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Pinoy Dream Academy is the Philippine version of Endemol's Star
Academy. The format is similar to Big Brother, where (supposedly) 16
scholars will live inside the Academy for four months and will be
trained by guest teachers to be a multimedia performer. Activities in
the Academy will be monitored 24/7 by the headmaster.
Also, Studio 23 will air a companion program under the same title. It is
a separate show from the flagship station that will feature scenes that
was not shown in Channel 2 and will also have different hosts.
Scholars
On August 27, 2006, the Academy Dream Night took place in front of Cebu
Provincial Capitol Grounds, hosted by Nikki Gil, Toni Gonzaga, and Sam
Milby. The finalists were broken into 6 groups: "Acoustic Jamming
Section," where members were asked to sing their original composition;
"Music and Dance Section," where members sang popular dance songs;
"Music Literature Section," where members sang romantic ballads; "Musicthectics
Section," where members were asked to sing songs of the band, The
Eraserheads, in their own style; "Language of Music Section," where
members sang native songs; and "Rockers' Section," where members sang
rock version of popular novelty songs. After two sections or groups had
performaed, the hosts, then, announced the Academy scholars.
Information used here came from the Pinoy Dream Academy website. Here
is the list of the 16 scholars originally accepted into the Academy:
RJ Jimenez (22, a University of Santo Tomas graduate from Pasig City)
Yeng Constantino (18, a rebel-rocker from Rodriguez, Rizal)
Gemma Fitzgerald (20, a medical administrative officer from Australia)
Yvan Lambatan (23, a father from Baguio City)
Kristoffer Abrenica (20, a grocery clerk from Canada)
Ronnie Liang (21, a former Pinoy Pop Superstar contestant from Angeles
City)
Irish Fullerton (23, a nursing student from California)
Michelle Bond (24, from Amsterdam)
Iya Ginez (21, a Sangguniang Kabataan chairperson from Pangasinan)
Jun Hirano (18, a Japanese-Filipino student from Japan)
Rosita Bareng (25, an OFW from Dubai)
Panky Trinidad (20, a passionate musician from Cebu)
Eman Abatayo (22, an accountancy graduate from Iloilo)
Chai Fonancier (20, the vocalist of "Balde ni Allan" band from Cagayan
de Oro)
Geoff Taylor (20, a model from Cagayan Valley)
Jay-R Siaboc (19, the vocalist of Scrambled Eggs band from Cebu)
The next night, on a surprise announcement after the 16 entered the
Academy, four more scholars were added to the roster, as approved by the
producers of the show, and would enter the next day. They are:
Joan Jane Ilagan (20, a law student from Italy)
Oona Barretto (23, a former pre-school teacher from Bukidnon)
Richard Peralta (21, an IT consultant from Australia)
Davey Langit (19, a guitar instructor from Baguio)
The Academy
Like the Pinoy Big Brother House, The Academy
is found facing the ABS-CBN studios in Quezon
City. Although it seemed that the Academy
building is erected right next to the House, in
reality, the living quarters of the Academy
is the House area, modified and expanded to
include the other rooms in the Academy, such as
the administration rooms, dance studio and piano
room. At the left of the House is an auditorium
where performances by scholars would be held.
The Academy's auditorium was built on the site
of some of the former offices of
Viva Entertainment.
Faculty
- Headmaster:
Jim Paredes
- Dance Teacher:
Maribeth Bichara
- Fitness Teacher:
Gretchen Malalad
- Voice Teacher:
Moy Ortiz
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