(Left) Mart Escudero and Kris Bernal were named StarStruck The Next Level Ultimate Loveteam. (Right) Aljur Abrenica and Jewel Mische were declared this year's StarStruck The Next Level Ultimate Hunk and Sweetheart, respectively. The Final Judgment took place last March 25 at the Marikina Sports Park.

The six StarStruck The Next Level finalists have much to be proud of. They dreamed of joining the reality artista search of GMA-7, they believed they be chosen out of the thousands who auditioned, and they survived the three-month long elimination process that tested their will to succeed.

For the past few months, StarStruck Council members have seen the fourth batch of StarStruck contestants become the next generation of potential stars. The Council—composed of (from left) Louie Ignacio, Lorna Tolentino, and Douglas Quijano—was joined by GMA-7's senior vice-president for entertainment-TV Wilma Galvante and GMA Films president Anette Gozon-Abrogar (both not pictured) for the Final Judgment night.

StarStruck hosts (L-R) