StarStruck (Philippine TV series)

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StarStruck
Format Interactive Reality television show
Starring Jolina Magdangal
Raymond Gutierrez
Dingdong Dantes
Nancy Castiglione (Co-hosted 1st. season with Dingdong Dantes)
Country of origin Flag of the Philippines Philippines
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel GMA Network
Original run 2003 – 2007
External links
StarStruck Official website

StarStruck is the first reality-based talent search for teenager's on Philippine television in recent history. The program, which first aired on GMA Network in 2003, was very successful, that it was hailed by critics as the most phenomenal show of 2003. The show's alumni are among the most popular teen actors in the Philippines today.

The program is now famous for its tagline Dream, Believe, Survive.

StarStruck recently concluded its fourth season, with a new batch of promising hopefuls. Its success during its first season spawned or reformatted shows such as Star Circle Quest, and even its own spin-offs, StarStruck Kids and Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse, which was created as a daily show for the Final 14 StarStruck contestants.

The reality-based teen actor search StarStruck has the makings of the typical reality show contest: unknown contestants, insulting judges, endless challenges, and all the hype and drama on TV. For this reason, it is often said to be the like American Idol with more than just singing.

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[edit] Format

Across the nation, casting tours are held in different regions, wherein hopeful contestants are screened by preliminary panels to be selected for star quality, acting talent, or humorous potential and human interest. The audition process is long, beginning with thousands of hopefuls showcasing their talents and interviewed by the panelists.

The competition heats-up when the hopefuls are cut down to fourteen young hopefuls and be the official contestants for a respective Season.

The Final Judgement will then award the finalists respective titles. There will be two ultimate survivors, a male and a female, at the end of every season. The winners are determined through the average of the text and online votes plus the decision of the three members of the StarStruck Council. However in Season 3, from the two ultimate survivors, there will be an Ultimate Sole Survivor, which will earn the winner extra prizes. While in Season four instead of a final four, the format differentiates by choosing the final six as there will be four big winners for the season, composed of Ultimate Love Team, Ultimate Hunk, and Ultimate Sweet Heart.

[edit] Season synopses

StarStruck
StarStruck Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Season 1 Final 14 (2003-2004)
Mark Herras Ultimate Male Survivor
Jennylyn Mercado Ultimate Female Survivor
Rainier Castillo First Prince
Yasmien Kurdi First Princess
Nadine Samonte January 9, 2004
Dion Ignacio January 9, 2004
Christian Esteban December 26, 2003
Katrina Halili December 19, 2003
Tyron Perez December 12, 2003
Sheena Halili December 5, 2003
Jade Lopez November 28, 2003
Anton dela Paz November 21, 2003
Cristine Reyes November 14, 2003
Alvin Aragon November 7, 2003
Season 2 Final 14 (2004-2005)
Mike Tan Ultimate Male Survivor
Ryza Cenon Ultimate Female Survivor
C. J. Muere* First Prince
LJ Reyes First Princess
Kirby de Jesus January 21, 2005
Megan Young January 21, 2005
Benj Pacia January 14, 2005
C. J. Muere December 24, 2004
Krizzy Jareño December 17, 2004
Chris Martin December 10, 2004
Ana David December 6, 2004
Ken Punzalan November 19, 2004
Ailyn Luna November 12, 2004
Kevin Santos November 5, 2004
Jelaine Santos October 29, 2004
Season 3 Final 14 (2005-2006)
Marky Cielo Sole Survivor
Ultimate Male Survivor
Jackie Rice Ultimate Female Survivor
Gian Carlos First Prince
Iwa Moto First Princess
Chuck Allie February 26, 2006
Jana Roxas February 26, 2006
Vivo Ouano February 5, 2006
Bugz Daigo February 5, 2006
Arci Muñoz January 22, 2006
Sara Larsson January 15, 2006
Rea Nakpil January 8, 2006
Johan Santos January 1, 2006
Vaness del Moral December 25, 2005
Jeric Rizalado December 18, 2005


Season 4 Final 14 (2006-2007)
Jewel Mische Ultimate Sweetheart
Aljur Abrenica Ultimate Hunk
Kris Bernal Ultimate Female
Loveteam
Mart Escudero** Ultimate Male
Loveteam
Prince Stefan First Prince
Rich Asuncion** First Princess
Stef Prescott March 11, 2007
Paulo Avelino March 11, 2007
Jesi Corcuera February 18, 2007
Mart Escudero February 18, 2007
Rich Asuncion February 4, 2007
Jan Manual February 4, 2007
Dex Quindoza January 21, 2007
Hazel Uy January 21, 2007
Renee Lascuna January 14, 2007
Dave Valentino January 14, 2007
Note: The First Prince and First Princess designations
were applied retroactively on 2006.

