Piero Vergara
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Piero Miguel Sainz Vergara (born June 25, 1993) is a Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. He made his debut in the fifth season
StarStruck (season 5)
The fifth season of StarStruck premiered on November 15, 2009. The show is hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo...

 of StarStruck
StarStruck (Philippine TV series)
StarStruck is a Philippine over-all talent competition airing on GMA Network. It debuted on October 27, 2003, and has since become one of the most popular shows on Philippine television....

, an over-all talent competition
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...

 on GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

 in which he was early eliminated in the show.
Piero is now part of Star Magic
Star Magic
Star Magic, Inc., , is ABS-CBN's training and management program for its contract talents. It was designed to assist young talent in the Philippines...

, ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

's talent management arm.

Early life

Piero Miguel Sainz Vergara was born in Davao City
Davao City
The City of Davao is the largest city in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its international airport and seaports are among the busiest cargo hubs in the Philippines....

, but moved to Cebu City
Cebu City
The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...

 during his early childhood. His father's (James Michael) interest in Motorsports' FERRARI Formula 1 Team led him to be named after Piero Ferrari
Piero Ferrari
Piero Lardi Ferrari is the second and only living son of Enzo Ferrari and presently 10% owner of the Ferrari automotive company where he is also Vice Chairman of company. His mother was Enzo's mistress, Lina Lardi, and he was not acknowledged as a Ferrari family member until the death of Enzo's...

, the son of nzo Ferrari] and added "Miguel", a translation of F-1's greatest ([Michael Schumacher]), 7 time F1 World Champion. He is the eldest and the only boy of the three siblings of James and Josephine Sainz. He started school at the Ateneo de Davao University but only up to his 3rd grade as the family moved to Cebu in 2003 where he and her sisters went to Marie Ernestine School. However on his fourth year in high school, his passion for music and singing prompted him to try his luck in show business by auditioning in Starstruck V, thus his 4th year was stunted and while he endeavored for a home-study program in Manila. the critical demands of his a "budding" career was tough enough to handle, let alone juggle school responsibilities. His showbiz career has taken him across the other network where he has been casted in in support roles as well as showcasing his singing talent in a Sunday Variety show. He is geared to reenter the academe next school year at St. Benilde's to take up a B.A. Music Production course in pursuit of his true passion and love and that is music.

Career

He did several advertisements during his childhood including a television commercial ad for Jollibee
Jollibee
Jollibee Foods Corporation is the parent company of Jollibee, a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines. Among JFC's popular brands are Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Caffe Ti-amo, Mang Inasal and Burger King...

 with Serena Dalrymple and Aga Muhlach. In the year 2009, Piero joined Star Magic
Star Magic
Star Magic, Inc., , is ABS-CBN's training and management program for its contract talents. It was designed to assist young talent in the Philippines...

 in Cebu together with Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 is the third teen edition of the Philippine reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother. It began airing on the night of April 10, 2010 and ended over two months later on June 26 of the same year. This is the first Teen Edition to be held after a regular season instead of...

 housemate Fretzie Bercede and has been an endorser of Penshoppe together with his fellow-Cebuano and distant cousin Annette Osmeña.

He was awarded as Dangal ng Bayan’s Most Promising Young Talent Discovery for 2010 by Who's Who in the Philippines Foundation and the National Consumers Affair Foundation.

In the late 2010, Piero moved to GMA's rival, ABS-CBN wherein he will be seen in the youth-oriented variety show, Shout Out!.

Piero's acting debut in ABS-CBN is when he was chosen to play Dennis Sardenas in Mutya
Mutya
Mutya is a Philippine fantasy series produced and aired by ABS-CBN that is based on Pablo S. Gomez's comic of the same name. The series introduced the network's newest discovered child actress Mutya Orquia...

.

He was also a front, support act of the Irish pop band Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

 for their 2011 Gravity Tour
Gravity Tour
The Gravity Tour is the eleventh concert tour by Irish boy band, Westlife. The tour will support their eleventh studio album, Gravity. The tour visits Europe, Asia and Africa. -Background:...

.

