# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darren-espanto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:29:24.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darren-espanto"
name: "Darren Espanto"
slug: "darren-espanto"
description: "Darren Lyndon Espanto is a Canadian-born Filipino singer, television personality, and actor. He first appeared on television as a contestant on YTV's reality competition series The Next Star (2012) and later gained wider recognition after joining the first season of The Voice Kids Philippines (2014), where he finished as runner-up. Espanto was subsequently signed to ABS-CBN's Star Magic talent agency, and has since established an entertainment career in the Philippines. He is a mainstay host on ABS-CBN's noontime variety show It's Showtime (2024–present)."
tagline: "Filipino singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darren_Espanto_(2023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "2001-05-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.46
  momentum:             8.925610252875003
  historical:           6.547636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Espanto2001"
    handle:    "Espanto2001"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/darrenespanto/"
    handle:    "darrenespanto"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DarrenEspantoAuthentic"
    handle:    "DarrenEspantoAuthentic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0u4G1K1CSzcp5PZ6G6FIGu"
    handle:    "0u4G1K1CSzcp5PZ6G6FIGu"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5170214"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Espanto"
    title: "Darren Espanto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Espanto"
    title: "Darren Espanto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Espanto"
    title: "Darren Espanto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Espanto"
    title: "Darren Espanto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%B9%D9%88"
    title: "ڈیرن ایسپانٹو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Espanto"
    title: "Darren Espanto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4f7d204d-dcc1-4fe8-913e-0629b530ce2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17465969"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump