North and Central Luzon Protégé Japs de Luna was eliminated during the 7th elimination night of GMA-7's Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break on Sunday, October 7. Japs, dubbed as the 'Hataw Kid' was sent home after getting the lowest text votes and judges' score.
Japs was originally the protégé of eliminated mentor Ricky Davao but due to the twist of the show, his mentor had to let go one of his protégés and mentor Ricky chose Shelly Hipolito to stay under his care. He then became the protégé of Roderick Paulate.
With Japs de Luna's elimination, mentor Roderick Paulate has now only one protégé left, tied with Phillip Salvador. Meanwhile, mentors Jolina Magdangal and Gina Alajar each have two left still.
Now, the battle gets tougher as there were only 6 Protégés left in the competition. They are:
Roderick Paulate's Protégés - Elle Ramirez
Gina Alajar's Protégés - Zandra Summer and Thea Tolentino
Jolina Magdangal's Protégés - Mikoy Morales and Jeric Gonzales
Phillip Salvador's Protégé - Ruru Madrid
