StarStruck (season 6)

Auditions

In the last quarter of 2014, GMA Network announced that the distribution of the application form will be on September 6 and 7 and would be distributed nationwide through various malls. For this season, the age limit is set from 15 years old to 20 years old. There was a live coverage of the said event during Startalk on September 6 and at Sunday All Stars on September 7. The said event was called as "StarStruck Weekend". The first 500 registrants in Metro Manila were accommodated on September 7 for the auditions kick off and was shown the previews in Sunday All Stars.

The following dates and key cities for the auditions are as follows:

Overview

The sixth season of StarStruck after more than five years of hiatus, GMA Network formally announced the return of their reality-based talent show. Auditions for the new season started on the day it was launched on September 7, 2014. GMA Network's variety program, Sunday All Stars, where the hosts invited teenagers from 15 to 20 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 September 7, 2015. The new improve edition of the popular show. Like seasons 1 and season 2, StarStruck is shown only weekdays having Mondays to Thursdays will be tests are shown only weekdays having Mondays to Thursdays will be tests and Fridays would be the elimination night. The show held its Final Judgment on December 19, 2015 at the GMA Network studio 7 and studio 8.

In the 6th 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 35, and from TOP 35. The initial cut of TOP 35 was reduced to two groups, by which they call Dream 14 and Believe 14. The ones TOP 28 was again reduced to TOP 22 And again to TOP 18 until they formed the new Final 14 titled: is the Ultimate Final 14 finalists, The Ultimate Final Fourteen Survivors underwent various workshops and trainings in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. But, the twist is that every week, one of the Final 14 may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as "StarStruck Avengers".

The Final Four Survivors will vie for the coveted "Ultimate Male Survivor" and "Ultimate Female Survivor" titles, each of them has received (P 1,000,000)pesos in each cash, a house and lot from Camella Homes worth (P 2,000,000), 5-year exclusive GMA contract. The "First Prince" and "First Princess" title, each of them has received (P 250,000) pesos each. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received exclusive contracts from the network.

It also featured a new title in StarStruck history, Dream 14 and Believe 14, the Final 14 coveted to Ultimate Final 14 in the second week.

Bootcamp

After the nationwide auditions, "TOP 35" hopefuls were selected to advance to the next round of the competition. Their names were revealed during the August 20, 2015 episode of Eat Bulaga!.

In this phase, they faced different stages in order to determine if they will move on and be part of the next round of the competition.

The first stage was the Talent Showcase round wherein they presented to the judges the talents they are most comfortable at. The next stage is the Workshops wherein they were tested and criticized by different coaches. Resident acting coach Gina Alajar once again led the acting workshop for the semifinalists. Christian Bautista and Prof. Jai Sabas-Aracama sit as the singing mentors, while another resident mentor, Douglas Nierras, trained the semifinalists in dancing. After workshop stage is the Screen test. The final stage for the semifinal round is the Director's Night wherein the Top 35 semifinalists faced different well-known directors of the industry to give their opinions and critiques and deliberate who would advance to the next round.

The Door

One of the new twists added to StarStruck VI is the introduction of The Door. Upon crossing The Door, the hopefuls would determine whether or not they will still continue on with their StarStruck journey. When a contestant touches a hand-shaped portal, s/he will hear one of three things:

“Congratulations” if s/he makes it to the next round;

"Thank You Very Much” if not; or

“Result will be announced on the first live broadcast. Until then, good luck!”.

The following is a list of hopefuls who have failed to enter the semifinals:

The Top 28 Survivors

As an exciting twist to the show, Dingdong Dantes announced during the first live episode last September 11, that for the sixth season, instead of having just the traditional Final 14, there will be two sets of 14 hopefuls who will compete in various challenges. The hopefuls who will standout and survive these challenges will be part of the "Ultimate Final 14".

The first 12 finalists whose names were announced during the first four episodes, and the 2 finalists who were announced during the first live episode compose the first group which is dubbed as the "Dream 14". The second set of 14 hopefuls, who were initially expected to be eliminated, compose the group called "Believe 14".

