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Venus Raj Invades Barangays in ‘Umagang Kay Ganda’

It’s only been days since Miss Universe 2010 4th runner up Venus Raj started hosting ABS-CBN’s morning show “Umagang Kay Ganda” but it seems that the beauty queen has already gotten the hang of her new job.

“I was so excited during my first day that I had to sleep early so that I would also wake up early. I’m used to it now. I sleep around 8 pm or 9 pm and wake up at around 3 am,” said Venus.

Venus is tasked to deliver daily showbiz news in the said morning show and just recently she already started going to barangays for the segment “Barangay Bida” where they will feature model communities.

“We will show why a certain barangay is considered a ‘bida’ be it in relation to the environment or the way they run things in their community. We will get barangays that have made a mark or achieved something in order to inspire other barangays,” Venus explained.

Meanwhile, new host Iya Villania is also as excited as Venus especially after learning that she will be hosting segments such as “Youth Tube,” where the talked videos online will be showcased.

“That’s why is easier for me to adjust because I can just be myself. I am personally into online videos, gadgets, and technology so I feel comfortable with the segments given to me. It’s also a plus that I am working with people who I really look up to like Ms. Donita Rose who served as my inspiration why I pursued being a VJ,” shared Iya.

The sexy half-Aussie host-actress also added that she didn’t think twice when hosting UKG was offered to her.

“I know that I will learn a lot from this show, being updated with the news and all. Besides, I am a morning person so waking up very early wouldn’t be a problem for me so I gave it a go,” she said.

Aside from hosting Studio 23’s “Us Girls,” and serving as a VJ for music channel MYX, Iya can also be seen weeknights in the hottest series on primetime, “Martha Cecilia’s Kristine.”

If Iya can juggle both hosting and acting, Venus is also willing to venture into the latter. The Bicolana beauty earlier said she wants to be paired with Coco Martin and the ultimate heartthrob Piolo Pascual.

Even though Piolo already admitted that he and KC Concepcion are together, Venus still admires the actor.

“I am happy for them and my admiration for Piolo will of course continue. It will not fade just because he already has a girlfriend. Besides, my crush on him wouldn’t reach the point that I would actually want to be married to him (laughs),” she cleared.

If ever Coco guests on UKG, is Venus ready for him? “Of course! I am excited to meet Coco,” she said giggling.

UKG is definitely bigger and better this time around with new segments you will surely watch out for every morning.

Pinky Webb brings you videos from concerned citizens in “Webb Report.”

Donita Rose, on the other hand, will teach young moms practical art works and crafts they can do right at their very homes in “Do It Youself.”

Meanwhile, Winnie Cordero and Alex Santos guide consumers and parents in the Consumer, Parenting, and Relationship segment.

In 2010, UKG received recognitions from several prestigious award giving bodies. It won Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts in the 24th PMPC Star Awards and 8th Gawad Tanglaw. It bagged the Best Morning Show in the UP Gandingan and won an Anak TV Seal for Most Admired Program.

Join Anthony Taberna, Pinky Webb, Alex Santos, Winnie Cordero, Phoemela Barranda, Andrei Felix, Iya Villania, and Venus Raj in the new “Umagang Kay Ganda,” 5:30 AM, Mondays to Fridays on ABS-CBN.

40 Comments on Venus Raj Invades Barangays in ‘Umagang Kay Ganda’

  1. yon pala, so y do u allow those comments above to b published.those comments were so below d belt,

  2. learn how to compare please! // February 13, 2011 at 11:31 am //

    sa mga nagcocompare ng juan for all all for one sa segment ni venus sa umagang kay ganda, compare more objectively naman oh.

    ang sa barangay bida, model community ang hinahanap tsaka pagfeafeature ang ginagawa nya di gaya ng sa joan for all all for juan na ung mga tao ang finifeature nila.

    tsk. sana naman matutuo tayong magjudge nang mas mabuti at mas makatwiran para walang gulo di ba?

  3. Mga bitter talaga ang mga kapoorso. // February 13, 2011 at 1:00 am //

    Halatang halata ang
    bitterness nyo! So pathetic!

  4. Tinanggal na pala ng KBP ang gma, dahil sa mga violations regarding balance programing, false ratings & administrative cases..

  5. GAYA-GAYA SYSTEM ANG DOS !! @#35 // February 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm //

    tama !! Diba sa SIYETE un.??!!!
    GINAYA NA NAMAN NG DOS.. Palibhasa NAG.HiT un JUAN FOR ALL ng SIYETE !! GAYA- GAYA SYSTEM !!

