Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break
Season's title card
Created byGMA Entertainment TV Group
Rommel Gacho
Real Florido
Written byStann Go
Florence Rosini
Directed byAlbert Langitan (Inside Protege)
Rommel C. Gacho (Protege)
StarringHosts:
Dingdong Dantes
Jennylyn Mercado
Carla Abellana
Maxene Magalona
Judges:
Bert de Leon
Joey de Leon
Cherie Gil
Annette Gozon-Abrogar
Country of originPhilippines
No. of episodes77
Production
Executive producersReylie F. Manalo (Inside Protege)
Erika D.V. De Leon (Protege)
Running time1 hour (Gala night)
15 minutes (Inside Protege)
Original release
NetworkGMA Network
ReleaseJuly 23 (2012-07-23) 
October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)

Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break is a 2012 reality TV series created by GMA Network. This show is the second season of Protégé where Krizza Neri won in 2011. Unlike the previous season, the age limit was set from 13 to 21 years old to find new acting talent.[1][2] The show premiered on July 23, 2012 (Inside Protégé) and hosted by Jennylyn Mercado and under the direction of Albert Langitan, while the Protégé Gala Night premiered on August 5, 2012, and presented by Dingdong Dantes, together with Carla Abellana and Maxene Magalona. The gala nights were directed by Rommel Gacho.[3]

Overview

Hosts
Dingdong Dantes
Jennylyn Mercado

According to the show's fan page, there will be a "new kind of battle".[4] Rumor has it that the incoming season will feature the other talent like acting or dancing and eventually will be an artista search like StarStruck did and it turned out to be true.

The show followed the same format as the previous season, except that it was no longer a singing competition but a talent artista search. Aspirants from ages 13 to 21 were filtered until two winners emerge - one male and one female protégé. In this battle, they were looking for a total package - an artist who can sing, dance, act and possess that charismatic appeal over TV. Like the first Protégé competition, this season had judges/mentors who were responsible for training and mentoring the chosen candidates.

Twenty contestants were then selected from thousands of hopefuls. These 20 potential artists lived in the Protégé house complete with amenities including bedrooms for each contestant, a living room, dining area with a 20 seating capacity, a rehearsal area where they could practice dancing, singing and acting, and a confession room where they were asked to explain themselves in case of issues within the house or if a task was to be assigned privately. They also battled it out head to head for audience votes. The Protégé house was blessed and featured over the news of GMA Network long before the contestants resided there.

The winner received a 5-year contract with GMA Network.

Judges, mentors and coaches

Judges

Mentors

Jolina Magdangal served as a mentor.

There were five confirmed mentors for this season with their assigned location.[5]

Coaches

Aside from their respective mentors who served as their guardian all the way through their journey, the protégés had coaches who also helped them improve their chosen craft.

Auditions

Auditions took place in the following cities:

Casting DatesVenuesCity
May 19, 2012SM City RosalesRosales
SM City MarikinaMarikina
May 26, 2012SM City NagaNaga
SM City BaguioBaguio
SM City San PabloSan Pablo
June 1, 2012SM City BacolodBacolod
SM City Cagayan de OroCagayan de Oro
June 2, 2012SM City IloiloIloilo
SM City DavaoDavao
June 7, 2012SM City CebuCebu
June 9, 2012Capitol GroundsLaoag
June 10, 20121SM City SucatParañaque
June 14, 2012SM City BatangasBatangas
June 16, 2012SM City PampangaSan Fernando
June 18–20, 20122SM Mall of AsiaPasay
  • ^Note 1 The original schedule of auditions in SM Sucat is May 20, 2012
  • ^Note 2 The original schedule of auditions in SM Mall of Asia is June 20–21, 2012

After the city auditions, Protégé also gave the hopefuls an alternative way to audition via online.

Semifinalists

After a series of auditions, a mentor chose eight hopefuls from the shortlist and those who passed from the online auditions. These eight aspiring protégés, which were composed of four boys and four girls, were called to come back for the final deliberation to determine the official four protégés. The other four protégés who were not chosen were eliminated.

