Daryl Ong

Daryl Ong
Born
Daryl Neilsonn Ong

(1987-03-24) March 24, 1987 (age 37)
Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, animator
Years active2005–present
Agents
  • Cornerstone Entertainment Inc. (2016–2018)
  • Star Music (2015–2020)
  • KreativDen (2019–present)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
Dea Formilleza
(m. 2022)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Labels

Daryl Neilsonn Ong (born March 24, 1987) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after joining the singing competition The Voice of the Philippines.

When Ong sang his blind audition piece "Paano" (original by Gary Valenciano) for The Voice of the Philippines Season 2, he impressed the judges and the Filipino viewers.[1]

Life and career

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Before he push through his singing career, he was a cartoonist in ABS-CBN.[2] 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 (2005) and Pinoy Idol (2008).[3] While in 2014, he decided to join ABS-CBN's reality singing competition, The Voice of the Philippines (season 2). 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.[4]

From 2016 to February 2018, Ong was under Cornerstone Entertainment Inc., however he was no longer under Cornerstone after a contract renewal with Star Music. He is a member of the all-male vocal trio BuDaKhel along with Bugoy Drilon and Michael Pangilinan, and currently managed by KreativDen.

Discography

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Singles

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Filmography

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Year Show(s) Notes Network
2005 Pinoy Pop Superstar Contestant GMA Network
2008 Pinoy Idol
2014 The Voice of the Philippines (season 2) Semi-finalist ABS-CBN
2015–2020 ASAP Member of ASAP Soul Sessions (2016–17), Host (January–April 2018)/performer of ASAP The Love Connection (TLC) (January–November 2018)
2016 Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs 2016 Interpreter of "Minamahal Pa Rin Ako"
2017 FPJ's Ang Probinsyano Wedding singer
2018 The Blood Sisters
2020–2021 Sunday Noontime Live! Performer

Ong also did casual guestings in various ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5 shows:

Accolades

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Year Award-giving Body/Critics Award(s)/Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
2014 Philippine Popular Music Festival Best Song Torpe (Composer) 3rd Prize
2016 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music Best New Male Recording Artist of the Year Daryl Ong (album) Nominated
R&B Artist of the Year Nominated
R&B Album of the Year Nominated
29th Awit Awards Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist "Mabuti Pa" Won [6]
2017 Wish 107.5 Music Awards Music Artist of the Year Nominated [7]
Best Wish Cover Stay Nominated
Best Wishclusive Performance by a Male Artist Nominated
Wish Original Song of the Year by a Male Artist Hopeless Romantic Nominated
30th Awit Awards Best Ballad Recording Stay Nominated
2019 4th Wish 107.5 FM Music Awards Wishclusive R&B Performance of the Year Nais Kong Malaman Mo Nominated [8]
Wish R&B Song of the Year Mahal Pa Rin Kita Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "7 Things to Know About Daryl Ong". January 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Abunda, Boy. "Daryl, dating animator bago nakakanta". Philstar.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Laurena, Kobe Adam Joshua. "Daryl Ong is planning to cover an Indonesian song under Viva Records | Pikapika | Philippine Showbiz News Portal". pikapika.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Daryl Ong". Cornerstone Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "Guesting ng BuDaKhel, nakatulong sa pagtaas ng rating ng All-Out Sundays?". PEP.ph. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Sarah G, Ebe Dancel win big at 29th Awit Awards". ABS-CBN News.
  7. ^ "FULL LIST: 2nd Wish 107.5 Music Awards Winners". January 16, 2017.
  8. ^ "The 4th Wish 107.5 Music Awards: Nominees, New Categories, and More". Wish 107.5. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.