StarStruck (Season 4)

The fourth season of StarStruck (or also known as StarStruck: The Next Level) premiered on December 4, 2006. The council was formed with Louie Ignacio, Lorna Tolentino, and Douglas Quijano representing it. The show was co-hosted by Dingdong Dantes, Jolina Magdangal and Raymond Gutierrez.

Overview

The fourth season of StarStruck was formally announced the return of their reality-based talent show on September 3, 2006. GMA Network's variety program, SOP, where the hosts invited teenagers from 16 to 21 years old to audition for the new upcoming StarStruck season. Much of the auditions were held at the GMA Network's headquarters and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.

The pilot episode was aired on December 4, 2006. The new improve edition of the popular show. Like the season 3, "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 25, 2007 again at the Marikina Sports Complex.

In the 4th year of the reality-talent search, Out of millions who auditioned, only TOP 100 was chosen for the first cut. From TOP 100, it was trimmed down to TOP 60, then from TOP 60 to TOP 30, and from TOP 30 to TOP 20. Unlike the previous batches which launched Final 14, this batch was trimmed down to twenty, dubbed as the TOP 20. The initial cut of TOP 20. The Final Twenty Survivors underwent various workshops and trainings in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. The TOP 20 was reduced to TOP 16 until they formed the Final 14 finalists. But, the twist is that every week, two of the Final 14 may have to say goodbye and this time only six remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as "StarStruck Avengers".

The Final Six Survivors will vie for the coveted "Ultimate Survivors" title; the four winners are one male, one female and one pair of male/female survivors will be picked this year the four major titled; Ultimate Hunk, Ultimate Sweetheart, and Ultimate Male & Female Loveteam. Each of them has received P1, 000,000 pesos and exclusive contracts from GMA Network. Belgian Waffle franchises worth P250, 000 pesos each and P50, 000 gift certificates to Calayan, and scholarships to Informatics. The runner-ups will be the "First Prince and First Princess" title, each of them has received P250, 000 pesos as well. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received exclusive contracts from the network.

It also featured a new ultimate title in StarStruck history they are Ultimate Hunk, Ultimate Sweetheart and Ultimate Male & Female Loveteam.

The Top 20 Survivors

Unlike the previous batches which launched 14, this batch was trimmed down to twenty, dubbed as the "TOP 20". The initial cut of Top 20 Survivors was reduced to Top 16 Survivors, until they formed the Final 14.

When the Final 14 was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that will hone their acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Every week, one is meant to leave the competition until there were just 8 others who are left. From Final 8, there will be one of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination the one, the Final 6 will be revealed. The Final 6 will be battling with each other on the Final Judgment. People will choose who they want to win the competition by text voting. 50% of the result will come from the text votes and the remaining 50% is from the StarStruck council.

The Avengers Strikes Back

This is a twist in StarStruck: The Next Level. The twist is that the Avengers (losing contestants) of the fourth season will be the competitors of the Survivors in the one week 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 Lascuña.

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.

Innovation: The Final 8 Survivors

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.

The 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, P50,000 gift certificates to Calayan, and scholarships to Informatics.

The winners will be included in the youth-oriented show Boys Nxt Door except Jewel Mische. The Ultimate Hunk and Ultimate Sweetheart will be part of a separate GMA teledrama.

The Ultimate Male/Female Loveteam will be introduced in a Regal Films movie with Judy Ann Santos, and Dennis Trillo which is Mag-ingat Ka sa Kulam.

The 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Prince Stefan and Rich Asuncion were named as The First Prince and Princess respectively. Kris Bernal and Mart Escudero were named as the Ultimate Male/Female 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.^[1]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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".

Signature Dances

There are signature dances and songs made in each batch. With this batch, their signature dances and songs are:

• Fergalicious
• Mosquito Dance
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• El Ninyo! (Jewel Mische solo dance number with the Manoeuvres)
• Itaktak Mo (Jesi Corcuera, won the title of "Itaktak Queen Award" with the co-Starstruck Avengers)

Elimination Chart

Notes

1. 1 2 Ultimate Survivors - StarStruck: The Next Level - iGMA.tv
2. ↑ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
3. ↑ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
4. ↑ Philippine Entertainment Portal | Gallery | StarStruck The Next Level Final Judgment
5. ↑ StarStruck The Next Level