SexBomb Girls shine despite producers walkout

February 18 ------ SexBomb Girls Sunshine Garcia and Mia Pangyarihan shared how amazed they were that their reunion concerts became a huge hit. "Ang goal namin ay makapag-reunion sa isang malaking venue na hindi namin nagawa noong time ng SexBomb. Nag-guest naman kami sa mga concert ng ibang artista, pero hindi kami ang main," said Mia during an appearance on the GMA online program "Your Honor" hosted by Chariz Solomon and Buboy Villar.

Sunshine added, "Masaya kami. Hindi namin ini-expect na sold-out siya at dadami pa ang shows namin. Ang sa amin lang naman ay matuloy ang reunion. Kaya noong sold out na kami, paldo! "May mga nagre-request sa amin na taga-ibang bansa na sa kanila naman daw. Iba talaga yung atmosphere during the concert. Parang hindi 2025. Parang dinala tayo sa dati. Enjoy talaga kami sa concert. Parang walang pagod. Two months kaming tuloy-tuloy sa training," said Mia.

Sunshine said they thought the concerts would end at around three. But to their surprise, a fourth show was added because of the huge demand! She explained that they only planned up to the third round, but tickets sold out so fast that they had to add a fourth round—just for those who missed out! They were shocked when 100,000 people were already in line for tickets. Mia added, "20,000 ang makakapasok sa MOA pero nasa 100,000 ang cue. (20,000 can enter the MOA, but the cue is around 100,000.)" But Mia and Sunshine recalled the time when producers backed out of their planned reunion concert.

"Then December yun. Late na rin at lahat ng money ng company ay nakalabas na. Then, naghanap kami ng co-producers. Meron tapos nawala. Na-ghosting kami. Ang sakit. Tinuloy pa rin namin. Sabi namin, kaya natin ito. Push!, Mia said. Mia added, "Lahat ng girls kinausap namin kung okay lang magpo-promo kami nang walang bayad. Yung costume kanya, kanya muna. Walang pagkain. Diet naman kasi kami eh. Pero meron namang itlog at saging. Grabe rin ang effort and sacrifice na ginawa nila. Yung iba, ang layo pa nila at galing pa sa ibang bansa. I think this is the right time for a reunion. Each one of us prepares the costume. There was no food. We were on a diet. But there were eggs and bananas."

Five of the SexBomb Girls shelled out money just to push the reunion concert. The girls at first doubted whether their fans would watch their show, said Mia. "Ang tagal naming nawala sa showbiz. Ang tagal naming nanahimik. Natakot kaming bumalik. Baka wala nang manood at gustong mag-produce. So nagambagan kami. So may group chat kami. The first question is: Sino ang gustong sumama sa reunion? Lahat, yes. Then sino ang gustong mag-produce? Lima kaming nag okay."

The SexBomb Girls thanked those who believed in them when they first considered the concert. For their message to the producers who backed out, Mia laughed and said, "It's your loss." Sunshine added, "Kami pala yung pinakawalan ninyo."

Sunshine also has a message to producers who backed out, but decided to approach them again after the shows were successful. "Hindi na! Okay na kami. Matapos kaming ma-ghosting, okay na kami. Okay na okay na kami. Sinarado na namin. Kung sino lang talaga yung mga nakasama at nagtiwala sa amin noong una, sila na lang," she said. But Mia said she wouldn't blame the producers who backed out. "Tumitingin din sila sa business side, syempre. Kumbaga, ano ang balik sa kanila kapag nag-invest sa amin?"

Source: mb.com.p