In the recent trade presentation organized by ABS-CBN for its advertisers, a shocking announcement allegedly jolted the whole venue as the Pinoy Dream Academy 2’s hosts were announced. They were expecting that the upcoming singer-search will be hosted by Toni Gonzaga, Nikki Gil and Ryan Agoncillo. However, during the launch, Ryan was reportedly replaced by no less than Fil-Am singing sensation Billy Crawford.

This news item came as a big surprise for one of GMA7’s executives. In an interview, the unnamed exec said that after his reality dance show “Move” in the Kapuso network, he was slated to do another reality show entitled “Dance Match”. They were just waiting for his return to the Philippines after his engagements in the United States to brainstorm about his supposed new show when this unexpected twist came about.

Billy’s mentor in the Philippines, German “Kuya Germs” Moreno was reportedly furious about his discovery’s decision to transfer to the Kapamilya network. It seems that Billy failed to inform Kuya Germs of his plan of hosting the ABS-CBN-Endemol co-production and the former just found out about this in the papers.