Christian Bautista

Christian Joseph Morata Bautista (born October 19, 1981), more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning the 4th place in the competition in 2003. After the contest, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines[1] and released his self-titled debut album, Christian Bautista. The multi-platinum album established his name as an OPM artist with songs such as "The Way You Look At Me", "Colour Everywhere" and "Hands To Heaven" topping the charts. The singer gained popularity not only in the Philippines but in other countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

The singer also collaborated with fellow Filipino singers Nina, Sitti, Rachelle Ann Go, Sarah Geronimo, Sheryn Regis, Erik Santos and Mark Bautista. He regularly appears in ABS-CBN's variety show ASAP XV.

Currently, Bautista is busy shooting "The Kitchen Musical" with fellow Stages talent, Karylle, and other Filipino talents in Singapore.

 Life and music career

Childhood and youthBautista was born in Manila, Philippines on October 19, 1981.[2] He is the eldest of four siblings of Jo, Paulo and Ebert Bautista. His Brothers name is Jordan James Bautista who studied at Ateneo De Manila, Paulo Agpaoa Bautista who studied also at Ateneo De Manila taking BS Accountancy and Joshua Daniel Bautista, a teacher in English. He was a choir member in their church since he was seven years old.

Bautista studied grade school and high school at the International Christian Academy, which also hailed other Filipino actors such as Ryan Eigenmann, Geoff Eigenmann, Rico Yan and Billy Joe Crawford. He then took up landscape architecture at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] He was a table tennis varsity player during college before focusing on singing and entering showbiz.[3] He joined ABS-CBN's reality talent show Star In A Million in 2003.

Christian Bautista does K-Pop 

Christian Bautista broke new ground again as the first Filipino artist to collaborate with a Korean Pop group. He recorded the hit song "Wrong Number" with K-Pop group One Way.

���2010 has been a year of many firsts and many surprises and my collaboration with One Way is one of them,��� says Christian. ���Being part of one of the best upcoming K-pop groups is a great opportunity, a challenge to continue to explore other music genres. I hope fans will appreciate the version we did.���

In preparation for this special duet, Christian mustered enough courage to overcome what people see as his limitation as a performer by undergoing extensive dance classes almost every other day.

���People have a hard time imagining me dance, so I really want to devote as much time as I could to practice,��� says Christian, who has Jungee Marcelo as his dance coach. ���I am working very hard and I know

I���ll be better in the future. I am determined. And, I am thankful I have Jungee���s support.���

This proved Christian���s dedication to his craft. It is also a part of his new persona — bolder, more exciting . He started off improving his physique, exposing his ���to-die-for��� abs in a number of billboards for brands he endorsed.

Formed last February, One Way was in the country recently to promote its first album, One Way Street, distributed by Universal Records.