  6. ANOTHER GAYAHAN FACTOR !! // February 12, 2011 at 7:51 pm //

    WHAT?? NAG-UUMPiSA na naman ang WALANG HUMPAY na PANG.GAGAYA SYSTEM ng DOS !!
    BiDA-BARANGAY pala aa… aT pati SHOWTiME mei BARANGAY FACTOR na din !!

  7. ricksy|

    Bakit hindi na lang kaya ilipat ang mga panghapon ng GMA sa TeleBabad at ang mga nasa TeleBabad ilipat sa DramaRama?

  8. ..kahit ano pang gawing re-format ng Umagang Kay Chacka di pa rin nila kaya ang Unang Hirit!!!! Venus TH mag host…

  9. MS.U -PANG BARNGGAY NLNG.WAHAHHAA

    U MADE A WRONG DECISION VENUS.

  10. bakit yung Juanita Banana biglang walang moral value na itinuturo sa viewers. ang babaw ng istorya tapos ginagawang nsa tama ang mistress. sana ayusin nila para nman d bad influence sa mga nanonood

  11. kapal mo westguy

    halatang wala kang utak, bkit si venus ba nag dedecide kung saan cyang channel, bibining pilipinas charity inc po yun for ur info. Sana minsan gamitin naman ang utak at di porke maka GMA ka lalaitin mu ang isang tao. Wala kang breeding at ikaw ang halatang BOBO.

  12. wow,,,,venus..nice to see you. in kapamilya…youve chosen a better station for your career…gud luck…

  13. @26

    good, BITTER, BITCH?
    kapamilya for life!

  14. Congrats Venus Raj! Glad nagamit mo rin

    ang Mass Communication course mo..Sana

    mag-train ka rin ng mga

    probable /aspiring beauty queens din..

  15. kapal mo westguy // February 12, 2011 at 1:02 am //

    PAGKATAPOS TULUNGAN NG GMA SA WISH KO LANG,TAPOS LUMIPAT NA KC HND RAW MAKUHA ANG GMA SA PROVINCE NILA KAPAL TALAGA PALIBHASA BOBO AT NAGWAGI LNG SA MISS U..HAY NAKU HND RIN YAN TATAGAL SA SHOWBIZ LALAOS DIN YAN C VENUS AT WISH LNG SANA MANALO SA MISS U ANG PHILIPPINES WISK KO LNG KC SA KANGKUNGAN PULUTIN YAN

  16. pasingit uli!!

    pansin ko lang, ang gaganda ng mga shows ng GMA sa afternoon block,lahat ang gagaling.simula sa ALAKDANA, na ang galing galing ni jean at lead star na si LOUISE, ang galing nyang umarte.susunod na sa lunes ang NITA NEGRITA na may posibilidad na mag click din dahil subok na ang tambalang BARBIE at JOHSUA na parehong magaling sa pagarte.tapos ay ang toprater na KOREANA, na simula pa noong una ay panalo na sa rating both agb at kantar dahil ang ganda ng istorya at magagaling ang mga artista.kay ka manoy eddie,kay eula,rocco,angelu ,ang walang kupas na si lotlot na ang galing galing at maging kay saab.HIGIT SA LAHAT KAY KRIS BERNAL na habang tumatagal ay lalong humuhusay sa pagarte.superb performances to all the casts of KOREANA.congrats KOREANA, habang papalapit ng papalapit ang pagtatapos ay lalong kaabang abang!!at ang pinakahuli ay ang TEMPTATION OF WIFE na hindi maikakaila na mega mega hit ito dahil tinatalo pa nito ang ibang primetime shows.congrats sa GMA dahil magaling silang pumili ng mga korean shows na karamihan ay click sa manonood!!pansin ko nga , mas maganda pa ang lineup ng panghapong programa ng GMA kaysa sa panggabi dahil lahat magagaling at kaabang abang kaya nga ba TAOB lahat ang katapat!!

  17. pasingit lang dahil walang article para sa GMA!!

    dapat talaga ganito ang lineup ng GMA TELEBABAD

    BANTATAY
    24 ORAS/dapat tama lang sa oras at walang OT
    DWARFINA
    BAKER KING
    I HEART YOU PARE
    at dapat na pinakahuli ang machete na pang adult e nasa early timeslot.tama lang na ang katapat nya ay pang adult din.at isa sa dahilan kung bakit lagapak ang rating ng machete dahil sa jinx na si BELA PADILLA na kasasampa lang sa GMA ay bida kaagad at feeling sikat na wala pa namang napapatunayan.sana walang palakasan sa GMA dahil dito nagkakaroon ng pagkakataon ang abs na makalayo sa gma.tingnan nyo ang taas taas ng mara clara compare sa machete dahil marami talaga ang ayaw kay BELA at isa pa walang hatak sa televiewers ang mga leading stars.sana lang mabasa ito ng gma management, ILAGAY NA PANGHULI ANG MACHETE DAHIL ITO ANG NAKAKASIRA SA GMA TELEBABAD!!!!

