Diego Loyzaga, son of Cesar Montano and Teresa Loyzaga, enters showbiz; joins 'Mara Clara' cast!

The son of Noypi celebs Cesar Montano and Teresa Loyzaga, Diego Loyzaga is set to kick off his career in showbiz with his first project, "Mara Clara".

Yeah, the 15-year old cutie is the newest addition to the cast of today's top-rating TV show in the Philippines! He will be playing the role of "Derrick" which was originally portrayed by late actor Rico Yan.

Born on May 21, 1995, Diego migrated to Australia in 2000 with his mom and aunt actress Bing Loyzaga. He is now based in Philippines and is an incoming third-year high school student.

We'll be seeing more of Diego for sure since he signed a 3-year contract with the Kapamilya network.

Check out below the photos of the new "Derrick" of Mara Clara, Diego Loyzaga:

Diego Loyzaga to play "Derrick" in "Mara Clara"

Diego Loyzaga with his mom Teresa Loyzaga (L) and aunt Bing Loyzaga (R)

Diego Loyzaga with his dad Cesar Montano

Diego Loyzaga with step-mom Sunshine Cruz

Behind-the-scenes photo of "Mara" (Kathryn Bernardo) and "Derrick" (Diego Loyzaga)

Diego Loyzaga joins 'Mara Clara' cast as 'Derrick' | Diego Loyzaga Photos

With the blessing of his celebrity parents Cesar Montano and Teresa Loyzaga, Carlos Diego Loyzaga is all set for his career in Philippine showbiz. He recently signed a 3-year contract with the giant network ABS-CBN and he is about to appear in his first project which is the highest-rating TV series today, the "Mara Clara" remake.

Fifteen year-old Diego Loyzaga will be playing the role of "Derrick" which was originally portrayed by late actor Rico Yan.

Check out below the photos of the new "Derrick" of Mara Clara, Diego Loyzaga:

Diego Loyzaga to play "Derrick" in "Mara Clara"

Diego Loyzaga with his mom Teresa Loyzaga (L) and aunt Bing Loyzaga (R)

Diego Loyzaga with his dad Cesar Montano

Diego Loyzaga with step-mom Sunshine Cruz

Behind-the-scenes photo of "Mara" (Kathryn Bernardo) and "Derrick" (Diego Loyzaga)

'Mara Clara', still most watched Philippine TV show | Kantar Media National Household Ratings for March 31

The ABS-CBN remake of the 1990's TV series hit, "Mara Clara" is still undisputed in the Philippine TV ratings race. It has been consistently taking the number 1 spot in many surveys.

Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes as Mara and Clara, respectively | Photo courtesy of Google Images

For its March 31 episode, "Mara Clara" gained a total of 33.5% ratings topping the list of Kantar Media National Household Ratings. Another ABS-CBN primetime show, "Mutya" is a close second with 32.9%. The rest of the spots in the Top 5 are also occupied by the shows of the same TV network.

Here's the Kantar Media National Household Ratings for March 31, 2011:

TOP 15 OVER-ALL
1. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 33.5%
2. Mutya (ABS-CBN) - 32.9%
3. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (ABS-CBN) - 31.3%
4. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) - 27.7%
5. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 20.9%
6. Dwarfina (GMA-7) - 20.7%
7. Captain Barbell (GMA-7) / Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.3%
8. 24 Oras (GMA-7) / The Baker King (GMA-7) - 19.8%
9. I ♥ You Pare (GMA-7) - 18.5%
10. Mula Sa Puso (ABS-CBN) - 17.5%
11. Temptation of Wife (GMA-7) - 16.9%
12. Magic Palayok (GMA-7) 16.1%
13. Nita Negrita (GMA-7) - 14.6%
14. My Lover My Wife (GMA-7) - 14.3%
15. Showtime (ABS-CBN) - 13.3%

BREAKDOWN:

TOP 10 MEGA MANILA (55%)

1. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 29.5%
2. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 27.6%
3. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (ABS-CBN) - 26.8%
4. The Baker King (GMA-7) - 26.7%
5. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 25.2%
6. Mutya (ABS-CBN) - 24.3%
7. Captain Barbell (GMA-7) - 24.2%
8. I ♥You Pare (GMA-7) - 22.9%
9. Dwarfina (GMA-7) - 22.6%
10. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 22.5%

TOP 10 LUZON (22%)

1. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 30.4%
2. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 28.9%
3. The Baker King (GMA-7) - 28.7%
4. Mutya (ABS-CBN) - 28.4%
5. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (ABS-CBN) - 27.7%
6. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) - 27.6%
7. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 25%
8. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 24.4%
9. Captain Barbell (GMA-7) - 21.8%
10 Dwarfina (GMA-7) - 21.6%

TOP 10 VISAYAS (13%)

1. Mutya (ABS-CBN) - 46.9%
2. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 40.9%
3. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (ABS-CBN) - 40.8%
4. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) - 30.1%
5. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 26.6%
6. Mula sa Puso (ABS-CBN) - 25%
7. Green Rose (ABS-CBN) 23.3%
8. Showtime (ABS-CBN) - 23.1%
9. Captain Barbell (GMA-7) - 22.7%
10. Summer Lovin: 'You Got Me' (ABS-CBN) - 21.7%

TOP 10 MINDANAO (10%)

1. Mutya (ABS-CBN) - 55.1%
2. Mara Clara (ABS-CBN) - 48.9%
3. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin (ABS-CBN) - 46%
4. TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) - 39.1%
5. Imortal (ABS-CBN) - 37.6%
6. Mula sa Puso (ABS-CBN) - 30%
7. Showtime (ABS-CBN) - 26.8%
8. Green Rose (ABS-CBN) 25.2%
9. My Princess (ABS-CBN) - 22.7%
10. Summer Lovin: 'You Got Me' (ABS-CBN) - 21.1%

Video of a "Mara Clara" fan crying over Mara's death goes viral (VIDEO)

"Happyna19" of the popular video sharing site, Youtube, uploaded a video of her sister while the latter is crying over a scene on ABS-CBN's "Mara Clara". With the title, "MARA CLARA REACTION: How mara clara affects my sister :))", the video shows a young Filipina girl crying really hard as tragic events unfolded on the drama series hit.


Uploaded on March 4, 2011, the video already gained more than half a million hits as of this writing. On its first day, the video became the most discussed Youtube comedy clip in Israel where the youtuber comes from.

The video is expected to go even "more viral" since it was also featured on TV Patrol earlier and continuously being "shared" on social networking sites.

Here's the video of the girl who was crying over Mara's death on Youtube: