StarStruck (season 5)

StarStruck
Season 5
Title card 2009
Country of origin	Philippines
No. of episodes	99
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Original release	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15) – February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)
Season chronology
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The fifth season of StarStruck, aka (StarStruck V) is a Philippine television reality talent competition show, was broadcast on GMA Network. Hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo. Carla Abellana replaced Jolina Magdangal for this season, while Dennis Trillo replaced Dingdong Dantes, as the latter 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 dollars’ 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.

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 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

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 be 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 20. These Top 20 dreamers (tenth males and tenth females) will undergo their first artista test, and with the surprise addition of the eight international aspirants who auditioned worldwide, 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[]

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
1	Steven Silva	21	Davao City	February 21, 2010	Ultimate Male Survivor
2	Sarah Lahbati	16	Geneva, Switzerland		Ultimate Female Survivor
3	Enzo Pineda	19	Quezon City		First Prince
4	Rocco Nacino	22	Pasig		Second Prince
5	Diva Montelaba	18	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
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	Bahrain	November 29, 2009	Top 28
16	Mark Joseph Bautista	17	Los Angeles, United States
17	Astrid Benitez	21	Marikina
18	Edward Beñosa	19	Quezon City
19	Rollo Espenos III	17	Bacolod
20	Goldamier Gamir	19	Malabon
21	Vanessa Harrison	16	Canada
22	Adam Santos Hussein	22	Pasig
23	Naomi King	16	Singapore
24	Paolline Michelle Liggayu	20	Pasay
25	Janel Olafson	19	Quezon City
26	Jeramie Padolina	23	Quezon City
27	Shane Parminter	16	Metro Manila
28	Niko Umali	17	Tokyo, Japan

For this season, finally revealed of the Top 60 hopefuls where name on the show’s premier last Sunday, November 15, 2009. The Top 40 hopefuls will be eliminated this Sunday, November 22, 2009. The following hopefuls, who failed to advance the Top 20.

Color key:

Place	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Exit	Result
29	Nathalie Francesca Alvia	19	San Juan	November 22, 2009	Top 60
30	Jeffrey Balicad	20	Valenzuela
31	Legendaire Baluyot	18	Bulacan
32	Krizia Ann Banogon	16	Caloocan
33	Loren Burgos	21	Las Piñas
34	Lyn Hazel Calawod	20	Quezon City
35	Lilianne Leigh Clapis	18	Davao City
36	Daniel Cuevas	20	Antipolo
37	Mark Jason De Jesus	18	Pampanga
38	Kay Dinauto	19	Cebu City
39	Jerica Davic	19	Quezon City
40	Richard Falukerson Jr.	18	Laguna
41	Nestle Garcia	18	Parañaque
42	John Christian Gatus	16	Las Piñas
43	John Christopher Gatus	16	Las Piñas
44	Alexandra Hone	17	General Santos City
45	Luis Hontiveros	17	Marikina
46	Shereef Ibrahim	19	Quezon City
47	April Ian Jamin	19	Cebu City
48	Nanah Katayama	18	Las Piñas
49	Norilyn Laksamana	16	Laguna
50	Xandralene Mariano	19	Laguna
51	Katrina Paula Martinez	16	Bulacan
52	Christine Martir	16	Bacolod
53	Tristan Melliza	16	Iloilo
54	Micheal Joseph Navarro	17	Quezon City
55	Jayne Kristie Nieva	17	Cavite
56	Kenyn Padalla	22	Baguio
57	Jhann Marlowe Pamintuan	16	Muntinlupa
58	William Zarib Papageorghiou	18	Marikina
59	Jetrix Pasamanero	21	Saranggani
60	Ranty Portento	22	Quezon Province
61	Daniel Edward Reyes	18	Manila
62	Ladylyn Riva	21	Marikina
63	Katrina Rothwell	20	Mandaluyong
64	Jacob Sales	19	Bacolod
65	Darylle Francis Salvador	17	Bulacan
66	Aldous Erwin Santiago	19	Bulacan
67	Risha Nikola Sotto	18	Manila
68	Angelia Gabrena Ong	19	Iloilo

Profiles[]

• 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]

Weekly Artista Tests[]

Color key:

	Contestant with the Challenge Winner
	Contestant was saved by the Public Vote and Council Vote
	Contestant was in the Bottom Group
	Contestant was saved by the Council
	Contestant was Eliminated