[edit] Season 1

StarStruck was first announced on the GMA Network program SOP, where the hosts invited teenagers to audition for the upcoming StarStruck season. Much of the auditions were held at the GMA Network headquarters and at SM malls throughout the Philippines.

The first season of StarStruck was directed by Lino Cayetano, who has studied and taught film in the University of the Philippines, aside from his film and audiovisual communications course in New York Film Academy.

The pilot episode aired on October 27, 2003. Out of thousands who auditioned for a stab at stardom, only 100 were chosen for the first cut. From 100, it was trimmed down to 60, from 60 to 30 and from 30 to the 14 finalists. The Final Fourteen underwent various workshops and trainings in order to develop their personalities, talents, etc. But, the twist is that every week, one of the Final 14 may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as "StarStruck Avengers". The Final Four Survivors will vie for the coveted "Ultimate Survivor" title.

[edit] Hosts

[edit] Council

[edit] Final Judgment

The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed StarStruck Final Judgement held on February 01, 2004. Araneta Coliseum, the venue of the event was jampacked with an estimated 15,000 StarStruck fans and supporters and almost the same number of fans used to wait outside the venue because of seats' insufficience. Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado were proclaimed Ultimate Survivors and each of them received one million pesos plus exclusive contracts from GMA Network and one-hundred thousand pesos each for the runner-ups Yasmien Kurdi & Rainier Castillo. The Starstruck Avengers also received exclusive contracts. During the Judgment Day, it was also announced that the Final 14 will be having their own show. The Final Judgment rated 42.8%, impressively high for a late Sunday night telecast, the Starstruck Final Judgement was the only TV event that narrowly matched the Eat Bulaga Silver anniversary special.

The First Final Judgement night's theme was based on the Keannu Reeves film "The Matrix".

VOTES: The Texter's Choice Award started in this season.[citation needed]

  • Rainier Castillo - 987,233
  • Mark Herras - 644,099
  • Jennylyn Mercado - 761,294
  • Yasmien Kurdi - 760,113

[edit] Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse and Stage 1: LIVE!

Because of the StarStruck fever, GMA Network created a new show, Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse. The StarStruck test continues on this show where the Final 14 have to prove their staying power in the business. Every week from Mondays to Thursdays, the show presents a miniseries starring the starstruck 1 final 14, this time their acting prowess is put into test. The show already went off the air with high ratings.

Fridays would serve as critical day because the audience will judge their performance for the week through text messaging. An acting award is also given to the survivor who excelled in that week. Stage 1: LIVE! is also somewhat a variety show for the Survivors. If Mondays to Thursdays, they showed their acting skills, during Fridays, they are able to show their dancing, singing and hsoting prowess. The show was hosted by Chynna Ortaleza and Cogie Domingo with Raymond Gutierrez. The show already went off the air with high ratings.

[edit] StarStruck Kids (2004)

Main article: StarStruck Kids

After the phenomenal success of StarStruck, GMA Network was inspired to launch a kiddie version of the show. The first and the last of its kind in the StarStruck franchise, the show is geared towards finding new child wonders. The show was first aired on March 20, 2004 and was shown every weekdays.

The show featured young contestants aging from 5 to 7 years old. The rules for picking the two "Ultimate Survivors" were the same as the senior version of Starstruck. Seven boys and seven girls, also known as 14 K, were picked among hundreds who applied for the contest.

The Final Judgment was held on June 5, 2004 at the Aliw Theater. Sam Bumatay and Kurt Perez were the StarStruck Kids Ultimate Survivors.

[edit] Season 2

It was first aired on October 11, 2004 and ended on February 20, 2005 with a new set of Survivors and a more rigid tests. The same rules were applied in selecting the Ultimate Survivors.

