Patricia Janine Dusaran Berdin (born January 28, 2002) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She rose to fame when she won the second season of the Tawag ng Tanghalan segment on It's Showtime (2017–2018).
Berdin began her career as a child actress after appearing in Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars (2010), she appeared in several television series on ABS-CBN after her stint on the contest and prior to her singing career. After a five-year hiatus to focus on her studies, she joined Tawag ng Tanghalan in 2017 and won the competition. She subsequently signed with Star Magic.
Her 2022 single "Mahika" with Adie reached No. 1 on the Billboards Philippines Songs chart. Up until October 2023, "Mahika" became the longest-charting track on the Billboards Philippines Songs chart at 69 weeks. Her debut EP "WTF I actually wrote these songs" was released in 2022. She was previously a regular on the variety show ASAP Natin 'To, until her transition to an independent artist.
Her 2023 single "Sitwasyonship" was her first self-composed release as an independent artist. This was followed by the release of "Alas Dos Na!!!" on May 10, 2024, as the debut single for her new label, Island Records Philippines.
On May 18, 2026, Berdin returned to the Wish 107.5 bus to perform a live version of her self-composed song "What If I Miss You for the Rest of My Life?", later going viral and drawing attention from international artists such as Demi Lovato, SZA, Doechii, and Lauren Jauregui.
Career Berdin first appeared on ABS-CBN, where she competed in the fourth season of Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars. Berdin finished as the 4th female semi-finalist.
After the contest she was endorsed to ABS-CBN's Star Magic to be one of their talents. She also participated in some Star Magic activities including Star Magic Games 2012 and the ABS-CBN 2012 Christmas Station ID.
Berdin attempted to audition for The Voice Kids, but was not chosen to appear in the show. In 2017, she also tried to audition for the first season of Tawag ng Tanghalan, but was still not accepted. She auditioned again during the following season and received the call to compete for the fourth quarter of the season.
Tawag ng Tanghalan: Season 2
On January 24, 2018, Janine participated in the Season 2, Quarter IV of Tawag ng Tanghalan on It's Showtime, a singing competition on ABS-CBN. She was introduced as a Singing Young military trainee and was dubbed as the "Cadets My Girl ng Cebu". On her first performance, she sang her rendition of Magasin by Eraserheads, where she emerged as the daily winner.
+Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: Daily rounds (Tawag ng Tanghalan Season 2, Quarter IV)Performance DateSong PerformedOriginal ArtistScore (%)ResultJanuary 24, 2018MagasinEraserheads91.4 (as daily winner)CreepRadiohead95.8January 25, 2018SabihinZelle93.6January 26, 2018Jar of Hearts Christina Perri94.8January 27, 2018Somebody That I Used to KnowGotye94.4February 5, 2018Someone Like YouAdele96.2February 6, 2018Diamonds Rihanna92.4
Season 2, Quarter IV – Semi-finals On February 5, 2018, Berdin defended the golden microphone for five consecutive days. Consequently, at the age of 16 years old, she became the first semi-finalist of TNT Season 2, Quarter IV, followed by Mark Douglas Dagal, Aljun Alborme, Arabelle Dela Cruz, and Reggie Tortugo, Adelene Rabulan, Arbie Baula, JM Bales and Christian Bahaya. The nine semi-finalists competed during the week-long Semi-finals starting May 12, 2018. Berdin performed daily during the rounds and earned a standing ovation and praises from the judges on the Round 4, with her rendition of "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" by Yano. In the next round, Berdin performed an emotional rendition of Narda by Kamikazee which earned another standing ovation and moved one of the judges Ogie Alcasid into tears. On the last day of the Semi-finals, Berdin received her third standing ovation and earned the highest combined score of 97.98% and advanced to the grand finals, alongside Reggie Tortugo, who received the score of 60.84%.
+Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: Semifinals (Tawag ng Tanghalan Season 2, Quarter IV)Performance DateThemeSong PerformedOriginal ArtistRound 1 – May 12, 2018Audition Song The Edge of GloryLady GagaRound 2 – May 14, 2018Awit Para Kay Inay TomorrowAndrea McArdleRound 3 – May 15, 2018Musical Influence Ang Huling El BimboEraserheadsRound 4 – May 16, 2018Hurados' Choice Banal Na Aso, Santong KabayoYanoRound 5 – May 17, 2018OPM NardaKamikazeeRound 6 – May 18, 2018Semi-final Song SkyscraperDemi Lovato
Season 2, Grand Finals Twelve TNT Season 2 Grand Finalists were to perform in the week-long competition that took place on May 28–June 2, 2018 held at the Aliw Theater. During the first round of the Grand Finals, Berdin performed Eraserheads' With A Smile and garnered a combined score of 98.2% eventually becoming part of the Top 6. During the live finale, after performing Bamboo's Tatsulok/Noypi/Hallelujah medley, Berdin earned the highest combined score of 96.11% to emerged as the Grand Champion followed by Ato Arman (74.27%) and Steven Paysu (61.80%).
+Songs Performed by Janine Berdin: TNT Season 2 Grand FinalsPerformance DateSong PerformedOriginal ArtistCombined Score (%)Round 1 - May 28, 2018 With A SmileEraserheads(98.20%) Advanced to the Top 6Round 2 - May 30, 2018N/AN/ASafeRound 3 - May 31, 2018N/AN/ASafeRound 4 - June 1, 2018N/AN/ASafeLive finale – June 2, 2018Nosi Ba LasiSampaguita(N/A) Advanced to the Final 3Tatsulok/Noypi/Hallelujah medleyBamboo(96.11%) Grand Champion
Berdin's performance during the daily rounds of Season 2, Quarter IV of TNT until the Grand finals were published on ABS-CBN Entertainment's YouTube channel The videos of these performance were Top Trending for days and went viral on YouTube and within a month of publishing, the top 2 videos have reached over 8.7 million views and all the other videos have racked over 1 million views. With her popular renditions of Filipino songs, she was nicknamed as the New Gem of OPM.