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

Week 1-2: featured the top 100 up to the Top 28 hopefuls. The Final 14 hopefuls started on week 3.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Adam Hussein Eliminated Edward Beñosa Eliminated Enzo Pineda Final 14 Ian Batherson Final 14 Khalid Alalawi Eliminated MJ Bautista Eliminated Niko Umali Eliminated Piero Vergara Final 14 Rocco Nacino Final 14 Rolo Espenos Eliminated Rye Burgos Final 14 Sef Cadayona Final 14 Shane Parminter Eliminated Steven Silva Final 14

Contestant Result Astrid Benitez Eliminated Diva Montelaba Final 14 Fianca Cruz Final 14 Goldamier Gamir Eliminated Janel Olafson Eliminated Jeramie Padolina Eliminated Mich Liggayu Eliminated Naomi King Eliminated Nina Kodaka Final 14 Princess Snell Final 14 Rox Montealegre Final 14 Sarah Lahbati Final 14 Vanessa Harrison Eliminated Zeryl Lim Final 14

Week 3: First acting test. The girls did a scene from Paano Ba Ang Mangarap? with its lead star and ShoutOut host Mark Herras whereas the boys did a scene from Magdusa Ka with its lead actress Katrina Halili. Later that week, they underwent a total makeover session with Barbi Chan with the help of stylists from Essensuals Toni and Guy 6750 Salon. They ended the week with their first two mall show at SM City Marikina and SM City Taytay respectively.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Bottom 2 Piero Vergara Safe Rocco Nacino Safe Rye Burgos Safe Sef Cadayona Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Fianca Cruz Eliminated Nina Kodaka Safe Princess Snell Safe Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe Zeryl Lim Safe

Week 4: The lucky 13 had voice test with music mentor Jai Sabas-Aracama. It was later followed by the shoot of their first music video under music video directors Treb Monteras II (Rocco Nacino, Nina Kodaka, Piero Vergara, Sef Cadayona and Princess Snell), J. Pacena II (Steven Silva, Sarah Lahbati, Rox Montealegre and Rye Burgos) and Genghis Jimenez (Ian Batherson, Zeryl Lim, Diva Montelaba and Enzo Pineda). They had another mall show, this time in two Cavite malls, SM City Dasmariñas and SM City Rosario. Rocco Nacino and Sarah Lahbati got the best music video award for this artista test.

• • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Bottom 2 Piero Vergara Safe Rocco Nacino Challenge Winner Rye Burgos Eliminated Sef Cadayona Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Challenge Winner Nina Kodaka Bottom 3 Princess Snell Safe Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Challenge Winner Zeryl Lim Safe

Week 5: The top twelve faced another mentor, this time with the dance expert Douglas Nierras. He chose 2 pairs that would have the spotlight for the Sunday Live Episode. Meanwhile, Sarah Lahbati and Zeryl Lim were not able to complete the dance workshop due to health problems thus giving them demerits. Princess Snell also received demerits for missing a dance rehearsal. Rocco Nacino and Diva Montelaba were announced as the Best Male and Female Performers of the Week and were automatically saved from elimination. Meanwhile, Nina Kodaka received a reward for winning the Facebook challenge.

• • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Safe Piero Vergara Safe Rocco Nacino Challenge Winner Sef Cadayona Bottom 3 Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Challenge Winner Nina Kodaka Safe Princess Snell Bottom 2 Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe Zeryl Lim Eliminated

Week 6: The remaining survivors, led by Nina, held a Christmas Party for some children of a chosen charity. They shopped for food, gifts and other things at SM City North EDSA. The survivors also had their first kiss flick (first introduced in The Next Level). Steven was paired with Nina Kodaka, Rocco Nacino with Princess, Sef Cadayona with Rox Montealegre, Piero Vergara with Diva Montelaba, while Sarah Lahbati, after being chosen by Gina Alajar as the best actress in their first acting test, was paired with both Ian Batherson and Enzo Pineda. Gina chose the pairs of Rocco Nacino & Princess Snell and Piero Vergara & Diva Montelaba as the best two pairs. The two boys will have a scene with Kris Bernal while the two girls with Aljur Abrenica. In the results night, the pairing of Rocco Nacino and Princess Snell won the popularity vote of the studio audience for "Best Kiss", while Rocco Nacino and Diva Montelaba, again, and won Best Male and Female Performers respectively, thus, saving them again from elimination.

• • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Safe Piero Vergara Safe Rocco Nacino Challenge Winner Sef Cadayona Eliminated Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Safe Princess Snell Bottom 3 Rox Montealegre Bottom 2 Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 7: The remaining survivors had a photo shoot test under guest mentor Jun de Leon. They also had to learn the steps for the dance craze of this season, "Enjoy". The scores for this week will be carried over on Week 7 since Week 6 will use "Factor 3".

