Ylona Garcia

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Ylona Garcia
Born
Ylona Jade Garcia

(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 19)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityFilipino
EducationAngelicum College
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • model
  • product endorser
Years active2014–present
AgentStar Magic (2014–2019)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Labels

Ylona Jade Garcia[fn 1] (born 28 February 2002) is a Filipino singer, actress and television personality. Garcia rose to prominence after entering as a housemate on the first part of the second special season of ABS-CBN's reality show Pinoy Big Brother (2015),[1] for which she received the title of "Daldal Darling ng Australia" (Lit. Talkative Darling of Australia)[2] and finished first runner-up at the end of the reality show.[3][4]

Early life and career[]

2002–15: Early life and career beginnings[]

Ylona Jade Garcia was born on 28 February 2002, in Sydney, to Filipino parents, Peter Garcia and Caridad Navalle-Garcia;[5] both of whom are practitioners in the medical field based in Australia.[6] She is the third among five siblings.[6] At a very young age, Garcia has performed as a front act for several Filipino singers and songwriters such as Martin Nievera, Sarah Geronimo and Rivermaya's former lead vocalist Bamboo Mañalac during their Australian concert tours.[6] Garcia also performed Zedd and Ariana Grande's song "Break Free" at the Filipino Fiesta in September 2014 with a video of the performance uploaded on her YouTube channel.[7] She has also participated in numerous singing competitions and won two notable competitions such as the Urban Star Sydney Championship in December 2014,[8] for which she received the "Most Promising Talent" award in the same month;[8] and Fast Track Australian Singing Competition as part of the junior division in March 2015.[8] Garcia also finished third in the National Urban Star Competition reaping through the "Judges Choice" segment for the "Coolest Artist" and "the artist with the 'wow' factor."[8]

2015–2020: Breakthrough[]

Main article: Pinoy Big Brother: 737

In 2015, Garcia auditioned to become a housemate for the first part of the second special season of ABS-CBN's reality television series Pinoy Big Brother, where she passed after showcasing her talents in singing, acting and dancing as well for her "confidence and candid remarks."[9] She entered the house on the second day with Franco Rodriguez, who was later hailed as the second runner-up; Kyle Secades and Zonia Mejia. During her time in the house, Garcia composed and recorded two songs, "Win the Fight" (2015), for which she composed and recorded with her fellow housemate Jimboy Martin;[10] and "Magmahal Muli" (2005, lit. To Love Again), for which she recorded with her fellow housemate Bailey May; originally composed and recorded by Sam Milby and Say Alonzo from the first season of Pinoy Big Brother (2005).[11] The songs were later featured on the extended play PBB 737 (2015) and was released on Spotify on 9 August 2015. After passing four eviction nights as a nominated housemate, she was selected as one of the four finalists after garnering 19.84% of the public vote and exited the Big Brother house on the fiftieth day, for the second part of the special season to commence.[12][13][14] However, during an episode of ABS-CBN's noontime variety series It's Showtime! (2009), Garcia and her fellow finalists Jimboy Martin, Bailey May and Rodriguez were instructed to return to the Big Brother house. During her second time in the house, Garcia participated in the final weekly task, "Short Film Festival," with her fellow finalists and the five remaining housemates of the second part of the second special season, and was cast in Pinoy Big Brother's romantic comedy film Trending: Love (2015, stylized as TRENDING: LOVE), where she portrayed the fictional character Sophie Mendoza.

On 14 August 2015, Garcia participated in the Teen Power: The Kabataang Pinoy Concert Party with her former Pinoy Big Brother: 737 housemates and finalists from the first part of the second special season, as well as other teenage actors and musicians including Sharlene San Pedro and Gimme 5.[15][16] On 8 November 2015, Garcia was hailed as the first runner-up to Martin during the Big Night ceremony at the Albay Astrodome in Legazpi, Albay, garnering 42.24% of the public vote.[17][18] In the same month, she was cast with May as part of the extended cast of ABS-CBN's romantic comedy television series On the Wings of Love (2015–16), where they portrayed the fictional character Audrey Olivar and Harry Fausto respectively[19] At the end of 2015, Star Music named Garcia as their representative for their "#SpotifySpotlight" segment in 2016.[20]

In 2016, Ylona revealed on the musical variety television show ASAP that her debut studio album would be released "very, very, very, very soon."[21] On 21 January 2016, Coca-Cola announced Ylona as one of the ambassadors for their "Taste the Feeling" campaign together with Bailey May, James Reid, Nadine Lustre, Maine Mendoza, Alden Richards, Liza Soberano, Enrique Gil, Janella Salvador, and Enchong Dee.[22] On 31 January 2016, Ylona was announced as the "Celebrity VJ" for the month of February for the music television network Myx.[23] On 4 February 2016, Ylona was signed by Star Music.[24] She eventually announced that her upcoming debut studio album will be released soon; hinting possibilities of her debut studio album releasing sometime during early-mid 2016.[24]

