AlDub-famed artist Alden Richards, popularly known as Bae in Philippines’ entertainment industry, is going to be among his fans in Doha at what is being dubbed as the biggest entertainment show for Filipino community in Qatar.
The exclusive solo international show, Yaya’s Bae Goes to Qatar, to be held at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on Friday (today), will feature Richards singing some of his popular songs and sharing his experiences with the audience. This will be his first visit to Qatar.
There will be other artists, comedians and performs from Philippines supporting Richards at the show.
“The show will be about 4-5 hours long and it is going to be the biggest Filipino show here. Besides Alden Richards, there are many other performers coming from Philippines especially for the show,” Ryan Salcedo Tanada, the producer of the show told Community.
Tanada said well-known stand-up comedians from Philippines Boobsie and Ian Red are all part of the line-up of performers for the extravaganza.
“This is just the beginning. There are many more shows and events in the pipeline for the year,” said Tanada who is producing his first show.
Richard Reyes Faulkerson Jr., also known by the stage name Alden Richards, is a Filipino television actor, host, model and recording artist signed with GMA Network. He is best known for his roles in Alakdana, Tween Hearts, One True Love, Carmela, The Road, and the live Kalyeserye segment of Eat Bulaga!
Last year, Richards became a part of the Philippines’ longest running noontime variety show, Eat Bulaga!. He is currently appearing as a co-host in the segment, That’s My Bae. His popularity has further skyrocketed not only because of the daily TV exposure as a mainstay co-host, but also because of the formation of an accidental love team between him and his Eat Bulaga! co-host Maine Mendoza.
The love team, labelled by fans as ‘AlDub’, has been a consistent Twitter trending topic in the Philippines and worldwide. Because of their huge popularity, Eat Bulaga! created a mini-series for AlDub labelled by Joey de Leon as Kalyeserye within the segment Juan For All, All for Juan.
Fan-made trailers requesting for a movie or TV show have gone viral online. One of them is a pitched remake of the Koreanovela My Love from the Star, which has been acknowledged by GMA Network.
In August last year, Richards inked a four-year movie contract with APT Entertainment, the film outfit of Eat Bulaga! Richards and Mendoza are set to appear in the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival entry My Bebe Love. The movie is headlined by Vic Sotto and Ai-Ai delas Alas and is to be directed by Jose Javier Reyes.
In July 2015, Richards got reunited with former leading lady Louise delos Reyes in the Talent episode of Karelasyon. In August 2015, Richards signed a recording contract with GMA Records. His second album, Wish I May, was launched in October 2015.
The album contains at least two original songs and renditions. The first single, Wish I May, is an original composition by Agat Obar-Morallo and was released earlier for online downloading and streaming in September 2015.
The music video of Wish I May premiered on October 18, 2015 on GMA Network’s Sunday noontime show Sunday PinaSaya, where Richards is also a co-host. The single landed on the top spot of iTunes Philippines song charts. The sophomore album earned a gold record award from PARI prior to being officially launched.
In 2010, Richards was launched as an actor for GMA Network on the afternoon soap, Alakdana playing the role of Joma, a disabled man. He was paired with the then up-and-coming actress Louise delos Reyes.
He also signed a 5-year contract with the network. In 2011, he became a part of the successful teenage series, Tween Hearts and also starred in its film adaptation Tween Hearts: Class of 2012. He also performed on GMA Network’s Sunday variety shows Party Pilipinas and Sunday All Stars.
Richards graced two episodes of Spooky Nights in Singil and in the Christmas episode of Spooky Nights as Elmer. Richards was praised by critics with his performance as a psychopath in the movie The Road. By the end of 2011, he played Gobi in the box office hit movie Ang Panday 2 which was an entry at the 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival.
Richards was also praised by some entertainment writers for his friendliness and his remarkable performances, predicting that he will be the next big star of GMA Network.
Richards was awarded as the 1st Filipino Amazing Male Newcomer in the first Yahoo! OMG! Philippines Awards in 2011. He also won as Best New Actor in the Golden Screen Awards in the same year. The tickets for the show are available at Q-Tickets and at the gates, said Tanada.