He was welcomed anew through a ‘grand homecoming’ special.
On Sunday, October 6, ABS-CBN’s musical variety program ‘ASAP’ staged a special production during its live edition on that day.
The number is dedicated for the “homecoming” of singer-actor James Reid to the Kapamilya network after a four-year-long acting hiatus.
Reid performed his single ‘Randomantic’ that recently saw a spike in online streaming after going viral on social networking platform TikTok.
He was then warmly received anew by ‘ASAP’ hosts led by Martin Nievera, Gary Valenciano, and Regine Velasquez-Alcasid.
James was also greeted by other Kapamilya personalities like Lovi Poe, ‘It’s Showtime’ hosts Vhong Navarro, Jhong Hilario, MC Muah, Lassy Marquez, his ‘PBB’ batchmate Ryan Bang, and current ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ hosts Bianca Gonzalez, Melai Cantiveros, and Enchong Dee.
His girlfriend Issa Pressman also shared gave him a short message on his return to the station.
In 2010, Reid participated in the reality program ‘Pinoy Big Brother,’ where he finished as the big winner of the ‘Teen Clash of 2010’ season.
After becoming ‘MIA’ or missing-in-action in the showbiz scene shortly after his ‘PBB’ win, James returned to the spotlight after signing with Viva Entertainment and starring in the film ‘Diary ng Panget’ opposite former reel-to-real girlfriend Nadine Lustre.
Together, they were paired numerous times in multiple projects as JaDine. The duo starred in the teleseryes ‘On The Wings Of Love,’ and ‘Till I Met You,’ as well as big screen projects ‘Para Sa Hopeless Romantic,’ ‘This Time,’ and ‘Never Not Love You.’
After their public break-up in 2020, James was slated to star in ‘Seoulmate’ with Momoland’s Nancy. However, the project was sheleved amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the free-to-air broadcast shutdown of ABS-CBN.
Since then, Reid concentrated on expanding his discography, and released his second album ‘Lovescene:’ in 2022.
Prior to his ‘ASAP’ homecoming on Sunday, James had already confirmed that he is set to do a still-unknown project with ABS-CBN.