Paolo Bediones


Paolo Antonio Barba Bediones is a Filipino television host, newscaster, radio commentator and occasional actor.
Bediones started his career as a commercial model, and later transitioned to television show hosting. He is best known for hosting GMA Network's Extra Challenge and Survivor Philippines. He is now a TV host and the newest newscaster on TV5.
On December 3, 2009, Bediones announced in a press conference that he had signed a three-year exclusive contract with TV5.

Personal life

Bediones is the only son of four children born to Rodolfo Pineda Bediones and María Teresa Barba, who separated when Paolo was still young. His mother María is the daughter of Fortuna Marcos-Barba, a sister of former President Ferdinand Marcos, making him grandnephew to the late dictator, and a nephew of President Bongbong Marcos His paternal great-grandfather was Máximo Bediones who sired a son at the age of 99.
His previous girlfriend was former beauty queen Abby Cruz. He has a daughter named Avery with fiancée, actress Lara Morena.

Career

Hosting

Bediones is a former TV host of a defunct MTV Philippines program Para, Bos! and Gameplan TV where he won "Best TV Host" alongside co-hosts Suzi Entrata-Abrera and Mondo Castro of the band The Pin-Ups. His previously hosted shows on GMA Network are Channel S, Gameplan, Digital LG Challenge, Extra Extra, Extra Challenge, ETChing, S-Files, Mornings @ GMA, Whammy! Push Your Luck, Unang Hirit, Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok, Pinoy Meets World, and Survivor Philippines on GMA and hosted Sapul sa Singko on TV5.
He returned to hosting as the host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Philippines, which premiered on TV5 in 2012. He later hosted Rescue 5, Demolition Job, and Astig, also on TV5.

Newscasting

In 2010, Bediones became a news anchor of Aksyon alongside Cheryl Cosim and later Erwin Tulfo. This was his first time as a newscaster for News5.
He was also given a public affairs program USI: Under Special Investigation on TV5 which aired every Sunday night.
On February 18, 2011, Bediones left Aksyon for Aksyon JournalisMO as a replacement to Martin Andanar. There, he joined Cheri Mercado and Jove Francisco.
On February 22, 2012, Bediones joined with Cheri Mercado to anchor a former news program entitled Pilipinas News replacing the former news program, Aksyon Journalismo.
On July 21, 2014, Bediones reunited with Cheryl Cosim for a new news program entitled Aksyon Tonite. He left the newscast in late August, as he would shortly start a new restaurant business.
In 2021, after 5 years of his hiatus, Bediones returned to anchor Frontline sa Umaga, marking his 5th overall news program on News5 via TV5. It premiered last May 10, 2021, on TV5. On January 17, 2022, Bediones left the newscast due to pending lawsuits filed by former employees of Ei2 Technologies, Inc.

Radio

Bediones was an announcer for Radyo5 92.3 News FM as a member of News5. He hosted Sakto kay Paolo, Sakto kay Cheri and the renamed Trabaho Lang with Cheri Mercado.

Awards and recognitions