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Bamboo shares what is the fulfilling part for him as a The Voice coach

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Filipino musician and singer-songwriter Bamboo Mañalac said that it felt good to return as one of the coaches for <em></em></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"></a><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"><em><strong><u>The Voice Teens</u></strong></em></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white"><em><strong><u></u></strong></em>.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">In an interview last Thursday, February 8, Bamboo shared that this year felt ‘easy like a breeze’ for him as he finally had the time to adjust from the long break following his stint as <em></em></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023"></a><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023"><em><strong><u>The Voice Kids</u></strong></em></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white"><em><strong><u></u></strong></em> coach last year.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“It feels good. It’s another round of it. It’s a time to mentor and, I guess, to meet a new batch of new artists. It’s always fun. Better than the last season I felt,” he said.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white;text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Bamboo-Manalac.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><strong></strong><br/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">He added: “Kasi parang last season was more like getting back on it after such a long break and then there are new coaches. But now, it feels a little more comfortable.”</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Gearing for his role as a coach for 11 seasons of the reality competition, Bamboo said he looks forward to mentoring aspiring teen artists who want to show their incredible talent and pursue their dreams.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I was very specific. I was looking specifically for parang from my best,” he said when asked what criteria he is looking for in an auditionee to be part of Kamp Kawayan.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I’m trying to get na parang pulse na, ‘Okay this could be an artist’. Parang ang vision ko is like kids just playing a piano during the battles, playing guitars, multi-instruments. I’m looking for that energy. That’s always been sort of what I’ve wanted for Kamp Kawayan,” he expressed.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white;text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Coach-Bamboo-Manalac.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">The veteran coach also shared the most fulfilling moment he had throughout his whole <em>The Voice</em> journey.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“It’s the kids. It’s sort of giving back,” he said.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I&#x27;ve been playing for a while here, I’ve been in the business for so long, so to be able to share and just a mentor and be a small part in these kids’ journey to who they become or the artist they become, that’s the best part,&quot; he added. </span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Bamboo also revealed his coaching style as a mentor and coach to every artist he met in the competition.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I am always the same. My motto is always keeping it real, just be myself and just be honest and more of being reactive to the artists,” he remarked.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I tried to put them out of the parang, the setting of the competition and I tried to make them live, eat, sleep, and think like an artist,” the former Rivermaya member said.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“As much as possible, we tried to build an experience for them that they feel as a team. I want them to remember that,&quot; he added. </span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="color:black;background:white">READ: <a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2019/7/1/fresh-scoops/bamboo-magbabalik-sa-the-voice-kids-37588">Bamboo, magbabalik sa ‘The Voice Kids’</a> </span></strong></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Having been the coach for the winning artist last season, the &quot;Tatsulok&quot; singer revealed that he never felt any pressure.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“I’ve never had pressure talaga. If I think about it, I&#x27;ve had disappointments, like parang, ’Oh, I hope the people saw this artist shine. They deserve to get the flowers. They deserve to win this’, parang ganoon. But I know that’s not in my control,” he stated.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Bamboo then shared that what keeps him confident and proud regardless of the result is how he and his artists put their efforts into giving their best during the competition.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">“As long as I put the work in, my artist puts the work in, and then we do our best on that given night, okay na ako. Even in our previous seasons, maski di nanalo yung artists ko, but I felt in my heart na parang they won this,” he said.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Together with Coach Bamboo, Martin Nievera and KZ Tandingan will also take another mentoring experience as <em></em></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"></a><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"><em><strong>The Voice Teens</strong></em></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white"><em><strong></strong></em> coaches for the third season.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><strong> </strong></div><div style="line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white;text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/The-Voice-coaches.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Meanwhile, <u><em></em></u></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"></a><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"><u><em><strong>The Voice Teens </strong></em></u><strong>Season 3</strong></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white"><strong></strong> will also mark Martin and KZ&#x27;s first time in the teen edition of the show and their second time working with Bamboo for the franchise.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"> </div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><strong>READ</strong><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/1/14/bamboo-says-upcoming-rivermaya-concert-never-an-easy-decision-1127" id="isPasted"><strong>: Bamboo says upcoming Rivermaya concert ‘never an easy decision’: ‘Sometimes maganda ‘yun eh’</strong></a></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><span><em></em></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"></a><span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2024"><em><strong>The Voice Teens </strong></em><strong><em>Season 3</em></strong></a></span><span><strong><em></em></strong> is set to air on Saturday, February 17.</span></div><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;margin:0in;background:white"><br/></div>

<p><i>Coach Bamboo reveals that he felt more comfortable doing the new season for The Voice Teens.</i></p>

Coach Bamboo reveals that he felt more comfortable doing the new season for The Voice Teens.

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Nikka Sabio

Published February 12, 2024 09:00 AM PHT

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