Singer-Songwriter JUDE (born Jude Talabis) was born in the Philippines but was raised in a small country located in the island of Borneo called “Brunei Darussalam”.
At the age of 10, he started singing in church and in 2010, and joined “Pilihan Talentime 2010” a singing competition organized by “Radio Television Brunei” where he won 1st place under the non-Bruneian category. Since then, Jude has been performing on local radio stations and events in Brunei.
Jude graduated with a high distinction diploma in Popular Music Vocals at NeoClassic Music School Brunei. He recently came back from Long Beach, California USA from an international world talent Olympics-style competition called “World Championships of Performing Arts” and won one (1) silver medal and two (2) bronze medals in in his singing category under Team Philippines.
In his recent stint in Berlin, Germany, he joined the international singing competition “EUROPOP” and landed 4th Place out of 17 European countries in the 18-24 years old category under Team Philippines (Philippines is the only Asian country to participate).
Jude listens to blues, soul, pop & gospel music and considers James Morrison, Alicia Keys, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Etta James, Eric Bibb, Emeli Sande as his musical influences.
Apart from being a singer, he is also an entrepreneur running a small boutique and is also into real estate. He is now pursuing a career in music in the Philippines and is in the process of completing his debut album. He appeared in some local shows including German Moreno’s “Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman” on GMA 7, “Good Morning Kuya” show on UNTV 25, “Masayang Umaga Po” on Net25, and also guested at Wish FM 107.5 radio and on DZMM Teleradyo with Jobert Sucaldito.
Jude is currently promoting his first single entitled “Time Machine” under record label MCA Music Inc. (Universal Music Philippines). The song is available on major digital platforms: iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Spinnr, Apple Music.
Listen to Jude’s “Time Machine” here.