Ali Sotto

Ali Sotto
Ali Sotto
Born	Maria Aloha Leilani Sancianco Carag; May 29, 1961 (age 63)
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 actress, radio broadcaster and former news anchor and singer. 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.^[1]

Personal life and career

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

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

She was a host of the 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. She used to co-host 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 Clavio every Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM until 2020.

It was an exception that TV hosts could 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 believed Fernando Poe Jr. had an illegitimate child.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Production company
1987	Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin	Joyce	Viva Films
1987	Jack & Jill	Delia
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	Viva Films
2014	Where I Am King

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Network(s)
1988–1991	Magandang Umaga Po	Host	ABS-CBN
1990	Mongolian Barbecue^[2]	Guest	IBC
1993–1994	Eat Bulaga!	Co-host	ABS-CBN
1995–1998	Katok Mga Misis!	Host	GMA Network
1998–1999	Compañero y Compañera	Host
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
2017–2020	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

References

^ "Ali Sotto: Home from Mexico - Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
^ "Primetime Sunday". Manila Standard. Standard Publishing, Inc. February 11, 1990. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

External links

Ali Sotto at IMDb

[1] "Ali Sotto: Home from Mexico - Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[2] "Primetime Sunday". Manila Standard. Standard Publishing, Inc. February 11, 1990. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

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