| Star Circle Quest | |
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Are You IN or OUT? |
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| Format | Interactive, Reality, Talent show |
| Starring | Luis Manzano (2004-2006) Jodi Sta. Maria (2004-2005) Anne Curtis (2006) KC Concepcion (2010-present) |
| Judges | Teen Quest Jury: Boy Abunda (2004-2005) Gloria Diaz (2004-2005) Laurenti Dyogi (2004-2005) Kid Quest Jury: Eula Valdez (2004-2006) Maricel Laxa (2004) Joyce Bernal (2006) Ricky Davao (2006) Rowell Santiago (2004, 2010-present) Vina Morales (2010-present) Gladys Reyes (2010-present) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN |
| Original run | 2004 – present |
Star Circle Quest (SCQ) was a reality-based talent search in where at least 10 teen-aged contestants, called as "Questors", will undergo talent training, physical enhancement and different challenges to test their talent skills. Every week, one will be eliminated and the last Questor who will remain will win as the Grand Questor. Along with this, the Grand Questor will take cash prize and an exclusive contract with ABS-CBN Talent Center, now Star Magic. The show was aired locally through ABS-CBN and internationally through The Filipino Channel. The show was mounted to pit against GMA Network's successful reality star search program, StarStruck.
In October that year, ABS-CBN launched the television show Ang TV directed by Johnny Manahan, a semi-gag show that showcased the different talents of the stars of Talent Center. Ang TV became a big hit and produced many mall shows, live concerts and record albums. It became the foundation for the careers of one of today's biggest and brilliant stars like Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal, Rica Peralejo, Angelu de Leon, Geoff Eigenmann, John Prats, Camille Prats, Angelica Panganiban, and many more.
After 3 years of star discovery and talent training and success of Ang TV, later in November 1995, ABS-CBN launched the more mature talent search, Star Circle. Star Circle is a regular talent search wherein a group of young actors and actresses will groom to be the best and brightest stars, which comes by batches.
The themesong of the show is sung by Star in a Million Finalists Sheryn Regis and Marinel Santos.
| Star Circle Quest |
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| Star Circle Quest Finalists |
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| Season 1 (2004) | ||
| Hero Angeles | 1st Grand Teen Questor | |
| Sandara Park | Fab 5 | |
| Roxanne Guinoo | Fab 5 | |
| Joross Gamboa | Fab 5 | |
| Melissa Ricks | Fab 5 | |
| Neri Naig | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Errol Abalayan | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Michelle Madrigal | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Joseph Bitangcol | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Raphael Martinez | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Season 2 (2004-2005) | ||
| Erich Gonzales | 2nd Grand Teen Questor | |
| Arron Villaflor | Fab 5 | |
| Paw Diaz | Fab 5 | |
| Charles Christianson | Fab 5 | |
| DM Sevilla | Fab 5 | |
| Janelle Quintana | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Michelle Arciaga | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Theo Bernados | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Franz Ocampo | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Jason Abalos | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Bebs & KC Hollman | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| OJ Decena | Magic Circle of 15 | |
| Vanessa Grindrud | Magic Circle of 15 | |
| Marla Boyd | Magic Circle of 15 | |
| Reynan Pitero | Magic Circle of 15 | |
| Star Circle Kid Quest |
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| Season 1 (2004) | ||
| Nash Aguas | 1st Grand Kid Questor | |
| Sharlene San Pedro | Fab 5 | |
| Aaron Junatas | Fab 5 | |
| CJ Navato | Fab 5 | |
| Mikylla Ramirez | Fab 5 | |
| Jodell Stasic | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| KC Aboloc | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Alex Ramos | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Basty Alcances | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Celine Lim | Magic Circle of 10 | |
| Season 2 (2006) | ||
| Quintin Alianza | 2nd Grand Kid Questor | |
| Mika Dela Cruz | Magic Circle of 5 | |
| Julijo Pisk | Magic Circle of 5 | |
| Cheska Billiones | Magic Circle of 5 | |
| Darius Cardano | Magic Circle of 5 | |
| Sophia Baars | Magic Circle of 10 | |
In 2004, ABS-CBN Talent Center had already produced 11 Star Circle batches which are composed of more than 200 stars. By that year, the talent center is having its audition for Star Circle Batch 12. But after seeing the huge profits that ‘idols’ could rake in, Star Circle changed course and took its new format. From the untelevised regular talent search, Star Circle became a reality-based talent search named as Star Circle Quest or SCQ for short.