The following is a list of Top 28 semi-finalists who were eliminated in the first week of the semi-finals:

The following is a list of Top 22 semi-finalists who were eliminated in the second week of the semi-finals:

The following is a list of Top 18 semi-finalists who failed to reach the finals:

The Ultimate Final 14 Survivors

When the Ultimate 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 6 others who are left. From Final 6, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination the two; the Final 4 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 text voting. 40% of the result will come from the text votes and the remaining 60% is from the StarStruck council.

The Ultimate Final 14 Profiles

Migo Adecer of Mandaluyong - Migo was born in Bacolod but grew up in Australia where he became part of Glee Australia in 2012. He was announced as the Ultimate Male Survivor on December 19, 2015, earning a Php 1 million in each cash, a house and lot from Camella Homes worth Php 2 million and 5-year exclusive GMA contract.

Klea Pineda of Caloocan City - Klea knows how to play ukelele and an adventurous girl. Her hobbies include trekking and surfing. She was announced as the Ultimate Female Survivor on December 19, 2015, earning a Php 1 million in each cash, a house and lot from Camella Homes worth Php 2 million and 5-year exclusive GMA contract.

Elyson De Dios of Cebu - Elyson is an athletic teen who plays basketball and volleyball. He wants to follow the footsteps of Chris Tiu. He was announced as the First Prince of this season on December 19, 2015. He received Php 250,000 and an exclusive GMA contract.

Ayra Mariano of Paombong, Bulacan - Ayra was born in Northern Marianas. At 7, she started doing commercial stints and became popular recently because of her appearance in a facial cleanser brand commercial, Eskinol. She also played the role of Patricia Sandoval in the webisodes of the miniseries in Wattpad made by the said facial cleanser brand. She was announced as the First Princess of this season on December 19, 2015. He received Php 250,000 and an exclusive GMA contract.

Jay Arcilla of San Pablo, Laguna - He studies in San Pablo, Laguna and into dancing, volleyball and basketball. He joined Eat Bulaga's "That's My Bae" segment in 2015. He's the nephew of Heneral Luna's lead actor, John Arcilla. He was eliminated along with Arra San Agustin on December 11, 2015 and came in fifth and sixth place.

Arra San Agustin of Cavite - Arra is a Psychology major student at De La Salle University in Manila. She is a ballerina who knows figure skating. She is the girlfriend of the DLSU Green Archers Basketball Player, Thomas Torres. She was eliminated along with Jay Arcilla on December 11, 2015 and came in fifth and sixth place.

Liezel Lopez of Olongapo City, Zambales - Liezel was a choir member in high school and a former member of a community theater group. For some Critic, Liezel has the potential to become a great actress and expected to be part of Films for international audiences. Unlike other actress, she does her acting not just based on her experience as an actress but also with her own experience in Life. That is why she gains support from some Local Film Enthusiasts who support the Local Film Industry! Despite of the challenges that came to her life, she still managed to improve her talent as an actress. She was eliminated along with Avery Paraiso on November 27, 2015 and came in seventh/eighth place.

Avery Paraiso of Antipolo - Avery is a half Filipino - half Irish commercial model who has a twin sister. In 2014, Avery also appeared in the film Once a Princess, in which Erich Gonzales plays the lead role. Avery has a featured minor role as a bully. He also appeared in the commercials of RC Cola and Oishi. He was eliminated along with Liezel Lopez on November 27, 2015 and came in seventh/eighth place.

Analyn Barro of Bacolod - Analyn is a Marketing Management major student. Despite working as a model, she also dreams of becoming a newscaster someday. She was eliminated on November 20, 2015 and came in ninth place.

Kevin Sagra of South Cotabato - Kevin is a martial arts enthusiast. He also knows how to play beatbox, drums and piano. He was eliminated on November 13, 2015 after the StarStruck council choose to save Ayra Mariano and came in tenth place.