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor III: Elimination Contestant: None
  • Factor IV: Bottom Group Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Safe Piero Vergara Safe Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Safe Princess Snell Safe Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 8: The survivor 10 had surprise artista tests this week. First was an acting test with Glaiza de Castro, directed by the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Brilliante Mendoza. For their singing test, they had a duet with Kyla. They also had a hosting test, with Lucy Torres-Gomez and Wilma Doesnt as their guests. The week ended with a live telecast of their first mall show for 2010 at SM City North EDSA.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None*
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Bottom 4 Ian Batherson Safe Piero Vergara Eliminated Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Bottom 4 Nina Kodaka Safe Princess Snell Eliminated Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 9: In preparation for a bigger acting test, the remaining survivors had an acting workshop with acting mentor Gina Alajar. For the first time, the eight remaining survivors would act altogether in one scene (entitled "Monsters") with Eula Valdez. It was directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes and the script was written by council member Floy Quintos. Also, they had another interrogation test with the Starstruck Council. They ended the week with a mall show at SM Supercenter SM City Valenzuela.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor III: Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Ian Batherson Safe Rocco Nacino Saved Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Bottom 3 Rox Montealegre Safe Sarah Lahbati Saved

Week 10: For the first time, the survivors did a music flick entitled "Team Song". In preparation for this, they had voice lessons with singing mentor ai Sabas-Aracama. They also recorded the songs they used for the musical; wherein they were joined by season one's first princess Yasmien Kurdi and season four avenger and Shoutout host Paulo Avelino. They ended the week with a mall show at SM City Fairview.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Bottom 3 Ian Batherson Safe Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Bottom 2

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Safe Rox Montealegre Eliminated Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 11: The remaining survivors began to live under one roof starting this week, on a place called StarStruck 1110. Each week, one Survivor would act as the "House Master", this week being Steven Silva. For their acting test, they performed their "dream roles", in a test called the Dream Flicks, directed by Soxie Topacio, the director of Philippines' Oscar Entry for 2010, Ded na si Lolo. In addition to this, the Survivors acted with TV personalities who have celebrity/famous relatives. They ended the week with a mall show at SM City Manila.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor V: Non-Elimination Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Bottom 3 Ian Batherson Eliminated Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Bottom 2

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 12: The survivors did a fashion show for Guess at Trinoma. Also, the remaining survivors did cameo appearances at GMA shows including The Last Prince (Steven Silva and Rocco Nacino), Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? (Nina Kodaka and Diva Montelaba) and Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak (Sarah Lahbati and Enzo Pineda). They also did a hosting stint for Startalk, joining the segments Da Who, Chika Picka and Up Next. They also faced their mentors and ended the week with a mall show at SM City San Lazaro.

• • Challenge Winner Contestant: Not Awarded
  • Factor I: Automatic Eliminated Contestant: None
  • Factor II: Saved Contestant: None
  • Factor III: Elimination Contestant: None
  • Factor IV: Bottom Group Contestant: None

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Nina Kodaka Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 13: The remaining six survivors did a photoshoot for Mega Publishing Corporation's magazine, S Magazine. The pictorial appeared on the March 2010 issue of the magazine. They also faced the avenger on a special Valentine's Day date that turned out to be "Vengeance Day". Each avenger gave a black rose to a survivor they think does not deserve to earn a spot in the final five. They ended the week with a mall show at SM City Bicutan.

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda Safe Rocco Nacino Safe Steven Silva Safe

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba Safe Sarah Lahbati Safe

Week 14: The Final V had a chance to go back to their hometown to thank their supporters. They also guested in select GMA and QTV shows to promote the upcoming Final Judgment, such as in Unang Hirit and in Tweetbiz (for their miting de avance). They also had a motorcade at the Araneta Center and had a mini mall show at the new Ali Mall wherein they handed down some tickets to their fans for the Final Judgment.

Week 15: The Final Judgment

Contestant Result Enzo Pineda First Prince Rocco Nacino Second Prince Steven Silva Ultimate Male Survivor

Contestant Result Diva Montelaba First Princess Sarah Lahbati Ultimate Female Survivor

Final Judgment[]

The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed as StarStruck V: The Final Judgment was held live on February 21, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum.

Hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Carla Abellana and Dennis Trillo with guest co-hosts from the first season, Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione. The council are Lolit Solis, Floy Quintos and Iza Calzado.

The opening dance number was attended by numerous graduates, both the ultimate winners and avengers and they were joined by this season's final five. The avengers’ performance came in next, in a song and dance medley detailing the journey of the survivors from the audition process, until the introduction of the fifty-ninth graduates, the eight International contenders and the elimination of the avengers.

