The fifth season of StarStruck, also known as StarStruck V, is a Philippine television reality talent competition show. It was broadcast on GMA Network. Hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo. Abellana replaced Jolina Magdangal for this season, while former replaced Dingdong Dantes, as the former replaced Richard Gomez, who will run as representative of the 4th district of the Province of Leyte as host of the game show Family Feud.
Major changes happened on the show. The regular daily show became a daily update show that focused on the lives of the contestants and their activities and tests on the show. It was hosted by the show's the segment hosts are StarStruck graduates with Mark Herras, LJ Reyes, Arci Muñoz and Paulo Avelino. They serve as StarStruck Shoutout, who is tasked to join the hopefuls as they go through every phase of the competition, it premiered on November 15, 2009. The council was composed of Lolit Solis, Floy Quintos and Iza Calzado act as the members of the Sunshine Dizon was first reported to be part of the council in the place of Iza Calzado but had to turn down the offer due to health problems.
The five mentors are from Acting mentor; Gina Alajar, Dance mentor; Douglas Nierras, Singing mentor; Jai Sabas-Aracama, Grooming and Make-up mentor; Barbi Chan and Image mentor; Abbygale Arrenas de Leon. Also featured many fives: The Factor V, The V Mentors, The V Hosts together with Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione in the Final Judgment day, The Final V, and a 5 million pesos’ worth of prizes for the Ultimate Survivors. The season ended with 99 episodes on February 21, 2010, having Steven Silva and Sarah Lahbati as the Ultimate Survivors.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Overview Auditions
In the last quarter of 2009, GMA Network announced that the distribution of the application form will be on August 30 and would be distributed nationwide through various malls. For this season, the age limit is set from 16 to 23 years old. There was a live coverage of the said event during SOP. Much of the auditions were held at the GMA Network's headquarters and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.
The following dates and cities for the auditions were as follows:
Casting Dates (2009) Venues Key Cities of PhilippinesAugust 30 GMA Network Quezon City Stadia Dagupan Dagupan SM City Cebu Cebu SM City Iloilo IloiloSeptember 5–6 SM City Pampanga San Fernando CSI Dagupan Dagupan SM City Cebu CebuSeptember 12–13 SM City Cebu Cebu SM City Iloilo Iloilo SM City Davao DavaoSeptember 19–20 SM City Bacoor Molino SM City Cagayan de Oro Cagayan de Oro SM City Bacolod Bacolod
Casting Dates (2009) Key Countries in Asia October 30–31 Singapore November 7–8 Japan
Casting Dates (2009) Key Countries in Middle East November 3–4 Bahrain November 5 Dubai November 6 Abu Dhabi
Casting Dates (2009) Key Cities of United States November 5–6 Los Angeles November 7–8 San Francisco November 10–11 New Jersey
The pilot episode was aired on November 15, 2009. The new improve edition of the popular show. The StarStruck is shown everyday having Mondays to Fridays will be tests. This season there was a Saturday's edition is the performance night hosted by Raymond Gutierrez. The Sunday's edition is the elimination night hosted by Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo. The show held its the Final Judgment on February 21, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum.
Selection process In the fifth year of the reality-talent search, Out of numerous who auditioned nationwide, 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 57. These Top 57 dreamers will undergo their first acting test segment; (No Second Chances, Only Seconds To Shine) then from Top 57, it was trimmed down to Top 30, from Top 30 down to Top 20 dreamers. But to the surprise of those chosen, eight (Top 8) more were added to the fold, including aspirants from several countries where the show conducted auditions—in line with StarStruck V's intention to go international this year, from Top 28 only final fourteen finalists will be left.
The Final 14 underwent various workshops and trainings in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. But, the twist is that every week, one or two from the final fourteen may have to say goodbye but this season only five remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as StarStruck Avengers.
This time instead of the Final 4, but this season make it the Final V will vie for the coveted the Ultimate Survivors titles, the Ultimate Male Survivor and the Ultimate Female Survivor, both of them will received P1,500,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from GMA Network with a minimum guarantee of P3,500,000 pesos, summing up to a total prize of at least P5,000,000 pesos.
This time the three Runners-up was given for this season, the first runners-up, the First Prince and First Princess titles, and for the second runner-up, the Second Prince, both of them received P200,000 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 also featured new runner-up title, in StarStruck History, the Second Prince in the Final Judgment Night.
Hopefuls In this season, finally revealed of the Top 60 hopefuls where name on the show's premier last Sunday, November 15, 2009. The half of hopefuls will be eliminated the next Sunday, November 22, 2009. The remaining Top 30 hopefuls were reduced to the Top 20 hopefuls on November 25, 2009. While the remaining twenty hopefuls, they are advanced to the next round of the competition, plus the surprise additional of the Top 8 International aspirants.
These Top 28 aspirants will be face their first artista test this week under the supervision of five mentors and the council. The Top 28 will be eliminated this Sunday, November 29, 2009. The final fourteen finalists will be revealed.
When the Final 14 was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that will hone their acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Every Sunday, one is meant to leave the competition until there were just six others who are left. From survivor six, there will be last who will be eliminated and after the elimination of the one; the final five will be revealed.
The Final V 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. 50% of the result will come from the online and text votes and the remaining 50% is from the council.