James Teng of Meycauayan, Bulacan - James just graduated high school before joining StarStruck. He already works as a model. His list of hobbies includes volleyball, basketball and chess. He is the nephew of the Basketball Legend Alvin Teng and the cousin of Jeric Teng and Jeron Teng. He is also the boyfriend of the model Janica Nam Floresca. He was eliminated on November 6, 2015 and came in eleventh place.

Koreen Medina of Laguna - Before joining the show, Koreen was first identified as the Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific International that paved a way for her to be the country's representative at Miss Intercontinental 2013 wherein she finished as third runner-up. She is a Marketing Management student at La Consolacion College-Biñan. She was eliminated on October 30, 2015 and came in twelfth place.

Joemarie Nielsen of Tarlac - Joemarie is half Filipino - half Thai. His idol in music is Sam Smith. Joemarie also knows how to play guitar and cooks well. He was eliminated on October 23, 2015 and came in thirteenth place.

Princess Guevarra of Dasmarinas, Cavite - Princess is already a commercial model. Aside from being a commercial model, Princess already owns a catering business. She also hopes to be a host of her own show. She is the first finalist to be eliminated on October 16, 2015 and came in fourteenth place.

The Weekly Artista Tests

Week 1: Kilig Serye

Guest directors, Mark A. Reyes and Louie Ignacio challenges The Final 14, grouped by couples (1 boy and 1 girl), to act in a short romance-drama with guest comedians and actors from Bubble Gang. The assigned couples are also challenged to perform in a romantic music video.

Challenge Winner: Avery Paraiso, Koreen Medina, Elyson De Dios and Ayra Mariano

Bottom Group: Jay Arcilla, Princess Guevarra, Liezel Lopez and Joemarie Nielsen²

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: None (The scores for Week 1 tests including the councils' scores and public votes will be carried over for Week 2 results.)

Week 2: Sampal Serye and Direct Action

Director Mark Dela Cruz and veteran actress, Jaclyn Jose of MariMar, were tasked to test the versatility of the StarStruck survivors in a dramatic short film. The assigned couples had the same script and scenario but all with a different ending. In the end, Dela Cruz chose Liezel Lopez and Joemarie Nielsen as his Best Performers, while he named Analyn Barro and Migo Adecer as the Best Pair. Jaclyn Jose, on the other hand chose Migo Adecer and Liezel Lopez as her Best Performers, while Arra San Agustin and Jay Arcilla got the praises of the veteran actress, and named them as the Best Pair as well. Jaclyn Jose is amazed at those men's bodies especially Jay Arcilla's Topless body. Veteran director, Joel Lamangan tested their acting skills. The finalists were first asked to introduce themselves in a creative manner and was then instructed to act according to his direct action. In the end, at the show's elimination night, it was revealed that Liezel Lopez was jointly chosen by the council, acting mentors and directors as the best performing survivor for this week.

Challenge Winner: Liezel Lopez

Bottom Group: Princess Guevarra, Joemarie Nielsen, Klea Pineda and James Teng³

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: Princess Guevarra

Week 3: Survivors and Graduates' Face-Off

For this week's challenge, the remaining survivors will face another acting test with StarStruck graduates from past seasons. Directed by film and television director, Neal Del Rosario. The first group was composed of Liezel Lopez, Arra San Agustin and Jay Arcilla with LJ Reyes (StarStruck: Season 2 First Princess), Katrina Halili (StarStruck: Season 1 Avenger) and Mike Tan (StarStruck: Season 2 Ultimate Male Survivor). Their group was assigned to do a short provocative drama play. The second group was composed of Ayra Mariano, Kevin Sagra and Migo Adecer with Ryza Cenon (StarStruck: Season 2 Ultimate Female Survivor), Kevin Santos (StarStruck: Season 2 Avenger) and Diva Montelaba (StarStruck: Season 5 First Princess). Their group was assigned to do a short comedy play. The next group which composed of Klea Pineda, Avery Paraiso, Analyn Barro and Joemarie Nielsen with Nadine Samonte and Jade Lopez (StarStruck: Season 1 Avenger) were assigned to do a short heavy-family drama play. And the last group composed of Elyson De Dios, James Teng and Koreen Medina with Enzo Pineda (Starstruck: Season 5 First Prince), Jackie Rice (Starstruck: Season 3 Ultimate Female Survivor) and Jade Lopez (StarStruck: Season 1 Avenger) for the second time were assigned to do a short comedy-horror play. At the end of each episodes, it was announced that the guest director and former StarStruck graduates will have a special power to automatically make one survivor part of this week's bottom group. As a result, they chose Jay Arcilla, Kevin Sagra, Joemarie Nielsen, and Elyson De Dios. However, Kevin Sagra was automatically saved in the results show and it went to James Teng instead.