The twenty semifinalists who failed to advance in the finals are as follows:

MentorLocationMale protégésHometownFemale protégésHometown
Gina AlajarSouthern LuzonAllan Arnold PalmaIvana Jane Villanueva
Evan James EviaShara Jane Chavez
Jolina MagdangalVisayasJhaymes Clark CaracuelCebuCris An ChavezBacolod City
Kier Stephen DuranoDanaoKerchedel Allyssa ConcepcionBacolod City
Phillip SalvadorMindanaoArchimedes UdaundoDavao CityPauline Go
Tomas MonteverdeTrixia Pearl Ebita
Ricky DavaoNorthern & Central LuzonIsaac Jacob De LeonDale David
John Cristopher DananKathryn David
Roderick PaulateMega ManilaJason SalvadorNicole Kim Donesa
Jimmy NocconXzania Ketz

Finalists

Originally, there were four protégés per mentor for this season, totaling twenty protéges. However, during the first week of Top 10, each mentor chose one of his or her remaining protegés to stay under his or her guidance. The protégés who were not chosen were later picked by other mentors, making a new protégé-mentor tandem.

The twenty finalists were confirmed as follows:

Key:

  Winner
  Runner-up
Mentor Protégé Age Hometown Note
Gina Alajar Mykel Ong 20 Batangas
Thea Tolentino 15 Calamba
Zandra Summer 18 Cebu Originally Jolina Magdangal's protégé
Jolina Magdangal
Jeric Gonzales 19 Calamba Originally Gina Alajar's protégé
Mikoy Morales 18 Roxas City
Mitch Capili 15 Bohol
Phillip Salvador Apple Vega 20 Dipolog
Arny Ross 21 Dasmariñas Originally Gina Alajar's protégé
David John Llanas 19 Cagayan de Oro
Ruru Madrid 14 Zamboanga
Steffi Pacheco 16 Davao
Ricky Davao Bryan Benedict 21 Cebu Originally Jolina Magdangal's protégé
Glenn Roy 18 Tarlac
Reese Tayag 16 Tarlac
Shelly Hipolito 16 Nueva Ecija
Roderick Paulate Andres Vasquez 21 Taguig
Japs De Luna 20 Nueva Ecija Originally Ricky Davao's protégé
Elle Ramirez 18 Rizal
Kelly D. 15 Pasig
Vien Alen King 19 Quezon Province

Weekly episodes

Episode # Episode title Original air date
1"#ProtegeTop20"August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)
The final twenty protégés were revealed.
2"#ProtegeBattleNight"August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)
The finalists were tasked to do a musical. The said performances were the bases of the judges' verdict to determine who would be in the bottom two per region. The bottom ten (2 per region) have to defend their slot in the next gala night in order to stay in the competition. The losing protégé will be sent home.
3"#ProtegeShowdown"August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)
The bottom ten performed individually. The judges voiced out their opinions about who stood out more but the decision was from the mentors of whom they would save.
4"#ProtegeMaryaSerye"August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)

The top 15 protégés were featured in five short films with special guest celebrity, Diamond Star Ms. Maricel Soriano. Under the helm of Prix de la mise en scène awardee at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Brillante Mendoza and written by Palanca awardee Floy Quintos.[6][7] Special awards were given to outstanding protégés:

  • Maricel Soriano's choice for Best Female Performance—Elle Ramirez
  • Maricel Soriano's choice for Best Male Performance—Andres Vasquez
  • Judges' Choice for Best Ensemble Performance—Team Visayas
  • Direk Brillante Mendoza's choice for Breakthrough Protégé Performance—Andres Vasquez

These awards guaranteed them an automatic save from elimination.

5"#ProtegeShock"September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02)

Each protégé was paired to a protégé from another mentor; each pair performed a duo in front of the judges.

The show revealed the first 2 "shocks": First, there will be four protégés who will be eliminated during the night, and second was that the mentors have to choose one of their protégés to stay under their guidance. Because of the unexpected twists, the mentors were not able to decide on who they will choose.

