# Janine Berdin

Patricia Janine Dusaran Berdin (born January 28, 2002), simply known as Janine Berdin, is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She rose to fame when she was crowned as the grand champion of the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan on It's Showtime.
Berdin began her career as a child actress after appearing in Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars, she appeared in several ABS-CBN TV series after her stint on the contest and prior to her singing career. After a five-year hiatus because of academic reasons, she tried her luck in Tawag ng Tanghalan and emerged as the competition's winner.
Her 2022 single "Mahika" with Adie reached No. 1 on the Billboard Philippines Songs chart. Up until October 2023 "Mahika" became the Longest-Charting Track In Billboard's Philippines Songs History at 69 weeks. Her debut EP "WTF I actually wrote these songs" was released in 2022. She was previously a regular on the variety show ASAP Natin 'To, until her transition to an independent artist.
Her 2023 single "Sitwasyonship" was her first self-composed release as an independent artist. This was followed by the release of "Alas Dos Na!!!" on May 10, 2024, as launching single for her new label Island Records Philippines.

## Career

Berdin first appeared on ABS-CBN, where she competed in the fourth season of Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars. Berdin finished as the 4th female semi-finalist.
After the contest she was endorsed to ABS-CBN's Star Magic to be one of their talents. She also participated in some Star Magic activities including Star Magic Games 2012 and the ABS-CBN 2012 Christmas Station ID.
Berdin attempted to audition for The Voice Kids, but was not chosen to appear in the show. In 2017, she also tried to audition for the first season of Tawag ng Tanghalan, but was still not accepted. She auditioned again during the following season and received the call to compete for the fourth quarter of the season.

### Tawag ng Tanghalan: Season 2

On January 24, 2018, Janine participated in the Season 2, Quarter IV of Tawag ng Tanghalan on It's Showtime, a singing competition on ABS-CBN. She was introduced as a Singing Young military trainee and was dubbed as the "Cadets My Girl ng Cebu". On her first performance, she sang her rendition of Magasin by Eraserheads, where she emerged as the daily winner.
Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: Daily rounds (Tawag ng Tanghalan Season 2, Quarter IV) :
| Performance Date | Song Performed | Original Artist | Score (%) | Result |
| January 24, 2018 | Magasin | Eraserheads | 91.4 | Won (as daily winner) |
| January 24, 2018 | Creep | Radiohead | 95.8 | Won |
| January 25, 2018 | Sabihin | Zelle | 93.6 | Won |
| January 26, 2018 | Jar of Hearts | Christina Perri | 94.8 | Won |
| January 27, 2018 | Somebody That I Used to Know | Gotye | 94.4 | Won |
| February 5, 2018 | Someone Like You | Adele | 96.2 | Won |
| February 6, 2018 | Diamonds | Rihanna | 92.4 | Lost |

#### Season 2, Quarter IV – Semi-finals

On February 5, 2018, Berdin defended the golden microphone for five consecutive days. Consequently, at the age of 16 years old, she became the first semi-finalist of TNT Season 2, Quarter IV, followed by Mark Douglas Dagal, Aljun Alborme, Arabelle Dela Cruz, and Reggie Tortugo, Adelene Rabulan, Arbie Baula, JM Bales and Christian Bahaya. The nine semi-finalists competed during the week-long Semi-finals starting May 12, 2018. Berdin performed daily during the rounds and earned a standing ovation and praises from the judges on the Round 4, with her rendition of "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" by Yano. In the next round, Berdin performed an emotional rendition of Narda by Kamikazee which earned another standing ovation and moved one of the judges Ogie Alcasid into tears. On the last day of the Semi-finals, Berdin received her third standing ovation and earned the highest combined score of 97.98% and advanced to the grand finals, alongside Reggie Tortugo, who received the score of 60.84%.
Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: Semifinals (Tawag ng Tanghalan Season 2, Quarter IV) :
| Performance Date | Theme | Song Performed | Original Artist |
| Round 1 – May 12, 2018 | Audition Song | The Edge of Glory | Lady Gaga |
| Round 2 – May 14, 2018 | Awit Para Kay Inay | Tomorrow | Andrea McArdle |
| Round 3 – May 15, 2018 | Musical Influence | Ang Huling El Bimbo | Eraserheads |
| Round 4 – May 16, 2018 | Hurados' Choice | Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo | Yano |
| Round 5 – May 17, 2018 | OPM | Narda | Kamikazee |
| Round 6 – May 18, 2018 | Semi-final Song | Skyscraper | Demi Lovato |

