Protégé 7th Elimination Night: Japs de Luna Eliminated (October 7)

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

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Protégé 6th Elimination Night: Bryan Benedict Eliminated (September 30)

Visayas Protégé Bryan Benedict was eliminated during the 6th elimination night of GMA-7's Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break on Sunday, September 30. Bryan was sent home after getting the lowest text votes and judges' score.

Bryan was originally the protégé of Jolina Magdangal but due to the twist of the show, her mentor had to let go one of her protégés and mentor Jolina chose Mikoy Morales to stay under her guidance. He then became the  protégé of Ricky Davao.

With Bryan Benedict's elimination, mentor Ricky Davao will also have to say goodbye since Bryan is the only one he has left. Last week, his other  protégé, Shelley Hipolito was already eliminated. 

Mentor Ricky told Bryan that it was not the end and said that he hopes to work with him sooner. Bryan was tagged as the future action drama actor.

Now, the battle gets tougher as there were only 7 Protégés were left in the competition. They are:

Roderick Paulate's Protégés - Elle Ramirez and Japs de Luna

Gina Alajar's Protégés - Zandra Summer and Thea Tolentino

Jolina Magdangal's Protégés - Mikoy Morales and Jeric Gonzales

Phillip Salvador's Protégé - Ruru Madrid

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Protégé 5th Elimination Night: Shelly Hipolito Eliminated (September 23)

North and Central Luzon Protégé Shelly Hipolito was eliminated during the 5th elimination night of GMA-7's Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break on Sunday, September 23. Shelly was sent home after getting the lowest text votes and judges' score.

Before Shelly was sent home, the Top 9 protégés were grouped into three and the members of each group had the privilege to perform with a popular Kapuso star.

The first group comprised of Thea Tolentino and Alden Richards, Japs de Luna and Winwyn Marquez and  Bryan Benedict and Kris Bernal did their own interpretation of the biggest hits of Black Eyed Peas.

The second group showcased its fun and quirky side in a production number featuring the songs of Katy Perry. Group two is composed of Mikoy Morales and Julie Anne San Jose, Elle Ramirez and Mark Herras and Ruru Madrid and Barbie Forteza.

Meanwhile, Shelly belonged to the third group which performed David Guetta songs to interpret the different levels of romance. She was partnered with Rocco Nacino. Other members of the alliance were Zandra Summer and Aljur Abrenica and Jeric Gonzales and Louise delos Reyes.

With Shelly Hipolito's elimination, only 8 Protégés were left in the competition. They are:

Roderick Paulate's Protégés - Elle Ramirez and Japs de Luna
Ricky Davao's Protégés - Bryan Benedict
Gina Alajar's Protégés - Zandra Summer and Thea Tolentino
Jolina Magdangal's Protégés - Mikoy Morales and Jeric Gonzales
Phillip Salvador's Protégé - Ruru Madrid

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Protégé 4th Elimination Night: Arny Ross Eliminated (September 16)

Southern Luzon Protégé Arny Ross was eliminated during the 4th elimination night of GMA-7's Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break on Sunday, September 16. Arny was sent home after getting the lowest text votes and judges' score.

Before Arny was sent home, the Protégés performed with their respective mentors in an acting and stage piece in front of the judges and the live audience.

The 4th elimination night followed the Protégé Shock two weeks ago wherein four Protégés were eliminated and reshuffling and even distribution of the Protégés per mentor happened. Arny, previously mentored by Gina Alajar was chosen by Phillip Salvador along with his retained Protégé Ruru Madrid.

With Arny Ross' elimination, only 9 Protégés were left in the competition. They are:

Roderick Paulate's Protégés - Elle Ramirez and Japs de Luna

Ricky Davao's Protégés - Shelly Hipolito and Bryan Benedict

Gina Alajar's Protégés - Zandra Summer and Thea Tolentino

Jolina Magdangal's Protégés - Mikoy Morales and Jeric Gonzales

Phillip Salvador's Protégé - Ruru Madrid

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Protégé Shock: Andres Vasquez and Three Others Eliminated!

It was a shocking Sunday night (September 2) on Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break as four hopefuls were eliminated after last week's single elimination of Reese Tayag.

Andres Vasquez from Mega Manila who was hailed as the 'Best Performer' and 'Director's Choice' on last week's short film challenge with Maricel Soriano and Cannes Best Director Brilliante Mendoza was sent packing along with three other Protégés Vien Allen King (Mega Manila), David John Llanas and Steffi Pacheco (both from Mindanao).

The said episode indeed shock viewers and trended on Twitter with the hashtag #ProtegeShock. Now, only 10 finalists were left and they are Elle Ramirez from Mega Manila, Japs De Luna and Shelly Hipolito from Northern & Central Luzon, Jeric Gonzales, Arny Ross and Thea Tolentino from South Luzon, Bryan Benedict, Mikoy morales and Zandra Summer from Visayas and Ruru Madrid from Mindanao.

Another thing that shocked the entire Protégénation was the mentors walking out after they were forced by the production to choose only one from their Protégés.

What could be the reason for these Protégé shockers? Probably, the top 10 will be distributed equally to every mentor the reason that they were asked to choose only one. Some said that a wildcard will definitely happen as a twist since one of the best Protégés was eliminated.

What do you think about this Protégé shock?

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Reese Tayag Eliminated on Protégé

North and Central Luzon protege Reese Tayag was eliminated in the said artista search, August 26 after scoring the lowest in an acting performance wherein all proteges were given the chance to act alongside the “Diamond Star” Maricel Soriano in five short films directed by Cannes Film Festival awardee Brillante Mendoza and written by Palanca awardee Floy Quintos.

Only thirty percent of the total score was based on the text votes while seventy percent was taken from the average of the scores given by the four judges — director Bert de Leon, actress Cherie Gil, GMA executive Anna Teresa Gozon-Abrogar and actor-comedian Joey de Leon. Reese, however, does not take her elimination personally against the judges.

Aside from Reese, two other proteges came close to leaving the competition. They are Vien Alen King of Mega Manila and Japs de Luna of North and Central Luzon.

One of the surprises this week was the awarding of special awards to proteges who showed commendable performance in the short films. Maricel Soriano herself picked Elle Ramirez and Andres Vasquez (Mega Manila) as the Best Female and Best Male Proteges, respectively. Andres also received the Director’s Choice Award for Breakthrough Performance.

The Visayas team, on the other hand, received the Best in Ensemble Acting.

The special awardees were automatically saved the eliminations.

The number of proteges who survived the cut so far is down to 14, and it will even get smaller each week until the grand finals wherein only one male and one female protege will be hailed as victors.

Who will get eliminated next week? We’ll find that out next Sunday during the next gala night of Protege: The Battle for the Big Artista Break hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Carla Abellana. It airs live after iBilib on GMA-7.

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