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MarTeam’s Billy Lontayao wows coaches, hosts with awesome boxing moves.

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Mary Ann Bardinas

Ten-year-old crooner Billy Lontayao from Taguig City certainly made his parents proud after making it to the blind auditions of <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023">The Voice Kids Season 5</a>!His Daddy Mark Anthony and mommy have been members of a theater group in Makati City ever since he was born. They would take him into their shows, wherein their theatermates would take care of him while both of them are onstage. Thus, it didn’t come as a surprise to them that he could already hum and carry a tune at a tender age, hinting at his potential as a singer.Aside from performing arts, his interest in boxing was also got enkindled by his father’s job as a professional ring announcer. He would sometimes bring him to some of the games, which seemingly awakened his potential as a young boxer.Thus, the <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/kapamilya-online-live-12710">The Voice Kids</a> team used it as a unique way to deliver the invitation for his blind audition, which really surprised him. <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/idolphilippines2022">Idol Philippines Season 2</a> grand champion Khimo Gumatay is his ultimate idol as he admires his on-point riffs and runs, as well as his high notes. And in order to further cheer him up on his upcoming audition, Khimo swung by the holding area to give some words of encouragement to his adorable fan.Khimo advised him, “Bilang kuya mo and also dating contestant din, enjoyin mo lang ‘yong moment na ‘to and, at the same time, pray ka lagi kay God. And practice, practice – ‘yon ang pinaka importante.” <div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e0tba1NVWEk" title="Billy Lontayao - Hanggang | Blind Auditions | The Voice Kids Philippines 2023" width="853"></iframe></div>He stepped on the <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023">The Voice Kids</a> ring with the Wency Cornejo hit “Hanggang,” which impressed Coach Martin Nievera and made him turn his red chair upon belting out his final note.In his The Voice Kids DigiTV appearance, he was joined by his ever-supportive father, who wasn’t able to contain his emotions when the Concert King turned for him. Daddy Mark Anthony confessed that he was actually more nervous to watch his son perform than to see himself onstage. He further expressed how happy and grateful he is that Billy made it to <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023">The Voice Kids</a>, since it’s one of the “most prestigious” reality singing competitions in the country.The young boy was also able to demonstrate some of his boxing moves, such as jab, straight, hook, and uppercut, which hosts Elha Nympha and Jeremy G tried to replicate. He also talked about that instance when he auditioned for the play “Oliver,” which, unfortunately, didn’t push through due to the pandemic. When asked what his dream role is, he said that it would be Simba from the “Lion King.”<div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XMSYwWcz2c" title="Billy shows his boxing moves | The Voice Kids DigiTV Highlight" width="853"></iframe></div>While his dad was too nervous while watching him at the backstage, Billy revealed that he only had little jitters during his performance. He is happy, as well, to be part of MarTeam and hopes that he will reach the sing-offs. Show your support to our promising young artists like Billy by not missing an episode of <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoicekids2023">The Voice Kids Season 5</a>, Saturdays and Sundays, on <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/kapamilya-channel-livestream-12685">Kapamilya Channel</a>, <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/kapamilya-online-live-12710">Kapamilya Online Live</a>, A2Z, and TV5.

The Voice Kids Season 5 young artist Billy Lontayao did not only impress us with his promising vocal prowess, but also with his boxing moves.