X-Factor Australia's 6th-season winner Marlisa braver now more than ever

From taking a different route from most teenagers - being homeschooled, to facing struggles and challenges to break through in the music industry to friends disappearing from her social circle, X-Factor Australia's youngest contestant to win the show Marlisa Punzalan is braver now to take her music to a wider audience.

Marlisa five years on after X-Factor Australia Source: SBS Filipino

After her win from the competition, several successes in her singing career and being nominated for an ARIA award for 'Song of the Year' in 2015, the young singer better known as Marlisa has been living in the Philippines for the past one and a half year exploring her career in Asia under Star Music PH and Tarsier Records.

We catch up with the braver Marlisa as she reveals her upcoming shows and projects.

Marlisa with her new album "Brave" (SBS Filipino) Source: SBS Filipino