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Why hosting 'Voice Kids' is a big shift for Bianca Gonzalez

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<p>MANILA -- Bianca Gonzalez admits that hosting &quot;The Voice Kids&quot; for the first time is a &quot;big shift&quot; for her.</p><p>In ANC&#x27;s &quot;Headstart&quot; hosted by Karen Davila on Friday, Gonzalez, the long-time host of &quot;Pinoy Big Brother,&quot; said she only learned that she will host the reality talent competition early this year.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2478889" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>&quot;Nung nalaman ko I couldn&#x27;t believe it because I like the show, I love the show. And to be able to host something like this was so different from &#x27;PBB.&#x27; &#x27;PBB&#x27; is very formal. So parang all of these years people think I&#x27;m super, super formal when I host, so serious, because of the format of &#x27;PBB,&#x27;&quot; Gonzalez said.</p><p>&quot;But now, lalo na with Robi (Domingo) I get to play around so much and especially cause it&#x27;s kids. So nakikipagkulitan kami with kids. And one of my roles is to be with them before they step on stage. So a lot of kids ay kinakabahan, so when they are kabado, they can&#x27;t sing. So it&#x27;s a totally different type of hosting for me. I was nervous at first pero mas nag-enjoy ako, to be honest,&quot; she added.</p><p>Gonzalez admitted that being a mom of two also helped her in her newest hosting job.</p><p>&quot;I guess I understand how kids work, &#x27;yung moods nila, paano mo sila papasiyahin, paano mo sila kikilitiin, definitely, kumbaga I maybe older now compared to before when I started hosting but now is really I feel kumbaga hinog na. This is the perfect time for me to join the show,&quot; she said.</p><p>For Gonzalez, who started hosting almost two decades ago, doing &quot;The Voice Kids&quot; reignited her passion in hosting. </p><p>She started her hosting career in 2003 in the show &quot;Y Speak&quot; also with Davila and Ryan Agoncillo.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s funny because parang may reigniting of the fire na parang &#x27;uy there&#x27;s so much more I can do pa pala&#x27; and that&#x27;s a great experience at 19 years in my career. I also feel like na I&#x27;m at at a point na parang I don&#x27;t feel I have to prove anything to myself as a host and so I&#x27;m more open na maglaro, to try and experiment with new styles, ganyan. And alam ko na &#x27;yung voice ko like I won&#x27;t try to be funny because hindi naman ako funny but there are ways to be like playful, parang ganun. I guess it&#x27;s also because I&#x27;m more confident in who I am now that I am almost, turning 40,&quot; Gonzalez said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/20/23/bianca-gonzalez-thrilled-to-host-the-voice-kids">&#x27;Incredibly surreal:&#x27; Bianca Gonzalez thrilled to host &#x27;The Voice Kids&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/12/23/meet-the-new-hosts-of-the-voice-kids">Meet the new hosts of &#x27;The Voice Kids&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Also part of the show as online hosts are Elha Nympha and Jeremy G.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/23/23/elha-nympha-jeremy-g-join-voice-kids-as-online-hosts">Elha Nympha, Jeremy G join &#x27;Voice Kids&#x27; as online hosts</a></li></ul><p>The program will not only feature two new hosts but will also a new lineup of coaches, with Bamboo Manalac being the sole returning mentor. </p><p>Now accompanying the rock star are Martin Nievera and KZ Tandingan.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/19/22/meet-the-new-set-of-the-voice-kids-coaches-in-2023">Meet the new set of &#x27;The Voice Kids&#x27; coaches in 2023</a></li></ul><p>“The Voice Kids,” a competition for aspirants aged 6 to 12, kicked off the auditions for its fifth season in November.</p><p>The most recent “The Voice” edition in the Philippines was the teens format in 2020, which had to adjust its format and production due to the onset of the pandemic.</p><p>Former coaches of the “Kids” edition are Lea Salonga, across four seasons; Sarah Geronimo, who was present for all except the third; and Sharon Cuneta, who joined the third season.</p><p>“The Voice Kids” will premiere this February 25 and February 26. 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Bianca Gonzalez admits that hosting 'The Voice Kids' for the first time is a 'big shift' for her.