Samuel Lloyd “Sam” Lacia Milby (born on May 23, 1984, in Troy, Ohio, United States), is a Filipino-American who joined Pinoy Big Brother as a housemate. He later turned actor, commercial model, and recording artist, and continues to work for ABS-CBN.
Agnes Monica is a Chinese Indonesian pop recording artist, dancer, actress, songwriter, and model. Her career started when she was only 6 years old.
Park Yoochun, better known by his stage names, Micky, Micky Yoochun (in South Korea) and Yuchun (ユチョン, Yuchon?) (in Japan). He is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer, and occasional actor. He is a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ.
Micky was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, until his family immigrated to the United States when he was in the sixth grade. He lived in Fairfax, Virginia, where he attended Holmes Middle School and Chantilly High School. He was scouted by Brothers Entertainment and went back to South Korea, where he joined SM Entertainment. He has a younger brother named Park Yoohwan.
Kim Jaejoong, better known by his stage names, Hero, Youngwoong Jaejoong (in South Korea) and Jejung (ジェジュン, Jejun?) (in Japan), is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer and occasional actor. He is a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan.
Hero was born as Han Jaejoon (한재준, 韓在俊) in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. At a young age, Hero was given up for adoption by his birth mother to the Kims and his name was changed to Kim Jaejoong. When he was fifteen, he moved to Seoul by himself in order to take part in the auditions held by SM Entertainment. Life in Seoul proved to be hard for Hero and he had to take various odd jobs to come up with the ₩150,000 needed for the rent. He once took on a role as a soldier in the movie Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo (태극기 휘날리며); with the money he acquired from the job he used the money to buy gum, which he sold to a female employee at a supermarket.
Monica Pauline Gil is a Filipina singer, host, model and actress. Born in Manila to Dino and Julie Gil. Being born to a musically-inclined family, her father a piano player and her mom a church choir member, she was already singing and doing voiceovers for commercials as early as four years old. She graduated from Shekinah Christian Training Center in March 2004 as batch valedictorian. In 2009, she graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University majoring in English Literature.
Gil released her first self-titled album, “Nikki Gil”, in 2005 under EMI Philippines with “Sakayan ng Jeep” as the carrier single. It was later repackaged in 2006 and released with the addition of a graduation song entitled “Glowing Inside”. In July 2006, EMI Philippines and Walt Disney Records introduced her, with other Asian artists Vince Chong of Malaysia and Alicia Pan of Singapore, to sing and to star in the music video of Disney Channel’s original movie High School Musical’s theme song, “Breaking Free”. Gil sang “Gotta Go My Own Way”, which also climbed the charts and boosted High School Musical’s status to double platinum record.
Rhian Ramos is a Filipina actress, commercial model and singer. She is notable for playing a damsel in distress, famously through Captain Barbell (her debut) and in Stairway to Heaven. She is the niece of Assistant Vice President of GMA Network, Ida Ramos Henares.
Rhian Ramos made an abrupt transition to acting when she was noticed by film producer Annette Gozon-Abrogar through her McDonald’s McJelly Trio advert. She was cast as the female lead of the popular telefantasya Captain Barbell, opposite Richard Gutierrez in 2006, and again in Lupin the following year. She has played the lead role in My Only Love opposite Mark Herras.
Marifil Niña Giradoorn, best known simply as Nina, is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and commercial model. Girado has released multiplatinum records in the Philippines and is also known as the "Asia’s Soul Siren". She is sister of singer Filbert “King” Girado, Jr. She has released seven albums and performs at bars such as Taboo Ultra Lounge, Bagaberde Grill, Hard Rock Cafe, 19 East, Club-O and can be seen on TV via the musical variety show ASAP on ABS-CBN. She can be heard on her weekly radio show on Wave 89.1 radio station, "Renditions of the Soul".
Her album Nina Live! is the biggest selling album by a female OPM artist, and the fourth biggest selling album in OPM History, next to Eraserheads’ Cutterpillow, and Jose Mari Chan’s Christmas In Our Hearts and Constant Change. Nina is the first and only female OPM artist (third overall) to achieve a Diamond album award.
Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari, or simply Karylle, is a singer, songwriter, television and film actress, writer/columnist, commercial/celebrity endorser, dancer, and television host from the Philippines. She is currently part of ABS-CBN talents.
She released her first album Time to Shine from Universal Records which got a Gold Record Award. The first single of the album “Can’t Live Without You” has a catchy hook while her second single “Callin” is a duet with international pop star Gil Ofarim which he also composed. With her first album she bagged Best Female, Best New Artist in MTV Pilipinas 2002, most Promising New Artist in Aliw Awards 2002, Best Performance by a New Female Artist in Awit Awards 2002 & Best Performance by a duet for “Kung Mawawala Ka” with Ogie Alcasid in Awit Awards, which was also used as a theme song for GMA 7′s TV series with the same title starring Sunshine Dizon and Cogie Domingo.
Rachelle Ann Go is a Filipino singer, actress and model. Go was born in Manila, Philippines. Her interest in singing started at a very young age. Her father predicted even before she turned a year old that she was destined to be a star. When she turned seven, she underwent vocal training and lessons and, by the time she was nine, she participated in her very first amateur singing competition and won the first prize, belting out Jennifer Holliday’s "And I Am Telling You," in spite of being the youngest contender.
In 2003, Go auditioned for a talent search show on GMA-7, Search for a Star. She passed the auditions and made it as one of the twelve finalists. On March 13, 2004 Rachelle was announced as the grand champion singing her rendition of Mariah Carey’s "Through the Rain". After the contest, she transfers to ABS-CBN.
Regine Velasquez, born Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez, is a Filipino singer, actress, record producer, TV host, stage director, fashion designer, and commercial and print model. She is dubbed as the Asia’s Songbird after winning the 1989 Asia Pacific Singing Contest in Hong Kong and is widely known for possessing a wide vocal range.
Velasquez was the first Filipino to stage a solo concert at the Main Hall of Carnegie Hall, part of Carnegie Hall’s centennial-year concert series. In 2000, she performed the country’s millennial theme, televised in 55 broadcast networks throughout the world to coincide with midnight in Manila.
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