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.

StarStruck
Season 1
Title card 2003
No. of episodes71
Release
Original networkGMA Network
Original releaseOctober 27, 2003 (2003-10-27) –
February 1, 2004 (2004-02-01)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The series is streaming online on YouTube.

Overview

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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.[1]

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

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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 vied for the coveted Ultimate Survivors titles, the Ultimate Male Survivor and the Ultimate Female Survivor. Both of them received P1,000,000 pesos each plus an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.

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

Hopefuls

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When the Final 14 was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that honed their acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Every Friday, one was to leave the competition until there were just six others left. From survivor six, there would be two eliminated, revealing the final four.

The Final 4 battled with each other on the Final Judgment. People chose who they wanted to win by online voting and text voting. 30% of the result came from the online and text votes and the remaining 70% 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

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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
       Contestant was in the Final 4
       Contestant was advanced to the Grand Finals
       Contestant was the Runner-up
       Contestant was the Winner
Week 1: The official Final 14 hopefuls have been chosen.
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 Survivor 6 hopefuls, The official Final 4 hopefuls have been chosen.
    • 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 Homecoming
Contestant Result
Rainier Castillo Advanced
Mark Herras Advanced
Contestant Result
Yasmien Kurdi Advanced
Jennylyn Mercado Advanced
Week 13: The Final Judgment, the Ultimate Survivors have been proclaimed.
Contestant Result
Rainier Castillo First Prince
Mark Herras Ultimate Male Survivor
Contestant Result
Yasmien Kurdi First Princess
Jennylyn Mercado Ultimate Female Survivor

Final Judgment

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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

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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

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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 series ended on August 12, 2004 to give way to Joyride.

Color key:

  Male contestant
  Female contestant
Contestants Original Loveteam Final Loveteam
Mark Herras Cristine Reyes Jennylyn Mercado
Rainier Castillo Jade Lopez Yasmien Kurdi
Dion Ignacio Katrina Halili Nadine Samonte
Christian Esteban Sheena Halili Jade Lopez
Tyron Perez Nadine Samonte Katrina Halili
Anton dela Paz Jennylyn Mercado Cristine Reyes
Alvin Aragon Yasmien Kurdi Sheena Halili
Jennylyn Mecado Anton dela Paz Mark Herras
Yasmien Kurdi Alvin Aragon Rainier Castillo
Nadine Samonte Tyron Perez Dion Ignacio
Katrina Halili Dion Ignacio Tyron Perez
Sheena Halili Christian Esteban Alvin Aragon
Jade Lopez Ranier Castillo Christian Esteban
Cristine Reyes Mark Herras Anton dela Paz

Stage 1: LIVE!

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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

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Color key:

  Male contestant
  Female contestant
  Challenge Winner
  Safe
  Bottom Group
  Eliminated
  Advanced
  Final 4
  Finalist
  Runner-up
  Winner
Results per public and council votes
Place Contestant Top 14 (Week 1) Top 13 (Week 2) Top 12 (Week 3) Top 11 (Week 4) Top 10 (Week 5) Top 9 (Week 6) Top 8 (Week 7) Top 7 (Week 8) Top 6 (Week 9-10) Top 4 (Week 11-13)
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 1/16/04 1/23/04 2/1/04 3
1–4 Mark Herras Safe Safe Safe Bottom 5 Bottom 5 Challenge Winner Safe Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Final 4 Advanced Advanced Ultimate Male Survivor
Jennylyn Mercado Safe Safe Bottom 3 Safe Challenge Winner Safe Challenge Winner Bottom 3 Safe Final 4 Advanced Advanced Ultimate Female Survivor
Rainier Castillo Safe Safe Challenge Winner Bottom 5 Safe Bottom 4 Safe Challenge Winner Safe Final 4 Advanced Advanced First Prince
Yasmien Kurdi Bottom 3 Safe Safe Challenge Winner Bottom 5 Safe Safe Safe Challenge Winner Final 4 Advanced Advanced 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

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  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.
  3. ^ In the final judgment night, Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado were proclaimed as the Ultimate Survivors.

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