Ruel Julian Peter Arcilla simply known as Jay Arcilla (born May 21, 1996) is a YouTube sensation,

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and

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. He is best known for his viral

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video ''

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'' by ''

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'', and bagged his role as Reggie in the Primetime series broadcast by

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, Little Nanay.

Biography

Arcilla was born and raised in

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. In 2015, he joined ''

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s segment, '' That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest''. The same year, he also joined the comeback '' StarStruck'' with its 6th season. He is the nephew of the lead actor of Heneral Luna,

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Career

That's My Bae

In 2015, he auditioned in an

segment, '' That's My Bae: "Twerk It" Dance Contest''. He is one of the first Baes to enter the

stage together with Miggy Tolentino and Tommy Peñaflor. Arcilla did not pass through the Semi-finals because of joining the

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slated to air in an early September day, StarStruck.

StarStruck

He also auditioned in the comeback of the hit

, StarStruck on its 6th season. He has finished his journey as the last contestant eliminated together with

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."That's My Bae Contestant Jay Arcilla, pasok sa Top 35 ng StarStruck"
''gmanetwork.com''.

. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

Filmography

Television

External links

Jay Arcilla on Instagram
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Sparkle profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcilla, Jay 1996 births Living people Filipino male television actors Filipino male dancers Filipino male models 21st-century Filipino male actors Participants in Philippine reality television series StarStruck (Philippine TV series) participants GMA Network personalities Male actors from Laguna (province) People from San Pablo, Laguna Tagalog people