Artista Academy Best Actor and Best Actress Winners: Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert

Artista Academy Awards Night (grand finals) happened October 27 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and TV-5 crowned the winners of the said artista search. Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert were hailed as the search's Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.

Six students in the Artista Academy honors list vied for the title including Akihiro Blanco, Chanel Morales, Mark Neumann, Shaira Mae, Sophie Albert and Vin Abrenica. The winners were determined based on 40% accumulated average for the past 3 weeks, 40% grades for their performance during the Awards night and 20% text votes.

Before the announcement of winners, the Artista Academy Final 6 showcased their talent in singing, dancing and acting. Their individual short films helmed by Eric Quizon (girls) and Bb. Joyce Bernal (boys) were also shown after each of their song and dance performance.

Artista Academy’s Best Actor and Best Actress winners Vin and Sophie took home a total of P20 million in cash and prizes plus guaranteed lead roles in an upcoming TV5 teleserye. Each bagged a total of P10 million worth of prize package which includes a trophy especially crafted by Leeroy New, a condominium unit at Lakefront in Parañaque City, 1 million pesos cash, a Toyota Innova and an exclusive TV5 contract with a minimum guarantee of P5 million.

Vin and Sophie will also be the new Close-Up ambassadors. Being trained at the Asian Academy of Televison Arts (AATA), they are now the new breed of professional actors who are equipped with the proper training and attitude that will rightfully make them the industry’s future stars.

The Artista Academy Top 16 were also given exclusive talent management contract by TV-5. They will also star in the new Kapatid youth-oriented series, Forever Barkada (FB). This summer, TV-5 will also launch Artista Academy Tweens.

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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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