MANILA, 7 October 2021 - Many travel plans have been put on hold, but audiences might just be able to satisfy their wanderlust through AXN Asia’s newest Original Production My Hometown Is G.O.A.T.. In collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT), the upcoming series will take viewers on a fun and picturesque journey across the Philippines as it follows local celebrities who are on a mission to show exactly why each of their hometowns is the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T.).

Primed to show off the beauty of the Philippines to the whole of Asia, the six-episode travel and lifestyle reality series will premiere regionally in Southeast Asia on November 4, with episodes coming out on AXN Asia every Thursday and Friday at 8.30PM, and on the AXN Asia YouTube channel every following Wednesday at 8.30PM. The show will also be broadcast on AXN Taiwan and AXN Korea starting November 8 and November 13 respectively.

In My Hometown Is G.O.A.T., three sets of celebrity adventurers, Miss World 2013 Megan Young along with her husband Mikael Daez, Miss Universe Philippines 2019 Gazini Ganados, and basketball superstar Marc Pingris along with his Philippine Bikers Amazing “PBA” Moto Club crew JC Intal, Jayjay Helterbrand and Rico Maierhofer, will share some of the countless reasons why each of their hometowns deserves to be added into the bucket list of just about any kind of traveler. By their own example, they will also show audiences how to be safe and savvy when traveling in the Philippines in the new normal.

Derek Wong, Vice President and Head of Production and Creative for KC Global Media Asia, the network that owns leading English general entertainment channel AXN Asia along with Asian content destinations Animax, ONE and GEM, said about the show, “Many people miss traveling for adventure, but even more still miss home. In My Hometown Is G.O.A.T., we combine the thrill of travel with the nostalgia for one’s roots: our celebrity hosts go on trips not just to any random destination, but back to places that hold personal meaning to them, and as they do so, they proudly show off the best that each of these regions has to offer.”