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Bottom Group: Jay Arcilla, Elyson De Dios, Joemarie Nielsen and James Teng⁴

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: Joemarie Nielsen

Week 4: Immersion Test

The finalists were tasked to know the responsibilities and difficulties as an actor or actress by assigning them to appear as minor roles in GMA-7's television shows. The first three finalists to perform are Migo, Klea and Avery. Migo Adecer and Klea Pineda were tasked to guest in the top-rating afternoon soap, The Half Sisters while Avery Paraiso was tasked to guest in Bubble Gang. The next three were Ayra, Kevin and Jay. Ayra Mariano was assigned to guest in the sitcom, Pepito Manaloto. Like Ayra, Kevin Sagra was also assigned in a sitcom. But unlike her, Sagra guest in Ismol Family. Jay Arcilla had a special appearance in the afternoon soap, Buena Familia where he played the role of Marco, Edwin's friend. In day three, Liezel Lopez and James Teng guest in Destiny Rose as they were both assigned in the said show. Elyson De Dios also guest in Pepito Manaloto like his partner, Ayra Mariano but not the same set. In its Thursday episode (a day before the live eliminations), Arra San Agustin had a special appearance in a primetime series which is My Faithful Husband where she played the role of Ana. Analyn Barro and Koreen Medina guest as hosts in iBilib with Chris Tiu, Moymoy Palaboy and Solenn Heussaff. They were also challenged by their fellow finalists through a new segment, StarStruck Time Out. In "Isang Tanong, Isang Tanong", One of the 14 finalists were free to ask different questions from their companions. In "Hugot", One of the finalists were free to say what they want to say with their fellow finalists. In "Push Mo 'to ah!", The survivors should do something they hate to overcome their fears. And last, The "May alam ako sa 'yo", They should let their close friend reveal something about them the audience didn't know.

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Bottom Group: Jay Arcilla, Liezel Lopez, Koreen Medina and James Teng⁵

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: Koreen Medina

Week 5: Kilabot Serye

Guest Director, Maryo J. de los Reyes challenges The Last 11 finalists to act in a short horror play. In its Thursday episode (a day before the elimination night), Vaness del Moral had a guest appearance as Joyce, The antagonist for the last two finalists. In this week, they also introduce another StarStruck Time Out segment, "Lagot". In this new segment, each finalist would search for a negative or positive comment of the watchers and read it with their reactions.

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Bottom Group: Liezel Lopez, Klea Pineda, Kevin Sagra and James Teng⁶

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: James Teng

Week 6: Kiss flicks

Guest Director, Gina Alajar challenges the top 10 finalists to perform a short play of a kissing scene with StarStruck Ultimate Survivor Aljur Abrenica for the girls and Kylie Padilla for the boys. The next one, also directed by Gina Alajar was "Kiss flicks presents: True Love Stories". Kapuso online send their true love stories through StarStruck's official Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook fanpage. The contestants were tasked to perform it with Tita Emotera as the host. Those stories include "Love Radar" (with AySon), "Mr. And Ms. Doughnut" (with KevLyn), "Mr. Yoso" (with MigLea), "Cutie P.I" (with JayRa) and "The Kiss Bet" (with AveZel). They also introduce here a new set of Loveteams, KevLyn (Kevin Sagra and Analyn Barro), MigLea (Migo Adecer and Klea Pineda), and AveZel (Avery Paraiso and Liezel Lopez).

