Thia Megia

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Thia Megia
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Megia singing in 2011
Background information
Birth nameThialorei Lising Megia [1]
Born (1995-01-30) January 30, 1995 (age 29)
Hayward, California [2]
Origin Mountain House, California,
United States [1]
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active2007–present

Thialorei Lising Megia (born January 30, 1995) [1] is a Filipino-American singer and television actress. She is known for being a contestant on the tenth season of American Idol and for starring as Haley Chen on Days of Our Lives . [3]

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Early life

Megia was born in Hayward, California, to Cynthia and Loreto Megia. [4] Her parents, originally from Angeles City, Philippines, emigrated to the United States in 1968 and changed their name from Mejia to Megia. [4] She attended Eden Gardens Elementary School in Hayward through the sixth grade, but was cyber-schooled online at California Virtual Academy, [5] when the family moved to Mountain House, California. [2]

She has won singing competitions in San Jose and Saratoga and has sung the national anthem at San Jose Giants, Stanford football and San Francisco 49ers games. [2] [6] She also appeared on the TV show Showtime at the Apollo as the Kid Star of Tomorrow in 2008 when she was 13. [7]

Prior to Idol, however, Megia was best known for her appearance on the fourth season of America's Got Talent in 2009. [8] She made it to the quarterfinals, but was cut in the Top 40 round. [2] That same year, she was invited to sing at the David Foster and Friends concert in California. [9] She is the first America's Got Talent contestant to advance to voting rounds on American Idol.

Megia was one of the singers in Lisa Lavie's February 20, 2010, collaboration video "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)" for charity relief for victims of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake, along with Jessica Sanchez. [10] The video's participants were collectively recognized as "Persons of the Week" on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer on Friday, March 19, 2010. [11]

She had her debut concert at Le Petit Trianon Theatre in San Jose, California, on March 27, 2010. [12]

Career

American Idol

Megia auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the song "Chasing Pavements" by Adele.

On March 31, 2011, Megia and Naima Adedapo were eliminated from American Idol. [13] [14]

As of season 10, Megia is the youngest finalist to ever appear on Idol after they changed the minimum age limit to 15 years. [15] [16]

Performances/results

EpisodeThemeSong choiceOriginal artistOrder #Result
AuditionAuditioner's Choice"Chasing Pavements" Adele N/AAdvanced
Hollywood Round, Part 1First Solo"Summertime" Abbie Mitchell N/AAdvanced
Hollywood Round, Part 2Group PerformanceUnairedUnairedN/AAdvanced
Hollywood Round, Part 3Second Solo"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong N/AAdvanced
Las Vegas RoundSongs of The Beatles Group Performance"Here Comes the Sun"
with Melinda Ademi		 The Beatles N/AAdvanced
Hollywood Round FinalFinal Solo to determine Top 24"You Raise Me Up" Secret Garden N/AAdvanced
Top 24 (12 Females)Personal Choice"Out Here on My Own" Irene Cara 10Advanced
Top 13Your Personal Idol"Smile" Charlie Chaplin 9Safe
Top 12Year You Were Born"Colors of the Wind" Vanessa Williams 3Safe
Top 11Motown"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" Martha and the Vandellas 2Bottom 3 1
Top 11 2 Elton John "Daniel"Elton John8Eliminated

Post Idol

Megia and the rest of the top 11 took part in the 2011 American Idols LIVE! Tour , which began in West Valley City, Utah, on July 6, 2011, and ended in Manila, Philippines on September 20, 2011. [17] Both the eliminated contestants, Naima Adedapo and Thia Megia, appeared and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Live with Regis and Kelly . [18] [19] Megia recently had a welcome home celebration at the West Valley Mall in Tracy, California, [20] and Central Park in Mountain House, California. [21] On November 12, 2011, Megia was invited to perform the U.S. National Anthem for the opening ceremony of the World Boxing Organization Welterweight Championship match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Her rendition of the song "One Day" was marked as a Bonus Track for the "Quest for Zhu: Music from the Motion Picture" album which was released on November 21, 2011. [22] She appeared on Philippine shows named Eat Bulaga and Manny Many Prizes with Pia Toscano, Stefano Langone and Scotty McCreery. [23] [24]

On April 19, 2012, Megia began an Asian concert tour in which she headlined concerts in Manila, Taipei, Bali, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur. [25] In May and June 2012, Megia performed in The Finalists Live! at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri with Lee Dewyze, Elliott Yamin, Kimberly Caldwell, and Blake Lewis. [26]

Published on April 13, 2017, Megia was the guest singer for Postmodern Jukebox's cover of the Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." [27] Later in 2017, Megia was one of four featured singers (along with Sara Niemietz, Rayvon Owen and Blake Lewis) in Postmodern Jukebox's cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." [28]

Acting

Megia began her acting career in 2017, when she guest starred in two episodes of Totally Funny. In the same year she appeared in two short films "Eye of Enmity" and "Yellow Rose", followed by guest starring in two series, Pop Music High as Ava and Tails of the Blue as Princess Cordelia. In 2018, she guest-starred in A.S.S (A Scary Sleepover) as Kristen and in the same year, she joined the cast of Days of Our Lives as a character named Haley Chen. [29] She debuted on December 19, 2018. [30]

Discography

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2011"One Day" Quest for Zhu: Music from the Motion Picture
2012"We'll Be There" Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust And Pixie Dust

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Eye of EnmityKaylaShort film
Yellow RoseRose
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 American Idol HerselfContestant; 12 episodes
2017Totally FunnySavannah

Saffron / Hannah / Herself

Episode: "Episode #1.4"

Episode: "Episode dated 10 October 2017"

2017Pop Music HighAvaThree episodes
Tails of the BluePrincess CordeliaFour episodes
2018A.S.S. (A Scary Sleepover)KristenThree episodes
2018–2019, 2020 Days of Our Lives Haley ChenRegular role [31]
2019 Coop & Cami Ask the World MinEpisode: "Would You Rather Get a Selfie?"

Nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020 47th Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series Days of Our Lives Nominated

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