Paolo Giovanni Plaza Onesa (born 10 October 1993) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He began his career as a contestant in first season of ''

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'' with a live performance of the James Bond film song "

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" that went viral on youtube and earned him a record deal with MCA Music, a Universal Music label. Onesa advanced to the semi-finals under

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's team. Onesa received two

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for his performance of the song " Lucky in Love": Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist and Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist. " Lucky in Love" is included in Onesa's debut album ''Pop Goes Standards'' and as a bonus track on ''The Voice of the Philippines The Final 4'' album released by MCA Music. Onesa received an AWIT nomination for his performance of the song "

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" for Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist.
After his first album with MCA Music, Onesa signed with HomeWorkz under Jay R Sillona. He has been part of

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Early life and education

Paolo Onesa is from

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...

on the island of Mindanao, The Philippines. The eldest son of Mr. Ariel Onesa and Mrs. Arlene Onesa his younger brother is Marco Onesa. Onesa was encouraged by his grandmother, who taught him music, to pursue a career as a singer. After attending a summer music workshop, he formed a band. The band entered a local contest and won. Onesa was a BS Mass Communication student of Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Musical career

On 6 July 2013, airing of Episode 7 of The Blind auditions on the first season of

Onesa performed the song "Yakap Sa Dilim", a song that was originally recorded by

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and later,covered by

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. Coach

chose Onesa to be on his team. Onesa's live performance of the James Bond film song "Skyfall" went viral on youtube. Onesa's "Skyfall" charted the Top 1 spot in iTunes 24 hours after the performance.Philippine News (2013)
"Paolo Onesa’s “Skyfall’ Most Downloaded Song on iTunes Ranked No. 1"
Retrieved 1 January 2016. During Week 5 Semi-finals, Onesa performed "Elesi" in a battle against Myk Perez's "Baby, I Love Your Way". The public vote was 51.92 points for Onesa vs. 48.08 for Perez, while the Coach vote was 45 points for Onesa vs. 55 points for Perez. The result of the total points was 103.03 for Perez vs. 96.92 for Onesa, and Onesa was eliminated. On 14 February 2014, MCA Universal released Onesa's debut album "Pop Goes Standards". The album contains 11 tracks including two original songs, his single " Lucky in Love" and " Which Way, Robert Frost?", both written by

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. After ''The Voice of the Philippines'', Onesa signed as a Star Magic artist and joined ''ASAP 20'' a Sunday variety show of

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. He appears in the segment "ASAP Covers" joining

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, Nyoy Volante,

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, Gab Valenciano, and Princess. Onesa also appeared in a Mid-Morning Daily Show The Singing Bee as a Regular Performer from September 2014 to February 2015. On 25 February 2015, "Paolo Onesa Homecoming concert", Onesa's first solo concert, was held in his Hometown at WMSU Zamboanga City. In 2016 with the release of his single Find You, Onesa changed his genre from crooner to EDM pop artist.

Personal life

On 21 December 2017, Onesa became in a relationship with his long time friend, model, medical technologist and food blogger Pearl Mariam A. de Castro.

Fan club

A fan club called Paollowers has more than 15,000 supporters. The fan club is handled by Loui Pestano Urbano which is now a vlogger at LOUI TV PANGASINA
LOUI TV
PAOLLOWERS came from Paolo Onesa's first name which is "PAOLO" and "FOLLOWERS" which means supporters. PAOLLOWERS was one of the contender from the recent

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1075 Fandom Challenge which was joined by other famous fandom.

Appearances

* RealTalk (27 April 2016) –

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* The Voice of the Philippines 1 (July 2013) –

* ASAP 19 (January 2014) –

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* Myx Philippines –

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* It's Showtime (26 September 2013) –

* The Singing Bee (September 2014) –

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*Pambansang Almusal –

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* ''Celestine'', The Toni Gonzaga Concert *ABS-CBN Christmas Station ID 2013 –

Discography

Single

*" Lucky in Love" from The Voice of the Philippines (23 September 2013) *"You Are So Beautiful" (8 August 2015) *"Find you, Find You" (25 April 2016)

Compilations

*"The Voice of the Philippines the Final 16" (1 January 2013) –

*"The Voice of the Philippines the Final 4" (14 October 2013) – Lucky in Love *"The Crossover Cafe II" – Which Way, Robert Frost?

Studio albums

*''Pop Goes Standards'' (2014) * Handwritten (2016)

Music videos

*'' Lucky in Love'' video released in 2014. It first aired in MYX PH and topped the charts for both the MYX Hit Chart and Pinoy MYX Countdown. *''You Are So Beautiful'' video released on 18 July 2015. It first aired in MYX PH.

Magazine Featured article

*"Scene Zone"(May 2016 Issue) *''Pinoy Magazine'' (February 2014 Issue) *''Pinoy Magazine'' (April 2014 Issue) *''Pinoy Magazine'' (August 2014 Issue) *''Pinoy Magazine'' (December 2014 Issue) *"Chalk Magazine"(December 2014 Issie)

Awards and nominations

The AWIT Awards, equivalent of the Grammy Award in The Philippines, occurred on 12 December 2014.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Onesa, Paolo Living people 21st-century Filipino male singers The Voice of the Philippines contestants Star Magic 1993 births People from Zamboanga City Crooners English-language singers from the Philippines Traditional pop music singers Nightclub performers Swing singers