StarStruck Kids

The junior season of StarStruck premiered on March 20, 2004. The council was formed with Christopher de Leon, Janice de Belen and Aiza Seguerra representing it. The show was hosted by Jolina Magdangal.

The StarStruck Alumni co-hosted by Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado (StarStruck: Season 1 The Ultimate Survivor). Rainier Castillo and Yasmien Kurdi (StarStruck: Season 1 The Runner-up). Together with Nadine Samonte, Dion Ignacio, Christian Esteban, Katrina Halili, Tyron Perez†, Sheena Halili, Jade Lopez, Anton dela Paz, Cristine Reyes and Alvin Aragon (StarStruck: Season 1 The Avengers).

Overview

StarStruck it was announced the junior version on GMA Network's variety program, SOP, where the hosts invited the young contestants aging from 5 to 7 years old to audition for the next and new upcoming StarStruck Kids. Like its first 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 March 20, 2004. With a new set of Survivors and more rigid tests. The same rules were applied in selecting the Ultimate Survivors. StarStruck is shown only weekdays having Mondays to Thursdays will be tests and Fridays would be the elimination night. The show held it’s the Final Judgment on June 26, 2004 at the Aliw Theater.

In the spin-off 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 Kids 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 K 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.

The Final Judgment

The Final Judgment for the junior season was held on June 5, 2004 at the Aliw Theatre. hosted by Jolina Magdangal, with (StarStruck: Season 1 StarStruck Alumni) co-hosted. Sam Bumatay of Manila is the "Ultimate Female Survivor" and Kurt Perez of Nueva Ecija 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 Ella Guevara of Quezon City and Miguel Tanfelix of Cavite were proclaimed the "Runner-up" each of them received (P 100,000) pesos each and exclusive GMA Network contracts. The "Starstruck Avengers" also received exclusive contracts. The Final Judgment gained 35.2% in ratings.

There were no plans yet for a second season probably because of too much psychological pressure on children during their talent tests.

Signature Dances

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

• Baby Superstar
• Sam Bumatay and Ella Guevara singing together with Jennylyn Mercado and Yasmien Kurdi
• Hey Yah! (Performed by Kurt Perez together Mark Herras with the Manoeuvres)
• Step Into The Rhythm (Performed by Miguel Tanfelix together Rainier Castillo with the Abstract dancers)

Elimination Chart

Notes