Christine Jacob

Christine Jacob
Born
Christine Marie Sotto Jacob

(1967-04-30) April 30, 1967 (age 59)
Manila, Philippines
Other nameChristine Jacob-Sandejas
Occupations
  • Television host
  • journalist
  • actress
Years active1990–present
SpouseFrancisco Sandejas
Children5
Sports career
National team Philippines
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 1983100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 1983200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second placeSingapore 19834×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second placeBangkok 1985100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second placeBangkok 1985200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second placeBangkok 19854×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third placeManila 1981100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third placeManila 19814×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third placeSingapore 19834×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third placeBangkok 19854×100 m medley

Christine Sotto Jacob-Sandejas (born April 30, 1967) is a Filipino television host, newscaster, actress, and former competitive swimmer.

Early life

She was born in Manila to a German American father George Jacob and a former TV host Rosemarie (née Sotto), and grew up in the United States in her elementary years.

Biography

She and her family returned to the Philippines in the 1980s. She joined Southeast Asian Games in Singapore in 1983 where she won a gold medal. Jacob then competed in the swimming competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

After joining athletics, she was requested by her aunt to co-host in Eat Bulaga! in 1990 (then airing on ABS-CBN). She became a newscaster for PTV while hosting Eat Bulaga!, where she had a short-lived relationship with the main host Vic Sotto (no blood relationship to Jacob's mother). After her contract with APT Entertainment and TAPE Inc. (then-producer of Eat Bulaga!) expired, Jacob hosted its rival, Magandang Tanghali Bayan, on ABS-CBN.

She stopped hosting in 2001 when she became pregnant with her first child with her husband, Francisco "Paco" Sandejas, the brother of Manu Sandejas (Agot Isidro's ex-husband). After four years, GMA Network gave her her own TV show, Mobile Kusina. This ended in early 2007.

Currently, she is working as a journalist of NewsWatch Plus on both RPTV and its half-sister channel Aliw Channel 23.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitle
1990–1995 News on 4
1991–1998; 2023–2025 Eat Bulaga!
1995–1997 GMA Supershow
1996–1997 Miss Asia Pacific International
1998–2001 Magandang Tanghali Bayan
2005–2007 Mobile Kusina
2007 Here Comes the Bride
2009–2012 Full Time Moms
2012 Game
2015–2017 Real Talk
2017–2024 New Day
2018–2024 Wholesome Meals, Better Life
2024–present NewsWatch Plus

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Basco, Karl Cedrick (December 9, 2019). "SEA Games: Christine Jacob walks through memory lane after PH's gold in swimming". ABS-CBN. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Caliwara, Karen A.P. (April 24, 2017). "Christine Jacob and her kid-friendly, not-formal house". PEP.ph. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Olympedia – Christine Jacob". www.olympediia.org. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Sampayan, Anj (July 30, 2019). "WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Eat Bulaga! Female Hosts Through the Years". PEP.ph. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ Basco, Karl Cedrick (December 9, 2019). "SEA Games: Christine Jacob walks through memory lane after PH's gold in swimming". ABS CBN News. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ Multiple sources:
  7. ↑ "Christine Jacob-Sandejas and Suzi Entrata-Abrera describe motherhood as the "toughest" and "most fulfilling" job". PEP.ph. March 28, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  8. ↑ Acar, Aedrianne (June 19, 2018). "Former EB Dabarkad Christine Jacob: Where is she now?". www.gmanetwork.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.