  18. AGB PEOPLE RATINGS - UKG FLOP THIS TIME // February 11, 2011 at 11:44 pm //

    February 10, Thursday

    Morning:

    Lupet: The World’s Most Awesome Documentaries Replay (TV5) 0.1%; Gising Pilipinas (ABS-CBN) 0.3%; Born To Be Wild Replay (GMA-7) 0.4%

    Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 1.9%; Sapul 5: Sapul Sa Singko (TV5) 0.7%; Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 2.5%; Special Agent OSO (TV5) 1.3%

    Doraemon (GMA-7) 2.8%; Handy Manny (TV5) 1.5%; Dora The Explorer (ABS-CBN) 2.4%

    Jackie Chan Adventures (GMA-7) 3.1%; Spongebob Squarepants (ABS-CBN) 3.7%; Scooby-Doo Where Are You! (TV5) 1.5%

    Shaman King (GMA-7) 3.1%; Mr. Bean (ABS-CBN) 3.4%; League of Super Evil (TV5) 1.6%

    One Piece (GMA-7) 3.4%; Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 3.7%; Ben 10 (TV5) 2.9%; Love Ni Mister, Love Ni Misis (GMA-7) 2.5%

    Kapamilya Blockbusters: Tunay Na Tunay Gets Mo? Gets Ko! (ABS-CBN) 5.8%; Face To Face (TV5) 3.6%; Kapuso Movie Festival: Sana’y Ikaw Na Nga (GMA-7) 4.8%; Balitaang Tapat (TV5) 3.5%

    Afternoon:

    Showtime (ABS-CBN) 4.6%; 8 Kingdom (TV5) 1.1%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 10.8%; Glass Castle (TV5) 1.4%; What’s For Dinner? (TV5) 1.9%; Good Wife Bad Wife (TV5) 1.6%

    Alakdana (GMA-7) 7.6%; Kapitan Inggo (ABS-CBN) 3.4%; Oggy and the Cockroaches (TV5) 1%

    Little Star (GMA-7) 7.7%; Malparida (ABS-CBN) 3.2%; Kick Buttowski Suburban Daredevil (TV5) 2.1%; Juanita Banana (ABS-CBN) 3.7%; Phineas and Ferb (TV5) 2.6%

    Koreana (GMA-7) 8.6%; The Powerpuff Girls (TV5) 2.2%; Shoutout Level Up (ABS-CBN) 2.3%

    Alyna (ABS-CBN) 3.1%; Temptation of Wife (GMA-7) 11%; Teen Titans (TV5) 2.7%; Ben 10 (TV5) 2.8%; I Love You So: Autumn’s Concerto (ABS-CBN) 3.3%

    Evening:

    Bantatay (GMA-7) 9.5%; Aksyon (TV5) 2.5%; Sabel (ABS-CBN) 4.5%

    Willing Willie (TV5) 7.2%; TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) 9.3%; 24 Oras (GMA-7) 11.6%

    Mutya (ABS-CBN) 10.5%; Dwarfina (GMA-7) 11.2%

    Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) 13.2%; Machete (GMA-7) 11.1%; Babaeng Hampaslupa (TV5) 7.2%

    Imortal (ABS-CBN) 11.5%; I ♥You Pare (GMA-7) 11.5%; Untold Stories Mula Sa Face To Face (TV5) 5.2%

    Kristine (ABS-CBN) 8.2%; The Baker King (GMA-7) 12%; Wow Meganon?! (TV5) 3.5%; Cinderella’s Sister (ABS-CBN) 5.4%

    Saksi (GMA-7) 6.7%; Aksyon Journalismo (TV5) 1%; SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 2.5%

    Rescue (GMA-7) 3.6%; Public Atorni (TV5) 0.8%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 2.1%; Juicy Replay (TV5) 0.9%

    Krusada (ABS-CBN) 0.9%; Medyo Late Night Show With Jojo A. All The Way (TV5) 0.3%; Music Uplate Live (ABS-CBN) 0.2%

  19. yung unang hirit ba di nag-rereformat??? // February 11, 2011 at 10:54 pm //

    kung di nagrereformat bakit nawala yung ibang host doon??? at nagwala pa si EAGLE nung inalis sya… hay naku may masabi lang….

