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Celestine " Toni" Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (born January 20, 1984) is a Filipino media personality, host, actress, businesswoman, singer, and vlogger. Gonzaga was the former lead host of ABS-CBN's long-running reality show Pinoy Big Brother (2005–2022). Her own YouTube channel, Toni Gonzaga Studio (TGS), has over 8 million subscribers. Tatler magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021 and 2022.
Gonzaga's biggest break in the entertainment industry was her Sprite soft drink TV commercial with Piolo Pascual in 2001. In 2002, she released her eponymous debut album under Prime Music and a cover of Gary Valenciano's "Paano" was released as its carrier single. Later that year, she became one of the main hosts in the long-time afternoon variety show Eat Bulaga. In 2002, she was cast in the primetime television series Habang Kapiling Ka starring Angelika dela Cruz. In March 2004, she joined Studio 23's Wazzup Wazzup with Archie Alemania and Vhong Navarro. She also sang "Doon", the theme song of TAPE, Inc.'s afternoon TV drama on GMA, Ikaw Sa Puso Ko, which starred StarStruck finalist Nadine Samonte with Oyo Boy Sotto as the leading man.
In August 2011, her film Wedding Tayo, Wedding Hindi, her first ever team up with Eugene Domingo, premiered in cinemas nationwide in the Philippines. On September 30, 2011, she celebrated her 10th anniversary in Philippine entertainment industry with a concert at the Araneta Coliseum titled "Toni@10" with guests Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Vhong Navarro, Pokwang, Vice Ganda, Sam Milby, her real-life sister Alex Gonzaga, with the special participation of Gary Valenciano. TAG Concept, the production and talent management group owned by the Gonzaga family, co-produced the show with Star Events and Epic Entertainment. Furthermore, for the continuation of the celebration, she released her Greatest Hits album in which her singles from 2006 to 2010 were included.
In March 2012, Gonzaga starred in the first ever month-long special of Wansapanataym, which aired four episodes.
The 2011 Female Concert Performer award was given to Gonzaga by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation. In October 2012, Gonzaga finally launched her comedy film in which she teamed up with Vice Ganda and Luis Manzano entitled, This Guy's in Love With You, Mare!. The movie is one of the highest grossing Filipino films of all time, earning P315 million when it reached its third week of showing in cinemas nationwide. Moreover, she was awarded Best Female TV Host for her show, ASAP 2012, by the PMPC Star Awards before 2012 ended.
In February 2013, Gonzaga is confirmed one of the main hosts of singing reality show The Voice of the Philippines. As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Star Cinema, Gonzaga starred with Bea Alonzo, Shaina Magdayao, Angel Locsin and Enchong Dee in Four Sisters and a Wedding, directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina. She also hosted a 10-episode Sunday morning cooking show Kwentong Kusina, Kwentong Buhay, sponsored by San Miguel Pure Foods. On October 8, 2013, Gonzaga won "Best Female Emcee" at the 26th Aliw Awards. In 2014, Gonzaga starred with Piolo Pascual and Iza Calzado in the popular film Starting Over Again and hosted . She released her sixth studio album called, Celestine. Gonzaga was also a cast member of the Saturday night sitcom Home Sweetie Home with John Lloyd Cruz. Continuing her album promotion, she guested on Myx as a Celebrity MYX VJ for the month of July of that year, and supported by a concert called Celestine Toni Gonzaga held on October 3, 2014 at the Mall of Asia Arena. She then appeared alongside her sister Alex Gonzaga in a reality program called Team Gonzaga, exclusively viewed in ABS-CBN Mobile.[1] Two songs "This Love Is Like" and "Awit ni Ginny" have been released in Myx and YouTube.
In 2015, Gonzaga starred in the romantic comedy film, You're My Boss. In April, she renewed her contract with ABS-CBN, and continued her hosting duties in Pinoy Big Brother for the season, which premiered on June 20, 2015.
After the departure of John Lloyd Cruz in Home Sweetie Home, Gonzaga remained in the comedy show until its untimely cancellation in 2020, when ABS-CBN ceased its free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and former Solicitor General Jose Calida on May 5, 2020. After the permanent denial of the network's franchise renewal by the Philippine House Committee of 18th Congress in July 2020, Gonzaga lamented the retrenchment of the network's employees although she respected the decision of the Congress. Later on, Gonzaga reprised her Pinoy Big Brother hosting duties for and , the first two seasons of the reality show set in the COVID-19 pandemic and aired on all of ABS-CBN's platforms.
On June 30, 2022, the day of inauguration of President Bongbong Marcos, Gonzaga performed the Philippine National Anthem, "Lupang Hinirang". She was also an official endorser of Shopee, which garnered negative reactions online amid the company's plans to lay-off employees.
