Strange: Asia's Wikipedia

Life and career

Nitollano is the daughter of R&B musician Joe Bataan[1] and has a two-year-old daughter.[1][2] She is of Filipino, and African-American Puerto Rican descent.[1][3] Before her entry into the group, Nitollano was a dancer for the New York Knicks.[1] In 2007 she became one of the nine finalists on the CW reality television series, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.[2] During the season finale of the show, she was chosen to become the newest member of the group by judges Robin Antin, Ron Fair and Lil Kim.[3][4] According to judge and Pussycat Doll founder Robin Antin, while Nitollano wasn't the strongest vocalist of the final three, she had greater stage presence and is an all-round better performer.[5] She will also feature on the next album from the Pussycat Dolls entitled Double the Trouble. Asia was not a fan favourite, mainly because of her bad attitude on the show, but she claims it was purely the tension caused by the show and the fact that she missed her daughter dearly. Despite harsh judgement from critics for her attitude, many fans felt Asia was a favourite to win it from the start with her sassy attitude and great dancing. Many however appear to be dissapointed by her lack of public appearances since the show (including missing Live Earth[6]) and began to wonder why she still is not listed as an official member of PCD[7].

It has been revealed that the show "Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll" was all for naught. CW president Dawn Ostroff shocked the Television Critics Association by confirming that the reality show’s winner Asia Nitollano is not part of the group. While gossip websites suggested Asia wasn’t up to the job, Ostroff insisted that Asia chose instead to pursue a solo career. But it’s clear that the show’s producers have reconsidered their concept. The next search will be for members of a new group