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Bottom Group: Migo Adecer, Jay Arcilla, Liezel Lopez, Ayra Mariano and Kevin Sagra⁷

Saved Contestant: Ayra Mariano

Eliminated Contestant: Kevin Sagra⁸

Week 7: Comedy Challenge

The nine finalists were challenged to perform a comedy short film with guest actors and comedians Manilyn Reynes and Pekto. They are grouped in groups of 3. Elyson De Dios, Arra San Agustin, and Liezel Lopez on the first day, Migo Adecer, Klea Pineda, and Jay Arcilla on the second, and Ayra Mariano, Avery Paraiso, and Analyn Barro on the third. On Thursday, they were also challenged to perform a short skit in Bubble Gang mentored by Michael V and director Uro dela Cruz. After the performance, Uro dela Cruz chose Liezel Lopez, Klea Pineda and Ayra Mariano as his choice of winners.

Challenge Winner: Not awarded

Bottom Group: Analyn Barro, Elyson De Dios⁹, Ayra Mariano and Avery Paraiso

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestant: Analyn Barro

Week 8: Market and Dumpsite Immersion

The remaining 8 survivors were tasked to had an immersion inside the market and the dumpsite. Arra San Agustin, Jay Arcilla, Ayra Mariano and Elyson De Dios act in the market with the title, "Taguan ng Feelings" with Veteran actress, Jean Garcia. The second group consist of Klea Pineda, Migo Adacer, Liezel Lopez and Avery Paraiso act in the dump site titled, "Scavengers" with actor Gabby Eigenmann. In this week's StarStruck Time Out, Coach Cynthia (played by Wally Bayola) from Sunday PinaSaya had a guest appearance. Coach Cynthia taught the finalists about her over acting skills.

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Bottom Group: Migo Adecer, Liezel Lopez, Ayra Mariano and Avery Paraiso

Saved Contestant: None

Eliminated Contestants: Liezel Lopez and Avery Paraiso

Week 9: The Avengers Strikes Back

Guest Director Real Florido, were assigned to Direct The Final 6 survivors composed of Migo Adecer, Jay Arcilla, Elyson De Dios, Ayra Mariano, Klea Pineda and Arra San Agustin were assigned to work with the StarStruck Avengers in a drama-romantic-comedy anthology where the viewers are free to choose what ending they want to be played via twitter and facebook. This serves as the fourteen hopefuls' longest series wherein they are all complete. The loveteam AySon star in "Love Begins", MigLea in "Love Ends" and JayRa in "Love Again" with veteran actress, Snooky Serna. In this point, the avengers come back to vote their "ULTIMATE FINAL 4" via The Destinator. Each survivors got 4 points, but according to the host, it was just an opinion by the avengers who cannot affect their votes. It was also revealed this week that the Avengers will not return in the competition as wildcards.

Challenge Winner: Not Awarded

Eliminated Contestant: None (The scores for Week 9 tests including the councils' scores and public votes will be carried over for Week 10 results.)

Week 10: Family Drama

Guest Director, Bb. Joyce Bernal challenges the remaining survivors with the theme, Family Drama. This mini series is entitled "TAHANAN" which stars the final 6 with the two veteran actors, Glydel Mercado and Christopher de Leon as their parents. In this week, the final 6 come back to The Door by which it will determine to whom the final 4 title will be given. The mechanics in this stage is the same as what the top 35 experienced.

Final 4: Migo Adecer, Elyson De Dios, Ayra Mariano and Klea Pineda

Eliminated Contestants: Jay Arcilla and Arra San Agustin

Week 11: The Final Judgment

In this week, there will be "StarStruck Saturday", And it was revealed that the Saturday episode would be The Final Judgment. In its Weekday episodes, the Ultimate Final 4 survivors would have a homecoming. And after that, the council will ask some of the hardest questions to them. An "Ultimate Male Survivor" and "Ultimate Female Survivor" were received (P 1,000,000) pesos each, a house and lot from Camella Homes worth (P 2,000,000), 5-year exclusive GMA contract, and will join the cast of the upcoming telefantasya, Encantadia. While "First Prince" and "First Princess" received (P 200,000) pesos.