The show primer aired the untold secrets of the first season's Final 14, the life they had before and after StarStruck and the changes StarStruck made into their lives.

[edit] Hosts

[edit] Council

[edit] Innovation: The Survivor Six

This season was the first occurrence where a former eliminated contestant returned to the competition and was named "The Avengers Strike's Back". C. J. Muere was eliminated on December 26, 2004 but later replaced Benj Pacia and returned to the contest through a major twist wherein an Avenger will be given the chance to re-enter the contest by emerging with at least fourth-best in cumulative scores among the Survivor Six (Cenon, Reyes, Young, Pacia, Tan, de Jesus). Muere emerged in the top 4, and was reinstated while Pacia was eliminated.

Some viewers did not like this twist for it undermined the rules and regulations of the show. Although, the fans of C. J. Muere welcomed his return to the competition and proved to be worthy to be part of the elite Final Four. Muere also got the highest Jollibee votes, thus he starred in a Jollibee commercial.

VOTE RESULTS:

  • C. J. Muere - 2,311,221
  • Mike Tan - 2,088,464
  • Ryza Cenon - 1, 665, 274
  • LJ Reyes - 1, 544, 192

[edit] Final Judgment

The Final Judgment for the second season was held on February 20, 2005 at the Araneta Coliseum with Raymond Gutierrez co-hosting the event. Again, the venue was jampacked of an estimated 12,000 fans and 3,000 outside. Ryza Cenon and Mike Tan became the Ultimate Survivors and won the prize of one million pesos each and GMA Network contracts. Likewise, the Avengers were given their own GMA Network contracts. The Final Judgment gained 37.2% in ratings.

The second Final Judgement's theme was Elektra.

[edit] Season 3

StarStruck Season 3: The Nationwide Invasion started December 2005 and ended on March 12, 2006 (the Final Judgement) airing on Philippine TV replacing Darna. From millions of hopefuls from different provinces all over the Philippines, only 14 will have the chance to survive. If in the first two seasons, StarStruck is shown only weekdays having Friday as Elimination Night, this season Mondays to Fridays will be tests and Sundays would be the elimination night. The show held its Final Judgment on March 12, 2006.

This time, from the two Ultimate Survivors, an Ultimate Sole Survivor will be picked who will win more than 10 million pesos worth of prizes, consisting of an exclusive GMA talent management contract, a new house and lot, a large cash prize and a livelihood showcase.

[edit] Hosts

[edit] Council

[edit] Computer controversy

A controversial incident happened in the sixth week of Season 3. StarStruck Council member director Louie Ignacio revealed that someone from the remaining survivors had opened a confidential file on the show's computer and had subsequently told the other finalists about the next challenges the show has in store for them.

Those implicated were Sara Larsson, Jackie Rice and Jana Roxas, with Sara eventually ousted as the sixth finalist to bid the contest goodbye.

But even with Sara eliminated, the issue did not die but grew into a big controversy with more shocking revelations and crying bouts. Jackie and Jana accused another survivor, Arci Muñoz, of lying. The show aired footage captured by surveillance cameras showing the girls taking turns at the StarStruck computer, but they all denied opening the confidential file in question.

On the seventh week fifth StarStruck Avenger Sara Larsson was given time to reveal her side of the story. On that same night, Arci Muñoz was eliminated.

[edit] Final Judgment

The Final Judgment for the third season was held on March 12, 2006 (Kapuso Holiday) at the Marikina Sports Park, the biggest venue in StarStruck history to avoid the recent Wowowee Stampede Tragedy in Philsport Arena where almost 200,000 attended but the arena can accommodate 10,000 only. 10,000 spectators attended. Marky Cielo of Mountain Province became the First Ultimate Sole Survivor and the Ultimate Male Survivor while Jackie Rice of Olongapo City became the Ultimate Female Survivor.

Both of them won one million pesos each and exclusive GMA Network contracts worth two million pesos each. As Ultimate Sole Survivor, Marky received a house and lot prize worth 2.5 million pesos, an additional 300,000 pesos in cash, and a business package worth 1.5 million pesos. First runner-ups Gian Carlos and Iwa Moto received P250,000 cash each and exclusive GMA Network contracts. While the Final Judgment was in progress, the third batch of the Starstruck Avengers were also given exclusive GMA contracts.

