Andree Camille Bonifacio (; born December 13, 2002), known professionally as AC Bonifacio, is a Canadian-born Filipina dancer, singer, vlogger and actress known for being the first ever grand champion of Filipino TV dance competition ''

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'' along with Lucky Ancheta In 2016. The duo was called "Lucky Aces." Before winning the said competition, the duo was featured on ''

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'' and had a chance to meet and perform with

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on Grande's show in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2015. Bonifacio also competed on the '' Kids edition'' of Philippine TV Show '' Your Face Sounds Familiar (season 1)'' where she finished as 3rd placer. She also made her acting debut on ''Wansapanataym Presents: The Amazing Ving'' in which she played "Mika".

Personal life

Bonifacio was born and raised in

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, Canada. AC went to Queensborough Middle School in

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, British Columbia. She is a Hall of Famer in

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Career

2013-2015: Lucky Aces and Ellen DeGeneres Show Guesting

Bonifacio, along with Lucky Ancheta, formed the dancing tandem Lucky Aces in 2012 and started making

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videos. They also competed in various local and international dance contests. They became popular when their YouTube videos went viral on

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. In 2015, they were invited to perform on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and were given chance to perform with

at Grande's Vancouver, British Columbia show in April 2015.

2016-present: Dance Kids and Your Face Sounds Familiar

In November 2015, Lucky Aces joined

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show ''Dance Kids''. The show ended on February 7, 2016 announcing Lucky Aces as the grand winner, the duo received two million

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in cash, a house and lot, a family vacation, three hundred thousand pesos worth of shopping spree, and a management contract from

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. In 2017, Bonifacio participated as one of the performer contestant on

's singing and impersonation competition ''Your Face Sounds Familiar: Kids'', the dancer won two times in the competition, for her impersonations of

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singer Usher and Pop singer

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. She chose her idol

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to emulate on the show's grand showdown and performed Sarah Geronimo's 2014 hit '' Kilometro''. The performance later landed as #2 on YouTube

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trends. She is now currently working and uploading on her YouTube channel "Andree Bonifacio" every Wednesday at 7:00 pm. She has over 500,000 subscribers and has received her Silver Play Button. Bonifacio applied to join the Global pop group

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as a member to represent the Philippines, but would not make the final cut. She would later cameo in Now United's music video for "'' Afraid of Letting Go''", which was shot in

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. In 2019, Bonifacio became one of the hosts of

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' online show, which is also hosted by Riva Quenery and

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Filmography

Television/Digital

Discography

Singles

* ''Sumayaw, Sumaya'' (2018) * ''Touch and Move'' (2018) * ''Get Me'' (2018) * ''Slide into my DM'' (2019) * ''In and Out'' (with Lavaado, 2019) * ''Fool No Mo!'' (2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonifacio, AC 2002 births Actresses from Vancouver Citizens of the Philippines through descent Filipino female dancers Filipino television actresses 21st-century Filipino women singers Female YouTubers Living people Musicians from Vancouver Participants in Philippine reality television series Reality dancing competition contestants Canadian musicians of Filipino descent Star Magic ABS-CBN personalities Members of Iglesia ni Cristo