Ronnie Liang

Ronnie Liang
Birth name Ronnie Liang
Born January 31, 1985 (1985-01-31) (age 27)
Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
Genres P-pop
Occupations Singer, Performer
Years active 2006-present
Labels Universal Records
Website Ronnie's Official Site

Ronnie Liang (born January 31, 1985) is a Filipino singer. He is the former finalist of the popular reality-talent search franchise in the Philippines, Pinoy Dream Academy. He was the second runner-up next to Jay-R Siaboc, who is one of his closest friends from the said contest, and grand star dreamer Yeng Constantino. He sang the popular OPM hit "Ngiti" and is a mainstay of ABS-CBN's Sunday variety show ASAP 08.[1]

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Biography

Liang is the youngest of the seven children of a low-income family. Yet, despite this, he always dreamed of helping his family alleviate themselves from the plight of poverty. A diligent working student, he supported himself through college by working in a fastfood outlet and a video shop while studying at Holy Angel University in his hometown of Angeles City, Pampanga. All his sacrifices and hard work paid off as he graduated with a BS Education degree. He is Filipino-Chinese.

Career

The Angeles City native started working part-time as a ramp model, until his manager discovered he can sing. This became a turning point in Ronnie’s career as his manager encouraged him to join singing contests. Among them was Pinoy Pop Superstar. He first rose to notoriety as the grand contender that was disqualified from the singing competition because he had a manager. He could have been the eventual champion of the season, but out of loyalty to his manager, he opted to leave the competition.

Liang then joined Pinoy Dream Academy and made it past the initial screening and was fortunate enough to be one of the 20 scholars to study inside the Academy. After a few months, Ronnie made it to the Honor’s List of Six and ended up as PDA's second runner-up.

Now that the competition is over, Liang busies himself with gigs and guestings with PDA’s Top 6. However, priority goes into the recording of his album under Universal Records, which is due to be out soon. He also wishes to venture into acting but that would have to wait as his priority for this year is singing. He remains thankful to the people who support him– his family, most especially his mother, his manager, George Roca, and his loyal supporters, namely the Ronnians, Superonics and macaRONNIEs.[2]

Liang returned recently back to GMA 7 for joining Party Pilipinas.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Network
2010–present Party Pilipinas Himself/Performer GMA Network
2008 I Love Betty La Fea Enrique ABS-CBN
2007 Your Song: "Salamat" ABS-CBN
2007–2010 ASAP (Variety Show) Hismelf/Performer ABS-CBN
2006 Pinoy Dream Academy Second Runner-Up ABS-CBN
2005 Pinoy Pop Superstar Finalist/Disqualified GMA Network

Movies

Television
Year Title Role Film Production
2005 Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife Regal Films

Discography

Solo album

No. Album information
1
 Ronnie Liang: Ang Aking Awitin
  • Release: April 2007
  • Released by: Universal Records
  • Certification: Gold
  • Songs:
    1. Ngiti
    2. Sa 'Yo Lang
    3. Ikaw
    4. Gusto Kita
    5. Saan Darating Ang Umaga
    6. Kaibigan Mo
    7. Nais Ko
    8. Minsan
    9. Ang Aking Awitin (feat. Nikki Gil)
    10. Nag-iisang Ikaw
    11. Kung Ako'y Uuwi
    12. Walang Iba
    13. Ngiti (Acoustic Version)
    14. Ngiti (Minus One)[3]

Singles

Year Title Peak (Radio Stations)
2007 "Ngiti" 1
"Gusto Kita" 1
2008 "Ikaw" -

Music Video Released

Concerts

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Ronnie's imdb profile imdb.com
  2. ^ macaRONNIEs Thread PinoyExchange Forums
  3. ^ a b abs-cbnnews.com, Ronnie Liang promotes debut CD 'Ang Aking Awitin'

External links

Pinoy Dream Academy
Little Dreamers
Main Presenters

Current: Toni Gonzaga  · Nikki Gil  · Billy Crawford

Former: Sam Milby (2006)  · Bianca Gonzalez (2006)
Former companion
show presenters

Uplate: Roxanne Barcelo

Studio 23: Bettina Carlos  · JC Cuadrado  · Sitti Navarro
Faculty
Headmaster: Ryan Cayabyab (2008)
Dance Mentor: Georcelle Dapat (2008)  · Maribeth Bichara (2006, 2008)
Voice Mentor: Kitchie Molina (2006, 2008)  · Monet Silvestre (2006, 2008)
Media Performance Mentor: Jose Javier Reyes (2006, 2008)
Diction Teacher: Von Arroyo (2006, 2008)
Acting Performance Teacher: Malou de Guzman (2006, 2008)
Former Faculty
Headmaster: Jim Paredes (2006)
Voice Master: Moy Ortiz (2006)
Fitness Teacher: Gretchen Malalad (2006)
Winners
Yeng Constantino (2006) · Laarni Lozada (2008) · Philip Nolasco (LD, 2008)
2nd Placers
Jay-R Siaboc (2006) · Bugoy Drilon (2008) · Amy Nobleza (LD, 2008)
3rd Placers
Ronnie Liang (2006) · Miguel Mendoza (2008) · Angelo Garcia (LD, 2008)
Finalists
Panky Trinidad  · Irish Fullerton  · Chad Peralta  · Liezel Garcia  · Van Roxas  · Cris Pastor  · Aubrey Carreon  · Risie Joan  · Cristina De Leon
Notable Alumni
Rosita Bareng  · Yvan Lambatan  · Eman Abatayo  · Davey Langit  · Kristoff Abrenica  · RJ Jimenez  · Geoff Taylor  · Catherine "Poy" Palma  · Bunny Malunda  · Chivas Malunda
Others