Morissette Amon

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Morissette Amon
Birth name Johanne Morissette D. Amon
Also known as Mori
Born (1996-06-02) June 2, 1996
Cebu City, Philippines
Origin Quezon City, Philippines
Genres R&B, pop, soul, dance
Occupations Singer, actress
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 2010–present
Labels Unsigned
Associated acts Sarah Geronimo

Johanne Morissette D. Amon, better known by her stage name Morissette Amon, (born June 2, 1996 in Cebu City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer. She auditioned for The Voice of the Philippines.

Morissette Amon hails from Cebu made her entry into the Philippines popular singing competition as she passed the blind audition.

The 16-year-old self-confessed fan of Sarah Geronimo is a theater actress who played the lead role in Repertory Philippines' production of "Camp Rock" during the year 2012.

Morissette is a former contestant in Star Factor in TV5 where she ended as a runner-up [1] to Eula Caballero.

Early Life

Morissette Amon Born June 2, 1996 in Cebu City, Philippines her mother and her brother moved and lived in Manila for three years now to get closer to opportunities and in order to pursue her dream. At 16, she is currently the family breadwinner being able to pay for the rent, the bills and sending her brother to school. Though she had been away from school, the young Cebuana does not regret taking a bullet for the family.

2013: The Voice of the Philippines

During the Blind Auditions, she landed on the third spot on Team Sarah. Morissette impressed Coach Sarah on her rendition of the song "Love on Top"[2][3] which made her idol turn.

The first battle from Team Sarah were Morissette Amon of Quezon City and Lecelle Trinidad of Nueva Ecija. Their performance really wowed the crowd and set the stage on fire. Coach Bamboo favored Morissette while Coach Lea embraced the vocal power of Lecelle. In the end, no matter how great they were in the performance, Coach Sarah had to pick Morissette over Lecelle, to go onto the next phase of the The Voice of the Philippines.[4][5]

During the first Live show, Morissette received the highest percentage of votes of the night with 57.16% over Eva De Los Santos and Junji Arias, with her stirring rendition of Christina Perri’s power ballad “Jar of Hearts”.[6][7] Her coach Sarah Geronimo had her gushing “You’re a much better version of me,” noting that Morissette is only 17 years old.

For the third live show of “The Voice of the Philippines,” Morissette went head to head with teammate Maki Ricafort, who sang The Police’s “Every Breath You Take.” Their coach Sarah Geronimo picked Amon over Ricafort and her score was added to the text votes, giving Amon the victory with 110.41 points. Morissette also won in the public vote, garnering 50.41%, to move to the next round of the competition. She also made the worldwide trending topics of micro-blogging site Twitter on Sunday for her powerful performance of Heart's “What About Love” on the hit TV talent competition.[8]

She eventually lost to finalist who went to become the surprise the runner-up to eventual winner Mitoy Yonting in last Sunday’s grand finale at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila. Her Top 8 finish is something she also did not expect, given the crowded field of talented singers who auditioned for the show.[9]but morissette is the winner at the end

Performances on The Voice

     Studio Version of song charted.

Show Song Original artist Order Result
Blind Audition Love on Top Beyonce 3 1 chair turned
Default to Sarah Geronimo
Battle Rounds "No More Tears" (against Lecelle Trinidad) [10] Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer 1 Winner
Week 1 Jar of Hearts Christina Perri 12 Safe
Week 2 What About Love Heart (band) 1 Safe
Week 3 The Voice Within (against Klarisse ) Christina Aguilera 4 Safe
Semi-final Who You Are Jessie J. 5 Lost

Music videos

Year Title
2013 "Begin"
2013 "Who You Are" (Cover)

Television

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 The Voice of the Philippines contestant ABS-CBN Herself
Cassandra: Warrior Angel Kristel TV5 Supporting Cast
Kapitan Awesome Mhay Sayad Main Cast
2012 Enchanted Garden Cora Special Participation
Sunday Funday Herself/Performer Main Cast
Hey it's Saberdey! Herself/Performer Main Cast
Pidol's Wonderland Buhok ni Barbara Tracy Supporting Cast
Pidol's Wonderland Isay Is-is Myrna Supporting Cast
2011 Rod Santiago's The Sisters Young Carlota Cameo Appearance
2010 Star Factor Herself Herself

References

  1. ↑ "Morissette Amon Star Factor Runner-up". Stariray Magazine. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Morissette Amon Blind Audition Video". Pinoy Star News. 16 july 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Sarah fan goes to Team Sarah on 'The Voice'". ABS-CBN News. June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "The Voice PH Battle: Morissette vs Lecelle". ABS-CBN News. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013. 
  5. ↑ "VoicePH Battle - Morissette vs. Lecelle". Stariray Magazine. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Morissette Gets Highest Percentage of Votes of the Night". ABS-CBN News. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Voters Give Surprising Picks – The Voice Live Show". ABS-CBN News. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Morissette's Trending Voice PH Number". ABS-CBN News. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Morissette's vows to move forward with singing career". interaksyon. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "The Battle: Morissette and Lecelle". ABS-CBN News. 28 july 2013. Retrieved 28 july 2013. 

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