He is known as a member of Hashtags, a male-group dance performer on the noontime variety show It's Showtime on ABS-CBN.

[2][3] In February 2016, Wilbert joined the Philippine singing competition Tawag ng Tanghalan currently[when?]

[4][better source needed] In September 2016, he auditioned at ABS-CBN's competition on search for the newest boyband in the Philippines Pinoy Boyband Superstar where he got 95% of the votes from the all-girl audience on the first round.

In 2017, Wilbert was introduced as a new member of the dance group Hashtags that performs regularly on the ABS-CBN noontime show “It’s Showtime".

[citation needed] He is of Chinese-Indonesian descent through his paternal grandfather who migrated from Indonesia to the Philippines and settled in Davao.