Filipino-American SpongeBob game show host and YouTube star on his rise to fame and the role he was born to play
- Roi Fabito, known to his fans as Guava Juice, hit the big time on YouTube with a parody video of Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song Call Me Maybe in 2012
- Now he has four separate YouTube channels, a series of toys, his own mobile gaming app, and even a musical album
There are YouTube celebrities and there is Roi Fabito, better known to his many fans as Guava Juice. His wholesome but off-the-wall videos have garnered him nearly 15 million subscribers and more than 6 billion individual views.
Now, he is taking his stardom to the next level, bringing his particular brand of antic enthusiasm to television (or at least a television network’s YouTube channel) as the host of SpongeBob SmartyPants, an all-things- SpongeBob SquarePants quiz show on Nickelodeon’s dedicated SpongeBob YouTube channel.
As the host, he oversees kids flaunting their knowledge of the popular cartoon, going head to head in the hopes of winning the coveted Golden Pineapple.
It’s the role that he was born to play, Fabito says. “I’ve been a huge SpongeBob fan growing up and even now. It’s such an amazing show, because its humour can relate to people of all ages.”
In that, his Guava Juice channel has something in common with the popular cartoon.