The show was then hosted by Luis Manzano and Jodi Sta. Maria, while the jury is composed of Boy Abunda, an entertainment writer, TV host and talent manager; Gloria Diaz, an actress and former beauty queen; and Lauren Dyogi, TV director and writer.
From an estimated 10 thousands who auditioned, 10 lucky hopefuls made it to the Final 10 or called as the Magic Circle of 10, which is composed of Hero Angeles, Sandara Park, Joross Gamboa, Roxanne Guinoo, Melissa Ricks, Neri Naig, Errol Abalayan, Michelle Madrigal, Joseph Bitangcol and Raphael Martinez.
| Female | Male | Winner | Runners-Up |
| Top 2/3/4 | Mid 2/3 | Bottom 2/3/4/5 | Eliminated (Out) |
| Magic Circle of 10 | Magic Circle of 5 |
| Week number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Grand Questors Night | ||||
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| Elimination date: | ||||||||||
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||
| 1 | Hero Angeles | Top 5 | Mid 3 | Bottom 3 | Top 3 | 3rd Top 3 | 1st Grand Teen Questor | |||
| 2 | Sandara Park | Bottom 3 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | 1st Runner-up | |||
| 3 | Roxanne Guinoo | Top 5 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Top 3 | 1st Top 3 | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 4 | Joross Gamboa | Top 5 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Bottom 3 | 2nd Top 3 | 3rd Runner-up | |||
| 5 | Melissa Ricks | Top 5 | Mid 3 | Bottom 4 | Mid | Bottom 3 | 4th Runner-up | |||
| 6 | Neri Naig | Bottom 4 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Top 3 | Out | ||||
| 7 | Errol Abalayan | Bottom 2 | Mid 3 | Top 4 | Out | |||||
| 8 | Michelle Madrigal | Bottom 5 | Bottom 3 | Out | ||||||
| 9 | Joseph Bitangcol | Top 5 | Out | |||||||
| 10 | Raphael Martinez | Out | ||||||||
The Grand Questor's night was held in Araneta Coliseum in June 2004. While the Star Circle Kid Quest was held first, the Star Circle Teen Quest started around 9:30 PM. In the Grand Questor's Night, the final five questors shows their talents in acting, singing or dancing to impress the people and the judges to give them a higher score.
Sandara Park won again the Voter's choice award but this didn't help her to become the Grand Questor. Hero Angeles became the Grand Questor by adding the voter's choice and his score from the judges. Roxanne Guinoo won the third place, Joross Gamboa was in the fourth place and Melissa Ricks was in the fifth place.
Star Circle Kid Quest was launched the same day as the teen edition. It was shown to television by combining it to the Star Circle Teen Quest. The show features kids in age of 5 to 9 years old.
It was still hosted by Luis Manzano and Jodi Sta. Maria, while the jury is composed of award-winning actress Eula Valdez, veteran actress Maricel Laxa and TV director Rowell Santiago
The kids who made it to the "Magic Circle of 10" were Nash Aguas, Sharlene San Pedro, Aaron Junatas, CJ Navato, and Mikylla Ramirez, Jodell Stasic, Khaycee Aboloc, Alex Ramos, Basty Alcances and Celine Lim.
The Grand Questors Night for the Kid Quest was held in Araneta Coliseum on a Saturday of June 2004, around 5:30 PM, with Star Circle Teen Quest after. Nash Aguas became the Grand Questor, making Sharlene San Pedro as the second placer, while Arron Junatas is in third place, Mikylla Ramirez in fourth and CJ Navato in fifth place.
ABS-CBN came up with a second season of Star Circle Teen Quest, where the auditions were held nationwide and even worldwide making the title as Star Circle National Teen Quest.
Luis Manzano and Jodi Sta. Maria still hosted the show, and the same jury (Boy Abunda, Gloria Diaz and Laurenti Dyogi) still guided the finalists throughout the show.
Note: This Participant should come to the ABS-CBN at exact 1:00PM on January 31,2012..
