StarStruck (season 1)

This article is about the first season of the Philippine TV series. For other uses, see Starstruck (disambiguation).

StarStruck (season 1)
Created by	GMA Network
Directed by	Lino Cayetano
Presented by	Dingdong Dantes Nancy Castiglione
Judges	Joey de Leon Joyce Bernal Ida Henares
Country of origin	Philippines
No. of episodes	71
Production
Running time	Ordinary: 30-60 minutes The Final Judgment: 2 hours
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Original release	October 27, 2003 – February 1, 2004
External links
Website

StarStruck
Season 1 Final 14 (2003–2004)
Mark Herras	Ultimate Male Survivor
Jennylyn Mercado	Ultimate Female Survivor
Rainier Castillo	First Prince
Yasmien Kurdi	First Princess
Nadine Samonte	January 9, 2004
Dion Ignacio	January 9, 2004
Christian Esteban	December 26, 2003
Katrina Halili	December 19, 2003
Tyron Perez†	December 12, 2003
Sheena Halili	December 5, 2003
Jade Lopez	November 28, 2003
Anton dela Paz	November 21, 2003
Cristine Reyes	November 14, 2003
Alvin Aragon	November 7, 2003
Note: The First Prince and First Princess designations were applied retroactively in 2006.

The first season of StarStruck premiered on October 27, 2003. The council was formed with Joey de Leon, Joyce Bernal, and Ida Henares representing it. The show was co-hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione.

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 StarStruck season. Much of the auditions were held at the GMA Network's headquarters and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.

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

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

In the 1st year of the reality-talent search, Out of thousands 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 the Final 14 finalists. The Final Fourteen Survivors underwent various workshops and trainings in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. But, the twist is that every week, two 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 and exclusive contracts from GMA Network. The Runner-up, received (P 100,000) pesos each. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contracts from the network.

The Final 14 Survivors

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 6 others who are left. From Final 6, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination of 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. 30% of the result will come from the text votes and the remaining 70% is from the StarStruck council.

Contestant	Age	Hometown
Alvin Aragon	15	San Juan
Anton dela Paz	17	Quezon City
Christian Esteban	18	Tuguegarao City
Cristine Reyes	14	Marikina
Dion Ignacio	17	Laguna
Jade Lopez	16	Batangas
Jennylyn Mercado	16	Las Piñas
Katrina Halili	17	Palawan
Mark Herras	16	Laguna
Nadine Samonte	15	Germany
Rainier Castillo	18	Quezon City
Sheena Halili	16	Pampanga
Tyron Perez†	18	Tarlac
Yasmien Kurdi	14	San Juan

The Final Judgment

The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed StarStruck Final Judgment held 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. Jennylyn Mercado of Las Piñas is the "Ultimate Female Survivor" and Mark Herras of Laguna is the "Ultimate Male Survivor" were proclaimed the "Ultimate Survivors" and each of them received (P 1,000,000) pesos each plus exclusive contracts from GMA Network. While Yasmien Kurdi of San Juan and Rainier Castillo of Quezon City were proclaimed the "Runner-up" each of them received (P 100,000) pesos each and exclusive GMA Network contracts. The "Starstruck Avengers" also received and exclusive contracts from the network. During the Judgment Day, it was also announced that the Final 14 will be having our own show.

The Final Judgment rated 42.8%, impressively high for a late Sunday night telecast, the Starstruck Final Judgment was the only TV event that narrowly matched the Eat Bulaga Silver anniversary special.

The First Final Judgment night's theme was based on the popular film The Matrix.

Signature Dances

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

Hey Yah!
Milkshake
Rubber Necking
Step Into The Rhythm (Rainier Castillo's solo dance number with the Abstract dancers)
Outrageous (Mark Herras' solo dance number with the Manoeuvres)

Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse and Stage 1: LIVE!

Because of the StarStruck fever, GMA Network created a new show, Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse. The StarStruck test continues on this show where the Final 14 have to prove their staying power in the business. Every week from Mondays to Thursdays, the show presents a miniseries starring the StarStruck 1 Final 14, but this time their acting prowess is put into test. The show already went off the air with high ratings.

