Bayani Fernando to lead contestants in 2nd season of ‘Celebrity Duets’

The mounting of the next "Celebrity Duets" on GMA 7 in September holds a lot of exciting promises as we have been hearing of the colorful line-up of the second batch of contestants this early.

The next batch of singing celebrities is a mixture of lifestyle, entertainment, and political figures and those in between. Names that have floated endlessly are the ones of MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando; Jinkee Pacquiao, wife of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao; famous fashion designer JC Buendia; presidential adviser Mike Defensor; Inquirer’s youthful editor Pam Pastor, lifestyle writer Bum Tenorio, and premiere entertainment journalist and TV host Ricky Lo.
We were told that at the last minute, supermodel Melanie Marquez begged off and asked to be replaced as she won’t be able to commit to the entire season of the much-awaited celebrity singing-cum-popularity contest.

By next week, we are bound to know the final list of contestants as the network will be ready to present them to the press in the launch of Celebrity Duets’ second season.

"Celebrity Duets" had its successful run last year with lifestyle icon Tessa Prieto Valdez winning the grand prize. The others who figured prominently in the show were Tim Yap, Jessica Rodriguez-Bunevacz, Wyngard Tracy, Dr. Hayden Kho, Dr. Manny Calayan, Frederick Peralta, and Ma. Theresa Licaros.

The thing about this show is that it has actually given some personalities in it a new lease in their career as made evident by Dr. Calayan waxing an album for a recording company and making singing his nighttime profession. Doc Hayden, for his part, has not recorded his own album yet, but he has also been holding shows, too.

Let’s see if this new "Celebrity Duets" will again accomplish the "impossible" for some of the contestants.