StarStruck season 1

StarStruck
Season 1
Title card 2003
No. of episodes	71
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Original release	October 27, 2003 (2003-10-27) – February 1, 2004 (2004-02-01)
Season chronology

The first season of StarStruck, is a Philippine television reality talent competition show, was broadcast on GMA Network. Hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione, it premiered on October 27, 2003. The council was composed of Joey de Leon, Joyce Bernal and Ida Henares. The season ended with 71 episodes on February 1, 2004, having Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado as the Ultimate Survivors.

Overview

StarStruck was first announced on GMA Network program SOP, where the hosts invited teenagers from 14 to 18 years old to audition for the upcoming season. Most of the auditions were held at the GMA Network's headquarters and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.

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

The pilot episode was aired on October 27, 2003. StarStruck was shown only on weekdays with tests shown from Mondays to Thursdays and the elimination night aired on Fridays. The show held its Final Judgment on February 1, 2004 at the Araneta Coliseum.

Selection process

In the first year of the reality-talent search, Out of hundreds who auditioned nationwide, only the Top 100 was chosen for the first cut. From the Top 100, it was trimmed down to the Top 60, then from the Top 60 to the Top 30, and from the Top 30 to the final fourteen finalists.

The Final 14 underwent various workshops and training in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. But, the twist is that every week, one or two hopefuls from the final fourteen may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as StarStruck Avengers.

The Final 4 will vie for the coveted the Ultimate Survivors titles, the Ultimate Male Survivor and the Ultimate Female Survivor, both of them will received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.

The Runners-up, both of them will received P100,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from the network. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network.

Hopefuls

When the Final 14 was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that will hone their acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Every Friday, one is meant to leave the competition until there were just six others who are left. From survivor six, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination of the two; the final four will be revealed.

The Final 4 will be battling with each other on the Final Judgment. People will choose who they want to win the competition by online voting and text voting. 30% of the result will come from the online and text votes and the remaining 70% is from the council.

Color key:

  Male contestant

  Female contestant

  Finalist

  Runner-up

  Winner

Place	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Exit	Result
1	Mark Herras	16	San Pablo, Laguna	February 1, 2004	Ultimate Male Survivor
2	Jennylyn Mercado	16	Las Piñas		Ultimate Female Survivor
3	Rainier Castillo	18	Quezon City		First Prince
4	Yasmien Kurdi	15	San Juan		First Princess
5	Nadine Samonte	15	Metro Manila	January 9, 2004	Avenger
6	Dion Ignacio	17	Siniloan, Laguna
7	Christian Esteban	18	Tuguegarao	December 26, 2003
8	Katrina Halili	17	Quezon City	December 19, 2003
9	Tyron Perez	18	Concepcion, Tarlac	December 12, 2003
10	Sheena Halili	16	San Fernando, Pampanga	December 5, 2003
11	Jade Lopez	16	Tanauan, Batangas	November 28, 2003
12	Anton dela Paz	17	Quezon City	November 21, 2003
13	Cristine Reyes	15	Marikina	November 14, 2003
14	Alvin Aragon	15	San Juan	November 7, 2003

Weekly Artista Tests

Color key:

	Contestant with the Challenge Winner
	Contestant was saved by the Public Vote and Council Vote
	Contestant was in the Bottom Group
	Contestant was Eliminated

Week 1-2: The Final 14 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Safe Dion Ignacio Safe Anton dela Paz Safe Tyron Perez Safe Alvin Aragon Eliminated

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Challenge Winner Sheena Halili Safe Yasmien Kurdi Bottom 3 Jade Lopez Bottom 3 Jennylyn Mercado Safe Nadine Samonte Safe Cristine Reyes Safe

Week 2: The Final 13 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Safe Dion Ignacio Safe Anton dela Paz Bottom 3 Tyron Perez Safe

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Safe Sheena Halili Challenge Winner Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jade Lopez Bottom 3 Jennylyn Mercado Safe Nadine Samonte Safe Cristine Reyes Eliminated

Week 3: The Final 12 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Challenge Winner Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Safe Dion Ignacio Safe Anton dela Paz Eliminated Tyron Perez Bottom 3

