The junior spin-off season of StarStruck was first announced by the hosts Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione after the season finale. This was an offshoot of the successful senior season, also announced on GMA Network program SOP, where the hosts invited kids from 5 to 7 years old to audition for the upcoming season. Most 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. Like the senior version, the same rules were applied in selecting the Ultimate Survivors. This junior version of StarStruck is shown only on weekdays; Mondays to Thursdays would be tests and Fridays would be the elimination night. It became an emotional journey for the kids who had to leave the show. Nonetheless, they thoroughly enjoyed the workshops. The show held its the Final Judgment on June 26, 2004, at the Aliw Theater.
Selection process
In the spin-off year of the reality-talent search, out of hundreds who auditioned nationwide, only the top 100 were chosen for the first cut. From the top 100, it was trimmed down to the top 60, then to the top 30, and at last to the final 14 finalists.
The Final 14K underwent various workshops and training in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. Every week, one or two hopefuls from the junior final 14 may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as the juniors StarStruck Avengers.
The Final 4K will vie for the coveted the junior Ultimate Survivors titles, the juniors Ultimate Male Survivor and Ultimate Female Survivor, both of them would receive P1,000,000 pesos each plus an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.
The juniors Runners-up, both of them would receive P100,000 pesos each plus an exclusive management contract from the network. The juniors StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network.
Hopefuls
When the juniors Final 14K was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that will show 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 juniors’ survivor six, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination of the two; the juniors final four will be revealed.
The juniors Final 4K 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. 30% of the result will come from the online and text votes and the remaining 70% is from the council.
Contestant was saved by the Public Vote and Council Vote
Contestant was in the Bottom Group
Contestant was Eliminated
Contestant was in the Final 4K
Contestant was advanced to the Grand Finals
Contestant was the Runner-up
Contestant was the Winner
Week 1: The official Final 14K hopefuls have been chosen.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Uno Guerta
Safe
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Safe
Serge Septimo
Safe
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Renz Juan
Safe
Shamel Leask
Safe
Sandy Talag
Safe
Madi Yu
Eliminated
Week 2: The Final 13K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Uno Guerta
Safe
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Safe
Serge Septimo
Safe
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Renz Juan
Eliminated
Shamel Leask
Safe
Sandy Talag
Safe
Week 3: The Final 12K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Uno Guerta
Safe
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Safe
Serge Septimo
Eliminated
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Shamel Leask
Safe
Sandy Talag
Safe
Week 4: The Final 11K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Uno Guerta
Eliminated
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Safe
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Shamel Leask
Safe
Sandy Talag
Safe
Week 5: The Final 10K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Eliminated
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Shamel Leask
Safe
Week 6: The Final 9K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Paul Salas
Safe
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Shamel Leask
Safe
Sandy Talag
Eliminated
Week 7: The Final 8K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Safe
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Shamel Leask
Eliminated
Week 8: The Final 7K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Safe
JM Reyes
Safe
Gabriel Roxas
Eliminated
Miguel Tanfelix
Safe
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Safe
Sam Bumatay
Safe
Ella Guevara
Safe
Week 9: The Final 6K hopefuls.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Eliminated Contestant: None
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Bottom 6
JM Reyes
Bottom 6
Miguel Tanfelix
Bottom 6
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Bottom 6
Sam Bumatay
Bottom 6
Ella Guevara
Bottom 6
Week 10: The Survivor 6K hopefuls, The official Final 4K hopefuls have been chosen.
Challenge Winner Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Bottom Group Contestant: (Searching the Information)
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Final 4K
JM Reyes
Eliminated
Miguel Tanfelix
Final 4K
Contestant
Result
Bea Binene
Eliminated
Sam Bumatay
Final 4K
Ella Guevara
Final 4K
Week 11-12: The Final 4K Homecoming
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Advanced
Miguel Tanfelix
Advanced
Contestant
Result
Sam Bumatay
Advanced
Ella Guevara
Advanced
Week 13: The Final Judgment, the junior Ultimate Survivors have been proclaimed.
Contestant
Result
Kurt Perez
Ultimate Male Survivor
Miguel Tanfelix
First Prince
Contestant
Result
Sam Bumatay
Ultimate Female Survivor
Ella Guevara
First Princess
Final Judgment
The winner was announced on a two-hour TV special dubbed as StarStruck Kids: The Final Judgment was held live on June 26, 2004, at the Aliw Theatre.
The opening dance number, together with this season's juniors avengers, were joined by this junior season's final four and those of the senior season's.
Announcement came, Sam Bumatay of Metro Manila was the junior Ultimate Female Survivor and Kurt Perez of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija was the junior Ultimate Male Survivor. The two were proclaimed as junior Ultimate Survivors and each of them received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.
While, Ella Guevara of Quezon City and Miguel Tanfelix of Dasmariñas, Cavite were proclaimed as the juniors Runners-up, each of them received P100,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from the network. The juniors StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network.[1]
The Final Judgment gained 35.2% in ratings. Plans for a second junior season were cancelled probably because of too much psychological pressure on children during their talent tests.