For their first TV assignment, the Starstruck Final 4 of Marky, Jackie, Iwa and Gian headlined one of the episodes of Love to Love Season 10 entitled "Young at Hearts". They co-starred with veteran actors Leo Martinez and Luz Valdez and Starstruck Avengers Chuck Allie, Jana Roxas and Vaness del Moral.

The Theme for the 3rd. Final Judgement was the Russell Crowe film "Gladiator"

[edit] Homecoming: A StarStruck Special

The Final 4 of StarStruck Batch 3 were given their own TV special entitled Homecoming: A StarStruck Special which was aired last April 23. In the special, Marky, Jackie, Gian and Iwa went back to their respective hometowns where they were treated accordingly as VIPs in their respective home provinces. Apart from that, there were several revelations from the Final 4 as far as their lives were concerned.

[edit] Season 4

On September 3, 2006, GMA Network formally announced the return of their reality-based talent show now titled StarStruck: The Next Level (aka StarStruck 4), a new and improved edition of the popular show, The show had its pilot episode on December 4, 2006.

In the 4th year of the reality-talent search, the age bracket for star wannabes was adjusted from 15-18 in previous batches to 16-21, a milestone in StarStruck History.

Unlike the previous batches which launched 14, this batch were trimmed down to twenty, dubbed as the "TOP 20". Also, four winners will be picked this year — Ultimate Sweetheart, Ultimate Hunk, and Ultimate Loveteam.

Just like in previous seasons, voting is via the internet and mobile phones and this constitutes 50% of the total scores of the survivors.


[edit] Hosts

[edit] Council

[edit] Top 20

  • Lizzy Pecson
  • Chad Burden
  • Jean de Castro
  • Lui Perez
  • Chariz Solomon
  • Kiko Junio

[edit] The Avengers Strike Back Twist

This is a twist in StarStruck: The Next Level. The twist is that the Avengers of the fourth season will be the competitors of the Survivors in the next week's challenges. The Avengers competing with the Survivors are Chad Burden, Chariz Solomon, Dex Quindoza, Hazel Uy, Jan Manual, Jean de Castro, Lizzy Pecson, Lui Perez, Renee Lascuna, and Rich Asuncion. On the first day of the Avengers challenge, two were eliminated since there were ten Avengers and only eight Survivors. Those that were eliminated were Jean de Castro and Renee Lascuna.

At the end of the "Survivor Vs. Avenger" week, four out of the eight avengers were eliminated and the other four were chosen to compete in the "Danger 8" challenge week. The four that were eliminated were Chad Burden, Chariz Solomon, Hazel Uy, and Lui Perez. The four that were chosen for the next weeks challenge were Dex Quindoza, Jan Manual, Lizzy Pecson, and Rich Asuncion.

[edit] The Danger 8 Twist

At the end of the "Survivor Vs. Avenger" week, four Avengers out of the eight were chosen to continue competing in the show to have the right to join the remaining Survivors. From the eight Survivors, Mart Escudero and Jesi Corcuera were eliminated and were asked to join the Avenger group to compete for the two Survivor spots available that will complete the Danger 8. The avenger group consists of Dex Quindoza, Jan Manual, Jesi Corcuera, Lizzy Pecson, Mart Escudero, and Rich Asuncion.

Voting for the remaining Survivors was temporarily closed and were opened for the six competing Avengers.

At the end of the week, Mart Escudero and Rich Asuncion were chosen for the two remaining Survivor spots and thus completed the Danger 8. The Danger 8 now consists of Aljur Abrenica, Jewel Mische, Kris Bernal, Mart Escudero, Paulo Avelino, Prince Stefan, Rich Asuncion, and Stef Prescott.

[edit] Prizes

All four winners received one million pesos each and exclusive GMA Network contracts worth two million pesos each, Belgian Waffle franchises worth 250 thousand pesos each, 50,000 gift certificates to Calayan, and scholarships to Informatics.[1]

All four winners will be included in the youth-oriented show Boys Nxt Door [2]. The Ultimate Hunk and Ultimate Sweetheart will be part of a separate GMA teledrama. The UH and US winners will also receive an album deal with GMA Records, either a dance album or a solo album.

