Career
Known on YouTube as the "random girl of Master of Science Megamall" she gained a following and went on to sign with the record label Warner Music Philippines. Prior to her discovery, she had already participated in numerous singing competitions in the Philippines. Tenerefe lived in General Santos City until she moved to Manila to audition for the ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network talent search “X Factor Philippines.” She failed to go far in the local version of "X Factor" but still made efforts to continue singing.
On July 28, 2012 a video called "Random Girl" was uploaded to the video site YouTube.
The video showed Tenerefe performing karaoke at the Master of Science Megamall, Philippines. Her singing brought attention from viewers around the world and immediately became a viral video.
The original video got over 2 million views in three months. The video prompted the Global Media Arts Network magazine show, Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho to look for her and when she was found they featured her in one of their episodes.
She admitted later that she sang in public to try and gain people"s attention.
Another video of her singing at the same event was uploaded to YouTube where she sings "And I Am Telling You" from the musical Dreamgirls. After Tenerefe was identified she began to be invited to television shows. Her most "global" exposure was her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after being invited by Ellen DeGeneres herself.
Tenerefe is the fifth Philippine-raised singer to be invited after global superstar Charice, Ramiele Malubay, Rhap Salazar and Journey frontman Arnel Pineda.
She also met singer Jason Mraz and was the opening act in one of his concerts.