14 Facts About Thia Megia

Thialorei Lising Megia was born on January 30,1995 and is a Filipino-American singer and television actress.

Thia Megia is known for being a contestant on the tenth season of American Idol and for starring as Haley Chen on Days of Our Lives.

Thia Megia attended Eden Gardens Elementary School in Hayward through the sixth grade, but was cyber-schooled online at California Virtual Academy, when the family moved to Mountain House, California.

Thia Megia 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.

Thia Megia appeared on the TV show Showtime at the Apollo as the Kid Star of Tomorrow in 2008 when she was 13.

Thia Megia made it to the quarterfinals, but was cut in the Top 40 round.

Thia Megia is the first America's Got Talent contestant to advance to voting rounds on American Idol.

Thia Megia was one of the singers in Lisa Lavie's February 20,2010, collaboration video "We Are the World 25 for Haiti " for charity relief for victims of the January 12,2010 Haiti earthquake, along with Jessica Sanchez.

Thia Megia had her debut concert at Le Petit Trianon Theatre in San Jose, California, on March 27,2010.

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

Thia Megia recently had a welcome home celebration at the West Valley Mall in Tracy, California, and Central Park in Mountain House, California.

On November 12,2011, Thia Megia was invited to perform the US National Anthem for the opening ceremony of the World Boxing Organization Welterweight Championship match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Thia Megia appeared on Philippine shows named Eat Bulaga and Manny Many Prizes with Pia Toscano, Stefano Langone and Scotty McCreery.

Thia Megia began her acting career in 2017, when she guest starred in two episodes of Totally Funny.