Kyle Echarri

Music career

Echarri first appeared on television at age 11 as a contestant on season 2 of The Voice Kids, where he reached the Top 6 under Sarah Geronimo's team. During his blind audition, he sang One Direction's "Night Changes" and coaches Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo turned for the then 11-year-old Cebuano footballer; he chose to join Team Sarah. His debut full-length studio album, It's Me Kyle, was released on August 26, 2016 under MCA Music, a Universal Music Group company in the Philippines.

The carrier single "Fall For Me" peaked at Number 4 on Myx's Pinoy MYX Countdown and stayed on the charts for over 14 weeks. In 2016, Echarri opened the Manila Tour show for American singer Greyson Chance. In January 2017, he performed at Fusion 2017, a Philippine music festival highlighting Original Pilipino Music, alongside artists such as Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo Mañalac, and James Reid. The Philippine Daily Inquirer compared his talents to those of Justin Bieber.

In 2018, he joined Star Pop, Star Music's record sublabel, and released the single "Pangako," which entered the daily top hits survey MOR Pinoy Biga10 and remained on the charts for weeks. He released his second album EP, Kyle Echarri, on October 13, 2018. Echarri became a member of the teen pop group ASAP G! alongside Isabela Vinzon, Jayda Avanzado, Ylona Garcia, Jeremy Glinoga, and Darren Espanto; the group formed on June 3, 2018 and disbanded in November 2018 when the show was reformatted into ASAP Natin 'To.

He was launched as part of the Star Magic Circle and collaborated with Singaporean artist Haven on the song "Imagine," marking the first international collaboration between Star Pop Star Music Philippines, Academy of Rock Singapore, and Cornerstone Music.

Career

Echarri made his theatrical debut as Master Kundoktor in Ako Ay Si Josephine, a musical show featuring the hits of Filipino pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino. In December 2016, he was cast in Ballet Philippines' Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko, a dance musical featuring the songs of VST & Co., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater, playing the role of Lito, alternated by Noel Comia. After season 2 of The Voice Kids, he was cast in the ABS-CBN teleserye On the Wings of Love as Brent Wyatt, the half-brother of Nadine Lustre's character Leah Olivar, in 2015.

In May 2016, he joined ABS-CBN's reality music competition show We Love OPM, hosted by Anne Curtis, alongside teammates Bailey May and Juan Karlos Labajo, mentored by Richard Poon; the show ran from May to July 2016. He was also a member of the boy group Voice Next Door. In 2017, he played the role of Gio in an MMK episode titled "Cellphone," and in 2018 he played Miguel in another MMK episode titled "Hapagkainan." In 2018, Echarri was cast as Kristoff "Tope" Tejada in ABS-CBN's daytime drama Kadenang Ginto.

The success of the series led to the formation of The Gold Squad, a teenage quartet consisting of Kyle, Francine, Andrea, and Seth. The Gold Squad received the Outstanding Social Media Personalities of the Year award from EdukCircle in 2020. Echarri's loveteam with Francine Diaz, known as KyCine, was awarded Best Loveteam of the Year 2020 at the LionHeart TV Rawr Awards in 2019. In 2020, Echarri and Diaz starred in the iWantTFC digital movie Silly Red Shoes, directed by James Robin Mayo, and were cast in Bawal Lumabas: The Series, available on Netflix under the English title Her Rules, Her No's, alongside Kim Chiu.