Led Sobrepeña III

Led Celerino L. Sobrepeña III a.k.a. "Led" Sobrepeña III (born October 3, 1980, in Philippines) is a Filipino actor and singer of American, Spanish, African, Chinese descent. He is known as a singer of The Singing Bee. He was born in Manila, Philippines on October 3, 1980 to Celerino Tiongson Sobrepeña Jr.of La Union and Alicia Eustaquio Loving of Biñan, Laguna.

Led Sobrepeña III
Sobrepeña in Dubai 2012
Born (1980-10-03) October 3, 1980
Manila, Philippines
OccupationActor, singer
Years active2008–present

Early life

Singing wasn't exactly the first talent Led discovered in himself. In fact, he used to dance a lot during school events before learning songs by Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson and Regine Velasquez in his pre adolescent years. He was a subject of bullying because he doesn't look like a typical Filipino. His curly hair, dark skin and body weight became issues of bullying in school which made him shy.

Career

In 2001, he debuted as a Stand Up Comedian in Padi's Point Biñan and eventually performed in different bars in Laguna before having a mini concert in 2003 in Quien's Bar in Calamba. In 2004, he joined and won as the champion in Submarina, the Siksik Sirena. A singing contest of Magandang Tanghali Bayan for Plus sized singers which is a spoof of Marina and eventually became the frontliner of the Comedy Band, The Fatbabes which performed in different bars in and outside Manila. During his band performing days, Led's repertoire were mostly songs by female artists and covered wide range of genres including Pop, R&B and Rock. He is known for being able to imitate voices of different female singers, as he had performed Lani Misalucha's Divas Medley as a special number on the band's gig. In 2006, the Fatbabes was featured in Rufa Mae Quinto's music video of the song Ocean Deep shot in Baywalk. And in 2008, he auditioned for The Singing Bee and eventually landed a spot as part of The Songbees for 5 seasons (2008–2010).[1] After The Singing Bee, he had the chance to perform in various events locally and abroad most notably in Singapore for The Filipino Association in Singapore's 74th Anniversary alongside Frenchie Dy, Alakim, Marcelito Pomoy and Martin Nievera in 2012 and in Papua New Guinea Filipino Community with Frenchie Dy in 2009.[2] In 2012 he stayed in Dubai for 3 months to perform in a Filipino Bar and returned the same year to perform at Asiana Hotel's Boracay Bar and Makati Bar. And in 2013 he performed at M2M Club in Concorde Hotel Singapore for 1 month. And in September 2015 he made a short appearance in ABS-CBN's daytime drama Ningning after 3 years hiatus.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNetwork
2016 Frenemies in Love as Manghuhula[3] Sari-Sari Channel
2015 Ningning uncredited Bogart/Betty ABS-CBN
2015 January 31 episode Maalaala Mo Kaya "Korona" Pageant Host
2013 Minute to Win It as himself[4]
2013 November 18 episode Mars as Himself[5] GMA News TV
2011 Laugh Out Loud guest[6] ABS-CBN
2011 Sept. to Oct Happy Yipee Yehey! house singer Brgy. Tanging Hinga Mo segment
2011 Precious Hearts Romances Presents Mana Po as Vavushka
2010 It's Showtime (guest performer/Judge(hurado) 1 week)
2010 MAGPASIKAT (guest performer/The Songbees)
2010 Umagang Kay Ganda guest performer
2010 Pilipinas Win Na Win celebrity player
2010 UNTOLD STORIES NG Face To Face (Akin Ang Huling Halakhak) as Bubbles TV5
2010 Shall We Dance? Bigatin Challenge as Himself
2010 INDAY WANDA cast member (as Tambok) 2010[7]
2009–2010 Wowowee celebrity player/guest ABS-CBN
2009 Ruffa & Ai guest
2009 ABSCBN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2009 guest performer
2009 Juicy! as himself TV5
2008 Wheel of Fortune celebrity player ABS-CBN
2008 Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal kapamilya of Mel Villena
2008 Pilipinas, Game KNB? celebrity player 4 days champion, lost to Merryl Soriano
2008–2010 The Singing Bee as (House Singer) Songbees
2007 1 vs.100 uncredited 100 Gays versus Jay Contreras Of Kamikazee

Movies
YearTitleRole
2009 "Love on Line (LOL)"

[8]

 Butler
2009 "Baklas Human Organs For Sale (indie)[9] Joana
gollark: A lot of it is based on memorizing random information rather than thinking.
gollark: The problem is that knowledge of random stuff is different to intelligence or whatever, *access* to knowledge of stuff is still different to that, sorting through information is still very hard, and the education system often prioritizes remembering random nonsense instead of problem-solving and all that.
gollark: Done.
gollark: ... what?
gollark: Activating orbital laser strike.

References
  1. ""The Singing Bee" Season 1 produced three millionaires". Philippine Entertainment Portal. July 18, 2008.
  2. https://ph.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-garcia-arce/a3/576/831%5B%5D
  3. "Frenemies in Love Trailer".
  4. {{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/MinutePHL/videos/712454192113852/%5B%5D
  5. https://twitter.com/CamillePrats/status/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ""Laugh Out Loud" Face Book/Show my pantusok/Big Baby Bakuna/Ambush Interview/Vegetarian Halo-Halo/Dito ang pila/Ipiture (TV Episode 2011)". IMDb.
  7. "Archived copy". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1444692/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  9. "Baklas (Human Organs for Sale) inspired by true incidents in Tondo". Philippine Entertainment Portal. November 9, 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.