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Jolina Magdangal signs a two-year contract with ABS-CBN

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Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div class="MsoNormal"><img src="" alt="103014-Jolina_main.jpg" width="400" height="290" align="left" border="0"/>Jolina Magdangalfinally made her return to the Kapamilya network official by inking a two-yearcontract on Wednesday, October 29, evening. The actress-singer, who left thenetwork 12 years ago, wasn’t able to contain her excitement over her return. Herfirst project will be fellow returning Kapamilya star—and her original onscreenlove team partner—Marvin Agustin.</div>“Siguro dahil sobrang bilis ng mga pangyayarihanggang ngayon parang hindi pa talaga siya sobrang nagsi-sink in sakin eh.Minsan a-attend ako ng taping parang nalulula parin ako dahil ang saya ngfeeling. Tapos hindi pa ako sobrang nahihirapan dahil si Marvin pa ‘yung partner ko tapos ang director ko si Direk Wenn [Deramas] nasiya rin ‘yung naging director ko noong huli akong gumawa ng movie sa StarCinema 12 years ago. So iba ‘yung feeling. May excitement, kaba at na-o-overwhelmako sa mga pangyayari pero napakasarap,” she said.Jolina is alsohoping to showcase her singing prowess again, particularly on the Sundaynoontime variety show ASAP. “Mag-ge-guest kasi kailangan naming i-promote‘yung show. Tapos nababalitaan ko na nga ‘yung parang welcome na gagawin nila.Na-excite ako talaga. Hindi ko ma-explain kung gaano kadami ‘yung excitement kopero to the highest level talaga,” she revealed.When rumors of herreturn to the network sprouted online, Jolina shared that most of her fans gotthrilled at the prospect. But many were curious about why it took her so longto return. She explained, “Naniniwala akosa timing eh and kumbaga lahat ng nangyayari nangyari kasi may purpose sigurokaya ganon. Hindi ko na iniisip ‘Bakit ng aba 12 years? Bakit nga ba ganon?’Tinignan ko siya as finally eto na andito na ulit. Hindi ko nalang kinwestiyonbakit ganon ba and I think malaki ang purpose bakit naging 12 years. Tine-takeko siya as right timing.“‘Yung nangyari para sa akin. Dahil bagongJolina na ang nakikita niyo. Mommy na ako, happily married ako, and andun pa rin‘yung kung minahal nila ako kung paano ako dati, andoon parin ‘yun. Perosiyempre mas nadagdagan pa,” she added.What really sparkedrumors of her return was her attendance at the 8th Star Magic Balllast September together with her husband Mark Escueta.Now that she’sback, Jolina said that a lot has changed in ABS-CBN starting from thesurroundings, to the people and to the actors. Asked who among the new breed ofstars she hopes to work with, her reply was: “Madami. Kasi siyempre napapanood ko rin naman sila. Siguro unang-unadiyan si Maja [Salvador], si Kim [Chiu], si Gerald [Anderson], si Xian [Lim],si Enrique [Gil].”She continued, “Si Daniel [Padilla] kasi si Daniel naaalalako noong nag Star Magic Ball lumagpasna siya sa akin eh, galing elevator. Bumalik pa siya para mag-hi sa akin. ‘Yungmga ganong gesture talagang nata-touch ako.”Catch Jolina andMarvin together with Desiree del Valle in their reunion soap Flordeliza this November.<o:p></o:p>

Jolina Magdangal marks her return as a Kapamilya with a contract signing on Wednesday.