Malaya Watson

Watson in 2014, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Malaya Tina Bandico Watson

Place of Birth: Southfield, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 24, 1997

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Filipino (mother)

Malaya Watson is an American singer. She was a contestant on season thirteen of American Idol.

She was born to an African-American father, a professional guitar player, and a Filipino mother, a nurse, from Manila.