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 and Cogie Domingo with Raymond Gutierrez. The show already went off the air.

Elimination Chart

**Legend**
Male	Female	Final 14	Final 4

StarStruck Avenger

Runner-up

Ultimate Survivor

Challenge Winner

Safe

Bottom Group

Eliminated

Place	Contestant	Result
Finals
Week (2003-2004)		11/07	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/05	12/12	12/19	12/26	01/02¹	01/09²	02/01
1–2	Mark Herras	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Bottom 5	CW	Safe	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Final 4	Ultimate Male Survivor
1–2	Jennylyn Mercado	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	CW	Safe	CW	Bottom 3	Safe	Final 4	Ultimate Female Survivor
3–4	Rainier Castillo	Safe	Safe	CW	Bottom 5	Safe	Bottom 4	Safe	CW	Safe	Final 4	First Prince
3–4	Yasmien Kurdi	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	CW	Bottom 5	Safe	Safe	Safe	CW	Final 4	First Princess
5-6	Nadine Samonte	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Bottom 5	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 3	Elim	StarStruck Avenger
5-6	Dion Ignacio	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 4	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 3	Elim
7	Christian Esteban	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 5	Safe	Safe	Safe	Elim
8	Katrina Halili	CW	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 4	Elim
9	Tyron Perez	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Bottom 5	Elim
10	Sheena Halili	Safe	CW	Safe	Bottom 5	Elim
11	Jade Lopez	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Safe	Elim
12	Anton dela Paz	Safe	Bottom 3	Elim
13	Cristine Reyes	Safe	Elim
14	Alvin Aragon	Elim

Notes

^ 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.
^ The Final 4 was chosen on January 9, 2004. And the last avengers are Dion Ignacio and Nadine Samonte, The first called to eliminated is Dion Ignacio and the second called is Nadine Samonte.

Other Seasons

StarStruck season 1

Ultimate Survivors	Mark Herras Jennylyn Mercado

Runners-Up	Rainier Castillo Yasmien Kurdi

Avengers	Dion Ignacio Nadine Samonte Christian Esteban Katrina Halili Tyron Perez Sheena Halili Jade Lopez Anton dela Paz Cristine Reyes Alvin Aragon

StarStruck

Seasons	1 Kids 2 The Nationwide Invasion The Next Level The Worldwide Invasion 6

Hosts	Dingdong Dantes (2003–2007/2010/2015) Nancy Castiglione (2003–2004/2010) Jolina Magdangal (2004–2007) Raymond Gutierrez (2005–2010) Carla Abellana (2009–2010) Dennis Trillo (2009–2010) Megan Young (2015)

Council	Joey de Leon (2003–2006/2015) Ida Henares (2003) Joyce Bernal (2003–2004) Louie Ignacio (2004–2007) Aiza Seguerra (2004) Janice de Belen (2004) Christopher de Leon (2004-2005) Lorna Tolentino (2005–2007) Douglas Quijano (2006–2007) Iza Calzado (2009–2010) Floy Quintos (2009–2010) Lolit Solis (2009–2010) Jennylyn Mercado (2015) Regine Velasquez-Alcasid (2015) Dingdong Dantes (2015)

Winners	Mark Herras & Jennylyn Mercado Kurt Perez & Sam Bumatay Mike Tan & Ryza Cenon Marky Cielo & Jackie Rice Aljur Abrenica & Jewel Mische & Mart Escudero & Kris Bernal Steven Silva & Sarah Lahbati Migo Adecer & Klea Pineda

Runners-up	Rainier Castillo & Yasmien Kurdi Miguel Tanfelix & Ella Guevara CJ Muere & LJ Reyes Gian Carlos & Iwa Moto Prince Stefan & Rich Asuncion Enzo Pineda & Rocco Nacino & Diva Montelaba Elyson De Dios & Ayra Mariano

Stage 1: The StarStruck Playhouse and Stage 1: LIVE! Lovestruck Boys Nxt Door

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