  20. hinde tatagal itetch sa shobiz…UKG number 1 daw sa kantar pero reformat nang reformat…hindi kasi trusted ang kantar eh

  21. Feb. 9 Kantar Media Nat’l Household Ratings: Umagang Kay Ganda 6.2/Unang Hirit 5.6; Dora The Explorer 6.8/Doraemon 7.3/Jackie Chan Adventures 8.3; Spongebob Squarepants 7.9/ Shaman King 8.7; Mr. Bean 5.8/Banana Split Daily Servings 7.7/One Piece 10.3; Kapamilya Blockbusters 13.6/Love Ni Mister Love Ni Misis 5.7/Kapuso Movie Festival 9.4; Showtime 11.3/Eat Bulaga 19; Agimat 11.5/Alakdana 12.9; Malparida 10.1/Juanita Banana 10.7/Little Star 12.2; Shoutout Level Up 8.5/Koreana 16.6; Alyna 10.8/I Love You So 11.8/Temptation Of Wife 21; Sabel 19.2/Bantatay 18.2; TV Patrol 25.6/24 Oras 20.6/Willing Willie 10.9; Mutya 30.3/Dwarfina 17.3; Mara Clara 34.1/Machete 16.5; Imortal 27.1/I Heart You Pare 15.5; Kristine 16.4/The Baker King 16.2; Cinderella’s Sister 9.8/SNN 5/Saksi 8.8; Bandila 4.2/Born To Be Wild 3.9

  22. san si rica??sad naman kung wala na sya

  23. AZKALS are officially kapamilya! pweeh mga kapuso, wala kasing sports channel!

  24. wowwwwwwwwwwwww

  25. tigbak na pala ang SHOUT OUT, naka 3 months na ba ito, kawawa naman ang mga teens dito, hindi man lang nagrate, dinaig pa ng tweenhearts ng GMA na todo extended hanggang october pa dahil ang ganda ng rating both agb and kantar!!

    kay VENUS, saludo ako sa galing mo at talino!!

  26. bakit puro sa kapamlya ang articles ngayon , bakit wla kahit isang article para sa kapuso??i heart you pare , patas na sa imortal-feb 10 agb rating!!

    kay veuns, sana magtagumpay ka sa showbiz career mo!!

  27. wtf…ntwa q s underpit nya

  28. MAganda talaga c Miss Venus

  29. sana si venus nlng dun sa happy yipee yehey.. hndi nlng si bianca..

  30. kapamilya ruled // February 11, 2011 at 4:57 pm //

    good luck venus…

  31. she’s good! swak cya sa show!

  32. ang galing kaya nina DONITA ROSE AT RICA PERALEJO,yung tandem nila,,swak,,,siguro may show kay rica,,we love her,,,

    si donita anjan padin,,we love her too,,,

  33. jan bagay si VENUS RAJ s apag babalita o hosting,,wid her looks,,at dating o smart….mas bagay sya sa ganyan,,kesa sa acting,,,na pashowbiz,,,ewww,,,like ko din si IYA VILLANIA,,pretty at smart,,,

    ganda ng show,,anjan din si ANDREI FELIX,,better for andrei na malinya sya sa pag babalita diba,anchorman,,,kesa sa acting din,,madmai na sila dun,,maiba naman,,

  34. salamat naman anjna padin si DONITA ROSE,,love her,,,mala CARMINA VILLAROEL sya,,kwela at charming!!pretty pa,,, i guess si RICA PERALEJO,,may bagong show o i heard lipat say ng tv5 o gma7 soon,,,we love them

  35. i heart venus raj.. very decent girl..

  36. MANILA, Philippines – ABS-CBN Sports announced on Friday that it will be airing the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game on Studio 23.

    The local telecast of the NBA All-Star Game will be on February 21 (Manila time).

    ABS-CBN’s TJ Manotoc and Boom Gonzalez will cover the game live from Los Angeles, California.

    ABS-CBN will also air on Channel 2 the NBA Playoffs and the Finals.

  37. imortal parin kami sa bacolod // February 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm //

    pinataob at pina tumba pina bagsak ni Angel Locsin si regine velasques sa IMORTAL ang taas ng rating kahit anung programa e tapat sa imortal natatalo talaga hanggat my imortal mananalo parin ang abs-cbn sa primetime. To GMA wait nyo nalang matapos ang imortal tiyak panalo naman kayo.

  38. RICA PARALEJO should be in the show…

  39. angelific143 // February 11, 2011 at 3:40 pm //

    I liked Ms. Raj so pretty & witty in UKG! goodluck your new job in the news & current affairs of ABS-CBN!

  40. Kapamilya 4ever // February 11, 2011 at 3:28 pm //

    Punta rin sana dito sa mga barangay ng Mindanao ang UKG. Para makapag-ayos na agad kami para sa mga Major major artists ng ABS-CBN.

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