racial_descent birth_place name birth_date talent_management article_title birth_name occupation
fil-am-spanish-irish burlingame , ca usa hansen nichols october 21 backroom , inc. . hansen nichols
 hansen fernandez nichols actor , model , singer
hansen nichols

hansen fernandez nichols -lrb- born october 21 -rrb- also known as sen was born and raised in california , usa to an american father and a filipino mother .
he graduated from the university of san francisco with a degree of bachelor of science in economics .
as a child , he really wanted to be a singer .
this dream started away back when he was a small boy watching his mom sing at parties .
with a fil-am-spanish-irish descent , hansen is no stranger to the filipino culture and entertainment industry .
his idols , to name a few , include martin nievera , ariel rivera , and gary valenciano .
hansen and his mom escaped serious injury when they encountered a car accident while driving on the freeway in sacramento , california in 2001 but unfortunately , he was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma , otherwise known as thyroid cancer and was advised to undergo an immediate thyroidectomy - a process which involves removing the entire thyroid gland .
unsure if he will be able to sing again , hansen postponed his surgery to give way to his last performance , which happened to be with his church choir .
hansen managed to utter a few words as he regained consciousness right after his operation .
his doctors were astounded because he was n't expected to talk yet .
he was given a clean bill of health after a series of treatments .
in 2005 , hansen came to the philippines to pursue a yet-uncertain career in music .
he tried his luck as a promising scholar in the first season of abs-cbn 's reality show , pinoy dream academy .
he made it to the ncr leg but failed the final casting during kick-off .
like the true survivor that he is , hansen once again auditioned to be part of pda season 2 .
he was the first person to be called in as one of the scholars for the said season .
as the semester in the academy came to a close he ranked as the top 7th scholar .
his rendition of the song `` wala kang katulad '' which was first sang by ariel rivera became part of the album scholars sing cayabyab -- a compilation album of ryan cayabyab-composed songs performed by the pinoy dream academy season 2 top 10 scholars .
