An impressive first run, which garnered 4.2 million views, inspired Zoomers’ creative think tanks to bring back another season starring the trending Gen Z loveteam of Harvey Bautista and Criza Taa, promising more kilig as ABS-CBN’s most viewed Made For YouTube youth-oriented series, Zoomers 2. Director Theodore Boborol, known for directing highly successful Kapamilya projects, such as Finally Found Someone, Vince and Kath and James, Just the Way You Are, Be My Lady and Angelito Batang Ama, shared the humble conceptualization of the show.
“We were pleasantly surprised nung binalita sa amin ng YouTube na most watched sa lahat ng (when YouTube reported to us that it was the most watched among all) Made for YouTube series at ng ABS-CBN Studios. We are happy for the kids kasi when Direk Lauren and I conceptualized the show, we meant to launch new stars from Star Magic. Ngayon (now), it just proves na mayroon kami nai-launch kasi marami nanood noong first season (that we succeeded in launching them because many people watched during the first season),” shares Theodore Boborol, director for the first season.
The lead actress, Criza (a former housemate of Pinoy Big Brother Otso), can’t hide her excitement about returning for another season.
“Sobrang nagulat din po kami kasi kami ni Harvey, ito ang aming first lead role as much as nag-eexpect kami nandoon pa rin po ang gulat na mamahalin po ng tao ang first na ginawa namin together (We were also very surprised because for Harvey and me, this is our first lead role, and while we were expecting it, we were still amazed that people would love the first project we did together),” says Criza.
Showbiz royalty Harvey Bautista (son of Herbert Bautista and Tates Gana), meanwhile, remains highly visible with ongoing Kapamilya projects Pamilya Sagrado and High Street, and he thanks the online viewers who made their first season a big success.
“On behalf of the cast, we really didn’t expect season one to blow up like it did, so now, at the mediacon for season two, it’s very exciting that we get to continue the story of Zoomers,” says Harvey.
Zoomers 2 premiered on 1 July on Kapamilya Channel, TV5, A2Z, and is also available on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel.