Marian Rivera and Alden Richards conquer Bicol

“Iba talagang magmahal ang mga Bicolano. Napaka-warm ng pagtanggap nila sa amin.” That’s GMA Primetime Queen Marian Rivera speaking about her recent trip to Bicol with newest on-screen partner Alden Richards for the promotional tour of Carmela, Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Mundong Ibabaw.

As an actress, Marian is very fortunate that she’s been given the opportunity to tour the country and meet various kinds of people. “Nagpapasalamat ako sa Kapuso Network sa pagkakataong ibinibigay nila sa aming mga artista na maikot ang iba’t ibang lugar sa Pilipinas. Nakakatuwa kasi nagkakaroon kami ng chance na makilala ‘yung supporters namin na talaga namang sinusubaybayan kami araw-araw,” she says.

On the other hand, Alden, who openly admits that being paired with Marian is a dream come true, shares, “Sobrang nag-enjoy kami ni Yan. We really didn't expect the huge crowd during our shows and we're just thankful. 'Yung mga tagahanga namin, blessing talaga sila para sa amin kaya thank you sa kanila."

On February 9, Marian and Alden were in Bicol, particularly in Naga and Albay, to promote Carmela together with Anak Ko ‘Yan’s James Wright who is the voice behind Carmela’s theme song Sana’y Ikaw composed by Vehnee Saturno.

They headed first to Naga City for a motorcade that toured the city’s major streets. It was followed shortly by a Kapuso Mall Show in SM City Naga. Said motorcade and mall show, respectively, left around 7,000 and 3,000 supporters in awe of the Kapuso stars’ cheerful performances.

Marian, Alden, and James capped off the day in Daraga, Albay where they delighted around 5,000 fans via a Kapuso Fiesta at 7pm, which was also held in celebration of the province’s Cagsawa Festival.

The Bicol promo tour is already the second leg of Carmela’s visit in various regions, which comes at the heels of the successful promo tour in Cebu during the Sinulog Festival. Next to this is Carmela’s tour up north on February 22 for Baguio City’s Panagbenga Festival.