Daryl Ong
Daryl Neilsonn Ong, or simply known as Daryl Ong is a singer-songwriter in the Philippines. He rose to fame after joining the singing competition The Voice of the Philippines .
When Ong entered the stage of The Voice of the Philippines Season 2 for his blind auditions, he sang his audition piece "Paano", he did not only astound all the judges, he also left quite an impression to the Filipino viewers.
Life and career
Before he push through his singing career, he was a cartoonist in ABS-CBN. Ong was an animator of the popular Filipino animated series, "Super Inggo at ang Super Tropa". The animated series was the first 100% Pinoy Filipino animated TV series.From being a member of a boy group named "Voices of 5", he started doing a plenty of song covers, such as "All of Me", "Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko", "Rude" “ Ikaw Na Nga" which gives new flavour to the listeners and posted it on his own YouTube channel which gained hundreds and thousands of views.
In 2005 and 2008, he was a strong contender in the local singing contests, Pinoy Pop Superstar and Pinoy Idol. While in 2014, he decided to join ABS-CBN's reality singing competition, The Voice of the Philippines. In his blind audition, he impressed the coaches as he was one of those ‘3-chair’ turners. Among the three coaches, he chose the international artist, record producer and Black Eyed Peas member, apl.de.ap.
From 2016 – February 2018, Daryl Ong was under Cornerstone Entertainment Inc, however he was no longer under Cornerstone after a contract renewal with Star Music. He is currently a member of the all-male vocal trio BuDaKhel along with Bugoy Drilon and Michael Pangilinan.
Filmography
Year | Show | Notes | Network |
2014 | The Voice of the Philippines | Semi-finalist | |
2015–2020 | ASAP | Member of ASAP Soul Sessions, Host /performer of ASAP The Love Connection | |
2016 | Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs 2016 | Interpreter of "Minamahal Pa Rin Ako" | |
2017 | FPJ's Ang Probinsyano | Wedding Singer | |
2017 | - | - | - |
Daryl Ong also did guestings in various ABS-CBN and GMA shows:
- Umagang Kay Ganda
- Magandang Buhay
- It's Showtime
- Gandang Gabi, Vice!
- Tonight with Boy Abunda
- Eat Bulaga
- Wowowin
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