Biography

He was born in 1978 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Raised in San Jose, California, Rovilson attended film school, fell in love with Asian Cinema and moved to Manila in 1999. Not finding any openings for directors, he suddenly found himself a travel show host for Lakbay TV.

He hosted Gameplan on Studio 23 and works an editor

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 for Maxim

Maxim (magazine)

Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....

 Philippines. Together with Marc Nelson

Marc Nelson (actor)

Marc Saw Nelson , better known as Marc Nelson is a television host and model mostly credited for being one of Philippine television's most visible and prominent personalities...

, he also hosted several television shows like The Duke

The Duke (TV talk show)

The Duke is TV magazine talk show cum lifestyle magazine for men, produced by AXN Asia.It is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, the alpha males last seen on the 2nd season of The Amazing Race Asia, and Eunice Olsen, Miss Singapore-Universe 2000 and a nominated member of parliament.Its...

 on AXN Asia

AXN Asia

AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...

 and Dare Duo on QTV 11

The Amazing Race Asia 2

Fernandez and his "best buddy" Marc Nelson

Marc Nelson (actor)

Marc Saw Nelson , better known as Marc Nelson is a television host and model mostly credited for being one of Philippine television's most visible and prominent personalities...

 are most noted for competing in the AXN reality show, The Amazing Race Asia 2

The Amazing Race Asia 2

The Amazing Race Asia 2 is the second season of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. The show features ten teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win US$100,000....

. They hold the record for the most consecutive leg placing, finishing 1st from leg 2 to leg 8 and leg 11.

They finished in 3rd Place in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, after Rovilson faltered at the final task, which is a roadblock

Roadblock

A roadblock is a temporary installation set up to control or block traffic along a road. The reasons for one could be:*Roadworks*Temporary road closure during special events*Police chase*Robbery*Sobriety checkpoint...

, despite being the first to commence the task. It involves arranging of flags of the countries they had visited.