In September 2022, Gonzaga, together with her husband, moved to AMBS (All TV), a new television network owned by Manny Villar. Gonzaga later interviewed Bongbong Marcos inside the Malacañang Palace, which aired on September 13 on All TV and streamed via her YouTube's Toni Talks. A talk show called Toni, hosted and produced by herself, premiered on ALLTV on October 3, 2022. She also starred in the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival entry, My Teacher. A concert celebrating her 20th anniversary in show business was held at the Araneta Coliseum on January 20, 2023.
Gonzaga's movie My Sassy Girl, a Philippine adaptation of the 2001 film of the same title, was released on theaters on January 31, 2024. She also appeared on TV5/RPTV's Eat Bulaga! to promote her film.
On February 8, 2022, Gonzaga hosted the UniTeam alliance's proclamation rally at the Philippine Arena and endorsed former senator Bongbong Marcos in the 2022 presidential elections. Her endorsement attracted widespread media attention, as well as mixed responses from colleagues in the entertainment industry.
Gonzaga has been a recipient of eleven Box Office Entertainment Awards: Box Office Queen in 2015, three times as Princess of Philippine Movies, three times as Best Female TV Host and Female Concert Performer of the Year in 2012. She first gained recognition as an actress when she received a nomination for the Star Award for Best Comedy Actress for her performance in the sitcom Lagot Ka... Isusumbong Kita! (2003). Her increasing profile through her film and musical work have earned her the Box Office Entertainment Award for Most Promising Female Star in 2006. She was inducted into the Aliw Awards in 2015 for winning three times in the category Best Female Emcee (2007, 2013 & 2014).
Gonzaga has been nominated for the FAMAS Award for Best Actress three consecutive times (2014 to 2016), winning one for her performance in the romantic drama Starting Over Again. For her musical work, her fifth and sixth studio albums, All Me and Celestine, have earned her the Star Awards for Music for Female Pop Artist of the Year in 2011 and Album of the Year in 2015, respectively. As a presenter, Gonzaga has won thirteen Star Awards for Television: five times as Best Female TV Host, three times as Best Female Showbiz-Oriented Talk Show Host, three times as Best Reality Show Host and twice as Best Talent Search Program Host.
| 2002 | Toni Gonzaga |
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| 2006 | Philippines Sales: 25,000 |
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| 2007 | Falling in Love | Philippines sales: 40,000 |
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| 2008 | Love Is... | Philippines sales: 25,000 |
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| 2009 | Love Duets | Philippines sales: 12,000 |
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| 2010 | All Me | Philippines sales: 17,000 |
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| 2014 | Celestine | Philippines sales: 18,000 |
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| 2015 | My Love Story | Philippines sales: 7,000 |
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| September 30, 2011 | Greatest Hits | Philippines sales: 10,000+ | Star Music |
| 2006 | "Annie Batungbakal" | Hotsilog |
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| 2007 | "Super Pinoy" | Nagmamahal, Kapamilya: Songs for Global Pinoys |
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| "Count On Me" | Healing Of Pain and Enlightenment |
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| 2009 | "Can't Hurry Love" | OPM Number 1's |
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| "Power of the Dream" "Bagong Umaga" | I Move, I Give, I Love |
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| 2010 | "Crazy For You" | 60 Taon ng Musika at Soap Opera |
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| "Ganyan ang Pasko" "Ngayong Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino" | Ngayong Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino |
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| 2011 | "All Me (Remix)" | OPM Number 1's Vol. 2 |
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| "Catch Me I'm Falling" | I Love You |
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| "God Bless the Broken Road" | Kris Aquino: My Heart's Journey |
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| "Mahal Kita Kasi" "Catch Me I'm Falling", "You Are The One" | Bida Best Hits Da Best |
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| "Mahalin Ka Ng Totoo" | Happy Yipee Yehey! Nananana! |
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| "Ganyan ang Pasko" "Ngayong Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino" | Da Best ang Pasko ng Pilipino |
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| 2013 | "Kahit Na" | Himig Handog |
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| 2008 | Catch Me, Toni Gonzaga: First Major Concert |
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| Catch Me, Toni Gonzaga: The Repeat Concert |
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| 2009 | Toni Gonzaga Level-Up Philippine Tour |
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| 2010 | Love is... Toni Gonzaga |
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| 2011 | Toni @ 10: The Anniversary Concert |
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| 2014 | Toni Gonzaga: Celestine |
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| 2015 | "OMG (Oh My Gonzaga)" |
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| Toni & Alex Gonzaga: Live Down Under Tour |
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| 2023 | "I AM... TONI: 20th Anniversary Concert" |
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