Artista Academy Kicked Out 4 Students in One Night, Twist Coming Up

Artista Academy sent home 4 students on Monday's (September 17) Kick Out episode. Alberto Bruno, Marvelous Alejo, Nicole Estrada and Stephanie Rowe were expelled from the academy after getting the lowest combined scores from the AATA, the live exams and text votes.

After a memorable weekend in Hong Kong last week where they performed for thousands of OFWs and had the time of their lives in Hong Kong Disneyland, last night’s Kick Out episode proved to be most devastating for the Artista Academy students as four of them were instantly expelled in one sweep.

Alberto Bruno, Marvelous Alejo, Nicole Estrada and Stephanie Rowe now joined the ranks of Artista Academy kickouts after they failed to make the grade in the now intensifying competition for the coveted P20 Million total pizes, the biggest pot to be given away by any talent search in the country.

With eight contenders remaining in TV5’s grandest and most intensive artista search, the students will have to work doubly hard if they are really intent on making it to the grand finals and winning the title of Artista Academy’s Best Actor and Best Actress.

This week, in line with their “Fearless” challenge, the remaining eight students will be doing two horror flicks to be directed by highly acclaimed director Topel Lee. The short films will be shown in the Live Exam this Saturday and will comprise a portion of the grades to be given by the Live Exam critics.

Artista Academy Principal Wilma V. Galvante also announced in last night’s episode that the eliminated students will form a group called Tropang Kickout and will be given one production number in upcoming Live Exams. Though expelled from Artista Academy, the kickouts continue their extensive training at the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA) and are bound to be professional ‘artistas’ when they graduate.

Artista Academy airs weeknights at 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. on TV5.

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Jon Orlando Expelled from Artista Academy, Julia Quisumbing Dropped Out

Jon Orlando, 19-year-old FIlipino Italian from Canada is the second student to be kicked out of Artista Academy, following the elimination of Chris Leonardo last week. Julia Quisumbing, on the other hand, has been dropped out due to excessive absences.

Jon Orlando failed to level up in Saturday’s Live Exam, where he landed at the bottom 5 with Brent Manzano, Nicole Estrada, Julia Quisumbing and Marvelous Alejo.

After the students’ grades from the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA) and the text votes were factored in, Jon received the lowest points for the week, making him the second kick-out of TV5’s reality-based artista search.

Meanwhile, Julia Quisumbing is also eliminated in the competition. The Jessica Biel look-alike has been dropped out due to absences.

With Jon, Chris and Julia out of the competition, the remaining 13 students who are focused on winning the P20 Million total prizes are Akihiro Blanco, Alberto Bruno, Benjo Leoncio, Brent Manzano, Chanel Morales, Malak So Shdifat, Mark Neumann, Marvelous Alejo, Nicole Estrada, Shaira Mae, Sophie Albert, Stephanie Rowe, and Vin Abrenica.

To vote for the student you want to save from expulsion, key in AA and send to 5656.

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

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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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