Boy Abunda

Boy Abunda was born in Borongan. He attended Ateneo de Manila University taking up business management. However, he failed to finish that course because of his father's death. He left Ateneo and worked in odd jobs to support himself.

At the Metropolitan Theater, he worked as a stage actor and after that, as an assistant stage manager. Later, he became the assistant of the theater's administrator Conchita "Tita Conching" Sunico, who taught him public relations. Within a couple of years, he started Backroom, Inc., a public relations firm. He was working as a public relations consultant for GMA Network when a network executive named Bobby Barreiro, suggested him to try hosting a television show.

Abunda became a host of Show and Tell, a late night variety talk show with Gretchen Barretto, and Startalk, an entertainment talk show. He subsequently moved to GMA Network's competitor ABS-CBN in 1999, where he has hosted the following shows: The Buzz, Private Conversations, Homeboy, Kontrobersyal, SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon and The Bottomline with Boy Abunda, a talk show interview. He is also a newscaster for entertainment of the late-night news program Bandila.

He also produced an album titled Melodic Conversations.

He graduated from Philippine Women's University with a degrees of Bachelor of Arts in communication arts in 2009, Master of Arts in communication arts in 2011, and Doctor of Philosophy in social development in 2016.

Abunda is openly gay and has been in a relationship with partner Elmer "Bong" Quintana since 1983. Although a practicing Catholic and Marian devotee, Abunda is a supporter of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, and has expressed disagreement over the church's stand on homosexuality. He denounced the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, which has been recorded as the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in United States history.

On June 23, 2010, Abunda became a part-time professor at Philippine Women's University teaching radio and television to communication arts students. He currently resides in Quezon City.

Not known to all, but Tito Boy has a very unique taste for style as well that is why he hired his long time hair dresser, Rocky Tolentino, who was said to brush and Tito Boy's hair everyday.

In August 2014, Abunda was not seen on TV for weeks.On September 7, 2014, he revealed in an exclusive interview with The Buzz that he had suffered from a medical condition in which 300 milliliters of abscess was removed from his liver. He was discharged from the hospital on August 23.

Television shows

Films

• Celebrity Inductee Winner, Eastwood City Walk Of Fame Philippines in 2010
• 3rd EdukCircle Awards - Most Influential Celebrity Endorser of Year (2013)
• Winner, Best Showbiz Oriented Show Host - PMPC Star Awards for TV
  • Startalk (1995–1999)
  • The Buzz (1999–2008 and 2010) (tied with Paolo Bediones in 2005)
  • SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (2009)
  • Hall of Fame (2011)
• Winner, Best Public Affairs Program Host - PMPC Star Awards for TV
  • Private Conversations (2004)
  • The Bottomline With Boy Abunda (2010-2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
• Winner, Best Magazine Show Host - PMPC Star Awards for TV
  • Kontrobersyal (2004)
• Winner, Best Celebrity Talk ShowHost - PMPC Star Awards for TV
  • Homeboy (2005–2007)
  • Boy and Kris (2008)
• Winner, Best Talk Show Host - UPLB Gandingan Awards
  • Homeboy (2006)
  • Boy and Kris (2007–2008)