{{short description|Filipina television personality}} {{Philippine name|Sotto|Jacob|Sandejas|ph=married}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}} {{use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{use Philippine English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Christine Jacob | image = | birth_name = Christine Marie Sotto Jacob | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|04|30}} | birth_place = Manila, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Television host|journalist|actress}} | other_names = Christine Jacob-Sandejas<ref>{{cite news |last1=Basco |first1=Karl Cedrick |title=SEA Games: Christine Jacob walks through memory lane after PH's gold in swimming |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/09/19/sea-games-christine-jacob-walks-through-memory-lane-after-phs-gold-in-swimming |access-date=April 3, 2026 |work=ABS-CBN |date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | years_active = 1990–present | spouse = Francisco Sandejas | children = 5<ref name="pep2">{{cite news |last1=Caliwara |first1=Karen A.P. |title=Christine Jacob and her kid-friendly, not-formal house |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/home/35204/christine-jacob-and-her-not-formal-and-kid-friendly-house |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=PEP.ph |date=24 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> | agent = | website = | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox swimmer | child = yes | national_team = {{PHI}} | height = {{height|m=1.66|precision=0}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Christine Jacob |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49705 |website=www.olympediia.org |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref> | sport = Swimming | strokes = Backstroke | event = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry|{{PHI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | Singapore 1983 | 100 m backstroke}} {{MedalGold | Singapore 1983 | 200 m backstroke}} {{MedalSilver | Singapore 1983 | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | Bangkok 1985 | 100 m backstroke}} {{MedalSilver | Bangkok 1985 | 200 m backstroke}} {{MedalSilver | Bangkok 1985 | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | Manila 1981 | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | Manila 1981 | 4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | Singapore 1983 | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalBronze | Bangkok 1985 | 4×100 m medley}} }} }}
'''Christine Sotto Jacob-Sandejas''' (born April 30, 1967) is a Filipina 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.<ref name="pepph1">{{cite news |last1=Sampayan |first1=Anj |title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Eat Bulaga! Female Hosts Through the Years |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/144909/where-are-they-now-eat-bulaga-female-hosts-through-the-years-a1285-20190730-lfrm2 |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=PEP.ph |date=30 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Jacob then competed in the swimming competition in the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Basco |first1=Karl Cedrick |title=SEA Games: Christine Jacob walks through memory lane after PH's gold in swimming |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/09/19/sea-games-christine-jacob-walks-through-memory-lane-after-phs-gold-in-swimming |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=ABS CBN News |date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web |author=Cariaso, Bella |date=January 6, 2024 |title=Court orders TAPE, GMA to stop using ''Eat Bulaga'' |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/01/06/2323820/court-orders-tape-gma-stop-using-eat-bulaga |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=The Philippine Star}} * {{cite news |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Marikina Court enjoins TAPE Inc., GMA from using ''Eat Bulaga'' trademark |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/893262/marikina-court-enjoins-tape-inc-gma-from-using-eat-bulaga-trademark/story/ |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=GMA Network |language=en}} * {{cite web |author=gdecastro0289 |date=January 6, 2024 |title=TAPE stops using ''Eat Bulaga!'' as Tito, Vic, Joey start using it for noon show |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/tape-drops-eat-bulaga-tito-vic-joey-start-using-noon-show/ |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=Rappler |language=en-PH}} * {{cite news|url= https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/12/06/2316742/tvj-wins-eat-bulaga-trademark-case-vs-tape|title= TVJ Wins Eat Bulaga|date= December 6, 2023|newspaper= The Philippine Star}} * {{cite news|url= https://manilastandard.net/news/314396239/ipo-cancels-eat-bulaga-trademark-registration-credits-tvj-as-original-creator.html|title= IPO cancels 'Eat Bulaga' trademark registration, credits TVJ as original creator|date= December 6, 2023|newspaper= Manila Standard}} * {{Cite web |last=Evangelista |first=Jessica Ann |date=December 5, 2023 |title=TVJ rightful owner of 'Eat Bulaga' trademark, says IPO |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/530297/eat-bulaga-trademark-belongs-to-tvj-says-ipo |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} * {{Cite web |last=Purnell |first=Kristofer |title=Court of Appeals affirms TVJ ownership of 'Eat Bulaga' trademark |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2025/01/01/2411156/court-appeals-affirms-tvj-ownership-eat-bulaga-trademark |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Philstar.com}} * {{Cite web |date=2025-09-28 |title=CA denies TAPE motion for reconsideration in 'Eat Bulaga' copyright case vs TVJ |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/9/28/ca-denies-tape-motion-for-reconsideration-in-eat-bulaga-copyright-case-vs-tvj-1049 |website=ABS-CBN |access-date=2025-09-28}} * {{cite web|author=staff|title=TVJ uses 'Eat Bulaga' again, TAPE renames show after court ruling|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2024/1/6/tvj-eat-bulaga.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107003458/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2024/1/6/TVJ-Eat-Bulaga.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2024|website=cnnphilippines.com|access-date=6 January 2024 |date=6 January 2024}}</ref>
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 working as a journalist of NewsWatch Plus on both RPTV (where ''Eat Bulaga!'' currently airing together with TV5) and its half-sister channel Aliw Channel 23.
==Filmography== ===Film=== *1991: ''Rocky Plus V'' as Lorna *1991: ''Sam & Miguel (Your Basura, No Problema)'' as Lydia *1993: ''Kuya Kong Siga'' as Jessica *1996: ''Enteng and the Shaolin Kid'' as News Anchor *1997: ''Babae'' as a student
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title |- | 1990–1995 | ''News on 4'' |- | 1991–1998; 2023–2025 | ''Eat Bulaga!''<ref name="pepph1"/> |- | 1995–1997 | ''GMA Supershow'' |- |1996–1997 |''Miss Asia Pacific International'' |- | 1998–2001 | ''Magandang Tanghali Bayan''<ref name="pepph1"/> |- | 2005–2007 | ''Mobile Kusina'' |- | 2007 | ''Here Comes the Bride'' |- | 2009–2012 | ''Full Time Moms''<ref>{{cite news |title=Christine Jacob-Sandejas and Suzi Entrata-Abrera describe motherhood as the "toughest" and "most fulfilling" job |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/24276/christine-jacob-sandejas-and-suzi-entrata-abrera-describe-motherhood-as-the-toughest-and-most-fulfil |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=PEP.ph |date=28 March 2011 |language=en}}</ref> |- | 2012 | ''Game'' |- | 2015–2017 | ''Real Talk''<ref name="pep2"/> |- | 2017–2024 | ''New Day'' |- | 2018–2024 | ''Wholesome Meals, Better Life'' |- | 2024–present | ''NewsWatch Plus'' |}
==Awards== *1991 PMPC Star Awards for Television "Best New TV Personality" (''Eat Bulaga!'' / ABS-CBN 2)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Acar |first1=Aedrianne |title=Former EB Dabarkad Christine Jacob: Where is she now? |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/9333/former-eb-dabarkad-christine-jacob-where-is-she-now/photo/112415/spotlight |access-date=3 January 2024 |work=www.gmanetwork.com |date=19 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *2006 PMPC Star Awards for Television "Best Educational Show Host" (''Mobile Kusina'' / GMA 7)
==See also== *List of Filipino sportspeople
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/christine-jacob-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/christine-jacob-1.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 18, 2020|title=Christine Jacob}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1300071|Christine Jacob}}
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