Thousands of teen aspirants auditioned but only 15 made it to the Final 15 or the "Magic Circle of 15", namely Erich Gonzales, Arron Villaflor, Paw Diaz, Charles Christianson, DM Sevilla, Janelle Quintana, Theo Bernados Michelle Arciaga, Jason Abalos, Bebs & KC Hollman, Reynan Pitero, OJ Decena, Vanessa Grindrund, Marla Boyd, Franz Ocampo.
| Female | Male | Winner | Runners-Up | Wildcard |
| Top 2 | Mid 2 | Bottom Group Dangerzone |
Texter's Choice | Eliminated (Out) |
| Magic Circle of 15 | Magic Circle of 10 | Magic Circle of 5 |
| Elimination number: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Wild Card1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Grand Questors Night | ||||
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| Elimination date: | 11/19/04 | 11/26/04 | 12/03/04 | 12/10/04 | 12/17/04 | 12/31/04 | 01/07/05 | 01/14/05 | 01/21/05 | 01/28/05 | ||||
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Erich Gonzales | In 8.00 |
1st Mid 2 | 2nd Grand Teen Questor | ||||||||||
| 2 | Arron Villaflor | In 8.58 |
Bottom 3 | Bottom 4 | Texter's Choice | 1st Top 2 | Texter's Choice | 1st Runner-up | ||||||
| 3 (12) |
Paw Diaz | Out 6.41 |
Winner1 | Texter's Choice | 2nd Mid 2 | 2nd Runner-up | ||||||||
| 4 | Charles Christianson | In 9.00 |
Bottom 4 | 2nd Top 2 | 3rd Runner-up | |||||||||
| 5 | DM Sevilla | In 7.60 |
Dangerzone | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | 4th Runner-up | ||||||||
| 6 | Janelle Quintana | In 8.02 |
Dangerzone | Bottom 4 | Bottom 3 | Out | ||||||||
| 7 | Michelle Arciaga | In 8.18 |
Texter's Choice | Bottom 4 | Bottom 4 | Out | ||||||||
| 82 | Theo Bernados | In 8.87 |
Bottom 3 | Bottom 4 | Out | |||||||||
| 82 | Franz Ocampo | In 8.40 |
Out | Out | ||||||||||
| 9 | Jason Abalos | In 7.21 |
Dangerzone | Out | Out | |||||||||
| 10 | Bebs & KC Hollmann | In 7.91 |
Out | Out | ||||||||||
| 11 | OJ Decena | Out 6.52 |
Out | |||||||||||
| 13 | Vanessa Grindrud | Out 6.32 |
Out | |||||||||||
| 14 | Marla Boyd | Out 5.82 |
Out | |||||||||||
| 15 | Reynan Pitero | Out 5.42 |
Out | |||||||||||
^Note 1 : Jason and Paw have a tie score with 8.29 that's why the judges decided to have a showdown with acting and dancing. Paw got 8.93 then Jason got 7.66 that's why Paw became the winner.Part of the Top 3 in votes were: Paw, Jason and Vanessa
^Note 2 : Due to the Wildcard Twist, there are technically two number 8's.
The Grand Questors Night was hosted at the PhilSports Arena.
Finally the Magic Circle of 5 showcased the numbers they have been rehearsing hard for. Each final questor showed their special talent that night which impressed the jurors as well as the thousands of audiences.
Erich Gonzales became the Grand Questor, Arron Villaflor was in the second, Paw Diaz in third, Charles Christianson in fourth, and DM Sevilla in fifth place.
In 2006 the show made the second season of the kids edition. The show was called Summer Kid Quest because it was held in summer, between March–May.
Luis Manzano still hosts the show, however, Jodi Sta. Maria was replaced by Anne Curtis in hosting due to her pregnancy. Meanwhile, director Joyce Bernal and award-winning actor Ricky Davao joins Eula Valdez and replaces Rowell Santiago and Maricel Laxa.
Held at ABS-CBN Studio 1. It was called Grand Questors' Day because it was held in daytime and not at Night.
Quintin Alianza became the Grand Questor, Mika Dela Cruz became the second placer, Julio Pisk is in the third place, Cheska Billiones in fourth and Darius Cardano in fifth place.
The reality kid talent show was now transformed as a program segment of Ruffa & Ai every Wednesday with Ai-Ai de las Alas and Ruffa Gutierrez as main hosts. Bugoy Cariño became the Grand Questor, Izzy Canillo as the first runner-up, while Eros Espiritu finished in second place, Xyriel Manabat in third and Fatty Mendoza in fourth place.
Beginning December 4, the show will be re-launched back into a Saturday program hosted by KC Concepcion with Bugoy Cariño and Xyriel Manabat as kid co-hosts respectively. Audition was started last November 27-29 2010 for the new future kid stars. Rowell Santiago reprise the role as judge from Season 1 along with the new female judges namely Vina Morales and Gladys Reyes.
Star Circle Quest won the Star Awards for 2004 Best Talent Search Progam. Jodi Sta. Maria and Luis Manzano as Best Talent Search Program Host.
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