Color key:
Place Contestant Age Hometown Exit Result 1Steven Silva23Davao CityFebruary 21, 2010Ultimate Male Survivor 2Sarah Lahbati16Dasmariñas, CaviteUltimate Female Survivor 3Enzo Pineda19Quezon CityFirst Prince 4Rocco Nacino22PasigSecond Prince 5Diva Montelaba19Cebu CityFirst Princess 6Nina Kodaka20Tokyo, JapanFebruary 14, 2010Avenger 7Ian Batherson20MandaluyongJanuary 31, 2010 8Rox Montealegre19PasigJanuary 24, 2010 9Piero Vergara16Cebu CityJanuary 10, 2010 10Princess Snell 16San Pedro, Laguna 11Sef Cadayona20Las Piñas December 27, 2009 12Zeryl Lim22Manama, BahrainDecember 20, 2009 13Rye Burgos20Los Angeles, United StatesDecember 13, 2009 14Fianca Cruz18PasigDecember 6, 2009 15Khalid Al-Alawi17Manama, BahrainNovember 29, 2009Top 20 + Top 8 International 16Marco Bautista17Los Angeles, United States 17Astrid Benitez21Marikina 18Edward Beñosa19Quezon City 19Rollo Espinos17Bacolod 20Goldamier Gamir19Malabon 21Vanessa Harrison16Canada 22Adam Hussein22Pasig 23Naomi King16Singapore 24Michelle Liggayu18Pasay 25Janelle Olafson19Quezon City 26Jeramie Padolina23Quezon City 27Shane Parminter16Metro Manila 28Niko Umali17Tokyo, Japan 29Legendaire Baluyot 18BulacanNovember 25, 2009Top 30 30Krizia Banogon 16Caloocan 31Shereef Ibrahim 19Quezon City 32Norilyn Laksamana 16Laguna 33Xandra Mariano 19Laguna 34Juan Marlowe 16Muntinlupa 35Micheal Navarro 17Quezon City 36Kenyn Padalla 22Baguio 37Zarib Papageorghiou18Marikina 38Risha Sotto 18Metro Manila 39Nathalie Alvia 19San JuanNovember 22, 2009Top 60 40Jeffrey Balicad 20Valenzuela 41Loren Burgos 21Las Piñas 42Lyn Calawod 20Quezon City 43Lilianne Clapis 18Davao City 44Daniel Cuevas 20Antipolo, Rizal 45Mark De Jesus 18Pampanga 46Kaye Dinauto 19Cebu City 47Jerica Davic 19Quezon City 48Richard Faulkerson17Santa Rosa, Laguna 49Nestle Garcia 18Parañaque 50Christian Gatus 16Las Piñas 51Christopher Gatus 16Las Piñas 52Alexandra Hone 17General Santos 53Luis Hontiveros 17Marikina 54April Jamin 19Cebu City 55Nanah Katayama 18Las Piñas 56Katrina Martinez 16Bulacan 57Christine Martir 16Bacolod 58Tristan Melliza 16Iloilo City 59Jayne Nieva 17Cavite 60Jetrix Pasamanero 21Saranggani 61Ranty Portento 22Quezon Province 62Daniel Reyes 18Metro Manila 63Ladylyn Riva 21Marikina 64Katrina Rothwell 20Mandaluyong 65Jacob Sales 19Bacolod 66Darylle Salvador 17Baliuag, Bulacan 67Aldous Santiago 19Bulacan 68Angelia Ong 19Iloilo City
Profiles Steven Silva was born in Oceanside, California. He auditioned in Davao City and is the oldest male contestant.Final 14: Steven Silva Sarah Lahbati is the youngest contestant in this year's competition, Who is 16, who hails from Switzerland, who has left everything behind to try her luck in StarStruck.Final 14: Sarah Lahbati Enzo Pineda auditioned in Makati.Final 14: Enzo Pineda His father is Manny Pacquiao's agent. Rocco Nacino is Baguio-born as Enrico Raphael Nacino, but considers himself a Laguna-native who wants to fulfill his dreams of becoming an actor.Final 14: Rocco Nacino Diva Montelaba was born as Hyacienth Diva Montelaba. She can sing and dance at the same time. The total performer of this season.Final 14: Diva Montelaba Most notable fans of Diva call themselves Divaholics Nina Kodaka is dubbed as the crowd favourite. She is the contender from Japan who has always known that she wanted to be an actress.Final 14: Nina Kodaka Ian Batherson is a German-born finalist who auditioned in the Philippines.Final 14: Ian Batherson Rox Montealegre is taking a break in her final year in Ateneo de Manila. She excels in acting based on the record by the mentors.Final 14: Rox Montealegre Piero Vergara is, at 16 during the show, the youngest male contestant in the competition this year. He labels himself as a "happy-go-lucky guy".Final 14: Piero Vergara Princess Snell was born as Princess Tinkerbell Cristina Marjorie Pedere Snell, whose showbiz-oriented dreams are rooted in the desire to give her family a good futureFinal 14: Princess Snell She recently posed for the FHM Website in 2008, as the Ran Girl of May for the Maxim Philippines' 2009 calendar and was a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic talent management agency. Sef Cadayona was born as John Paul Joseph Cadayona. He considers dancing his primary talent.Final 14: Sef Cadayona Zeryl Lim is the eldest female contestant in this year's competition. She auditioned in Bahrain as part of StarStruck V's Worldwide auditions.Final 14: Zeryl Lim Rye Burgos is one of StarStruck V's Worldwide auditions finalist. His biggest strength, according to him, is his acting skills. “I try my best to give my natural feelings, rather than copy them from someone else.”Final 14: Rye Burgos Fianca Cruz says dancing is her passion, and it's where she is able to show who she really is.Final 14: Fianca Cruz
Weekly Artista Tests Color key: Contestant with the Challenge Winner Contestant was saved by the Public Vote and Council Vote Contestant was in the Top 30 and Top 20 Contestant was from the +Top 8 International Aspirants Contestant was in the Final 14 and Final V Contestant was in the Bottom Group Contestant was saved by the Council Contestant was Eliminated Contestant was the Runner-up Contestant was the Winner