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Safe Sheena Halili Safe Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jade Lopez Safe Jennylyn Mercado Bottom 3 Nadine Samonte Safe

Week 4: The Final 11 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Bottom 5 Christian Esteban Bottom 5 Mark Herras Bottom 5 Dion Ignacio Safe Tyron Perez Safe

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Safe Sheena Halili Bottom 5 Yasmien Kurdi Challenge Winner Jade Lopez Eliminated Jennylyn Mercado Safe Nadine Samonte Safe

Week 5: The Final 10 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Bottom 5 Dion Ignacio Bottom 5 Tyron Perez Bottom 5

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Safe Sheena Halili Eliminated Yasmien Kurdi Bottom 5 Jennylyn Mercado Challenge Winner Nadine Samonte Safe

Week 6: The Final 9 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Bottom 4 Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Challenge Winner Dion Ignacio Bottom 4 Tyron Perez Eliminated

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Bottom 4 Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jennylyn Mercado Safe Nadine Samonte Safe

Week 7: The Final 8 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Christian Esteban Safe Mark Herras Safe Dion Ignacio Bottom 3

Contestant Result Katrina Halili Eliminated Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jennylyn Mercado Challenge Winner Nadine Samonte Bottom 3

Week 8: The Final 7 hopefuls. Avengers versus Survivors.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Challenge Winner Christian Esteban Eliminated Mark Herras Bottom 3 Dion Ignacio Safe

Contestant Result Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jennylyn Mercado Bottom 3 Nadine Samonte Safe

Week 9: The Final 6 hopefuls.

• • Eliminated Contestant: None

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Mark Herras Bottom 3 Dion Ignacio Bottom 3

Contestant Result Yasmien Kurdi Challenge Winner Jennylyn Mercado Safe Nadine Samonte Bottom 3

Week 10: The Final 4 hopefuls.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Final 4 Mark Herras Final 4 Dion Ignacio Eliminated

Contestant Result Yasmien Kurdi Final 4 Jennylyn Mercado Final 4 Nadine Samonte Eliminated

Week 11-12: The Final 4 hopefuls.

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo Safe Mark Herras Safe

Contestant Result Yasmien Kurdi Safe Jennylyn Mercado Safe

Week 14: The Final Judgment

Contestant Result Rainier Castillo First Prince Mark Herras Ultimate Male Survivor

Contestant Result Yasmien Kurdi First Princess Jennylyn Mercado Ultimate Female Survivor

Final Judgment

The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed as StarStruck: The Final Judgment was held live on February 1, 2004 at the 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' insufficiency.

The opening dance number, together with this season's avengers, and they were joined by this final four. Hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione. The council was formed with Joey de Leon, Joyce Bernal and Ida Henares.

The final four then performs their solo performances. Rainier Castillo a dance number by a song of Klippers’s Step Into The Rhythm performs a solo dance number with the Abstract dancers, and Mark Herras a dance number by a song of Britney Spears’s Outrageous performs a solo dance number with the Manoeuvres, Yasmien Kurdi sang Christina Aguilera’s The Voice Within, Jennylyn Mercado sang Alicia Keys’s Fallin.

The avengers’ performance came in next, in a song and dance medley detailing the journey of the survivors from the audition process, the four International contenders and the elimination of the tenth avengers for a sing and dance number.

The male survivors, Rainier Castillo and Mark Herras dancing together with Joshua Zamora dance number with the Manoeuvres. Next the female survivors, Yasmien Kurdi and Jennylyn Mercado singing together with Lani Misalucha sang Mananatili Kang Mahal, Jaya sang Wala Na Bang Pag-ibig, and Regine Velasquez sang Dadalhin.

Announcement come, Jennylyn Mercado of Las Piñas is the Ultimate Female Survivor and Mark Herras of San Pablo, Laguna is the Ultimate Male Survivor were proclaimed as the Ultimate Survivors, each of them received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.

While, Yasmien Kurdi of San Juan and Rainier Castillo of Quezon City were proclaimed as the Runners-up, each of them received P100,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from the network. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network.