#### Season 2, Grand Finals

Twelve TNT Season 2 Grand Finalists were to perform in the week-long competition that took place on May 28–June 2, 2018 held at the Aliw Theater. During the first round of the Grand Finals, Berdin performed Eraserheads' With A Smile and garnered a combined score of 98.2% eventually becoming part of the Top 6. During the live finale, after performing Bamboo's Tatsulok/Noypi/Hallelujah medley, Berdin earned the highest combined score of 96.11% to emerged as the Grand Champion followed by Ato Arman (74.27%) and Steven Paysu (61.80%).
Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: TNT Season 2 Grand Finals :
| Performance Date | Song Performed | Original Artist | Combined Score (%) |
| Round 1 - May 28, 2018 | With A Smile | Eraserheads | (98.20%) Advanced to the Top 6 |
| Round 2 - May 30, 2018 | N/A | N/A | Safe |
| Round 3 - May 31, 2018 | N/A | N/A | Safe |
| Round 4 - June 1, 2018 | N/A | N/A | Safe |
| Live finale – June 2, 2018 | Nosi Ba Lasi | Sampaguita | (N/A) Advanced to the Final 3 |
| Live finale – June 2, 2018 | Tatsulok/Noypi/Hallelujah medley | Bamboo | (96.11%) Grand Champion |
Berdin's performance during the daily rounds of Season 2, Quarter IV of TNT until the Grand finals were published on ABS-CBN Entertainment's YouTube channel The videos of these performance were Top Trending for days and went viral on YouTube and within a month of publishing, the top 2 videos have reached over 8.7 million views and all the other videos have racked over 1 million views. With her popular renditions of Filipino songs, she was nicknamed as the New Gem of OPM.
The livestream video of “Tawag ng Tanghalan” at the day of the Grand finals on June 2, 2018 also made a record of 100,000 concurrent viewers on YouTube. As of June 24, 2018, the TNT video performance of Berdin had already accumulated over 60 million views (18 videos).
ABS-CBN's TNTVersions YouTube channel opened a new online video blog series entitled TNTVlog featuring Berdin as the official host, the 1st episode was published on June 21, 2018.
In December 2018, Berdin's grand final performance of Bamboo songs medley was named as the second top trending videos that entertained Filipinos in 2018 according to YouTube Rewind.

### 2018–present: Post Tawag ng Tanghalan and breakthrough

On July 7, 2018, Berdin signed for a recording contract with the new label TNT Records under Star Music where she performed live for her new carrier single Biyaya written by Chochay Magno. The new single was released on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and other music streaming platforms starting July 27, 2018.
Berdin was announced to be part of a major concert set to be held on July 28, 2018 at the Araneta Coliseum dubbed as TNT All Star Showdown. She was introduced as one of the headliners with Season 1 Grand Champion Noven Belleza, Finalist Sam Mangubat and the TNT Boys. After a successful result, the sold-out concert was followed by TNT All Star Showdown - Cebu held at the Hoops Dome, Lapu Lapu City on September 21, 2018.
On September 25, 2018, Berdin was honored to receive the formal invitation to attend the ABS-CBN Ball for the first time. Berdin belted out a performance together with her idols KZ Tandingan and Yeng Constantino during the ABS-CBN Ball.
On September 26, 2018, Berdin was announced to interpret and record Mas Mabuti Pa, composed by Mhonver Lopez & Joanna Concepcion. The song earned Star Music Listeners Choice Award and 4th best song for the Himig Handog 2018 P-Pop Love Songs.
On October 7, 2018, Berdin performed the Opening theme of the drama series Kadenang Ginto during ASAP. The song entitled Nasa Puso is composed by Jeremy Sarmiento.
On December 20, 2018, Berdin announced on Magandang Buhay that she was recently confirmed as an ASAP regular co-host and performer.
In July 2019, Berdin once again interpreted a song, "Sa'yong Mundo", an entry for the top 12 Himig Handog 2019. The song is written by Noel Zuniga Cabalquinto.
In August 2019, Berdin became a member of the girl group J.E.Z. together with Elha Nympha and Zephanie. One of the guesting at GGV mash-up performance of J.E.Z. gained more than 9million streams on YouTube The group took a hiatus in March 2020 until Sheena Belarmino joined the group in January 2021 and Zephanie returned to the group 2 months later. The newly revived group, now branded as New Gen Divas or New Gen Birit Divas, would debut on April 25, 2021, with Janine representing the color red in the said group.
Some time in July 2021, she, along with her co-member Zephanie were unavailable to perform for the New Gen Divas due to prior commitments for the taping cycle that had to be done prior to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. They were temporarily replaced by Gigi De Lana and Lara Maigue. She would later return to the group in September 2021, following the group's appearance on Madlang Pi-Poll, a segment of It's Showtime.

## Personal life

In September 2019, Berdin was treated for "vocal nodules" using steroids. She was later diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome, a side effect from her medication. She attended St. Joseph's School of Mactan during her formative years.

