Brent Manzano Expelled from Artista Academy

The competition for the P20 Million total prize gets more intense as Artista Academy reduces the number of contenders to 12, following the elimination of Brent Manzano in Monday’s Kick Out episode (September 3).

Brent is the third student to be kicked out of Artista Academy after garnering the lowest combined scores from his Live Exam performance last Saturday, his grades from the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA) where all the artista hopefuls are undergoing extensive training, and the text votes from fans and supporters.

He joins Chris Leonardo and Jon Orlando in the ranks of being Artista Academy kick-outs. Julia Quisumbing, on the other hand, dropped out of the academy last week due to health reasons.

Although he showed an intense acting performance in last Saturday’s Live Exam, Brent still failed to make the grade. He landed in the Live Exam’s bottom 3, along with Marvelous Alejo and Benjo Leoncio.

Last Saturday’s episode also proclaimed Vin Abrenica as the honor student for dancing and singing. He received a grade of 93.5% for dancing and 92% for singing. Sophie Albert is the honor student for acting, with a total grade of 94.5%.

Artista Academy airs weeknights at 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m.

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Chris Leonardo Expelled From Artista Academy

Chris Leonardo is the first one to be eliminated and kicked-out from TV-5's Artista Academy.

The 20-year-old “Dancing Cutie of Laguna” received the lowest grade from combined points from the live exam, the academy itself and audience text votes. Chris was part of the seven academy scholars who were brought to the principal's office to be reminded of the importance of doing well inside the academy and in the live exams.

Nicole Estrada, Akihiro Blanco, Stephanie Rowe and Jon Orlando, together with Benjo Leoncio and Brent Manzano (who joined Chris as the bottom group after the live exam night on Saturday) completed the bottom seven.

Eliminated though from the competition, Chris Leonardo will still continue to train at the Asian Academy of Television Arts  to become a professional actor. 

This weeks' best students are Sophie Albert, Vin Abrenica and Chanel Morales while saved from expulsion after being part of the bottom are Stephanie Rowe and Benjo Leoncio. See the rest of the Artista Academy Top 16 hopefuls here.

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Artista Academy Top 16 Hopefuls Named

Artista Academy has revealed the list of the Top 16 scholars who will undergo a rigorous training at the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA) to be the country's biggest stars.

The Top 16 scholars, consisting of eight male and eight female aspirants between the ages of 16 and 21 get a full scholarship at the said academy of television arts and will train under the industry's highly-regarded professionals in their respective fields including multi-awarded director Joel Lamangan, music master Louie Ocampo and dance guru Georcelle Dapat-Sy of G Force.

Artista Academy, dubbed as the country’s biggest and most inventive talent search will give away a P20 million worth of total prizes, the biggest amount ever given by any talent search. Two winners will walk away with the coveted Best Actor and Best Actress awards and the promise of fame, fortune and stardom.

Here are the Top 16 scholars of TV-5's Artista Academy:

Boys	Girls
Akihiro Blanco (Pasig) Alberto Bruno (Marikina) Benjo Leoncio (Cebu) Brent Manzano (Quezon City) Chris Leonardo (Laguna) Jon Orlando (Quezon City) Vin Abrenica (Pampanga) Mark Neumann (Quezon City)	Chanel Morales (Bacolod) Julia Quisumbing (Makati) Malak So Shdifat (Manila) Marvelous Alejo (Valenzuela) Nicole Estrada (Pasig) Shaira Mae (Las Piñas City) Sophie Albert (Mandaluyong) Stephanie Rowe (Pampanga)

Artista Academy employs Cesar Montano and Marvin Agustin as hosts while Lorna Tolentino, Gelli De Belen and TV-5 Talent Center head and director Mac Alejandre will be the Live Exam critics. In this curriculum-based training, scholars will be up for lessons in acting, singing, dancing, personality development, image-building and English proficiency.

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