It’s Finally Official: Derek Ramsay to Host Amazing Race Philippines

It’s Finally Official: Derek Ramsay to Host Amazing Race Philippines

Confirming what everyone’s basically known for a year lol, Derek Ramsay is officially the host of The Amazing Race Philippines.  But one interesting thing, he mentions how with TARPh, he’ll be traveling around his “own country.”  I hope he’s just mistaken or half-right and that TARPh will leave the Philippines even if it’s just half the Race.

Here’s the relevant info from the article at PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal):

AMAZING RACE. Three-year exclusive contract ang pinirmahan ni Derek sa TV5.

Gaya ng unang naiulat, ang unang magiging show ni Derek sa TV5 ay ang The Amazing Race Philippines, ang local franchise ng Emmy-winning reality show sa Amerika.

Ni-request niya ba ang Amazing Race?

“Actually, hindi.  Ever since that show came out, I’ve been wanting to participate.  Sabi ko nga sa TV5, sana contestant na lang ako rather than host.  But yeah, I’ll be hosting Amazing Race,” pagkumpirma ng aktor.

Dagdag pa niya, “I cannot believe that they entrusted me to be the host of Amazing Race! One of my passions is travelling. I’m gonna get to go around my own country.  We have so many beautiful places in the Philippines. I’ve travelled [to] a lot [of places in the] country but I’m sure marami pang lugar na hindi ko pa napupuntahan.  I’m sure sa project na ito, mapupuntahan ko itong mga lugar na ito.  I mean, anong klaseng trabaho yun, di ba? Nakakapag-ikot ako.  I’m gonna go to paradise and say, ‘You’re team number one, you’re team number two, you’re last…’  That would be the most negative part about this project but I mean to get to travel and see our beautiful country, that’s amazing!”

And with my so-so Tagalog translating skills, lol:

AMAZING RACE Derek signed a three-year exclusive contract with TV5.

As has been reported, Derek’s first show on TV5 will be The Amazing Race Philippines, the local franchise of the Emmy-winning American reality show.

Did he request The Amazing Race?

“Actually, no.  Ever since that show came out, I’ve been wanting to participate.  I even told TV5, if only I could be a contestant rather than host.  But yeah, I’ll be hosting Amazing Race,” the actor confirmed.

He added, “I cannot believe that they entrusted me to be the host of Amazing Race! One of my passions is traveling. I’m gonna get to go around my own country.  We have so many beautiful places in the Philippines. I’ve traveled [to] a lot [of places in the] country but I’m sure there’s a lot of places I haven’t been to yet.  I’m sure with this project, I’ll be able to go to these places.  I mean, what kind of job is this, right?  I get to travel around.  I’m gonna go to paradise and say, ‘You’re team number one, you’re team number two, you’re last…’  That would be the most negative part about this project but I mean to get to travel and see our beautiful country, that’s amazing!”

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