers of iWant Basic or Premium Plan (sold separately from the DITO Prepaid SIM/eSIM, load, or promo purchase) who are also subscribed to DITO Mobile Prepaid (and have claimed to the free 1GB iWant streaming data) may also enjoy subscriber-exclusive titles and microdramas, including Miss Behave, The Chambermaid’s Daughter, and Twist of Fate, early access to ABS-CBN shows 2 or 7 days ahead of TV airing, and Pay TV channels, including Cinema One, Jeepney TV, ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), Euronews, and CNA (Channel NewsAsia).
Note that the Libreng Manood DITO promo is intended for Philippine audiences only. The 1GB iWant streaming data is only applicable to the iWant app and website and is for use in the Philippines.
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