It was also announced that the final fourteen will be having our own show. The Final Judgment rated 42.8%, impressively high for a late Sunday night telecast; the StarStruck: The Final Judgment was the only TV event that narrowly matched the Eat Bulaga Silver Anniversary Special.

Signature dances

There are signature dances and journey songs made in this batch are the following:

• Average Joe
• Hey Yah
• Milkshake
• Outrageous
• Rubber Necking
• Step Into The Rhythm

Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse

Because of the StarStruck fever, GMA Network created a new show, Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse. it premiered on March 22, 2004. The StarStruck test continues on this show where the final fourteen has to prove their staying power in the business. Every week from Mondays to Thursdays, the show presents a miniseries starring the final fourteen, but this time their acting prowess is put into test. The show already went off the air with high ratings. The mini-series ended with 45 episodes on May 21, 2004.

Color key:

  Male contestant

  Female contestant

Contestants	First Loveteam	Second Loveteam
Mark Herras	Cristine Reyes	Jennylyn Mercado
Rainier Castillo	Sheena Halili	Yasmien Kurdi
Dion Ignacio	Katrina Halili	Nadine Samonte
Christian Esteban	Jade Lopez	Katrina Halili
Tyron Perez	Nadine Samonte	Sheena Halili
Anton dela Paz	Jennylyn Mercado	Jade Lopez
Alvin Aragon	Yasmien Kurdi	Cristine Reyes
Jennylyn Mecado	Anton dela Paz	Mark Herras
Yasmien Kurdi	Alvin Aragon	Rainier Castillo
Nadine Samonte	Tyron Perez	Dion Ignacio
Katrina Halili	Dion Ignacio	Christian Esteban
Sheena Halili	Rainier Castillo	Tyron Perez
Jade Lopez	Christian Esteban	Anton dela Paz
Cristine Reyes	Mark Herras	Alvin Aragon

Stage 1: LIVE!

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 hosting prowess. The show was hosted by Chynna Ortaleza, Cogie Domingo and Raymond Gutierrez. The show already went off the air.

Elimination chart

Color key:

  Male contestant

  Female contestant

  Challenge Winner

  Safe

  Bottom Group

  Eliminated

  Finalist

  Runner-up

  Winner

Results per public and council votes

Place	Contestant		Top 14	Top 13	Top 12	Top 11	Top 10	Top 9	Top 8	Top 7	Top 6		Top 4
			11/7/03	11/14/03	11/21/03	11/28/03	12/5/03	12/12/03	12/19/03	12/26/03	1/2/04 1	1/9/04 2	2/1/04
1–4		Mark Herras	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Bottom 5	Challenge Winner	Safe	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Safe	Ultimate Male Survivor
		Jennylyn Mercado	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Challenge Winner	Safe	Challenge Winner	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	Ultimate Female Survivor
		Rainier Castillo	Safe	Safe	Challenge Winner	Bottom 5	Safe	Bottom 4	Safe	Challenge Winner	Safe	Safe	First Prince
		Yasmien Kurdi	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	Challenge Winner	Bottom 5	Safe	Safe	Safe	Challenge Winner	Safe	First Princess
5–6		Nadine Samonte	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated	Avenger
		Dion Ignacio	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Bottom 4	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated
7		Christian Esteban	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
8		Katrina Halili	Challenge Winner	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 4	Eliminated
9		Tyron Perez	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 5	Eliminated
10		Sheena Halili	Safe	Challenge Winner	Safe	Bottom 5	Eliminated
11		Jade Lopez	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Safe	Eliminated
12		Anton dela Paz	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated
13		Cristine Reyes	Safe	Eliminated
14		Alvin Aragon	Eliminated

Notes

1. ^ It was a non-elimination week. The bottom group are Mark Herras, Nadine Samonte and Dion Ignacio, But next week the two survivors were eliminated from the competition on January 9, 2004.
2. ^ The final four was chosen on January 9, 2004. And the last avengers are Dion Ignacio and Nadine Samonte, The first called to eliminate is Dion Ignacio and the second called is Nadine Samonte.

External links

• StarStruck season 1 at IMDb