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and dancer. He is best known for his viral

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'', and bagged his role as Reggie in the Primetime series broadcast by

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Biography

Arcilla was born and raised in

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. In 2015, he joined ''

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s segment, '' That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest''. The same year, he also joined the comeback '' StarStruck'' with its 6th season. He is the nephew of the lead actor of Heneral Luna,

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Career

That's My Bae

In 2015, he auditioned in an

segment, '' That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest''. He is one of the first Baes to enter the

stage together with Miggy Tolentino and Tommy Peñaflor. Arcilla did not pass through the Semi-finals because of joining the reality show slated to air in an early September day, StarStruck.

StarStruck

He also auditioned in the comeback of the hit reality show, StarStruck on its 6th season. He has finished his journey as the last contestant eliminated together with Arra San Agustin."That's My Bae Contestant Jay Arcilla, pasok sa Top 35 ng StarStruck"
''gmanetwork.com''.

. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

Filmography

Television

External links

Jay Arcilla on Instagram
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Sparkle profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcilla, Jay 1996 births Living people Filipino male television actors Filipino male dancers Filipino male models 21st-century Filipino male actors Participants in Philippine reality television series StarStruck (Philippine TV series) participants GMA Network personalities Male actors from Laguna (province) People from San Pablo, Laguna Tagalog people