Janna Cachola

Janna Cachola is Filipina -New Zealander actress, singer, model. She has been performing since 1996, but rose to fame in 2010, when she was cast in Miss Saigon in New Zealand. Janna is also known as Janna Cach or Janna C as her surname 'Cachola' (pronounced: "CATCH-OLA") is commonly mispronounced. In 2006, she auditioned for New Zealand Idol (season 2) but failed to go through the first rounds. The same year, she performed at various bars in Philippines and recorded a demo literally entitled 'Self-titled'. After that she was part of several musical groups. In 2008, Cachola was discovered by a Kiwi rapper Joshua Webb and chosen to be a backing vocalist for Parachute Music Festival 2008, one of the biggest Christian festivals in the southern hemisphere. Soon after, she appeared on two tracks - 'Society is a warzone' and 'Keep on' - for Webb's album. Later that year, another Kiwi rap artist Jzaman (Shaun Jervis) chose her to appear on his track 'Back against the wall' for his album 'Comfort Zone'. Cachola has performed all over New Zealand and Philippines as a backing vocalist under the stagename 'Lyka', however was changed due to confusion with Filipino R&B artist Kyla. In 2009,