StarStruck season 6

The sixth season of StarStruck, is a 2015 Philippine television reality talent competition show, was broadcast on GMA Network. Hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Megan Young, it premiered on September 7, 2015. The segment hosts are StarStruck graduates Mark Herras, Miguel Tanfelix, Kris Bernal, and Rocco Nacino, and they serve as journey hosts, who are tasked to join the hopefuls as they go through every phase of the competition. The council was composed of Joey de Leon, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Jennylyn Mercado and Dantes is also part of the council. The season ended with 76 episodes on December 19, 2015, having Migo Adecer and Klea Pineda as the Ultimate Survivors.

The series is streaming online on YouTube.

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 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 The 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. Much of the auditions were held at the GMA Network Center and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.

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

This season was directed by Rico Gutierrez. Like the first two seasons, StarStruck is shown only weekdays having Mondays to Thursdays will be tests and Fridays would be the elimination night. The show held its the Final Judgment on December 19, 2015 at the GMA Network Studio Annex (Studio 7 and Studio 8).

Selection process
In the sixth year of the reality-talent search, Out of numerous who auditioned nationwide, the initial cut of the Top 35 hopefuls were reduced to The Door (the Destinator), after the eliminations of the seven hopefuls the Top 28 hopefuls was created into by the two groups the first group they call the 14 Dreamers and the second group they call the 14 Believers. The Top 28 finalists were reduced to Top 22 finalists, and the last reduced to Top 18 finalists, until they formed the new final fourteen titled, the ultimate final fourteen finalists,

The Ultimate 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 ultimate final fourteen may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as StarStruck Avengers.

The Ultimate Final 4 vied for the coveted the Ultimate Survivors titles, the Ultimate Male Survivor and Ultimate Female Survivor, both of them received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and five year an exclusive management contract from GMA Network a house and lot from Camella Homes worth P2,000,000 pesos each.

The First Prince and First Princess, both of them received P250,000 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 team titles in StarStruck History, the Dream 14 and the Believe 14, and the final fourteen coveted to Ultimate Final 14 in the second week.

Bootcamp
After the nationwide auditions, the 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 semi-finalists. Christian Bautista and Prof. Jai Sabas-Aracama sit as the singing mentors, while another resident mentor, Douglas Nierras, trained the semi-finalists in dancing. After workshop stage is the Screen test. The final stage for the semi-final round is the Director's Night wherein the Top 35 hopefuls, semi-finalists faced different well-known directors of the industry to give their opinions and critiques and deliberate who would advance to the next round.

One of the new twists added in this season, 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 she/he makes it to the next round;
 * "Thank You" if not; or
 * "Result will be announced on the first live broadcast. Until then, good luck!".

As an exciting twist to the show, Dingdong Dantes announced during the first live episode last September 11, 2015 that for the sixth season, instead of having just the traditional Final 14, there will be two sets of fourteen hopefuls who will compete in various challenges. The hopefuls who will standout and survive these challenges will be part of the ultimate final fourteen.

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

When the Ultimate Final 14 were 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 six others who are left. From ultimate final six, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination the two; the ultimate final four will be revealed.

The Ultimate 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 council.

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Profiles

 * Migo Adecer of Sydney, Australia - Migo was born in Bacolod but grew up in Sydney but where he became part of Hillsong United and Glee Club Australia, and who represented of Mandaluyong.
 * Klea Pineda of Caloocan - Klea knows how to play ukelele and an adventurous girl. Her hobbies include trekking and surfing.
 * Elyson De Dios of Liloan, Cebu - Elyson is an athletic teen who plays basketball and volleyball. He wants to follow the footsteps of Chris Tiu.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Arra San Agustin of Bacoor, Cavite - but born in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Arra is a Psychology major student at De La Salle University in Manila. She is a ballerina who knows figure skating. She was the girlfriend of the DLSU Green Archers Basketball Player, Thomas Torres.
 * Liezel Lopez of Olongapo, 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 the challenges that came to her life, she still managed to improve her talent as an actress.
 * Avery Paraiso of Antipolo, Rizal - 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.
 * Analyn Barro of Bacolod, Negros Occidental - Analyn is a Marketing Management major student. Despite working as a model, she also dreams of becoming a newscaster someday.
 * Kevin Sagra of South Cotabato - Kevin is a martial arts enthusiast. He also knows how to play beatbox, drums and piano.
 * James Teng of Marilao, 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.
 * Koreen Medina of Santa Rosa, 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.
 * Joemarie Nielsen of Tarlac, Tarlac - Joemarie is half Filipino - half Thai. His idol in music is Sam Smith. Joemarie also knows how to play guitar and cooks well.
 * Princess Guevarra of Dasmariñas, 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.

