Janine Berdin

Patricia Janine Dusaran Berdin (born January 28, 2002) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She rose to fame when she won the second season of the Tawag ng Tanghalan segment on It's Showtime (2017–2018).

Berdin began her career as a child actress after appearing in Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars (2010), she appeared in several television series on ABS-CBN after her stint on the contest and prior to her singing career. After a five-year hiatus to focus on her studies, she joined Tawag ng Tanghalan in 2017 and won the competition. She subsequently signed with Star Magic.

Her 2022 single "Mahika" with Adie reached No. 1 on the Billboards Philippines Songs chart. Up until October 2023, "Mahika" became the longest-charting track on the Billboards Philippines Songs chart at 69 weeks. Her debut EP "WTF I actually wrote these songs" was released in 2022. She was previously a regular on the variety show ASAP Natin 'To, until her transition to an independent artist.

Her 2023 single "Sitwasyonship" was her first self-composed release as an independent artist. This was followed by the release of "Alas Dos Na!!!" on May 10, 2024, as the debut single for her new label, Island Records Philippines.

On May 18, 2026, Berdin returned to the Wish 107.5 bus to perform a live version of her self-composed song "What if I miss you for the rest of my life?", later going viral and drawing attention from international artists such as Demi Lovato, SZA, Doechii, and Lauren Jauregui.

Career Berdin first appeared on ABS-CBN, where she competed in the fourth season of Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars. Berdin finished as the 4th female semi-finalist.

After the contest she was endorsed to ABS-CBN's Star Magic to be one of their talents. She also participated in some Star Magic activities including Star Magic Games 2012 and the ABS-CBN 2012 Christmas Station ID.

Berdin attempted to audition for The Voice Kids, but was not chosen to appear in the show. In 2017, she also tried to audition for the first season of Tawag ng Tanghalan, but was still not accepted. She auditioned again during the following season and received the call to compete for the fourth quarter of the season.

Tawag ng Tanghalan: Season 2

On January 24, 2018, Janine participated in the Season 2, Quarter IV of Tawag ng Tanghalan on It's Showtime, a singing competition on ABS-CBN. She was introduced as a Singing Young military trainee and was dubbed as the "Cadets My Girl ng Cebu". On her first performance, she sang her rendition of Magasin by Eraserheads, where she emerged as the daily winner.

Season 2, Quarter IV – Semi-finals On February 5, 2018, Berdin defended the golden microphone for five consecutive days. Consequently, at the age of 16 years old, she became the first semi-finalist of TNT Season 2, Quarter IV, followed by Mark Douglas Dagal, Aljun Alborme, Arabelle Dela Cruz, and Reggie Tortugo, Adelene Rabulan, Arbie Baula, JM Bales and Christian Bahaya. The nine semi-finalists competed during the week-long Semi-finals starting May 12, 2018. Berdin performed daily during the rounds and earned a standing ovation and praises from the judges on the Round 4, with her rendition of "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" by Yano. In the next round, Berdin performed an emotional rendition of Narda by Kamikazee which earned another standing ovation and moved one of the judges Ogie Alcasid into tears. On the last day of the Semi-finals, Berdin received her third standing ovation and earned the highest combined score of 97.98% and advanced to the grand finals, alongside Reggie Tortugo, who received the score of 60.84%.

Season 2, Grand Finals Twelve TNT Season 2 Grand Finalists were to perform in the week-long competition that took place on May 28–June 2, 2018 held at the Aliw Theater. During the first round of the Grand Finals, Berdin performed Eraserheads' With A Smile and garnered a combined score of 98.2% eventually becoming part of the Top 6. During the live finale, after performing Bamboo's Tatsulok/Noypi/Hallelujah medley, Berdin earned the highest combined score of 96.11% to emerged as the Grand Champion followed by Ato Arman (74.27%) and Steven Paysu (61.80%). and went viral on YouTube With her popular renditions of Filipino songs, she was nicknamed as the New Gem of OPM.

The livestream video of “Tawag ng Tanghalan” at the day of the Grand finals on June 2, 2018 also made a record of 100,000 concurrent viewers on YouTube. As of June 24, 2018, the TNT video performance of Berdin had already accumulated over 60 million views (18 videos).

ABS-CBN's TNTVersions YouTube channel opened a new online video blog series entitled TNTVlog featuring Berdin as the official host, the 1st episode was published on June 21, 2018.

In December 2018, Berdin's grand final performance of Bamboo songs medley was named as the second top trending videos that entertained Filipinos in 2018 according to YouTube Rewind.

2018–present: Post Tawag ng Tanghalan and breakthrough

On July 7, 2018, Berdin signed for a recording contract with the new label TNT Records under Star Music where she performed live for her new carrier single Biyaya written by Chochay Magno. The new single was released on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and other music streaming platforms starting July 27, 2018.

