Ali Sotto

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Sancianco, the birth surname or paternal family name is Carag, and the marital name is Bsaies.

Ali Sotto
Born	Maria Aloha Leilani Sancianco Carag (1961-05-29) May 29, 1961
Nationality	Filipino
Other names	Aloha, Ali Sotto
Occupation(s)	Actress, radio broadcaster, news anchor, segment host
Years active	1987–present
Agent(s)	Viva Artists Agency (1987-1995) ABS–CBN (1988–1994) GMA Network (1995–2021) Manila Broadcasting Company (1997–1999) Associated Broadcasting Company (2004–2006) Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (2021–present)
Spouse(s)	Marcelino "Maru" Sotto Jr. (divorced) Omar Bsaies (current)
Children	2, including Miko

Ali Sotto (born Maria Aloha Leilani Sancianco Carag; May 29, 1961) is a Filipino singer before she become an actress, radio broadcaster and former news anchor. Her previous screen name was Aloha and now Ali Sotto. She is popularly heard on radio programs of Super Radyo DZBB 594, Saksi sa Dobol B: Sino? and Dobol A sa Dobol B with Arnold Clavio.

Personal life and career

She was separated from her first husband Maru Sotto, but they remained intimate friends. Today, She has been married to her second husband, Omar Bsaies, who is also a retired diplomat.

She is with Arnold Clavio in Dobol A at Dobol B in DZBB as a publisher and was a host of television shows Ali! and Metro, which was the sole public service program at that time on television, and the only public affiliate program of ABC (now 5) that earns.

As Maru Sotto's wife, Helen Gamboa and Dina Bonnevie were her sisters-in-law and Sotto brothers were her brother-in-law: Val Sotto, Tito Sotto and Vic Sotto. For Maru, they had two children, Chino Sotto and Miko Sotto, who died early.

It is an exception that TV hosts can invite successive showbiz names as their guests in just a few months. These were Vilma Santos, Maricel Soriano, Sharon Cuneta, Susan Roces and Dolphy. She was the only one who was courageous enough to ask questions directly to Susan Roces if she believes Fernando Poe Jr. has an illegitimate child.

She used to co-host the Sino? with Mike Enriquez and Arnold Clavio from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and Dobol A sa Dobol B, a DZBB program, with Arnold Clavio every Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM until 2020.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Production company
1987	Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin	Joyce	Viva Films
1987	Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan	Sandra
1991	Maging Sino Ka Man	Tala
1992	Boboy Salonga: Batang Tondo		OctoArts Films
1994	The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)	Ms. Marcos	Viva Films
1995	The Flor Contemplacion Story	Alicia Ramos, Philippine Ambassador to Singapore
2014	Where I Am King

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Network(s)
1988–1991	Magandang Umaga Po	Host	ABS-CBN
1990	Mongolian Barbecue	Guest	IBC
1993–1994	Eat Bulaga!	Co-host	ABS-CBN
1995–1998	Katok Mga Misis!	Host	GMA Network
1998–1999	Compañero y Compañera
1999	Di Ba't Ikaw	Karina Latada
2000	GMA Mini-Series: Umulan Man o Umaraw	Doña Luisa
2004–2006	Sentro	Anchor	ABC
2011	Star Box	Host	GMA Network
2011–2012	Personalan		GMA News TV
2017–2020	Dobol B sa News TV: Dobol A sa Dobol B
	Dobol B sa News TV: Sino?
2021-present	A.S.P.N: Ano sa Palagay Niyo		Net 25

Radio

Year	Title	Network
1997–1999	Balitang Bayan Numero Uno: 5am Edition	DZRH 666 kHz
1998–2008; 2014–2020	Dobol A sa Dobol B	Super Radyo DZBB 594
2014–2020	Saksi sa Dobol B: Sino?	Super Radyo DZBB 594
2021–present	Ano Sa Palagay N'yo?	Radyo Agila 1062

External links

• Ali Sotto at IMDb