StarStruck

Piero auditioned in Starstruck
StarStruck (Philippine TV series)
StarStruck is a Philippine over-all talent competition airing on GMA Network. It debuted on October 27, 2003, and has since become one of the most popular shows on Philippine television....

 on September 26, 2009 during the time when typhoon Typhoon Ketsana battered the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. At the first callback audition, Piero sang “Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets...

” by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

. On November 29, he was announced as one of the 14 finalist of the fifth season
StarStruck (season 5)
The fifth season of StarStruck premiered on November 15, 2009. The show is hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo...

 of Starstruck
StarStruck (Philippine TV series)
StarStruck is a Philippine over-all talent competition airing on GMA Network. It debuted on October 27, 2003, and has since become one of the most popular shows on Philippine television....

. His early elimination in the show, together with Princess Snell
Princess Snell
Princess Tinkerbell Cristina Marjorie Pedere Snell, better known simply as Princess Snell , is a Filipina actress and was one of the finalists in the fifth season of StarStruck....

, became a shocker to his fans and supporters during the double-elimination week.

Filmography

Television
Year Shows Role Network
2009 StarStruck V
StarStruck (season 5)
The fifth season of StarStruck premiered on November 15, 2009. The show is hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo...

 
Himself GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

BandaOke
BandaOke
BandaOke: Rock n' Roll to Millions! is a game show broadcast on the Philippine television network, GMA Network. It began airing on October 25, 2009. It will be hosted by former All Star K! hosts, Jaya and Allan K...

: Rock n' Roll to Millions!
Contestant
SIS  Guest
Prosperity in 2010: The GMA New Year's Countdown Performer
Mel and Joey
Mel and Joey
Mel & Joey is a Filipino television talk and lifestyle show that airs every Sunday evenings by GMA Network.It replaced the previous talk show, Partners with Mel Tiangco, where Mel Tiangco hosted when Jay Sonza ran for election to the Senate of the Philippines under the party, Aksyon Demokratiko,...

 
Guest
2010 Party Pilipinas
Party Pilipinas
Party Pilipinas is a Philippine music variety show broadcasted by GMA Network. The show premiered on 28 March 2010 - replacing the defunct SOP Fully Charged. It also broadcasts worldwide through GMA Pinoy TV.Each week, two teams alternate to give the audience a variety in theme and concepts.Direk...

 
Performer
The Sweet Life  Guest QTV-11
Pilipinas Win Na Win
Pilipinas Win Na Win
Pilipinas Win Na Win was a noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show was presented by its main hosts Rico J. Puno, Rey Valera, Marco Sison, and Nonoy Zuñiga with their co-hosts Pokwang, Valerie Concepcion, and K Brosas. The show premiered on July 31, 2010, and aired...

 
Contestant ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

Shout Out!  Tuesdelicious Group
2011 Pablo S. Gomez's Mutya
Mutya
Mutya is a Philippine fantasy series produced and aired by ABS-CBN that is based on Pablo S. Gomez's comic of the same name. The series introduced the network's newest discovered child actress Mutya Orquia...

 
Dennis Sardenas
ASAP Rocks
ASAP (variety show)
ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays...

 
Dream Boys
Growing Up
Growing Up (2011 Philippine TV series)
Growing Up is a Filipino teen drama anthology series aired on ABS-CBN. It is top billed by Mara Clara stars Kathryn Bernardo, Julia Montes, Diego Loyzaga, Kiray Celis and EJ Jallorina with other teen casts Daniel Padilla of Gimik 2010, Neil Coleta of 100 Days to Heaven, and Yen Santos of Good Vibes...

 
Richard


Movies
Year Shows Role
2010 You to Me Are Everything
You to Me Are Everything (film)
You to Me Are Everything is a 2010 Philippine romantic comedy film starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. Directed by Mark A. Reyes, from a screenplay by Aloy Adlawan, it was released on May 5, 2010 in the Philippines.-Synopsis:...

Party goer

Awards

  • The Future Hitmaker, StarStruck V's Final Judgment - February 2010
  • Winner, 2010 Dangal ng Bayan Awardee for Most Promising Young Talent - March 2010

External links


Footnotes

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