21 Facts About Jona Viray

Jona Viray was catapulted to mainstream prominence after she emerged as the first grand champion of Pinoy Pop Superstar.

Jona Viray was the lead singer of trio girl-group La Diva, alongside Maricris Garcia and Aicelle Santos following her career as a solo artist.

On her first project in the Kapamilya Network, Jona Viray sang "I Will Survive", the theme song of primetime drama series, We Will Survive.

Jona Viray sang the second version of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" from the OST soundtrack of 2016 romantic-drama film Barcelona: A Love Untold and was chosen to sing the 65th Miss Universe theme titled "Confidently Beautiful".

Jona Viray is known for her belting technique, melismatic singing style, and her ability to sing operatic arias.

Jonalyn Roxas Viray was born on November 15,1989, in Marikina, Philippines.

Jona Viray is the only girl and the eldest of four children from Pio Duran, Albay.

Jona Viray started joining singing contests at an early age.

Jona Viray won first runner-up in Birit Bulilit of IBC 13 as a child and one of the finalists in MTB Teen Pop Star where her winning piece was Mariah Carey's "Never Too Far".

Jona Viray was 15 years old when she competed at the singing competition Pinoy Pop Superstar held by the local television station GMA Network and hosted by Regine Velasquez.

Jona Viray emerged as the weekly champion after singing the Whitney Houston hit song "Run to You".

For winning the title of, Jona Viray won 1 million pesos in cash and became the owner of a Futura Classic house and lot developed by Filinvest and a brand-new Toyota Innova.

Jona Viray won an exclusive one-year contract with GMA Records, the recording arm of GMA Network, and received 100,000 pesos worth of Belo Medical services, plus gift certificates worth 50,000 pesos from Gandang Ricky Reyes.

In February 2016, Jona Viray ended her decade of exclusivity with GMA and transferred to rival network ABS-CBN.

Jona Viray was called to perform for 2 Nights at the 27th Asian Television Awards when it happened for the first time in the Philippines.

Jona Viray was chosen by YouTube Philippines to be the first Filipina to headline the YouTube Music Night for the whole of Southeast Asia.

Jona Viray has been called "one of the industry's top female performers and recording artists".

Jona Viray has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Regine Velasquez, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey for her musical style, and sound.

Jona Viray has been noted for her "melismatic singing style" or use of melodic variations.

Jona Viray is a classically trained artist from the UST Conservatory of Music with a major in classical voice.

Jona Viray is known for her power ballads which deals with themes of heartbreak, hope, and perseverance.