StarStruck season 5

*StarStruck*
StarStruck
Season 5
	Title card 2009
No. of episodes	99
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Original release	November 15, 2009 –; February 21, 2010
Season chronology
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The fifth season of StarStruck, also known as StarStruck V, is a Philippine television reality talent competition show, 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.

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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.

Auditions

Key cities for the 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:

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Casting Dates (2009)	Venues	Key Cities of Philippines
August 30	GMA Network	Quezon City
	Stadia Dagupan	Dagupan
	SM City Cebu	Cebu
	SM City Iloilo	Iloilo
September 5–6	SM City Pampanga	San Fernando
	CSI Dagupan	Dagupan
	SM City Cebu	Cebu
September 12–13	SM City Cebu	Cebu
	SM City Iloilo	Iloilo
	SM City Davao	Davao
September 19–20	SM City Bacoor	Molino
	SM City Cagayan de Oro	Cagayan de Oro
	SM City Bacolod	Bacolod

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Casting Dates (2009)	Key Countries in Asia
October 30–31	Singapore
November 7–8	Japan

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Casting Dates (2009)	Key Countries in Middle East
November 3–4	Bahrain
November 5	Dubai
November 6	Abu Dhabi

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Casting Dates (2009)	Key Cities of United States
November 5–6	Los Angeles
November 7–8	San Francisco
November 10–11	New Jersey

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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.

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.

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.

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Place	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Exit	Result
1	Steven Silva	23	Davao City	February 21, 2010	Ultimate Male Survivor
2	Sarah Lahbati	16	Dasmariñas, Cavite		Ultimate Female Survivor
3	Enzo Pineda	19	Quezon City		First Prince
4	Rocco Nacino	22	Pasig		Second Prince
5	Diva Montelaba	19	Cebu City		First Princess
6	Nina Kodaka	20	Tokyo, Japan	February 14, 2010	Avenger
7	Ian Batherson	20	Mandaluyong	January 31, 2010
8	Rox Montealegre	19	Pasig	January 24, 2010
9	Piero Vergara	16	Cebu City	January 10, 2010
10	Princess Snell	16	San Pedro, Laguna	January 10, 2010
11	Sef Cadayona	20	Las Piñas	December 27, 2009
12	Zeryl Lim	22	Manama, Bahrain	December 20, 2009
13	Rye Burgos	20	Los Angeles, United States	December 13, 2009
14	Fianca Cruz	18	Pasig	December 6, 2009
15	Khalid Al-Alawi	17	Manama, Bahrain	November 29, 2009	Top 20 + Top 8 International
16	Marco Bautista	17	Los Angeles, United States
17	Astrid Benitez	21	Marikina
18	Edward Beñosa	19	Quezon City
19	Rollo Espinos	17	Bacolod
20	Goldamier Gamir	19	Malabon
21	Vanessa Harrison	16	Canada
22	Adam Hussein	22	Pasig
23	Naomi King	16	Singapore
24	Michelle Liggayu	18	Pasay
25	Janelle Olafson	19	Quezon City
26	Jeramie Padolina	23	Quezon City
27	Shane Parminter	16	Metro Manila
28	Niko Umali	17	Tokyo, Japan
29	Legendaire Baluyot	18	Bulacan	November 25, 2009	Top 30
30	Krizia Banogon	16	Caloocan
31	Shereef Ibrahim	19	Quezon City
32	Norilyn Laksamana	16	Laguna
33	Xandra Mariano	19	Laguna
34	Juan Marlowe	16	Muntinlupa
35	Micheal Navarro	17	Quezon City
36	Kenyn Padalla	22	Baguio
37	Zarib Papageorghiou	18	Marikina
38	Risha Sotto	18	Metro Manila
39	Nathalie Alvia	19	San Juan	November 22, 2009	Top 60
40	Jeffrey Balicad	20	Valenzuela
41	Loren Burgos	21	Las Piñas
42	Lyn Calawod	20	Quezon City
43	Lilianne Clapis	18	Davao City
44	Daniel Cuevas	20	Antipolo, Rizal
45	Mark De Jesus	18	Pampanga
46	Kaye Dinauto	19	Cebu City
47	Jerica Davic	19	Quezon City
48	Richard Faulkerson	17	Santa Rosa, Laguna
49	Nestle Garcia	18	Parañaque
50	Christian Gatus	16	Las Piñas
51	Christopher Gatus	16	Las Piñas
52	Alexandra Hone	17	General Santos
53	Luis Hontiveros	17	Marikina
54	April Jamin	19	Cebu City
55	Nanah Katayama	18	Las Piñas
56	Katrina Martinez	16	Bulacan
57	Christine Martir	16	Bacolod
58	Tristan Melliza	16	Iloilo City
59	Jayne Nieva	17	Cavite
60	Jetrix Pasamanero	21	Saranggani
61	Ranty Portento	22	Quezon Province
62	Daniel Reyes	18	Metro Manila
63	Ladylyn Riva	21	Marikina
64	Katrina Rothwell	20	Mandaluyong
65	Jacob Sales	19	Bacolod
66	Darylle Salvador	17	Baliuag, Bulacan
67	Aldous Santiago	19	Bulacan
68	Angelia Ong	19	Iloilo City

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Steven Silva was born in Oceanside, California. He auditioned in Davao City and is the oldest male contestant.^[1]
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.^[2]
Enzo Pineda auditioned in Makati.^[3] His father is Manny Pacquiao's agent.^{[citation needed]}
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.^[4]
Diva Montelaba was born as Hyacienth Diva Montelaba. She can sing and dance at the same time. The total performer of this season.^[5] 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.^[6]
Ian Batherson is a German-born finalist who auditioned in the Philippines.^[7]
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.^[8]
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".^[9]
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 future^[10] 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.^[11]
Zeryl Lim is the eldest female contestant in this year's competition. She auditioned in Bahrain as part of StarStruck V's Worldwide auditions.^[12]
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.”^[13]
Fianca Cruz says dancing is her passion, and it's where she is able to show who she really is.^[14]

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

Every week, the survivors undergo several artista tests, handled by the 5 mentors.

Week 1: Featured the Top 100 up to the Top 60 hopefuls, was reduced to Top 20 hopefuls, plus the Top 8 international aspirants started on week 2.

- Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
- Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
- Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
- Factor IV: Bottom Group Contestant: None
- Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None
- Top 60 Hopefuls