The Final Judgment

The Final Judgment for the sixth season was held on December 19, 2015 on GMA Network's Studio 6 and Studio 7. On the said event, hosted by Dingdong Dantes an opening number consist of StarStruck graduates including Mark Herras, Jennylyn Mercado, Yasmien Kurdi, Mike Tan, Ryza Cenon, LJ Reyes, Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Steven Silva, Enzo Pineda, Diva Montelaba, Rocco Nacino and Sef Cadayona from previous seasons and the StarStruck Kids graduates Miguel Tanfelix, Ella Guevara and Sandy Talag perform a dance number. They were joined by the StarStruck Ultimate Final 14. The Avengers' performances were next to performing re-enacting their elimination week by week by singing and dancing.

StarStruck Avenger Analyn Barro received (P 100,000) pesos each, was awarded by Palmolive after earning the highest number of votes from the viewers. The Final 4 then perform their solo performances. Ayra Mariano sang Katy Perry's Part of Me, Klea Pineda sang Break Free by Ariana Grande, Elyson De Dios performs a dance number and Migo Adecer sang and dances Want to Want Me by Jason Derulo. Alden Richards sang Bryan White's God Gave Me You followed by a dance number with the StarStruck Avengers.

Before the final results, StarStruck council member and Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid sang The Climb by Miley Cyrus while the Ultimate Final 4 walk through the stage. Elyson De Dios and Ayra Mariano received (P 250,000) pesos each, were awarded by brand Manager of Lewis & Pearl, Ms. Valerie Tan as the sensational couple of this said product.

Klea Pineda of Caloocan City is the "Ultimate Female Survivor" and Migo Adecer of Mandaluyong is the "Ultimate Male Survivor" were proclaimed the "Ultimate Survivors" received (P 1,000,000) pesos each, a house and lot from Camella Homes worth (P 2,000,000), 5-year exclusive GMA contract, and will join the cast of the upcoming telefantasya, Encantadia. While Ayra Mariano of Bulacan is the "First Princess" and Elyson De Dios of Cebu is the "First Prince" were proclaimed the "Runner-up" each of them received (P 200,000) pesos. The "Starstruck Avengers" also received an exclusive contract from the network.

Notes

1. ^ Liezel Lopez was automatically included to the bottom group for having majority of the votes (to eliminate) from her co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator.
2. ^ Princess Guevarra was automatically included to the bottom group for having majority of the votes (to eliminate) from her co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator.
3. ^ Jay Arcilla, Kevin Sagra, Joemarie Nielsen and Elyson De Dios were jointly chosen by the guest director and StarStruck graduates to be automatically part of this week's bottom group. However, Sagra was automatically saved in the results show and it went to James Teng instead. Additionally, De Dios garnered majority of the votes (to eliminate) from her co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator.
4. ^ Liezel Lopez and Arra San Agustin have the most number of votes (to eliminate) from their co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator. But in the results show, only Lopez was included to the bottom group.
5. ^ Liezel Lopez was automatically included to the bottom group for having majority of the votes (to eliminate) from her co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator.
6. ^ Liezel Lopez and Migo Adecer have the most number of votes (to eliminate) from their co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator.
7. ^ Kevin Sagra was automatically .eliminated after the StarStruck council choose to save Ayra Mariano.
8. ^ Elyson De Dios and Arra San Agustin have the most number of votes (to eliminate) from their co-StarStruck finalists via The Destinator but when the last vote is on Liezel Lopez, She gave it to Elyson De Dios.

Signature Dances

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

Dessert

Don’t Be Pabebe? (Performed by Dream 14 VS Believe 14 at GMA Network studio 7)

Don’t Be Pabebe? (Performed by StarStruck Hopeful and Alden Richards at GMA Network studio 8)

Notes