The Ultimate Loveteam will be introduced in a Regal Films movie with Judy Ann Santos, and Dennis Trillo.

[edit] Final Judgment

StarStruck fans filled the Marikina Sports Complex to capacity to witness the show's Final Judgment, which was hosted by Dingdong Dantes, Jolina Magdangal, and Raymond Gutierrez. A filled Marikina Sports Park was witness to the much-awaited event. Aside from being the Final Judgment, it was a celebration of the highly successful artista search and involved special performances from 59 StarStruck alumni.[3]

The Council—composed of (from left) Louie Ignacio, Lorna Tolentino, and Douglas Quijano—was joined by GMA-7's senior vice-president for entertainment-TV Wilma Galvante and GMA Films president Anette Gozon-Abrogar (both not pictured) for the Final Judgment night.[4]

Other awards honored that night were Jan Manual for Dats Entertaining Award, Dex Quindoza for Male with the Most Dramatic Exit, Stef Prescott for Female With the Most Dramatic Exit, and Jesi Corcuera for the Best Taktak Award.[5]

Prince Stefan and Rich Asuncion were named as The First Prince and Princess respectively. Kris Bernal and Mart Escudero were named as the Ultimate Loveteam while Aljur Abrenica and Jewel Mische were hailed as the Ultimate Hunk and Ultimate Sweetheart respectively. Both were also granted management contracts by GMA Network.[6]

During the show, the hosts announced the text votes received by each StarStruck Survivor. Prince Stefan got 193,503, Aljur Abrenica got 280,084 votes while Mart Escudero got 267,703 votes from the audience. As for the Female Survivors, Kris Bernal got 177,600 votes, Rich Asuncion got 151,981 votes while Jewel Mische received 157,618 votes. Thus, Kris Bernal and Aljur Abrenica received the Texter's Choice awards giving them both commercial endorsements for BNY.[7]. Jewel Mische will also received a modelling contract with the DutchMill Yogurt Drink because she wins the title Ultimate Sweetheart.

Before the top winners were named, Regine Velasquez sang "This is the Moment" for the remaining six contenders, while pretaped played on a big screen of them thanking their supporters.[8]

The Final Judgement only gained a rating of 24.1%, relatively high as the finale finished very late, reaching until 1:15 the following morning, but the ratings that they gained that very night was more than enough to beat their rival show that very night.

The 4th. Final Judgement's theme is based on the Disney channel's phenomenal made for TV film, "High School Musical".

[edit] Awards & Nominations

StarStruck has been a recipient of various local Best Reality Show Awards as well as Best TV Hosts Awards for its past seasons.

It was also acclaimed internationally. The StarStruck: The Nationwide Invasion (Season 3) Final Judgment was awarded nominated and Highly Commended in the 2006 Asian TV Awards. The same StarStruck III: The Final Judgment was also a Finalist for Variety Special Category in the 2007 New York Festival TV Program & Promotion Awards.

Last November 18, Starstruck won again as Best Reality Talent Search Program in the 2007 PMPC Star Awards for TV, while Dingdong Dantes, Jolina Magdangal & Raymond Gutierrez as Best Reality Talent Search Program Hosts Winners.

[edit] Signature Dances and songs

Batch 1:

  • Hey Yah!
  • Milkshake
  • Rubber Necking
  • Step Into The Rhythm (Rainier Castillo's solo dance number with the Abstract dancers at the Final Judgment)
  • Outrageous (Mark Herras solo dance number w\ with the Manoeuvres at the Final Judgement)

Starstruck Kids

  • Cutie Baby

Batch 2:

  • El Biro-Biro
  • Chocolate
  • Bop It! (Performed by LJ Reyes and Rainier Castillo with the Abstract dancers & Kids at work at Batch 2's Final Judgement at the Araneta Colliseum)
  • Rock it (Ryza Cenon and Mark Herras dance number with Maneouvres, Kids at Work & Abstract dancers at Batch 2's Final Judgement)

Batch 3:

  • I Like You!
  • Wait a Minute

Batch 4:

  • Fergalicious
  • Mosquito Dance
  • Chicken Noodle Soup
  • El Ninyo (Jewel Mische's solo dance number with the Manoeuvres)
  • Itaktak Mo (Jesi Corcuera, SS4 Avenger, won the title of "Itaktak Queen Award" at the SS Final Judgment)