In 2018, Garcia became a member of the teen pop group ASAP G!. Other members of the group are Isabela Vinzon, Jayda Avanzado, Kyle Echarri, Jeremy Glinoga and Darren Espanto. The group formed on 3 June 2018 and disbanded in November 2018, when the show was reformatted into ASAP Natin 'To.[citation needed]

In 2019, Garcia transferred from Star Music to Homeworkz for her recording label.[citation needed]

On 3 May 2020, Ylona Garcia released the music video for her single "Walk In My Timbs" which features R&B artist Jay-R. The song made its official debut performance on 8 May through Philippine morning show Umagang Kay Ganda. Jay-R revealed that Ylona is the actual writer of the song while praising her amazing writing skills at a very young age which makes him inspire and learn a lot from her.[25]

On 3 December 2020, Ylona Garcia performed on 88rising's Double Happiness Winter Festival performing her single "Spilt Milk" and a cover of "Winter Things" by Ariana Grande.[26]

2021–present: 88rising, international endeavor[]

On 24 February, American-Asian international record label 88rising released a mysterious photo of Garcia on Twitter with its caption "sooner than you think". The label on 27 February officially announced the addition of Garcia as their new artist and will be handled by "Paradise Rising", a label under 88rising and Globe Telecom that focuses on Filipino artists.[27][28]

Ylona on 1 March announced that she is gearing up for her next comeback announcing the single's title "All That" alongside the release of the song's video teaser on her official social media platforms.[29][30]

On 3 March, Paradise Rising released the official music video of Ylona's single "All That". The song garnered attention and has reached more than one million views on YouTube in four days.[31]

In an annoucement made by 88rising on August 26, Ylona Garcia was confirmed to be making her next comeback with a brand new single "Don't Go Changing" for the Head in the Clouds album.[32][33] The song is announced to be perfomed by Garcia as part of the Hit in the Clouds Festival on November 7, 2021.[34]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role(s) Type of Role Network
2015 Pinoy Big Brother: 737 Herself Housemate/ 2nd Teen Big Placer ABS-CBN
Trending:Love Sophie Mendoza Main Role in PBB Short Film Task
2015–present ASAP Herself Performer/ Member of ASAP BFF's and ASAP G!
2015 It's Showtime Guest/ Performer
2015–2016 On the Wings of Love Audrey Olivar Extended cast
2016 Myx Herself Celebrity VJ
We Love OPM Member of Oh My Girls
2018 Sana Dalawa ang Puso Tadhana Tabayoyong Supporting Cast
Alamat Ng Ano: Getaway Driver Regina
2019 Coke Studio PH: My Feels Herself Host
Myx Celebrity VJ Myx

Discography[]

Extended plays[]

Album
Title Album details Certification Ref.
My Name Is Ylona Garcia
Gold
 [35]

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
Pinoy MYX
MYX Hit Chart
"Dahan Dahan Dahan Lang" 2016 7 10 My Name Is Ylona Garcia
"Fly Tonight" 2017 3 3
"Maybe A Little Bit" (feat. Jay R) 2019 — — Non-album singles
"Pretty Please" — —
"Lie So Well" — —
"Space" (feat. Jamilah) 2020 9 19
"Walk In My Timbs" (feat. Jay R) 12 —
"Spilt Milk" (feat. Billy Davis) — —
"All That" 2021 — —
"Don't Go Changing" TBD Head in the Clouds
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborative singles[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
Pinoy MYX
MYX Hit Chart
"Win The Fight"
(with Jimboy Martin) 		2015 — — My Name Is Ylona Garcia
"Magmahal Muli"
(with Bailey May) 		— — Non-album single
"O Pag-Ibig"
(with Bailey May) 		2016 1 1 Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs (2016)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearance[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
Pinoy MYX
MYX Hit Chart
"Don't Say Goodbye" 2016 — — Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7 OST
"O Pag-Ibig"
(with Bailey May) 		1 1 Vince and Kath and James OST
"Dahan Dahan Dahan Lang" 2019 7 10 Hello, Love, Goodbye OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Videography[]

Music videos[]

Ylona Garcia as of March 2021, has released 6 official music videos. One collaboration MV with Bailey May, two MV featuring Jay-R and one MV featuring the duo of Luna Kareem and Ruba Kareem popularly known as "Jamilah" and three MV as a lead artist.

Title Year Director
"O Pag-Ibig" 2016 Jasper Salimbangon
"Dahan Dahan Dahan Lang" N/A
"Fly Tonight" 2017 Alco Guerrero
"Space" 2020 Colby Jackson
"Walk In My Timbs" E
"All That" 2021 Suz Kim

Concert/ Tours and Guestings[]

Date Concert Title Producer Venue
14 August 2015 Teen Power: The Kabataang Pinoy Concert Party Star Events Aliw Theater
29 July 2016 One Music Digital Concert: My Name is Ylona Garcia One Music ABS-CBN (Studio 10)
21 October 2017 Arrival Ylona Garcia Star Events Music Museum

Guesting in a Concert

> Darren Espanto : D Total Experience 

  26 June 2016 at Kia Theater

> One Music Digital Concert by Iñigo Pascual

  2 July 2017 at ABS-CBN Studio 10

Awards & nominations[]

