Sarah Geronimo’s musical variety show on ABS-CBN “Sarah G. Live” aired its final episode on Sunday. The network, in an official statement released on Wednesday, said the move was done to allow Sarah to focus on other projects lined up for her this year, which include a judging stint on “The Voice of the Philippines,” a drama anthology and a movie with John Lloyd Cruz.
On Wednesday, ABS-CBN released an official statement announcing that Sarah Geronimo’s musical variety show “Sarah G. Live” will air its final episode on Sunday. The network said the move was done to allow the 24-year-old singer-actress, who just renewed her contract with ABS-CBN, to focus on other projects line-up for her this year which include a judging stint on “The Voice of the Philippines,” a drama anthology and a movie with John Lloyd Cruz.
When we heard plugs for “Sarah G. Live” building up host Sarah Geronimo as “the Philippines’ Beyoncé,” we shook our head. There we went again, “colonially” trying to be the local version of a foreign ideal—as in “the Elvis Presley of the Philippines,” and all that derivative, imitative jazz.
Singer-actress Sarah Geronimo was unaware of the rumor that comedian Vice Ganda had thumbed down her guest appearance on his ABS-CBN show “Gandang Gabi Vice,” where she was supposed to promote her latest movie. “I’m clueless about what happened. I just know that I was scheduled to appear on the show. But I had been [...]