[edit] Elimination Charts

[edit] Batch 1

Legend
Male Female Bottom Group Eliminated
Date: (2003-2004) 11/07 11/14 11/21 11/28 12/05 12/12 12/19 12/26 01/02 01/09 02/01
Contestant Result
Mark Herras Btm 5 Btm 3 Btm 6 StarStruck Ultimate Male Survivor
Jennylyn Mercado Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 6 StarStruck Ultimate Female Survivor
Rainier Castillo Btm 5 Btm 5 Btm 3 Btm 6 First Prince
Yasmien Kurdi Btm 3 Btm 5 Btm 3 Btm 6 First Princess
Dion Ignacio Btm 5 Btm 5 Btm 5 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Nadine Samonte Btm 3 Elim
Christian Esteban Btm 5 Btm 5 Elim
Katrina Halili Btm 5 Elim
Tyron Perez Btm 3 Btm 5 Elim
Sheena Halili Btm 5 Elim
Jade Lopez Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Anton dela Paz Btm 3 Elim
Cristine Reyes Elim
Alvin Aragon Elim

[edit] Batch 2

Legend
Male Female Winners Runners-Up Pro-Recognition Awardee Wild Card Bottom Group Eliminated
Date: (2004-2005) 10/22 10/29 11/05 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/03 12/06 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31 01/14 01/21 02/20
Contestant Result
Mike Tan Btm 3 PRA Btm 5 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 6 SUMS
Ryza Cenon PRA PRA PRA Btm 3 Btm 6 SUFS
CJ Muere PRA Btm 3 Elim WC First Prince
LJ Reyes PRA Btm 5 PRA Btm 6 First Princess
Kirby de Jesus Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 6 Elim
Megan Young Btm 5 Btm 6 Elim
Benj Pacia PRA PRA Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Krizzy Jareño Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 5 Elim
Chris Martin Btm 3 Elim
Ana David Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Ken Punzalan Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Ailyn Luna Btm 3 Elim
Kevin Santos Btm 3 Elim
Jelaine Santos Elim

[edit] Batch 3

Legend
Male Female Bottom Group Eliminated
Date: (2005-2006) 12/18 12/25 01/01 01/08 01/15 01/22 01/29 02/05 02/26 03/12
Contestant Result
Marky Cielo Btm 4 Btm 5 Sole Survivor and StarStruck Ultimate Male Survivor
Jackie Rice Btm 3 Btm 4 StarStruck Ultimate Female Survivor
Gian Carlos Btm 3 Btm 5 First Prince
Iwa Moto Btm 4 Btm 4 First Princess
Chuck Allie Btm 4 Btm 5 Elim
Jana Roxas Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 4 Btm 4 Elim
Vivo Ouano Elim
Bugz Daigo Btm 4 Elim
Arci Muñoz Elim
Sara Larsson Btm 3 Btm 4 Btm 3 Elim
Rea Nakpil Btm 3 Btm 4 Elim
Johan Santos Elim
Vaness del Moral Btm 3 Elim
Jeric Rizalado Elim