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Ylona Garcia

Other Ventures[]

Endorsements[]

Year Brand Type of Product
Bench 2016 Clothing Brand
Jollibee 2017 Fast Food Chain
Coca-Cola Beverage
Sunsilk Shampoo
Huawei Phones Smart Phones (Gadgets)
Clean & Clear Skin-care product
SM Parisian Bags
Pond's 2019 Skin care
Estee Lauder Beauty
Fujifilm Instax Camera
Swiss Miss 2020 Chocolate drink
Popeye's Fast Food Chain

Magazine Covers[]

Year Magazine Brand Issue Title Publishing company
2016 Meg Magazine (July–August) Special: Ylona Garcia One Mega Group Inc.
Chalk Magazine (August) Summer Lovin with Coca-cola ambassadors ABS-CBN Publishing
Candy Magazine (November) Girl Gang with Andrea Brillantes Summit Media
2017 Metro Magazine (February) Pretty Young Things with Sofia Andres & Elisse Joson ABS-CBN Publishing
Mega Magazine (March) On the rise One Mega Group Inc.
Metro Magazine (May) Star Magic 25 with Julia Barretto, Liza Soberano, Kathryn Bernardo, Janella Salvador etc. ABS-CBN Publishing
Preview Magazine (June) Eat, Girls Summit Media
Mega Magazine (July) Women to watch out with Elisse Joson, Alexa Ilacad, Sue Ramirez, Loisa Andalio, Maris Racal etc. One Mega Group Inc.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ylona Garcia was born in Australia. Thus, she does not possess her mother's maiden name which is Navalle.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ylona Garcia enters PBB House". ABS-CBN Corporation Entertainment. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ "PBB 737 – MEET HOUSEMATE #11: YLONA JADE GARCIA". Scrawlrs. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ "PBB 737: 2nd Teen Big Placer – Ylona Garcia". ABS-CBN Corporation Entertainment. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ^ "PBB 737: Welcome to the outside world 2nd Teen Big Placer Ylona Garcia". ABS-CBN Corporation Entertainment. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Ylona's mother: Crush is just a natural thing". ABS-CBN Corporation Entertainment. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Meet PBB housemate, Ylona Garcia". Scrawlrs. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ^ "PYlona Garcia sings Break Free at Filipino Fiesta!". Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Pinoy Big Brother Welcomes Aussie Teen, Ylona Garcia". Filipin-Oz. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Pinoy Big Brother Welcomes Aussie Teen, Ylona Garcia". Filipin-Oz. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Ylona Garcia recorded her song 'Win The Fight'". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Bailey, Ylona sing "Magmahal Muli"". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  12. ^ "imboy, Bailey, Ylona and Franco are PBB 737's teen Big 4". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Jimboy, Bailey, Ylona and Franco makes PBB 737 Big 4, Kenzo Gutierrez eliminated". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  14. ^ "PBB 737 Teen Edition Big 4! Ylona Garcia, Jimboy Martin, Bailey May Thomas & Franco Rodriguez". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Kapamilya stars headline 'Teen Power Concert'". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Top 5 Powerful Moments at' Teen Power: The Kabataang Pinoy Concert Party'". Push. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  17. ^ "PBB 737 2nd Teen Big Placer – "Ylona Garcia"". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Welcome to the outside world 2nd teen big placer Ylona Garcia". ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  19. ^ "BaiLona joins JaDine in OTWOL taping in Ilocos". News Ko. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Ylona Garcia for Spotify". My Chos. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  21. ^ @ASAPOFFICIAL (24 January 2016). "very, very, very, VERY SOON :) – Ylona G" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Taste the feeling with Coca-Cola & the launch of a new breed of Coke Ph Ambassadors". Nognog in the City. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  23. ^ "BAILEY MAY And YLONA GARCIA Are The MYX Celebrity VJs For February!". myx. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b "Star Music welcomes ex-'PBB' housemate Ylona Garcia", Star Music. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  25. ^ "JAY R, Ylona collaborate on new single". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  26. ^ "ICYMI: Ylona Garcia finally debuts with 88rising". wethepvblic.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  27. ^ "Sooner than you think @ylona_garcia". 88rising. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ "Up Next: Ylona Garcia joins 88rising". rappler.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Up Next: 88rising x Ylona Garcia collab". wethepvblic.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  30. ^ "#ALLTHATSHIT DROPS MARCH 3RD". Ylona Garcia. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ "Ylona Garcia's 'All That'music video hits 1 million views". inquirer.net. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  32. ^ "Ylona Garcia announces new single 'Don't Go Changing'". bandwagon.asia.
  33. ^ "Ylona Garcia is Calling on her Fans to be part of her new Music Video". myx.global. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  34. ^ "Saweetie, Joji, Niki, Rich Brian, Guapdad 4000, Ylona Garcia, beabadobee to Perform at 88Rising HITC Festival". myx.global. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  35. ^ "Ylona Garcia receives Gold record award!". 16 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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