Colet

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**Maria Nicolette Vergara** (born September 14, 2001) better known as **Colet**, is a Filipino rookie performer. She is the second eldest member, main vocal, lead dancer & lead rapper of the Filipino girl group BINI.

She entered as a trainee on Star Hunt Academy early 2019.

## Background

Colet's birth name is Ma. Nicolette Vergara. Her family, her father, mother and her five siblings currently lives in Tagbilaran City, Bohol where she was also born and raised.

### Profile

* Colet's favorite color is Black
* Colet’s hobbies include singing, dancing and reading books.
* Her special talent is song writing.
* Colet’s favourite SHA subject is singing.
* Her favorite Motto is: *”It's okay not to be okay.”*

## Life and Career

### 2001-2018: Early Life

Back in Bohol, Colet had a normal teen life of attending school. She has a background in singing since she was a child thanks to her musician father, whose a vocalist and a drummer. She used to join in her school's singing groups and participates in singing competitions further enhance her vocals skills. She also have a talent in dancing, and used join in her school's dance group where they compete in inter-school dance competitions.

In 2018, she auditioned in Star Hunt Auditions held in Bohol

### 2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainee

Colet was one of 250 aspirants to undergo the 5-day boot camp and selected to become a trainee in Star Hunt Academy early 2019. She almost got removed from the boot camp because of her health concern but she was able to return after she fully recovered and rested well. Under SHA, she further develop her skills in singing and dancing under Filipino voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, and dance coaches Mickey Perz and Matthew Almodovar. She also undergone the intensive Korean training system with the help of *MU Doctor Academy* where she learned the Korean practice and discipline in singing and dancing. She was praised by her Filipino and Korean coaches because of her angelic voice and evident talent in dancing.

Colet joined her fellow trainees in performing on various ABS-CBN mall shows and other events around the country. She also appeared in a 2019 National Youth Commission event *FITFIL: Youth Against Drug*, where she - along with her co-trainees - were proclaimed as one of Youth Ambassadors. They were also invited to perform at the 2019 Manila Southeast Asian Games thanksgiving celebration.

She continued her training even during the *Extended Community Quarantine* due to COVID-19 pandemic. She was locked in along with her co-trainees inside *Camp Star Hunt* to ensure their safety against the virus.

On October 10, 2020, Colet is one of the last 8 members of Star Hunt Academy Girl Trainees to graduate from the Academy and announced to officially become an idol group.

### 2020-2021: Pre-debut as BINI and Official Debut

On November 2020, Colet officially became a member of ABS-CBN Entertainment's girl group **BINI** and Pre-debuted with their single *"Da Coconut Nut"*.

On December 4, 2020, Colet and her co-members in BINI signed an exclusive contract under ABS-CBN Entertainment and Star Magic Philippines, ABS-CBN's talent agency that will officially handle BINI.

In their pre-debut era, she and her fellow BINI members performed their pre-debut single *Da Coconut Nut* and other sing and dance covers in various ABS-CBN Entertainment shows like, *It's Showtime*, *ASAP Natin 'To*, and *Magandang Buhay*.

Their group officially debuted on June 11, 2021 with the release of their debut single Born To Win in a two-part event BINI: The Launch.

## Official Links

 Twitter Account

 Instagram Account

 Tiktok Account

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLcHVT4MuE *Youtube: The BINI Chronicles Part 1* Retrieved April 24, 2021
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No9ud0PNulw&t=508s *Youtube: SHA Journey EP.06* Retrieved April 24, 2021
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfBPAA43c5Y *Youtube: ABS-CBN Star Hunt* Retrieved April 24, 2021
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B057\_mjjnMQ/ *Instagram: Star Hunt Academy* Retrieved April 24, 2021
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-KA9vvApY *Youtube: Direk Lauren* Retrieved April 24, 2021.
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z\_UFAQOZTRk *Youtube: SHA Journey EP.04* Retrieved April 24, 2021
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-set-to-make-more-p-pop-idols-shine-worldwide-12780 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
8. ↑ https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/star-hunt-academy-girl-trainees-graduate-set-to-blaze-p-pop-trail-13256 *ABS-CBN Entertainment* Retrieved April 24, 2021
9. ↑ https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2020/11/09/star-hunt-academy-launches-all-girl-pinoy-pop-group-bini/ *Tribune.Net.Ph* Retrieved April 24, 2021
10. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/04/20/star-magic-shines-on-what-happened-who-signed-whos-new *ABS-CBN News* April 24, 2021
11. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/24/20/polish-and-potential-p-pop-group-bini-wows-with-1st-live-performance-goes-viral *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved April 24, 2021
12. ↑ https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/11/21/get-ready-bloom-bini-is-finally-set-for-debut *ABS-CBN News* Retrieved July 11, 2021