Maloi

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**Mary Loi Yves Kipte Ricalde** (born May 27, 2002) better known as **Maloi**, is a Filipino rookie performer. She is the third eldest member and main vocal of the Filipino girl group BINI.

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

## Background

Maloi's birth name is Mary Loi Yves Ricalde. Her family was originally from Lemery, Batangas where she was born. Her father is an Overseas Filipino Worker abroad, her mother and her three siblings currently lives in General Trias, Cavite.

### Profile

* Maloi's favorite colors are Light Pink, White & Black
* Maloi’s hobbies include watch K-dramas, and playing guitar & ukelele.
* Her special talent is composing songs.
* Maloi’s favourite SHA subject is singing.
* Her favorite Motto is: *”Life is short, so always choose to be happy.”*

## Life and Career

### 2001-2018: Early Life

Maloi started singing when she was three years old, she loves to sing on karaoke. She joined her first singing competition when she was seven years old. Joining competitions helped her gain more experience and confidence in singing. She also likes dancing, and started dancing as a kid. Her adequate skill in dancing help her perform both singing and dancing during her school's events and competitions. Maloi and her choral group from General Trias represented the Philippines in a choral competition on Malaysia last 2018, they won three golds in the event.

In 2018, she auditioned in Star Hunt Auditions held in Laguna.

### 2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainee

Maloi was one of 250 aspirants to undergo the 5-day boot camp and selected to become a trainee in Star Hunt Academy early 2019. 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.

Maloi 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*, c 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, Maloi 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, Maloi 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, Maloi 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 27, 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=IeW2Ckkb7HE&t=1s *Youtube: ABS-CBN Star Hunt* Retrieved April 27, 2021
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B0573Z4jzH9/ *Instagram: Star Hunt Academy* Retrieved April 24, 2021
5. ↑ https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1054075 *Philippine News Agency* Retrieved, April 27, 2021
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-KA9vvApY *Youtube: Direk Lauren* 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