Sheryn Regis

Sheryn Mae Poncardas Regis (born November 26, 1980) is a Filipino pop singer-songwriter, host, entrepreneur and occasional actress.

In 1999, she was awarded "Best Interpreter" at the Cebu Metro Pop Music Festival (a songwriting festival), when she sang "Among Gabayan" (Our Guide), a Cebuano tribute song to Cebu's patron Sto.

Niño written by Fr. Jed Ponce Billones.

Their entry was also hailed as the Grand Prize winner.

Regis worked as a lounge singer at the Cebu Plaza Hotel where she met Earl Echiverri (cousin of Caloocan mayor Enrico Echiverri).

They married in 2002 and had their first child Lourdes the following year.

Regis came out as a lesbian in 2021, revealing her relationship with her partner Mel De Guia on social media.

Regis first appeared in the "Sing-Eat" segment of Eat Bulaga! in 2002 where she became a grand finalist.

She rose to fame after finishing first runner-up in the television talent show Star in a Million in 2003.

In 2003, Regis secured a place as grand finalist in ABS-CBN's television reality singing competition Star in a Million after advancing from the elimination rounds with Teresa Garcia.

Dubbed as the "Power Belter" because of her effortless high notes, Regis was a judge favorite and was the only finalist to never place in the bottom two during the entire season.

Dubbed as the "Crystal Voice of Asia," she is best known for singing the theme songs for several hit television series on ABS-CBN including Marina (2004), Krystala (2005), and Kampanerang Kuba (2005).

Regis is popularly known as a 'power belter', noted for her belting range and technical ability.

With a career spanning 20 years in Philippine entertainment industry, she has since earned four multi-platinum albums and five gold records to her credit.

In 2004, she placed second in one of Asia's most renowned music festivals since 1990, Voice of Asia.

Regis was the original "Queen of Teleserye Theme Songs", being the voice behind several hit television shows in ABS-CBN.

Among her many accolades includes the Asian Star Entertainment Award for 'Asian Best Female Performing Artist' and an Awit Award for 'Favorite Female Recording Artist', the local counterpart of Grammy Awards.

She was born in Carcar, Cebu, to Bernardo and Daisy Regis.

She is the eldest of three children, with brothers Elton and Joseph.

Sheryn's mother guided her in singing, and at the age of two, she was able to hum and sing simple tunes.

Her first and favorite contest piece was Kuh Ledesma's "Dito Ba?"

("Is it Here?") which she learned at age 5.

At seven, Regis started joining amateur singing contests.

Her winnings were used to buy Shirley Bassey's cassette tapes for her next contest piece.

She won her first grand prize at age 8 after singing Tillie Moreno's "Saan Ako Nagkamali" ("Where Did I Go Wrong").

Aside from singing in contests, Regis earned income by offering voice lessons to children while in high school.

She finished her B.S. Secondary Education degree with a major in English at Cebu Normal University.

It was during her college years that she was exposed to theater acting and chorale singing which eventually gave her the chance to travel and perform for Filipino communities in Canada and in the USA.

Veteran actors Leo Martinez and Gina Alajar served as her workshop mentors.

She placed consistently in the top performances every week, eventually reaching the Grand Champion Night on January 3, 2004, with Marinel Santos and Erik Santos.

Regis won the Texter's Choice Award but placed only as a runner-up after singing Wendy Moten's Come in Out of the Rain.

Disheartened by not winning the 1-million peso and house and lot prizes, Regis returned to Cebu thinking she would have to start over again, but was instead offered a recording contract with Star Records and released a recording of Come in Out of the Rain, which became an instant hit and Regis' signature song.

After losing to Erik Santos, the management of ABS-CBN and Star Music offer her a recording contract.

Even before its album's release, "Come In Out of the Rain" became a radio hit in the Philippines.

It stayed for 12 consecutive weeks as number one on Myx OPM Countdown and ranked no. 4 in 2004 MYX HIT CHART YEAR-END TOP 20 SONGS.

Regis also released other singles like Maybe (cover version of Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle) and Kailan Kaya, written by Raul Mitra and Cacai Velasquez which served as theme song of ABS-CBN's primetime fantaserye Marina.

Regis was chosen by songwriter Vehnee Saturno to represent the Philippines in Voice of Asia in Kazakhstan where she sang "Isang Lahi", "Sana'y 'Di Pangarap", "Now More Than Ever" and Saturno's original song "Follow your Dream".

She became the third Filipino to win the 2 Prize Silver Trophy after Jed Madela and Arnee Hidalgo.

Upon returning, Regis was given a title, Crystal Voice of Asia by the local media, a common tradition among Filipino singers.

She hosted in noontime show Masayang Tanghali Bayan/MTB Ang Saya Saya and mainstay of ASAP which created a hit segment ASAP Champions together with Sarah Geronimo, Erik Santos, Mark Bautista.