Weekly Artista Tests
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 * Week 1: The Door (the Destinator) The Top 35 hopefuls were reduced to the Top 28 hopefuls.


 * Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 2: This season twists was announced by the host Dingdong Dantes for the two groups, team 14 Dreamers versus team 14 Believers hopefuls for the acting test.


 * Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None
 * Eliminated Contestant: None


 * Week 3: The Top 28 hopefuls, were reduced to the Top 22 hopefuls.


 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 4: The Top 22 hopefuls, were reduced to the Top 18 hopefuls.


 * Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 5: The Top 18 hopefuls, and they formed the Ultimate Final 14 hopefuls.


 * Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded


 * Week 6: Kilig Serye

Guest directors, Mark A. Reyes and Louie Ignacio challenges The Final 14, grouped by couples (one boy and one 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.


 * 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 7: 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.


 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 8: 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, Katrina Halili, and Mike Tan. 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, Kevin Santos, and Diva Montelaba. 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 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, Jackie Rice, and Jade Lopez 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 Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 9: 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 Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 10: 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 Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 11: 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 pages. 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 Contestant: Not Awarded


 * Week 12: 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 Contestant: Not awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 13: 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 Adecer, 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 Contestant: Not Awarded
 * Saved Contestant: None


 * Week 14: 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 Contestant: 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 15: 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.


 * Week 16: 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" each of them will received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and five year an exclusive management contract from GMA Network a house and lot from Camella Homes worth P2,000,000 pesos each. And will join the cast of the upcoming telefantasya, Encantadia. While "First Prince" and "First Princess" received P200,000 pesos.

Final Judgment
The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed as StarStruck: The Final Judgment was held live on December 19, 2015 at the GMA Network Studio Annex (Studio 7 and Studio 8) on the same event.

Hosted by Dingdong Dantes, But Megan Young, she was not attending as a co-host, because she serves as a presenter co-host from Miss World 2015 pageants on the same date. The segment co-hosted are graduates with Mark Herras, Miguel Tanfelix, Kris Bernal and Rocco Nacino. The council was formed with Regine Velasquez and Jennylyn Mercado while Maryo J. de los Reyes took over the place of Joey de Leon in this event.

An opening dance number consist of 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. The junior graduates, Miguel Tanfelix, Ella Guevara and Sandy Talag perform a dance number. They were joined by the ultimate final fourteen and the avengers’ performances were next to performing re-enacting their elimination week by week by singing and dancing.

The avenger, Analyn Barro received P100,000 pesos awarded by Palmolive after earning the highest number of votes from the viewers.

The ultimate final four then perform their solo performances. Ayra Mariano sang Katy Perry’s Part of Me, Klea Pineda sang Ariana Grande’s Break Free, Elyson De Dios performs a dance number and Migo Adecer sang and dances by Jason Derulo’s Want to Want Me.

The special guest, Alden Richards sang Bryan White’s God Gave Me You, followed by a dance number with the avengers. Before the final results, the council members and Regine Velasquez-Alcasid sang Miley Cyrus’s The Climb.

Elyson De Dios and Ayra Mariano received P250,000 pesos each awarded by brand Manager of Lewis & Pearl, Ms. Valerie Tan as the sensational couple of this said product.

Klea Pineda of Caloocan is the Ultimate Female Survivor and Migo Adecer of Mandaluyong is the Ultimate Male Survivor were proclaimed as the Ultimate Survivors, each of them will receive P1,000,000 pesos each plus and a five-year exclusive management contract from GMA Network a house and lot from Camella Homes worth P2,000,000 pesos each. And will join the cast of the upcoming telefantasya, Encantadia.

While, Ayra Mariano of Paombong, Bulacan is the First Princess and Elyson De Dios of Liloan, Cebu is the First Prince were proclaimed as the Runners-up, each 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.

TV Assignment
For their first TV Assignment, the ultimate survivors Migo Adecer and Klea Pineda with the avengers Arra San Agustin, Avery Paraiso and James Teng were join the upcoming cast of the telefantasya, Encantadia.

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
 * Fantastic Baby

Elimination chart
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