Black Eyed Peas member Allan Pineda Lindo, popularly known as Apl.de.Ap is the 4th coach of The Voice of the Philippines, ABS-CBN Philippine franchise of the hit singing-reality competition The Voice.
The international Fil-Am singer-rapper (The Voice of Hiphop and R&B) will join Popstar Princess Sarah Geronimo (The Voice of Pop), rock superstar Bamboo Mañalac (The Voice of Rock) and Tony award-winner Lea Salonga (The Voice of Disney and Broadway) in search for the country's newest singing sensation.
According to reports, Apl.de.Ap was offered to judge The Voice Philippines May last year as hinted by his The Huffington Post interview published mid-2012.
"I've been working myself up to do it because I'm not used to being on TV everyday... I've been offered a show for next year. It's probably going to be other Fillipino artists - definitely Arnel Pineda the lead singer of Journey, Cherise [Charice] and Bruno Mars. It will be funny if Will [i.Am] does it with me, right? He won't understand a bunch of the songs," Apl told Huffington Post UK.
Apl.de.Ap's bestfriend, Will.i.Am is also one of the coaches in The Voice UK.
The Voice of the Philippines, to be hosted by Toni Gonzaga with Robi Domingo as the social media correspondent will air second quarter of 2013 and auditions had already started (click her for schedule and other information).
So there you have it, the four judges-coaches of The Voice Philippines. Are you for for Team Sarah? Team Bamboo? How about Team Lea or Team Apl?
