Anna Fegi

Anna Fegi (born April 18, 1977) is a Filipino singer and actress.

She has performed internationally in over seventy countries and is known for her work on the popular show ASAP on the ABS-CBN television network and The Filipino Channel (TFC), her performances in the Himig Handog competitions, as well as her two solo albums released under the Sony BMG label.

Fegi is recognized by her powerful voice, high vocal range, and trademark curly hair.

Anna Fegi was born in Toledo, Cebu, Philippines and is the fourth of seven children born to Gaudencio and Soccoro Fegi.

The family is a very musical family and they spent time together singing and performing while living in Barangay Lutopan.

Her mother was a religion teacher at De La Salle Andres Soriano Memorial School (ASMS) and her father was the school audio/visual technician.

The family lived together in a small house in the teachers' compound on the school campus.

Her father built his own sound systems from scratch and it was on those systems that he played records and cassette tapes while Anna learned to sing along.

Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston were two of the early influences of Fegi as she learned to sing along to their records.

At the encouragement of her parents, Anna entered local singing contests and performed for school and church events.

Fegi was first discovered by Ryan Cayabyab and producer Judd Berlin during a talent search in Cebu when they were looking for a new member of the award-winning group, Smokey Mountain.

She was just fifteen years old when she moved to Manila to begin rehearsals for the group.

She performed two years later as a part of the group's third batch, along with Chedi Vergara and Jason Angangan, while touring in Japan in 1994.

After performing in Smokey Mountain, she turned to the world of musical theater and joined the Japan tour of the musical Hair with Tetsuya Bessho.

This tour lasted for three months and afterwards she returned to Cebu to resume her studies at University of San Jose–Recoletos where she was a Mass Communication student and an Amparito Llamas Lhuiller Educational Foundation (Allef) scholar, foundation of Cebuana philanthropist Amparito Lhuillier.

She continued performing for school events and was able to tour the United States for the first time as a part of the school's Dramatics and Cultural Ensemble, directed by Dr. Milagros Espina.

In 1997, Ryan Cayabyab wrote the song "Rainbow in My Cloud" as the theme song for the animated movie Vulcan (in the Philippines known as Anak ng Bulkan) and asked Fegi to record it.

The recording won an Awit Award in 1998 for Best Theme Song for Movie/TV/Stage.

In 1998, Fegi decided to leave school and move to Manila to become closer to the music scene.

One of the first people she was introduced to was her future manager, Bibsy Carballo.

Carballo became Fegi's manager for five years.

Television network ABS-CBN produces a televised song writing competition each year called Himig Handog.

Fegi entered the competition in 2000 performing the song "Larawan," composed by Dodjie Simon, which won the People's Choice Award.

Upon her success from "Himig Handog," she signed a record deal later that year with the Sony BMG.

This led to her release of two successful solo albums.

Fegi's debut album titled Every Step of the Way was recorded in 2000 and released in 2001.

It featured the original recording of the popular song "I Need You," although LeAnn Rimes, another Sony BMG artist, released it sooner.

In 2000 Fegi joined the popular ABS-CBN television program ASAP.

She went on to perform as a regular member of the show for five years.

The show is broadcast worldwide as a part of The Filipino Channel.

Her segment, titled Versus, with fellow singer Bituin Escalante became a popular feature on the show.

In 2000, she became a front support act for the Irish pop vocal band Westlife for their "East Meets West" concert tour in Manila.

It was also in 2000 that Fegi joined Atlantis Productions for her first musical theater role in Manila.

She appeared in the role of "Pilate" in the Atlantis Productions staging of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar in Manila.

This led to an ongoing working relationship with well-known Manila theater directors Bobby Garcia and Chari Arespacochaga.

Fegi performed in 2000 and 2001 in the GMA Network's televised song writing competition called "Metropop Song Festival."

In 2000, she performed the song "Tell Me Why," a duet with Robby Navarro.

Fegi continued her work with Atlantis Productions in 2001, performing in role of "Maureen" in the musical Rent at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall in Singapore.

The next year, in 2002, she performed the role of "Magenta" in the musical Rocky Horror Show at the RCBC Theater in Manila, and again in 2003 in the role of "Deena Jones" in the musical Dreamgirls, also in Manila.

Fegi was inducted into the inaugural class of the USJ-R Dramatics and Cultural Ensemble's Hall of Fame in 2018.