Melisa Bunayog Cantiveros (; born April 6, 1988) is a Filipino comedian, television personality and actress. She rose to fame in 2009, after winning '. In 2015, she won the first season of the Filipino version of Your Face Sounds Familiar. She is currently one of ABS-CBN's contract talents and one of the host of the networks longest running morning show, Magandang Buhay. Her accolades include an Asia Artist Award, two PMPC Star Awards for Television, including a nomination for an Asian Television Award.
Melisa Bunayog Cantiveros was born in General Santos, Philippines, to Dionisio and Virginia Cantiveros. She is the third of four siblings, and the only daughter. She finished at Mindanao State UniversityâÂÂGeneral Santos, where she was an activist and member of a social democratic party.
She married her Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up housemate Jason Francisco on December 9, 2013, as she carried their first child, a girl born in 2014. On July 26, 2016, she and Francisco confirmed their separation through their daughter's Instagram. The couple later reconciled, with Cantiveros having her second child with Francisco, a girl born in 2017. The couple now have the YouTube channel "Melason Family".
In October 2009, Cantiveros entered the Big Brother house along with 25 other housemates. After 133 days, she was able to garner enough votes to reach the final episode wherein she won the competition by getting 1,226,675 votes or 32.08% of the entire votes.
In February 2010, Cantiveros did guesting in several talk shows like The Buzz, ', and Entertainment Live. She was also invited to variety shows such as ASAP ROCKS. She and her real life partner, Jason Francisco, starred in a reality show spin off entitled Melason In Love.
Cantiveros was also cast in the daytime drama Impostor. She also landed a main role in the fantaserye show, Kokey @ Ako. She also played a main role in Maalaala Mo Kaya as a maid named Pangga. She became one of the hosts on the now defunct noon time show Happy, Yipee, Yehey. She also played a main role as Brandy De la Paz in Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Mana Po before the show ended in late March.
In February 2015, Cantiveros became the winner of Your Face Sounds Familiar.