Jhoanna

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**Jhoanna Christine Burgos Robles** (born January 26, 2004) better known as **Jhoanna**, is a Filipino rookie performer. She is the leader, second youngest member, lead vocal & lead rapper of the Filipino girl group BINI.

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

## Background

Jhoanna's birth name is Jhoanna Christine Robles. She is the only child and her family, her father is an Overseas Filipino Worker abroad and her mother currently lives in Calamba City, Laguna where she was also born and raised.

### Profile

* Jhoanna's favorite color is Black, White & Mustard Yellow
* Jhoanna’s hobby is listening to music.
* Her special talent is news reporting.
* Jhoanna’s favourite SHA subject is singing.
* Her favorite Motto is: *”Don't just dream it, do it.”*

## Life and Career

### 2004-2018: Early Life

Ever since she was just a child, Jhoanna has been an energetic girl. As a kid she loves to sing and dance when there is music, and she likes also do acting. At 3rd grade Jhoanna started to join singing competitions at her school. She also started dancing at 3rd grade, she joined at a dance troupe in her school where they perform in school events. Her mother let her take up workshops to develop her skills in singing and dancing. She also loves to participate in mall shows where she appreciates being seen by a lot of audience.

In 2018, she auditioned in Star Hunt Auditions held in Laguna. With her apparent acting skills, she was casted into different programs of ABS-CBN like MMK and Kadenang Ginto where she played recurring supporting roles.

### 2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainee

Jhoanna 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 enhanced her dancing skills 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.

Jhoanna 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 was 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, Jhoanna is one 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, Jhoanna 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, Jhoanna 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=gbA-jd91VJc *Youtube: The BINI Chronicles Part 2* 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=RgC9dK\_d8F8 *Youtube: ABS-CBN Star Hunt* Retrieved April 27, 2021
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B0575SeDD9Z/ *Instagram: Star Hunt Academy* Retrieved April 27, 2021
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-KA9vvApY *Youtube: Direk Lauren* Retrieved April 26, 2021.
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqYvJH5vCw *Youtube: Magandang Buhay* Retrieved April 27, 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