Maris Racal

Maris Racal
Born	Mariestella Cañedo Racal (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997 Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Occupation	Actress, Singer, Television Personality, Student
Years active	2014–present
Agent	Star Magic (2014–present)
Notable work	Second Big Placer in Pinoy Big Brother: All In
Website	www.instagram.com/mariesteller

Mariestella Racal (born September 22, 1997), better known as Maris Racal, is a Filipina actress, singer/songwriter and television personality who won 2nd Big Placer on Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) All In. She entered the PBB House at the age of 16 and was dubbed as the "Singing Sunshine ng Davao".^[1] She gained a fan base known as "Mariestellers" during the course of the show.

Maris grew up in a musically inclined family and learned to sing and play instruments at a young age. She can play the guitar, piano, ukulele and beatbox, some of which she learned on her own by watching various videos online. Aside from being a musician and singer, she also excels in painting, song/poem writing, acting and dancesports.^[2]

After her stint in PBB, Maris became a Star Magic artist. In February 2016, Maris was introduced as one of the members of all-girl dance group, Girltrends.^[3]

On January 22, 2017, Maris was officially launched as one of the members of ASAP's newest all-girl sing-and-dance group, BFF5.^[4]

Maris Racal has a rising team-up with singer-actor Iñigo Pascual. The two are collectively known as “MarNigo”. Racal and Pascual are rumored to be in a relationship. All fans are now hoping for their loveteam to be real on and off cam. Many says that they are a perfect match.

Additionally, Iñigo Pascual announced that he will star in a movie project together with Maris Racal this 2018. This will serve as their launching movie as a loveteam.

Career

After PBB, Maris Racal was launched as part of Star Magic Circle 2014 and had been quickly molded as a budding actress, starting off on TV show Hawak Kamay followed by several more stints on TV shows like Maalaala Mo Kaya, Ipaglaban Mo, Oh My G!, and Ningning, and on films like Halik sa Hangin, Just The Way You Are, and The Breakup Playlist.^[5] She also starred with Roberto "Fourth" Solomon Pagotan IV in the 'Dear MOR' episode, the “Kate and Red Story”.^[6]

Maris released her first single "Tanong Mo Sa Bituin" in April 2015 as part of Star Record's compilation album "OPM Fresh".^[7]

In June 2015, Maris was cast in her first main lead role on big screen as Elena in Tandem Entertainment's film "Stars Versus Me", which also starred Manolo Pedrosa as her leading man.^[8]

By February 2016, Maris was introduced as one of the members of all-girl dance group "Girltrends" in the noontime show It's Showtime. She was then tagged as "Magnificent Girltrend Maris" and became the group's Team Young member.^[9] Maris subsequently played Jenny Bonanza in the teleserye We Will Survive later in the month.^[10]

In October 2016, Maris performed in her first OneMusicPH's Digital Concert dubbed as "Double Hearts" (together with co-performers Loisa Andalio, Sue Ramirez and Kristel Fulgar), where she debuted her original song Take It All Away.^[11] In the same month, Maris appeared in the film The Third Party as Joan.^[12]

By December 2016, Maris became notable as Maxine in the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival's box office entry film Vince and Kath and James.^[13]

In January 2017, Maris was launched as one of the members of ASAP's new all-girl sing-and-dance group, known as BFF5 (pronounced as BFFs), along with Ylona Garcia, Andrea Brillantes, Loisa Andalio and Kira Balinger.^[14] Inclusion in the new group led Maris to leave her previous group Girltrends.^[15] Later in the month, Maris started her guest appearance as Rona, Carreon's daughter, in the hit primetime TV series Ang Probinsyano.

By April 2017, Maris starred as Fairy Sylvia in weekend primetime series Wansapanataym Presents: Annika PINTAsera.^[16] Later in the month, Maris was entrusted with Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin's Theme Song "Paano Mo Nalaman", the tagalized version of the song 'How Did You Know'.^[17]

In July 8, 2017, Maris held her first major concert together with Loisa, Sue and Kristel titled 4 Of A Kind: The Un4gettable Concert at the Music Museum.^[18] Maris was also one of the cast in the horror thriller film Bloody Crayons, playing the role of Richalaine Alcantara, that was released on cinemas by July 12, 2017.^[19]

In November 2017, Maris join the cast of Hanggang Saan as Nessa, and paired with Yves Flores.^[20]

By December 2017, Maris became part of Regal Films's official entry film Haunted Forest with Jane Oineza, Jameson Blake and Jon Lucas on 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[21]

In February 8, 2018, Maris Racal staged the first-ever Star Events FanCon held at Teatrino, Promenade with Inigo Pascual as her very special guest. Maris also launched her original song, "Tala" and released as her newest single.^[22] Few days after, Maris joins Inigo Pascual as his co-host on his online show every Tuesday One Music POPSSSS as they started their Season 4 pilot episode with John Roa.

