The day after the grand finale of the singing competition Are You the Next Big Star?, Geoff and Frencheska have officially been turned over by the show to GMA Artist Center. “As the official agency, or tal­ent development group, of the network, siyempre lahat ng mga produkto ng mga palabas natin, mga search natin, are turned over to Artist Center—especially the winners,” says Arsi Baltazar, head of GMAAC’s Talent Management team.

Ready na ba ang dalawa sa mga gagawin nila as contract stars of the Kapuso Network?
Sa interview ni Nelson Canlas for GMA news 24 Oras, natanong ang dalawa kung handa ba sila sa mga ibabato sa kanila ng show business — both good and bad. “Actually, ako po kasi may ex­perience na po ako before, so medyo nakakaya ko na po ‘yung ganoong mga issues. And ready na po ako. Before ako pumasok ako dito, alam ko na po mga pu­wedeng mangyari sa akin—so ready na po ako,” tugon ni Geoff, Even Frencheska shared that she’s getting used to the different sides of showbiz. And coming from a competi­tion, the two are in agreement na nakatutulong din ang negative feedback para lalo silang makapag-improve.

Frencheska even went as far as to cite an example. During the time when viewers were say­ing she can only sing ballads, she was able to prove na kaya rin niyang sumubok na pagsabayin ang pagkanta at pagsayaw. Sa pagpasok nila ngayon sa GMA Artist Center, the two new AC talents promise to do even better.

“Baguhan pa lang po kami dito sa ganitong klaseng indus­triya, and alam po namin na so­brang hirap ‘tong pinasok namin, so ready po kami. Kaya kung may mga workshop dito sa Art­ist Center, kailangan po namin pag-igihan ‘yung mga workshop na yun, para lalo pang lumabas, o kaya lalong maging maganda, ‘yung performances naming,” sabi ni Geoff. Nangako naman si Frencheska na magiging prope­syunal sila ni Geoff, and stressed: “Hindi ko po iaalis ‘yung ine-enjoy ko po ‘yung ginagawa ko… Para po sa akin talaga, ‘yung pagiging star kasi, hindi naman po dahil kilala ka lang ng tao [pero] ‘yung talagang nagiging insipirasyon ka po nila. Gusto ko po, ‘yung pagkapanalo ko po dito ngayon, [magsilbing inspiration sa ibang tao] na gawin po lahat ng kaya nila para maabot ‘yung gusto nila.”
Bukod kina Geoff and Frencheska, GMA Artist Center also plans on getting six other fi­nalists from the recently conclud­ed Are You the Next Big Star.

“Mas bibigyan namin ng pan-sin itong winners. Siyempre, ta­ong bayan ang bumoto sa kanila, so we have to take advantage of that. Officially they are now con­tract stars of GMA Artist Center and GMA Network in general,” according to Arsi.