La Diva (group)
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La Diva was a Filipino Ballad, girl group which was first established only for the show SOP for one of its segment. They are two winners and a runner-up of Pinoy Pop Superstar namely Jonalyn Viray, Aicelle Santos, Maricris Garcia. They had blending styles, Jonalyn Viray being the soprano, Maricris Garcia taking the place of the mezzo-soprano, Aicelle Santos as the alto. Their major musical influence wass female group Destiny's Child.
History
In May 2008, it was confirmed that GMA Artist Center would be forming a female music trio called La Diva. With its “Three of a Kind” segment, the musical variety show gets ready to introduce a new generation of divas.
Member Jonalyn Viray notes that a meeting for the creation of La Diva was held in January this year, with the stipulation that each member of the group would still keep their own identity, and their solo career. While the three ladies of La Diva are uncertain of how the group was formed, the combining factor is that each of them came from the singing competition, Pinoy Pop Superstar. Jonalyn Viray and Maricris Garcia were the Grand Champions of the first and third seasons respectively, and Aicelle Santos was the runner-up of the second season.
After their first performance as a group, the ladies started receiving positive feedback. Wilma Galvante, GMA Network's Senior Vice President for Entertainment, and Ms. Darlene de Jesus, Assistant Vice President for magazines, musicals, variety, and specials, had noticed that there's a big improvement in their performances, as Maricris notes. They had series of concerts and all of them were successful. With their success as La Diva, the three singers are already receiving offers for series of concerts outside the country.[1]
LA Diva: Debut Album (Self-Titled Album)
Their self-titled debut album was out in major record bars in most of the locations in the Philippines. Their album has 10 tracks including their own version of the songs "Apologize", "Angels Brought Me Here", "I'm Yours", "Best Of My Love", "Stand Up For Love", "Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan" and their originals, "Kasping Ka(carrier single)", One Last Goodbye", Rosalinda(Slow and Fast".
Concerts
- Let's Celebrate (L.A. Concert with Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes - 2008)[3]
- Katy Musical (MMFF Highlights - 2008)[4]
- front act for America's Finest
- Only La Diva (La Diva's First Major Concert) November 28 and December 5, 2009
- Intimately La Diva (Valentine Concert) February 13, 2010
- One Journey (Canada Concert)
Discography
Studio Album
- La Diva (2009; Sony Music/GMA Records)
Singles
- "Apologize" (originally by One Republic)
- "Angels Brought Me Here" (originally by Guy Sebastian and used as the theme song for Queen Seon Deok in the Philippines)
- "Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?" (Originally Performed by Basil Valdez)
- "Ikaw ang Pag-Ibig" (Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang theme song)
- "Ay Amor" (Rosalinda theme song)
- "Rosalinda" (slow and fast version; from the past TV drama series of the same name)