Berdin was announced to be part of a major concert set to be held on July 28, 2018 at the Araneta Coliseum dubbed as TNT All Star Showdown. She was introduced as one of the headliners with Season 1 Grand Champion Noven Belleza, Finalist Sam Mangubat and the TNT Boys. After a successful result, the sold-out concert was followed by TNT All Star Showdown - Cebu held at the Hoops Dome, Lapu Lapu City on September 21, 2018.

On September 25, 2018, Berdin was honored to receive the formal invitation to attend the ABS-CBN Ball for the first time. Berdin belted out a performance together with her idols KZ Tandingan and Yeng Constantino during the ABS-CBN Ball.

On September 26, 2018, Berdin was announced to interpret and record Mas Mabuti Pa, composed by Mhonver Lopez & Joanna Concepcion. The song earned Star Music Listeners Choice Award and 4th best song for the Himig Handog 2018 P-Pop Love Songs.

On October 7, 2018, Berdin performed the Opening theme of the drama series Kadenang Ginto during ASAP. The song entitled Nasa Puso is composed by Jeremy Sarmiento.

On December 20, 2018, Berdin announced on Magandang Buhay that she was recently confirmed as an ASAP regular co-host and performer.

In July 2019, Berdin once again interpreted a song, "Sa'yong Mundo", an entry for the top 12 Himig Handog 2019. The song is written by Noel Zuniga Cabalquinto.

In August 2019, Berdin became a member of the girl group J.E.Z. together with Elha Nympha and Zephanie. One of the guesting at GGV mash-up performance of J.E.Z. gained more than 9million streams on YouTube The group took a hiatus in March 2020 until Sheena Belarmino joined the group in January 2021 and Zephanie returned to the group 2 months later. The newly revived group, now branded as New Gen Divas or New Gen Birit Divas, would debut on April 25, 2021, with Janine representing the color red in the said group.

Some time in July 2021, she, along with her co-member Zephanie were unavailable to perform for the New Gen Divas due to prior commitments for the taping cycle that had to be done prior to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. They were temporarily replaced by Gigi De Lana and Lara Maigue. She would later return to the group in September 2021, following the group's appearance on Madlang Pi-Poll, a segment of It's Showtime.

Personal life In September 2019, Berdin was treated for vocal nodules using steroids. She was later diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome, a side effect from her medication. She attended St. Joseph's School of Mactan during her formative years.

Discography Studio albums + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Album details WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs Released: June 10, 2022 Label: Star Music Formats: Digital download, streaming Lab Songs ng mga Tanga Released: September 26, 2025 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Filmography Television Year Title Role 2022–2023 PIE Borito Co-host 2018–2023 ASAP Natin 'To Performer 2018 Maalaala Mo Kaya: Mikropono Herself Tawag ng Tanghalan: Season 2, Quarter IV Grand Champion Young Shiela Maalaala Mo Kaya: Pasa Young Maida 2012 Maalaala Mo Kaya: Baunan Young Norma Wansapanataym: Ang suyod ni Ang Suh-yod Merly Wansapanataym: Hannah Panahon Hannah's Sister (as Janine Bardin) 2011 Maalaala Mo Kaya: Tungkod Young Bogs Mutya School bully (uncredited)

Concerts Date Title Venue Country Description Reference July 28, 2018 TNT All Star Showdown Araneta Coliseum Philippines with fellow TNT Artists September 21, 2018 TNT All Star Showdown Cebu Hoops Dome, Lapu-lapu City Philippines with fellow TNT Artists, Directed by Joane Laygo September 28, 2018 Pinoy Hype 2018 Al Nasr Leisureland United Arab Emirates with TNT BOYS, BoybandPH November 30, 2018 Listen: The Big Shot Concert Araneta Coliseum Philippines Guest performer for the TNT Boys April 27, 2021 500th year of Victory at Mactan Concert Mactan Shrine Philippines Guest performer

Awards and nominations Year Organization Category Work Result 2018 RAWR Awards Favorite Newbie 2019 Push Awards Push Music Performance of the Year "Banal na Aso" MOR Pinoy Music Awards Best New Artist of the Year "Mas Mabuti Pa" World Class Philippines Council Most Promising Female Music Artist 2020 33rd Awit Awards Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play "Nasa Puso" 2021 34th Awit Awards Best Regional Recording "Bulalakaw" 2023 10th National Customers' Choice Achiever Awards Performing Artists Best Female Recording Artist 8th Wish Music Awards Wish Song Collaboration of the Year "Mahika" "Pancit" 4th VP Choice Awards OPM Song of the Year "Mahika" 36th Awit Awards Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist "I'm Not Her" People's Voice Favorite Song "Mahika" 2024 Billboard Philippines Women in Music Listeners' Choice Award "Sitwasyonship"