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Benjamin Alves gives showbiz another crack with a new name and talent management

by Ruben Marasigan posted on March 22, 2012  STATS: 3446 Views | 14 Comments

Benjamin Alves, formerly known as Vince Saldaña, is Piolo Pascual's nephew but he doesn't want to take advantage of this relationship to make it in showbiz. He relates how he almost gave up on the prospect of being an actor until he met GMA-7's bigwigs and have him sign a contract—all these without any help from Uncle Piolo. Benjamin is proud of doing it all by himself: "If that's what they see and if that what happens, blessing na po talaga iyon!"

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May bagong contract star ang GMA 7 na ibi-buildup bilang next Kapuso leading man—si Benjamin Alves.

Dating contract star ng Viva Films si Benjamin—na unang nakilala sa pangalang Vince Saldaña—bago siya nagdesisyong bumalik sa Guam para tapusin muna ang kanyang pag-aaral.

Lumabas na si Benjamin sa mga pelikulang Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo (2007), playing the role of Luis Manzano's best friend, at Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat  (2007) as Pokwang's son; and sa TV shows na Closer To Fame sa ABS-CBN at Posh sa QTV 11.

"Natapos ko na po yung school ko," sabi ni Benjamin nang makapanayam siya ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) noong Martes, Marso 20, sa Dulicinea restaurant sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City. 

"Actually, I'll graduate this May. English Literature po yung course ko sa University of Guam.

"Talagang ginusto ko po munang matapos ang pag-aaral ko before anything else.

"Parang there are certain goals na gusto ko pong mangyari. And that was part of it.

"And I'll graduate with honors!" pagmamalaki pa niya.

BACK TO SHOWBIZ. Umuwi raw si Benjamin sa Pilipinas para makipag-meeting sa GMA-7 executives kaugnay ng kontrata niya, pagkatapos ay babalik na siya ulit ng Guam. 

Pagkatapos ng kanyang graduation, babalik siya ulit sa Pilipinas para simulan na ang mga proyektong inihahanda ng Kapuso network sa kanya.

Sabi ng nagbabalik-showbiz na aktor, "Although being absent from showbiz, parang nakakalungkot po. Kasi nami-miss ko talaga.

"Pero I thank God and I thank Mama J [Jonas Gaffud of Mercator] na I had this second blessing.

"And I also thank GMA so much—they gave me a contract."

CONTRACT WITH GMA-7. Ang ama ni Benjamin ay pinsang buo ni Piolo Pascual.

Pero iniiwasan daw ng bagong Kapuso contract star na madikit ang pangalan niya sa popular niyang uncle.

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  • 14  ka_epal

    03/25/2012 | 12:24 AM
    pwede sila magkaroon ng project ni marian. MAG INA ang ROLE or di kaya MAG LOLA. bagay na bagay...
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  • 13  MissHugoBacungan

    03/23/2012 | 11:49 AM
    YUMMMYYY. Sana magkaroon ng project sila ni Marian Rivera!
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  • 12  jphilipg

    03/23/2012 | 10:25 AM
    Hahaha i know!!! When i saw his photo, I thought, he looks like Vince Saldana of the toothpaste-sponsored talent search but why Benjamin? Well, eto pala ang sagot. in that tooth-paste talent search, only two of the boys stood out for me, and he was one of those. i can't remember na the name of the other, although i remember his washboard abs. If he's gonna put dedication to acting, work hard, and maintain a humble but professional working attitude, and putting that killer smile to good use, he's gonna make it BIG in showbiz.
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  • 11  sagit127

    03/23/2012 | 06:32 AM
    kung ipu-full blast na ng GMA ang pag build-up kay Sarah Labahti, itong si Benjamin Alves ang bagay na i-partner at isabay sa pag build-up. Mukhang physically, they'll complement each other, isang very pretty mestiza at isang guapong moreno. dapat kasi, huwag na kay Richard i-partner itong si Sarah, at baka masayang lang, hmmp lang naman kasi si Richard.
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  • 10  MissHugoBacungan

    03/23/2012 | 05:17 AM
    GOOD DECISION. Good on you Benjamin. It is a wise decision to work with GMA7, kung saan mas binibigyan ng MERITs ang kahusayan. Hindi tulad sa kabilang network na ang batayan ng assignment ng projects ay ang pagiging malapit mo sa mga beki na executives at producers o di kaya naman ay pagiging malapit mo sa mga tomboy na execs at produ, just ask Jake and Angel vis a vis Deo and Malou. Go KAPUSO!
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  • pearl102

    03/23/2012 | 03:35 AM
    Hawig sila ni Alfred Vargas...
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  • aaronick

    03/22/2012 | 11:46 PM
    Ayaw mong ma-associate sa Tiyo Piolo mo, pero binanggit mo rin. Kung hindi na binanggit, hindi na namin malalaman. At kung hindi na malalaman, then you have made your point. Pero dahil alam na namin, we will always associate you with Piolo. Oh well...
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  • joanncabale

    03/22/2012 | 10:27 PM
    gwapo nya. pang leading man ang dating. more power. welcom to GMA. solid kapuso from GENERAL SANTOS CITY.
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  • pearl102

    03/22/2012 | 09:16 PM
    Hayyy, talaga nga namang nadaragdagan ang mga guapo sa GMA. Bakit nila gusto sa GMA?? Hayan tuloy, yung mga baguhang mga actor sa DOS mga mukhang SUSO bwahahahaha. Tiyak iyan takam na takam ang mga jokelang executives ng DOS bwahahahaa
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  • superbeki

    03/22/2012 | 07:44 PM
    pwede sya pang love triangle sa julielmo loveteam. bagay sila ni julie anne san jose
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  • trinoma_rat

    03/22/2012 | 06:30 PM
    new name na yang lagay na yan? ang haba ng name. saka parang di catchy.
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  • gopinoy

    03/22/2012 | 05:42 PM
    ganito ang mga dapat bini build up mukhang may ibubuga..hope u work passionately like ur uncle.. goodluck sa second shot at showbiz life..malaki potential nito..sana sa abs ka hehe
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  • jakar

    03/22/2012 | 05:28 PM
    paki-usap sa mga reporters...next time nmn po sana..wag ng itanong uli si uncle pioplo nya...give him a chance to create his own identity...mukha namang may ibubuga....goodluck and god bless!!!
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  • superbeki

    03/22/2012 | 04:45 PM
    sana magaling umarte.. mejo mahinhin rin siya para si pj... sana naman ndi sya mana ke pj, i like his face , pogi
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