Joining them in their song and dance medley are their five mentors are from Gina Alajar, Douglas Nierras, Jai Sabas-Aracama, Barbi Chan and Abbygale Arrenas de Leon. And the special guest, Marian Rivera’s Sabay-Sabay Tayo dance, and then joined join the nine avengers for a dance number.

The final five then performs by own numbers. Enzo Pineda came in first with his sing and dance performance to the medley of Jay Sean's Down and Do You Remember, Diva Montelaba performed to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance and Alexandra Burke's Bad Boys, Steven Silva came in next with another sing and dance medley to Iyaz's Replay and David Guetta's Sexy Chick, Sarah Lahbati is the only one who sang live to Jordin Sparks's This Is My Now and Miley Cyrus's The Climb, The last performer Rocco Nacino also did a sing and dance medley to Kris Allen's Live Like We're Dying and Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment.

After the performance of the final five, they were joined onstage by graduates the ultimate winners with Mark Herras, Jennylyn Mercado, Mike Tan, Ryza Cenon, Aljur Abrenica, Jewel Mische, Mart Escudero and Kris Bernal. Only Jackie Rice was not able to attend, while Marky Cielo already passed away.

The avengers once again took the stage, performing to a medley of the previous elimination night songs. Each also received a special award: Still Standing Strong Award for Nina Kodaka, Staying Alive Award for Ian Batherson, Breakthrough Dance Award for Rox Montealegre, Future Hitmaker Award for Piero Vergara, Warrior Princess Award for Princess Snell, May Ibubuga Pa Award for Sef Cadayona, Vavavoom Award for Zeryl Lim, Fighting Spirit Award for Rye Burgos, and Reyna ng Runway Award for Fianca Cruz. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network. Right before the announcement of winners, the final five were shown with a taped message to their fans while R&B singers Kyla and Jay-R sang a duet of the song of Kelly Clarkson’s Breakaway.

Announcement come, Sarah Lahbati of Geneva, Switzerland and who represented of Dasmariñas, Cavite is the Ultimate Female Survivor with a score of 94.6% and Steven Silva of Oceanside, California and who represented of Davao City is the Ultimate Male Survivor with a score of 93.5% were proclaimed as the Ultimate Survivors, each of them 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.

While, Diva Montelaba of Cebu City is the First Princess with a score of 91.5%, Rocco Nacino of Pasig is being declared as the first ever the Second Prince with a score of 88.3% and Enzo Pineda of Quezon City is the First Prince with a score of 90.2% were proclaimed as the Runners-up, each of them received P200,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from the network.

Signature dances[]

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

• Enjoy
• Starstruck
• Sabay-Sabay Tayo

Elimination chart[]

Color key:

Results per public and council votes

Place	Contestant		Top 28	Top 14	Top 13	Top 12	Top 11	Top 10		Top 8		Top 7	Top 6		Top V
			11/29/09 1	12/6/09	12/13/09	12/20/09	12/27/09	1/3/10 2	1/10/10 3	1/17/10 4	1/24/10	1/31/10 5	2/7/10 6	2/14/10 7	2/21/10
1–5		Steven Silva	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Ultimate Male Survivor
		Sarah Lahbati	Final 14	Safe	Challenge Winner	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Ultimate Female Survivor
		Enzo Pineda	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 4	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	Safe	First Prince
		Rocco Nacino	Final 14	Safe	Challenge Winner	Challenge Winner	Challenge Winner	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Second Prince
		Diva Montelaba	Final 14	Safe	Challenge Winner	Challenge Winner	Safe	Safe	Bottom 4	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	First Princess
6		Nina Kodaka	Final 14	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Avenger
7		Ian Batherson	Final 14	Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
8		Rox Montealegre	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
9–10		Piero Vergara	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
		Princess Snell	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Bottom 3	Safe	Eliminated
11		Sef Cadayona	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated
12		Zeryl Lim	Final 14	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
13		Rye Burgos	Final 14	Safe	Eliminated
14		Fianca Cruz	Final 14	Eliminated
15–28		Khalid Al-Alawi	Eliminated												Top 28
		Mark Joseph Bautista	Eliminated
		Astrid Benitez	Eliminated
		Edward Beñosa	Eliminated
		Rollo Espenos III	Eliminated
		Goldamier Gamir	Eliminated
		Vanessa Harrison	Eliminated
		Adam Santos Hussein	Eliminated
		Naomi King	Eliminated
		Paolline Michelle Liggayu	Eliminated
		Janel Olafson	Eliminated
		Jeramie Padolina	Eliminated
		Shane Parminter	Eliminated
		Niko Umali	Eliminated

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