[edit] Trivia

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  • The Philippines' premiere all male dance group , the Manoeuvres are considered the lucky charms of the contestants, simply because many of the Winners danced with the Manoeuvres in their solo dance numbers during the Final Judgment, Mark Herras, Ryza Cenon, Mart Escudero & Jewel Mische all danced with the Manoeuvres before being announced as winners. with the exception of Marky Cielo. The Manoeuvres wasn't able to perform during the 3rd. Final Judgment because of schedule constraints but now Marky is dancing with the Manoeuvres every Sunday at SOP and Marky is learning to harness his dance skills with the Manoeuvres.
  • All of the Signature group dance of Starstruck were choreographed by the legendary ace choreographer, Geleen Eugenio, except batch 1's original signature dance, Hey Yah, by Outkast. Hey Yah was choreographed by the Manoeuvres, it later became a bigger dance hit when the members of batch 1 used the said dance and song for their mall tours & TV guestings.
  • Batch 1's signature group dance, Hey yah, was originally danced by the Manoeuvres for SOP's front act portion back in 2003. later the Manoeuvres danced the said song with then contestants Mark Herras, Jade Lopez and Dion Ignacio for their dance week presentation. The dance performance of the then 3 contestants with the Manoeuvres came out so good that the other contestants begin to dance Hey yah at their mall tours.
  • The stars that had been chosen as a Best dancer from Douglas Nierraz are almost all girls they were Sheena Halili (Batch 1), Ryza Cenon (Batch 2), Marky Cielo (Batch 3) and Stef Prescott (Batch 4).
  • In the movie Manay Po!, Christian Vasquez used the slogan of StarStruck as one of his lines while confronting with Cherry Pie Picache.
  • Megan Young was the first-ever Starstruck Avenger who crossed over GMA Network's rival station ABS-CBN, after her contract expired with the channel. She was relaunched on ABS-CBN as part of its Star Magic Batch 15. Young is now a housmate in second celebrity edition of Pinoy Big Brother. While Jade Lopez, became the second Starstruck graduate who jumped to the said rival's network. Lopez will be appearing on the upcoming comedy-sitcom Pare Koy starring John Prats. Later, Lopez defected back to GMA Network. Kirby de Jesus is now in the Kapamilya Network. And Christine Reyes was also moved to ABS-CBN
  • C. J. Muere and Ken Punzalan also auditioned for the second batch of ABS-CBN's Star Circle Quest, Starstruck's rival reality talent search show. However after two audition stages, they were two of those who did not make it to the Top 60.
  • The show was spoofed by three Philippine TV gag shows. "Bubble Gang"'s spoof was entitled "Starsborn" where instead of eliminating a contestant, they add a number of people to become contestants. "Wow Mali" of ABC-5 had their own version of "Starstruck" entitled "Starstroke" where the contestants were old people. And "Nuts Entertainment"'s spoof had the show's Avengers and Final 4 contestants engage in a duel with the Sexbomb Dancers in various challenges in the portion entitled "S.O.S.(Sexbomb o Starstruck)".
  • Nadine Samonte's batchmates in Star Circle includes Bea Alonzo, Dennis Trillo, Reggie Curley & Alfred Vargas, Bea remained an ABS-CBN star but Dennis, Alfred and Nadine later followed by Reggie later defected to GMA-7, but their move was proven worthy because ever since they moved to GMA-7 their careers have soared to greater heights.
  • Batch 1's Nadine Samonte, Batch 2's Kirby De Jesus, and Batch 4's Mart Escudero are former ABS-CBN talents before joining StarStruck, their careers have soared to greater heights since defecting to GMA-7.
  • All the signature dances of Starstruck were also danced by ABS-CBN teenstars, but fans preferred to see the said dances being danced by the Starsruck contestants.
  • Legandary Dance Guru, Douglas Nierras, harnessed all Starstruck's batch's dancing skills. However, he also gained notoriety as the only Starstruck facilitator who drove out Rainier Castillo from the dance studio during the Dance Challenge.
  • All Starstruck final judgement nights had specific themes, Batch 1's theme was based on the Matrix, batch 2's theme was Elektra, Gladiator for batch 3 & High School Musical for batch 4.
  • All of StarStruck's signature dances were also danced by SCQ and other ABS-CBN stars, but movie and TV fans prefer to see the signature dances danced by StarStruck alumnis.
  • When Joey de Leon made it as Starstruck's Council Member back in 2003, viewers were convinced he could weave the same magic that he had before when he relaunched the careers of Rene Requiestas and Jessica "Gracia" Cortez as his sidekicks in the '90s. However, after his stint in Starstruck Season 3, only Iwa Moto was given the privilege to work with him on a regular basis in "Nuts Entertainment". However the other alumnis of Starstruck became stars in their own right.
