Jasmine Trias - Pinay Finalist in American Idol

[tonychel]

Jasmine Trias



Biography

Trias was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in the Central Oahu
suburb of Mililani. She is the eldest daughter of Filipino immigrants
 to the state of Hawaii from Tanza, Cavite. Trias attended Maryknoll
School, a Roman Catholic preparatory school of the Diocese of Honolulu.

As a representative of Maryknoll School, she won the Brown Bags to
Stardom 2001 state singing competition and the Road to Fame 2003
youth talent competition. Trias graduated from Maryknoll School in
June 2004.

Jasmine is planning to move to Los Angeles, California to begin her
professional singing career. As of July 2006, Jasmine Trias is
currently dating Kris Lawrence, a singer in the Philippines.[citation needed]

Carreer:
After Trias' appearance on American Idol, her fanbase grew into a
cult-like phenomenon. She won millions of fans in the United States
and millions more in foreign countries where the show was aired:
Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore,
and Taiwan, among others. The Manila Times newspaper captured
the mood of her ancestral country in an April headline,
"Everybody Wants Jasmine." During the American Idol season,
hundreds of internet fan sites from over a dozen countries were
established in several Asian and European languages.

Managing Director of Honolulu Ben Lee summarized the mood in
Trias' home state of Hawaii by saying, "Jasmine has enough votes
in Hawai'i to become governor or mayor easily." Lieutenant
Governor James Aiona, in his capacity as acting governor,
declared Jasmine Trias Day by executive order.

In the Philippines, Trias has done television commercials and
billboard ads for McDonald's, Smart Telecommunications,
Hapee Toothpaste, and Bench Clothing. On October 6, 2004,
Trias released a promotional single for McDonald's entitled
"Love Ko 'To" (the local translation of McDonald's "i'm lovin' it"
slogan). McDonald's restaurants in the Philippines offered a
promotional meal called the "Jasmine Trio", which consisted
of a Strawberry Float, fries, and the McDonald's exclusive
Love Ko 'To CD-Single.

Jasmine has also done various commercials in Hawaii
discouraging smoking, drinking, and drug use.

Trias headlined tours in Manila, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and Guam in 2004. To end her whirlwind visit to the Philippines,
dubbed "Jasmania," she met President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

On February 27, 2005, Trias released a CD single entitled
"Flying Home," which was sold exclusively in Pizza Hut and
Taco Bell stores in Hawaii. The single was intended to capture
her feelings of returning to Hawaii after months of working on
tour and on her album.

Trias was a part of the JCPenney and Seventeen "Rock Your Prom"
Fashion Show. She performed in Springfield, Missouri and Glendale,
California in March 2005.

Trias signed a record deal with Clockwork Entertainment, a
company which has worked with Dream and Bad Boy Records
(headed by P. Diddy), to record and produce her debut album.
She also signed a record deal with Universal Records for the
album's release in the Philippines. Her self-titled debut album
with Clockwork Entertainment was released on July 12, 2005
in the U.S.. It has since sold 30,000 copies. She has since been
certified platinum in the Philippines.

Trias also appeared on GMA Network's reality show Extra
Challenge with fellow internationally known Filipinas Ruffa
Gutierrez (former Miss World runner-up) and Donita Rose
(former MTV VJ). She also visited the housemates of Pinoy
Big Brother: Celebrity Edition on March 6 and stayed in the
house overnight, leaving on March 7.

Musically, some have compared Trias to Michelle Branch and
Vanessa Carlton. Trias has left Clockwork Entertainment
due to poor management and promotion; and is now with
Universal Records Philippines. Both "Excuses" and "Sana Lagi"
peaked at #6 on the popular Live365 Internet station.

Source: wikipedia.org

[tonychel]

Awards/Recognitions

Year    Award-giving Body    Award    Result
2006    MTV Pilipinas    Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Video (Lose Control)    Nominated
2006    Mobile MYX Top Picks    Ringtone of the Week (May) (Kung Paano)    Won
2006    The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Na Hoku Hanohano Awards    Female Vocalist of the Year    Nominated
2006    The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Na Hoku Hanohano Awards    Most Promising Artist of the Year    Nominated
2006    The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Na Hoku Hanohano Awards    Contemporary Album of the Year    Nominated
2006    PARI's Awit Awards (the Philippine Grammy Awards)    Best R&B Song (Lose Control)    Nominated
2006    PARI's Awit Awards (the Philippine Grammy Awards)    Best Vocal Arrangement (Lose Control)    Nominated
2006    Hawaii Music Awards    Pop Album of the Year    Won
2006    Hawaii Music Awards    Best New Artist of the Year    Won
2006    Philippine Hip-Hop Music Awards    Female R&B Arist of the Year    Won
2005    Askmen.com    Singer of the Week (January)    Won
2005    AlohaJoe.com    Artist of the Month (August)    Won
2005    FHM Magazine (Philippines)    Top 100 Sexiest Women (#50)    Won
2005    Hawaii Music Awards    Entertainer of the Year    Won
2004    People Magazine (Asia)    People of the Year Award    Won
2004    Kalayaan Performing Arts    Music Award    Won
2004    Y Style Fashion Awards    Bench Model of the Year    Won
2004    Maryknoll High School    Music Award    Won
2004    Quezon City Chamber of Ngo-Po Inc    Filipino World Class Achiever's Award    Won

Videography

2004: "Love 'Ko To" (for McDonald's) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bggWJos7eo
2004: "Kailangan Koy Ikaw" (for Smart IDD) - no link available
2005: "Excuses" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gwOLS2sdPk
2005: "Lose Control" - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=855502115
2005: "Sana Lagi" - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=855528617
2006: "Kung Paano" - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1654782936
2006: "Bebot" Generation 1 & 2 (by the Black Eyed Peas) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPPCIboL4A

[diana]

she's my idol....really good in singing

[MikerG]

we should be proud of her.

She proved to America and the the world, we are world class
singers and musicians.

[sikatz]

Jasmine Trias!!! sikatz din yan eh...