Paolo Onesa


Paolo Onesa is a Filipino recording artist and an EDM Pop sensation. Onesa recently signed a contract under HomeWorkz which is handled by Jay R Sillona. He has been part of Star Magic. He participated in the first season of The Voice of the Philippines and advanced to the semi-finals under Bamboo Mañalac's team.
Onesa received two Awit Awards 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 "Which Way, Robert Frost?" for Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist.

Early life and education

Paolo Onesa is from Zamboanga City 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.

Personal life

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

Musical career

On the July 6, 2013 airing of Episode 7 of The Blind auditions on the first season of The Voice of The Philippines, Onesa performed the song "Yakap Sa Dilim", a song that was originally recorded by Orange and Lemons. Coach Bamboo Mañalac 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 Top 1 spot in iTunes 24 hours after the performance.
During Week 5 Semifinals, 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 February 14, 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 Roxanne Seeman.
After The Voice Of The Philippines, Onesa signed as a Star Magic artist and joined ASAP 20 a Sunday variety show of ABS-CBN.
He appears in the segment "ASAP Covers" joining Sam Milby, Nyoy Volante, KZ Tandingan, 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 February 25, 2015, "Paolo Onesa Homecoming concert", Onesa's first solo concert, was held in his Hometown at WMSU Zamboanga City.
Recently this April 2016, from his Ultimate Heartthrob crooner as his trademark, Paolo Onesa switched his genre to EDM Pop sensation.

Fan club

A fan club called Paollowers has more than 15,000 supporters. The fan club is handled by Eiuolz Urbano.
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 WISH FM 1075 Fandom Challenge which was joined by other famous fandom.

Appearances

Single

RankTitle of the songDateWeek
#13You Are So BeautifulAugust 23, 20154th week
#15You Are So BeautifulAugust 16, 20153rd week
#15You Are So BeautifulAugust 9.20152nd week
#17You Are So BeautifulAugust 2, 20151st week

Magazine Featured article

YearAwardCategoryNotable workResult
201427th Awit AwardsBest Performance by A Male Recording ArtistLucky in Love
201427th Awit AwardsBest Performance by A New Male Recording ArtistLucky in Love
201528th Awit AwardsBest Performance by A Male Recording ArtistWhich Way, Robert Frost?
2016Wish FM AwardsBest WISHclusive Performance – Male ArtistYou Are so Beautiful?

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