  • Mart Escudero before joining Starstruck has his hands full already when he starred in TAPE's and GMA's joint afternoon drama Agawin Mo Man ang Lahat, where he was paired with Batch 3 avenger, Arci Muñoz. He was privileged to work with Oyo Boy Sotto, Marian Rivera and Bobby Andrews. He also had a small role at the end of the movie "Malikmata" as the final ghost to appear before Rica Peralejo.
  • Laurice Guillen became "Starstruck's" resident director in Season 3 and 4's acting tests. Among the finalist who got praises from her were Jana Roxas and Marky Cielo for Batch 3, and Prince Stefan for Batch 4.
  • Popular noontime show "Eat Bulaga" has also lent their original portions and concepts to the show's different Final 14 tests since 2003. Among the popular segments that they lent were "Videokray" (during the Singing Test for Batch 1), "Bulagaan" (for Batch 3's face-off with Council Member Joey de Leon), "Bulagaan Olympics" (for Batch 1 and Batch 2's Starstruck Olympics face-off) and "Bebot" (during Batch 4's Week 5 Double Elimination where the boys dressed in drag).
  • TAPE productions has also recruited many Starstruck alumnis by making them star in their daytime dramas, there are reports that TAPE will produce a new daytime drama that will feature Starstruck alumnis.
  • It wasn't Katrina Halili who first jumped into the sexy bandwagon among the Starstruck alumnis, it was her batchmate Dion Ignacio, Dion graced the pages of Cosmopolitan Philippines as one of their sexy Cosmo Bachelors and was part of the 2004, 2006 and 2007 Cosmo bachelor show. Dion also became the image model of Walker underwear in 2004, joining Jericho Rosales and Alfred Vargas.
  • Christine Reyes (FHM), Katrina Halili (FHM), Jennylyn Mercado (FHM, Maxim) and Iwa Moto (FHM, Uno) were the StarStruck contestants who became covergirls of men's magazine. Katrina is first StarStruck contestant to top the FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest list for 2006 and 2007 (Philippines' finest) and 3-time FHM covergirl. Iwa Moto also posed for FHM Singapore for the first time. Therefore, this marked the 2-time FHM covergirl for Iwa Moto.
  • Batch 1 male winner Mark Herras & batch 3 male winner Marky Cielo not only share the same talent as dancers but also has the same name, They are both named Mark Angelo. Mark's full name is Mark Angelo Santos Herras while Marky's full name is Mark Angelo Cadaweng Cielo
  • Almost male winners name starts with letter "M" (Mark, Mike, Marky, Mart) while female winners name starts with letter "J" (Jennylyn, Jackie, Jewel).
  • When Starstruck first aired in 2003 many fans and viewers from all over the country said that the show reminded them of GMA's original teen/talent show That's Entertainment.
  • There were internet and newspaper reports that ABS-CBN tried to pirate many Starstruck talents during the first season. Yasmien Kurdi confirmed this and told reporters that she refused the offer.
  • Kimberly Guevarra who also auditioned for the third edition of StarStruck is now an EB Babe rosters. Now popularly known as EB Babe Kim or Kim Guevarra. Kim is now a former member of the EB Babes due to her pregnancy.
  • The FHM 2008 Calendar features Katrina Halili and Christine Reyes.
  • Among the Starstruck Almuni's, Alvin Aragon (batch 1) was the first ever alumni who got a child at age of 16, second is Gian Carlos (batch 3) being a Dad at age 18 early 2008 to ABS-CBN star Eda Nolan while Jennylyn Mercado (batch 1) is in the process of her pregnancy and later this year (2008) she would bear her child.
  • All StarStruck girls from batch 1 have entered the FHM 100 Sexiest.
  • Ruma Burden of Batch 4 the sister of the finalist Chad Burden, was auditioned for Pinoy Dream Academy.
  • France Bonnin of batch 4, the younger sister of Charlene Gonzales, appeared in a shows of the rival station.
  • Before Entering show business, Jennylyn Mercado, Rainier Castillo, Sheena Halili, Dion Ignacio and Jade Lopez entered the "Circle of 10 Teen Model Search"
  • Among all of the StarStruck Final 4. Yasmien Kurdi is the youngest, she is just only 14 years old.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Journal Online - Philippine Tabloid featuring news, current events, celebrities, entertainment, local balita, tsismis, and much more
  2. ^ Journal Online - Philippine Tabloid featuring news, current events, celebrities, entertainment, local balita, tsismis, and much more
  3. ^ Ultimate Survivors - StarStruck: The Next Level - iGMA.tv
  4. ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
  5. ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
  6. ^ Ultimate Survivors - StarStruck: The Next Level - iGMA.tv
  7. ^ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
  8. ^ StarStruck The Next Level

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