Celebrity duo Brent Manalo and Mika Salamanca shared the plans they have after winning Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Collab edition last July 5. The duo, known as BreKa, also discussed the lessons they learned while inside the PBB house in an interview with King of Talk Boy Abunda.
Brent and Mika were hailed as the Big Winners of the latest season after earning 33.03% of the combined votes. They are the first duo of the hit reality program that were hailed as the Big Winners.
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Kapuso star Mika bared that she is leaning towards making music in the near future and gave a glimpse of her artistry as she sang “A Million Dreams.” Mika is also continuing her acting career as she stars in Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre.
Meanwhile, the Kapamilya actor expressed his desire to continue pursuing his acting career as he found his love for the craft. Just like his duo partner, he is also open to all the opportunities that could come his way in the future.
When asked why he wanted to pursue acting, he explained how he wants to prove to himself that he could be a capable actor despite what doubters may think of him. Brent is set to star in the upcoming film, The Four Bad Boys and Me, where he plays the role of Shawn Lucas Dela Fuente.
“More than the passion talaga, yung proving to myself na I can do it kasi I’ve been told so many times na I’m really not meant for acting na it’s not possible. But now that bigger stage or bigger platform na meron ako, hopefully mas makapagfocus talaga ako,” he explained.
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The two then shared how they still couldn’t believe that they were hailed as the Big Winners of their batch. The two candidly shared how they prepared themselves for the duo of Charlie Fleming and Esnyr to take on the top spot in the voting.
“Majority of us ang sagot po is ChaRes. So feeling ko talaga, alam namin, nireready namin ang sarili namin ng Big Winner po talaga kaya nagulat din po kami,” Mika shared.
“Di siya nag sisink in sa utak namin kasi coming from someone na isusurrender or ibibigay na yung spot tapos biglang Big Winner. Kaya hindi talaga siya nag process agad sa amin. Until now, trinatry namin na iprocess talaga and iabsorb,” she added.
Brent and Mika maintained that they just showed their true selves which translated to becoming the Big Winners. For them, having heart in everything that they do is the way to showcase who they truly are.
“Puso talaga eh. Pinakita talaga namin yung puso namin kasi may mga instances sa loob ng Bahay na baka mag kamali kami sa pag gamit ng puso namin pero ginamit pa rin namin. Nagtiwala kami sa kung ano mabibigay namin,” Mika expressed.
The duo took home ₱1 million each and revealed their plans on donating it to their chosen charity.