He is referred to as Juancho Guapito by Unang Hirit host Arnold Clavio when Juancho Triviño became a guest on-field reporter in the Kapuso morning show. He hasn’t been seen in the show lately, as he is busy taping for the afternoon soap Magkaibang Mundo in which he plays an elf who lives his world to be human for his friend and love Princess/Pepay played by Louise de los Reyes.
The audience of the morning show was surprised to see a good-looking guy half naked early in the morning in some of the most unusual places in the metro and nearby provinces for the show’s summer features, specifically resorts.
“The call time was normally 1 a.m. as we would still be traveling to as far as Nueva Ecija, and then when we reached the location, the crew would ask me to take off my shirt, eh madaling araw! Syempre ang lamig!” he said over lunch at Limbaga 77 Café Restaurant in Quezon City last week.
He will be back in the morning show, he said. “Perhaps when I get free time from the taping of the soap, or when the soap ends,” he added.
Juancho, whose real name is Juan Carlo Calupitan Triviño was born on April 13, 1993, under the sign of Aries in Western astrology, in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna. In 2013, GMA Network launched him along with other newbies in a show called Teen Gen, thereafter appearing in small roles in shows like Villa Quintana (2013), The Half Sisters and Instadad in 2015. The audience began to notice the handsome Juancho in Little Nanay in the latter part of 2015 in which he co-starred with Nora Aunor and Bembol Roco as Bruce Wayne Batongbuhay, one of the couple’s grandchildren along with Mark Herras and Kris Bernal who played the title role.
A few months after Little Nanay faded to black, Juancho was given another assignment for the afternoon series Magkaibang Mundo as Elfino, the dwarf friend of Princess (Louise de los Reyes).
It is a known fact that Juancho and the other Kapuso star known as Pambansang Bae and other half of the AlDub love team Alden Richards were once classmates at De La Salle University-Canlubang.
There have been attempts at comparing the one-time La Salle guys, but Juancho says although comparison is naturally inevitable, “I try not to get affected by it. Fans tend to say things that they think would spark some kind of a feud. It will if you put it in your head, but I don’t I let it go. I must admit at first I got a bit affected but what good will it do me if I answer back?”
The actor said that one of the best feelings he had was when he saw himself on the billboard of Magkaibang Mundo along EDSA on May 18.
In a Facebook post, the young actor expressed his gratitude on being part of the project.
“Got loads of work ahead of me, to prove to myself, not to other people, that I deserve to be in this billboard. Strive, dream, and pray more to get another one. Thank you, Lord, for this. Hep hep HAPPY!”
As the story progresses in Magkaibang Mundo where he is now in the world of humans, so is the story of Juancho Triviño in show business.
His role in the afternoon soap is just the beginning for him. Whence before he played small roles, this time, the network is giving him assignments as big as his physique.
He said Dingdong Dantes is his role model in show business. “Even when I was a kid, I already idolized him. I watched his shows, especially Encantadia. I am a big fan of how he handles his career. He is someone I would like to emulate.”
The 23-year old hunk is still unattached. “I’d like to focus on my work in show business. Apart from acting, I also like to host. But I won’t plunge into singing, it is something I don’t like to be embarrassed for the rest of my life.”