The livestream video of “Tawag ng Tanghalan” at the day of the Grand finals on June 2, 2018 also made a record of 100,000 concurrent viewers on YouTube. As of June 24, 2018, the TNT video performance of Berdin had already accumulated over 60 million views (18 videos).
ABS-CBN's TNTVersions YouTube channel opened a new online video blog series entitled TNTVlog featuring Berdin as the official host, the 1st episode was published on June 21, 2018.
In December 2018, Berdin's grand final performance of Bamboo songs medley was named as the second top trending videos that entertained Filipinos in 2018 according to YouTube Rewind.
2018–present: Post Tawag ng Tanghalan and breakthrough
On July 7, 2018, Berdin signed for a recording contract with the new label TNT Records under Star Music where she performed live for her new carrier single Biyaya written by Chochay Magno. The new single was released on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and other music streaming platforms starting July 27, 2018.
Berdin was announced to be part of a major concert set to be held on July 28, 2018 at the Araneta Coliseum dubbed as TNT All Star Showdown. She was introduced as one of the headliners with Season 1 Grand Champion Noven Belleza, Finalist Sam Mangubat and the TNT Boys. After a successful result, the sold-out concert was followed by TNT All Star Showdown - Cebu held at the Hoops Dome, Lapu Lapu City on September 21, 2018.
On September 25, 2018, Berdin was honored to receive the formal invitation to attend the ABS-CBN Ball for the first time. Berdin belted out a performance together with her idols KZ Tandingan and Yeng Constantino during the ABS-CBN Ball.
On September 26, 2018, Berdin was announced to interpret and record Mas Mabuti Pa, composed by Mhonver Lopez & Joanna Concepcion. The song earned Star Music Listeners Choice Award and 4th best song for the Himig Handog 2018 P-Pop Love Songs.
On October 7, 2018, Berdin performed the Opening theme of the drama series Kadenang Ginto during ASAP. The song entitled Nasa Puso is composed by Jeremy Sarmiento.
On December 20, 2018, Berdin announced on Magandang Buhay that she was recently confirmed as an ASAP regular co-host and performer.
In July 2019, Berdin once again interpreted a song, "Sa'yong Mundo", an entry for the top 12 Himig Handog 2019. The song is written by Noel Zuniga Cabalquinto.
In August 2019, Berdin became a member of the girl group J.E.Z. together with Elha Nympha and Zephanie. One of the guesting at GGV mash-up performance of J.E.Z. gained more than 9million streams on YouTube The group took a hiatus in March 2020 until Sheena Belarmino joined the group in January 2021 and Zephanie returned to the group 2 months later. The newly revived group, now branded as New Gen Divas or New Gen Birit Divas, would debut on April 25, 2021, with Janine representing the color red in the said group.
Some time in July 2021, she, along with her co-member Zephanie were unavailable to perform for the New Gen Divas due to prior commitments for the taping cycle that had to be done prior to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. They were temporarily replaced by Gigi De Lana and Lara Maigue. She would later return to the group in September 2021, following the group's appearance on Madlang Pi-Poll, a segment of It's Showtime.
Personal life In September 2019, Berdin was treated for vocal nodules using steroids. She was later diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome, a side effect from her medication. She attended St. Joseph's School of Mactan during her formative years.
Discography Studio albums + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Album details WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs Released: June 10, 2022 Label: Star Music Formats: Digital download, streaming Lab Songs ng mga Tanga Released: September 26, 2025 Label: Island Records Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, and associated albums Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumPHLSongsPeak chart positions on Billboards Philippines Songs: PHLPeak chart positions for: "What If I Miss You for the Rest of My Life?": "Mahika": TPSPeak chart positions for: "What If I Miss You for the Rest of My Life?": "Biyaya" 2018 — — — "Mas Mabuti Pa"———Himig Handog "Nasa Puso" 2019——— "Sa'yong Mundo"——— Himig Handog 2019 "Wala Ako N'yan"——— "Bulalakaw" 2020——— Himig Handog 11th Edition "The Side Character" 2021— —— WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs "Dito" — — — Love Beneath the Stars(Original Soundtrack) "Pagod Na Ako" — — — WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs "Mahika" 2022 1 26 19 Senaryo "I'm Not Her" — — —WTF I Actually Wrote These Songs "Araw-araw, Ikaw" — — — "Padayon Lang" — — — "She Was Only 16" — — — "Pagod Na" — — — rowspan="2" "Bagay Nga Tayo Pero" 2023 — — — "Sitwasyonship" — — —Lab Songs ng mga Tanga "Mikasa" 2024 — — — rowspan="2" "Alas Dos Na!" — — — "Pamamaalam" — — — Lab Songs ng mga Tanga "Ayos Lang" 2025 — — — "Antoxic" — — —"What If I Miss You for the Rest of My Life?" — 35 13"Tayo lang (may alam)" — — —"Hayup ka" — — —"Palag Na 'To" 2026 — — —MPL PH Anthem"Friendship Over" — — — More Lab Songs ng mga Tanga
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, and associated albums Title Year Album "Gunita" 2020 rowspan="2" "Habangbuhay/Habang Buhay" 2023
Other appearances Title Year Album "Pancit" 2021 Drop 1 "Live Christ, Share Christ" Gifted to Give "Leni Laban!"2022 rowspan="3" "Liwanag sa Dilim" "Bahay" 2023
Filmography Television