6"#ProtegeAfterShock"September 9, 2012 (2012-09-09)
The mentors finally chose their protégés who will stay under their guidance. Mentor Gina Alajar chose Thea Tolentino while mentor Ricky Davao chose Shelly Hipolito and mentor Jolina Magdangal chose Mikoy Morales. On the other hand, mentors Phillip Salvador and Roderick Paulate have only one protégé left each. As the gala night ends, the mentor chose another protégé from the other mentor's former protégés, signalling that that was the third "shock". The judges' role was to give their opinion to the mentors of who should be with whom.
7"#ProtegeMentorBattle"September 16, 2012 (2012-09-16)
The protégés, together with their mentors, performed on stage.
8"#ProtegeKapusoMatch"September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23)
The protégés showed their hosting skills to their guests, Ms. Lolit Solis and Bea Binene. Ms. Lolit Solis and Bea must portray a rude guest to test the protégés' ability in hosting especially with those kind of interviewees. On the gala night, the protégés performed on stage partnered by a Kapuso star. Elle Ramirez was paired to Mark Herras, Japs De Luna with Wynwyn Marquez, Shelly Hipolito to Rocco Nacino, Bryan Benedict to Kris Bernal, Zandra Summer to Aljur Abrenica, Thea Tolentino to Alden Richards, Mikoy Morales to Julie Anne San Jose, Jeric Gonzales with Louise delos Reyes and Ruru Madrid was partnered to Barbie Forteza.
9"#ProtegeSwitch"September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
A mentor has to give a task to the other mentor's protégé. The protégés are generally showed their singing skills.
10"#ProtegeNation"October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)
The performances of the protégés were based from the requests of their respective fans. The mentors from season 1 (Aiza Seguerra, Claire de la Fuente, Imelda Papin, Jaya, Jay-R and Joey Generoso with Verni Varga) performed with the protégés on the gala night.
11"#ProtegeFinalBattle"October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)
This week was the first part of The Final Battle. The challenges that were given to the protégés were to be from the judges. Judge Annette Abrogar gave a challenge to Jeric Gonzales and Zandra Summer; judge Cherie Gil assigned the tasks to Thea Tolentino and Mikoy Morales; judge Bert de Leon to Ruru Madrid and judge Joey de Leon to Elle Ramirez.
12"#ProtegeFinalResults"October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)
The final challenge was an acting challenge for the remaining six finalists. Jeric Gonzales portrayed Errol Ochoa in Coffee Prince, which is portrayed by Benjamin Alves. Zandra Summer, on the other hand, portrayed the lead role as Magdalena Fuentebella-Soriano in Magdalena, which is originally portrayed by Bela Padilla. Mikoy Morales played Mikael Daez's character in Sana ay Ikaw na Nga as Carlos Miguel Altamonte; while Elle Ramirez played Lualhati Salvador in Aso ni San Roque, which is originally portrayed by LJ Reyes. Ruru Madrid played the character of Derrick Monasterio as Iñigo Villamor in Paroa: Ang Kuwento ni Mariposa with Barbie Forteza. Thea Tolentino shared the scene with Heart Evangelista as the latter's younger sister, Luna Sandoval in Luna Blanca, which is originally portrayed by Bianca King.

Elimination chart

Color key:

  Male contestant
  Female contestant
  Top 20
  Did not perform
  Challenge Winner
  Safe
  Safe first
  Safe last
  Eliminated
  Finalist
  Runner-up
  Winner

Mentor Key:

  Gina Alajar
  Ricky Davao
  Jolina Magdangal
  Roderick Paulate
  Phillip Salvador
Results per public and council votes
Date: (2012) 8/121 8/192 8/263 9/2 9/94 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/145 10/21
Place Protégé Mentor Result
1-2 Jeric Gonzales Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Protégé Male Battle Champ
Thea Tolentino Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Protégé Female Battle Champ
3-6 Ruru Madrid Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe Did not perform Bottom 5 Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Runner-up
Mikoy Morales Safe Did not perform Challenge Winner Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
Elle Ramirez Safe Did not perform Challenge Winner Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
Zandra Summer Bottom 2 Safe Challenge Winner Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
7 Japs De Luna Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 3 Safe Safe Bottom 5 Bottom 3 Safe Eliminated Finalist
8 Bryan Benedict Safe Did not perform Challenge Winner Safe Safe Bottom 5 Bottom 3 Eliminated
9 Shelly Hipolito Safe Did not perform Safe Bottom 5 Did not perform Bottom 5 Eliminated
10 Arny Ross Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
11-14 Vien Alen King Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 3 Eliminated
David John Llanas Safe Did not perform Safe
Steffi Pacheco Safe Did not perform Safe
Andres Vasquez Safe Did not perform Challenge Winner
15 Reese Tayag Safe Did not perform Eliminated
16-20 Mitch Capili Bottom 2 Eliminated
Kelly D. Bottom 2
Mykel Ong Bottom 2
Glenn Roy Bottom 2
Apple Vega Bottom 2

^Note 1 There was no elimination held but the Bottom 2 from each region were chosen.
^Note 2 The bottom two protégés (from each region) competed between each other to defend their slot.
^Note 3 The challenge winners were the protégés who received special awards and were granted an immunity from elimination for that week.
^Note 4 As part of the shock, the mentors had to choose a new protege from the other "mentor less proteges" who performed that night. The gala night was a non-elimination night.
^Note 5 That gala night was already the first part of The Final Battle.

Awards and nominations

See also

References

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