# Daryl Ong

Daryl Neilsonn Ong (born March 24, 1987) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after joining the singing competition The Voice of the Philippines.
When Ong sang his blind audition piece "Paano" (original by Gary Valenciano) for The Voice of the Philippines Season 2, he impressed the judges and the Filipino viewers.

## Life and career

Before he push through his singing career, he was a cartoonist in ABS-CBN. Ong was an animator of the popular Filipino animated series, Super Inggo at ang Super Tropa. The animated series was the first 100% Pinoy Filipino animated TV series.
From being a member of a boy group named "Voices of 5", he started doing a plenty of song covers, such as "All of Me", "Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko", "Rude" “ Ikaw Na Nga" which gives new flavour to the listeners and posted it on his own YouTube channel which gained hundreds and thousands of views.
In 2005 and 2008, he was a strong contender in the local singing contests, Pinoy Pop Superstar (2005) and Pinoy Idol (2008). While in 2014, he decided to join ABS-CBN's reality singing competition, The Voice of the Philippines (season 2). In his blind audition, he impressed the coaches as he was one of those ‘3-chair’ turners. Among the three coaches, he chose the international artist, record producer and Black Eyed Peas member, apl.de.ap.
From 2016 to February 2018, Ong was under Cornerstone Entertainment Inc., however he was no longer under Cornerstone after a contract renewal with Star Music. He is a member of the all-male vocal trio BuDaKhel along with Bugoy Drilon and Michael Pangilinan, and currently managed by KreativDen.

## Discography
### Singles

* 2015 – Stay (On the Wings of Love)
* 2016 – Ikaw (FPJ's Ang Probinsyano)
* 2016 – Basta't Kasama Kita (FPJ's Ang Probinsyano)
* 2016 – To Love Again (Till I Met You)
* 2017 – How Did You Know (Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin)
* 2018 – Sana Dalawa ang Puso Ko (Sana Dalawa ang Puso)

## Filmography

| Year | Show(s) | Notes | Network |
| 2005 | Pinoy Pop Superstar | Contestant | GMA Network |
| 2008 | Pinoy Idol | Contestant | GMA Network |
| 2014 | The Voice of the Philippines (season 2) | Semi-finalist | ABS-CBN |
| 2015–2020 | ASAP | Member of ASAP Soul Sessions (2016–17), Host (January–April 2018)/performer of ASAP The Love Connection (TLC) (January–November 2018) | ABS-CBN |
| 2016 | Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs 2016 | Interpreter of "Minamahal Pa Rin Ako" | ABS-CBN |
| 2017 | FPJ's Ang Probinsyano | Wedding singer | ABS-CBN |
| 2018 | The Blood Sisters | Wedding singer | ABS-CBN |
| 2020–2021 | Sunday Noontime Live! | Performer | TV5 |
Ong also did casual guestings in various ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5 shows:
* Umagang Kay Ganda
* Magandang Buhay
* It's Showtime
* Masked Singer Pilipinas (as 2-2-B; Winner)
* Sunday Noontime Live!
* Gandang Gabi, Vice!
* Tonight with Boy Abunda
* Eat Bulaga!
* Wowowin
* All-Out Sundays
* TiktoClock (also as a guest judge in Tanghalan ng Kampeon revival segment)

## Accolades

| Year | Award-giving Body/Critics | Award(s)/Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2014 | Philippine Popular Music Festival | Best Song | Torpe (Composer) | 3rd Prize |
| 2016 | 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music | Best New Male Recording Artist of the Year | Daryl Ong (album) | Nominated |
| 2016 | 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music | R&B Artist of the Year | Daryl Ong (album) | Nominated |
| 2016 | 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music | R&B Album of the Year | Daryl Ong (album) | Nominated |
| 2016 | 29th Awit Awards | Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist | "Mabuti Pa" | Won |
| 2017 | Wish 107.5 Music Awards | Music Artist of the Year | — | Nominated |
| 2017 | Wish 107.5 Music Awards | Best Wish Cover | Stay | Nominated |
| 2017 | Wish 107.5 Music Awards | Best Wishclusive Performance by a Male Artist | Stay | Nominated |
| 2017 | Wish 107.5 Music Awards | Wish Original Song of the Year by a Male Artist | Hopeless Romantic | Nominated |
| 2017 | 30th Awit Awards | Best Ballad Recording | Stay | Nominated |
| 2019 | 4th Wish 107.5 FM Music Awards | Wishclusive R&B Performance of the Year | Nais Kong Malaman Mo | Nominated |
| 2019 | 4th Wish 107.5 FM Music Awards | Wish R&B Song of the Year | Mahal Pa Rin Kita | Nominated |