Kenneth Medrano

Kenneth Earl Gesulga Medrano (born May 9, 1991) also known as Bae Kenneth, Kem or popularly known as Kenneth Medrano as his screen name is a Filipino television personality, model, dancer and actor.

He is best known for his viral Dubsmash videos especially the song Twerk It Like Miley by Brandon Beal, thus naming him "The Philippines' King of Dubsmash,"

and his role as Pacoy Alvero in the afternoon's prime time drama Buena Familia on GMA Network and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV.

He gained fame after winning as the "Ultimate Bae Grand Winner" of That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest on Eat Bulaga!.

He is a member of Eat Bulaga!'s in-house dance group That's My Bae.

Medrano was born and raised in Cebu City, Cebu Philippines to Anna Nimfa Gesulga and Glend Medrano.

His mother is a government employee while his father is a retired navy and a teacher.

He is the third child of four brothers namely Adriane Glen, Jerrick Karl, and Leuvick Jann.

He finished his elementary education at Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion.

He finished his high school education and taking up a bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) in Lahug, Cebu City.

He started as a local talent of GMA Network in Cebu and a professional model on VAMP, a Cebu-based talent model agency.

He also modeled on various local clothing lines in Cebu.

Before joining That's My Bae, Medrano was once worked as a bartender in a coffee shop in Cebu City, Coffee Prince Cebu.

In 2009, he tried to audition for the season 5 of StarStruck on GMA Network but he didn't make it on the next round of auditions.

In the early part of 2015, Medrano's career took off after he began posting dubsmash compilations on Facebook.

A compilation in which he impersonates the cartoon character Johnny Bravo, songs of One Direction, Akon, Backstreet Boys, High School Musical, Westlife, Air Supply, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Bieber, the song "I'm an Albatraoz" by AronChupa and "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith, local celebrities like Julia Barretto, scenes from the movie Maybe This Time by Sarah Geronimo and Coco Martin, The Love Affair by Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta, One More Chance by John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, Forevermore (TV series) by Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano and also he do the transformation video of a popular detergent soap in the Philippines.

He sings some of his favorite songs like "Kasalanan Ko Ba" by Neocolours, "Kunin Mo Na ang Lahat sa Akin" by Jeremiah and also he dances, all of the videos he posted online through social media.

Among all of his compilations, Medrano is the one who started to trend the dubsmash hit "Twerk It Like Miley" by Brandon Beal which he made went viral online with 2.6 million views overnight.

He was featured on Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho’s episode “Twerk It Like Miley”.

He earned the title “King of Dubsmash" in the Philippines. He dreamed that he will be featured and guest on an international TV show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He had the opportunity to collaborate with other well known Dubsmashers. He made a remake version of "Twerk It Like Miley" dubsmash together with the Dubsmash Queen Maine Mendoza.

Subsequently, Medrano recently posted his latest dubsmash version of Charlie Puth's song One Call Away on his Twitter account dedicated to all his fans.

On 11 July 2015, Medrano joined That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest, a segment on the longest running noontime show Eat Bulaga! airing on GMA Network.

On his joining to the contest, Medrano is known already by many people because of the viral video he made and is the key and opened opportunities for him to become an artist.

Among a thousand men auditioned the contest, he makes it to the semi-finals until he reached into the grand finals.

On 29 August 2015, there are seven grand finalists left on the competition.

He joined together with his fellow bae colleagues in the contest with Miggy Tolentino, Joel Palencia, Gab Bayan, Tommy Peñaflor, Jon Timmons and Kim Last.

His personality, looks, and dance moves have a great impact and potential to his life that the audience and the judges like him.

He was declared as the “Ultimate Bae Grand Winner”.

He received P250,000 as the grand prize and also included in PLDT Home Ultera's list of brand ambassadors.

Medrano also chosen as the “Ultimate Bae Dabarkads People’s Choice Award” by people's text votes and likes on his picture posted by Eat Bulaga!'s Facebook page.

Subsequently, Medrano and the rest of his bae colleagues are regularly seen and performed daily on Eat Bulaga!.

In September 2015, Medrano and the rest of his bae colleagues gave a segment on Eat Bulaga! entitled “ATM with the BAES”.

In September 2015, Medrano was part of the supporting cast on which he portrays one of the protagonists, as Pacoy Alvero on afternoon's prime time Buena Familia on GMA Network.

This makes him as his first appearance in an actual teleserye and his debut acting career.

Pacoy (Medrano) together with Harry, character which portrayed by Martin del Rosario are the two men who are rivals and battles in Celine's heart which portrayed by Kylie Padilla.

He appeared as a guest star in the TV sitcom Ismol Family.

He also appeared on a true to life love story drama on Wagas aired on GMA News TV which he portrays George, an ordinary poor unemployed man and security guard which is in love with a rich girl named Belle which portrayed by Kylie Padilla.

In January 2016, the segment was changed into "Dancing in Tandem" on which he is one of the judges together with his fellow bae colleague Kim Last and later the segment was changed into "Hotline Bae" in February 2016.

After winning as the Ultimate Bae Grand Winner of That's My Bae: Twerk It Dance Contest on Eat Bulaga!, Medrano undergoes a series of acting workshops under with Ana Feleo.

He subsequently guests and appears on different shows on GMA Network and GMA News TV.