Background
Neri is the daughter of a professional singer.
Neri is the daughter of a professional singer.
In 2008 she performed in the Mindanao People’s Idol singing contest and placed second. Neri used an uploaded video of herself singing on YouTube. Krizza was a fan of Kapuso Actresses Kris Bernal and Jennica Garcia before joining Protégé.
2011: Protégé
On August 10, 2011, she auditioned for Aiza Seguerra at Master of Science City, Cagayan de Oro.
Seguerra chose Neri, Mark Gregory King and Zibrille Pepito as potential protégéson = Weekly Performance.
She won at Protégé: The Battle Foreign The Big Break, a singing competition on Global Media Arts Network. Neri won a face-off competition by singing "Number One" to become Seguerra"s official protégé. Neri was the first grand winner of Protégé: The Battle Foreign The Big Break even though she had been twice in the bottom two. When she was declared as the grand winner of the show, she willingly shared her condo unit with Lovely Embuscado, the protégé of Jaya.