By May 2018, her latest single "Ikaw Lang Sapat Na" launched as the sub-theme song of the teleserye Since I Found You on Primetime Bida.^[23]

Maris is now a certified recording artist as she released her first album entitled "Stellar".

October 2018, Maris was launched as one of the 10 interpreters of Himig Handog 2018 with a song of Jan Sabili from Muntinlupa entitled "Sugarol".

Music career

In July 2014, the PBB All In housemates including Maris Racal released their "Pinoy Big Brother: All In - Originals" album, composed of three songs (Teen Love Song, Turtle Song, and Bibimbap) originally written and sung by them.^[24]

On October 28, 2014, Maris uploaded her cover of Ed Sheeran‘s “Thinking Out Loud” song on her official YouTube account. The hashtag ‘Thinking Out Loud Cover by Maris Racal’ immediately trended worldwide on Twitter as her fans expressed their delight with her cover song. The video has already garnered almost two million of hits on YouTube since it was uploaded.^[25]

In February–March 2015, Maris shared her video blogs on Youtube known as “Maris My Song For You” episodes (with the direction of Alco Guerrero) where she gave her fans an opportunity to send her their messages and ask her to breathe new life to their favorite song. Her MMSFY episodes started from her cover of songs In My Life and True Colors followed by more cover songs like Firework, Yellow, Lost Stars, 'Til There Was You and Ordinary People.^[26]

By April 2015, Maris released her first single, "Tanong Mo Sa Bituin", part of Star Record's compilation album, "OPM Fresh". This song became the official soundtrack of the film "Stars Versus Me".^[27]

In August 2015, Maris covered Norah Jones' hit song "Don't Know Why" during the #HappyBirthdayWish1075 celebration. Her exclusive performance made her won the awards "Wishers’ Choice for Wishclusive Performance of the Year" and "Wishers’ Choice for Young Artist of the Year" in the 2016 Wish 107.5 Music Awards dated January 26, 2016 held at Smart Araneta Coliseum,.^[28]

On October 2, 2016, Maris was one of the four singers/performers (the others being Loisa Andalio, Sue Ramirez, and Kristel Fulgar) who headlined OneMusicPH's Double Hearts Digital Concert where she debuted her original song, Take It All Away.^[29]

During Kimerald‘s Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin Grand Media Day press conference on April 24, 2017, Maris performed the Tagalog version of the song How Did You Know. Maris' Paano Mo Nalaman became one of the main theme songs of the daytime series Ikaw Lang Ang Iibigin which aired on May 1, 2017.^[30]

By February 8, 2018, Maris released her newest single entitled "Tala" during her FanCon.^[31]

Few months after, May 4, 2018, She also released her latest single "Ikaw Lang Sapat Na",^[32] the song that she wrote for Inigo on their GGV guesting.^[33] Few weeks after it became the sub-theme song of Since I Found You. And later on, she launched her song on ASAP stage with her loveteam Inigo Pascual.^[34]

Last July 7, 2018, Maris launched her very first album entitled "Stellar" at the SM North Edsa Skydome with Migz Haleco, Sue Ramirez and her loveteam Inigo Pascual as her special guests, she performed all of her songs in the album, "Hi Crush", "Love Is Easy", "Tayo Na Di Tayo", "Ikaw Lang Sapat Na" and a rock version of "Tala". Her album is now available in all digital stores nationwide.^[35][36][37]

October 2018, she interpreted the official entry from the Himig Handog 2018 "Sugarol" written by Jan Sabili.^[38]

Personal life

Mariestella C. Racal grew up in Davao del Norte and graduated high school from St. Mary’s College in Tagum City. Maris is the 6th of 5 siblings in a musically-inclined family. In school, she used to sing the responsorial psalm, sing in mass and sing intermission numbers. She also did cover songs on SoundCloud.^[39]

Maris Racal dreams of becoming a doctor and plans to juggle acting, singing, dancing & studying. She is currently attending at Trinity University of Asia taking up Medical Technology degree.

Filmography

Discography

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