## Discography
### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details :
| Title | EP details |
| WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs | Released: June 10, 2022 Label: Star Music Formats: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, and associated albums :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | PHL Songs | Album |
| "Biyaya" | 2018 | — | Non-album single |
| "Mas Mabuti Pa" | 2018 | — | Himig Handog 2018 (Love Songs & Love Stories) |
| "Nasa Puso" | 2019 | — | Non-album single |
| "Sa'yong Mundo" | 2019 | — | Himig Handog 2019 |
| "Wala Ako N'yan" | 2019 | — | Non-album single |
| "Bulalakaw" (featuring Joanna Ang) | 2020 | — | Himig Handog 11th Edition |
| "The Side Character" | 2021 | — | WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs |
| "Dito" | 2021 | — | Love Beneath the Stars (Original Soundtrack) |
| "Pagod Na Ako" | 2021 | — | WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs |
| "Mahika" (with Adie) | 2022 | 1 | Senaryo |
| "I'm Not Her" | 2022 | — | WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs |
| "Pagod Na" (with Sam Mangubat) | 2022 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bagay Nga Tayo Pero" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sitwasyonship" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mikasa" (with Arthur Nery) | 2024 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Alas Dos Na!" | 2024 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Pamamaalam" | 2024 | — | Non-album singles |

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, and associated albums :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Gunita" (Sponge Cola featuring Janine Berdin) | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Habangbuhay/Habang Buhay" (Dom Guyot featuring Janine Berdin) | 2023 | Non-album singles |

### Other appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Pancit" (Juan Karlos featuring Janine Berdin) | 2021 | Drop 1 |
| "Live Christ, Share Christ" (with various artists) | 2021 | Gifted to Give |
| "Leni Laban!" (with various artists) | 2022 | Non-album singles |
| "Liwanag sa Dilim" (All Star Version) | 2022 | Non-album singles |
| "Bahay" (with various artists) | 2023 | Non-album singles |

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 2022–2023 | PIE Borito | Co-host | PIE Channel |
| 2018–present | ASAP Natin 'To | Performer | ABS-CBN |
| 2018 | Maalaala Mo Kaya: Mikropono | Herself | ABS-CBN |
| 2018 | Tawag ng Tanghalan: Season 2, Quarter IV | Grand Champion | ABS-CBN |
| 2018 | Umagang Kay Ganda | Guest | ABS-CBN |
| 2018 | Magandang Buhay | Guest | ABS-CBN |
| 2013 | Maalaala Mo Kaya: Ilog | Young Shiela | ABS-CBN |
| 2013 | Maalaala Mo Kaya: Pasa | Young Maida | ABS-CBN |
| 2012 | Maalaala Mo Kaya: Baunan | Young Norma | ABS-CBN |
| 2012 | Wansapanataym: Ang suyod ni Ang Suh-yod | Merly | ABS-CBN |
| 2012 | Wansapanataym: Hannah Panahon | Hannah's Sister (as Janine Bardin) | ABS-CBN |
| 2011 | Maalaala Mo Kaya: Tungkod | Young Bogs | ABS-CBN |
| 2011 | Mutya | School bully (uncredited) | ABS-CBN |

## Concerts

| Date | Title | Venue | Country | Description |
| July 28, 2018 | TNT All Star Showdown | Araneta Coliseum | Philippines | with fellow TNT Artists |
| September 21, 2018 | TNT All Star Showdown Cebu | Hoops Dome, Lapu-lapu City | Philippines | with fellow TNT Artists, Directed by Joane Laygo |
| September 28, 2018 | Pinoy Hype 2018 | Al Nasr Leisureland | United Arab Emirates | with TNT BOYS, BoybandPH |
| November 30, 2018 | Listen: The Big Shot Concert | Araneta Coliseum | Philippines | Guest performer for the TNT Boys |
| April 27, 2021 | 500th year of Victory at Mactan Concert | Mactan Shrine | Philippines | Guest performer |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Organization | Category | Work | Result |
| 2018 | RAWR Awards | Favorite Newbie | — | Nominated |
| 2019 | Push Awards | Push Music Performance of the Year | "Banal na Aso" | Nominated |
| 2019 | MOR Pinoy Music Awards | Best New Artist of the Year | "Mas Mabuti Pa" | Nominated |
| 2019 | World Class Philippines Council | Most Promising Female Music Artist | — | Won |
| 2020 | 33rd Awit Awards | Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play | "Nasa Puso" | Nominated |
| 2021 | 34th Awit Awards | Best Regional Recording | "Bulalakaw" (with Joanna Ang) | Nominated |
| 2023 | 10th National Customers' Choice Achiever Awards | Performing Artists Best Female Recording Artist | — | Won |
| 2023 | 8th Wish Music Awards | Wish Song Collaboration of the Year | "Mahika" (with Adie) | Won |
| 2023 | 8th Wish Music Awards | Wish Song Collaboration of the Year | "Pancit" (with Juan Karlos) | Nominated |
| 2023 | 4th VP Choice Awards | OPM Song of the Year | "Mahika" (with Adie) | Won |
| 2023 | 36th Awit Awards | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | "I'm Not Her" | Nominated |
| 2023 | 36th Awit Awards | People's Voice Favorite Song | "Mahika" (with Adie) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Billboard Philippines Women in Music | Listeners' Choice Award | "Sitwasyonship" | Nominated |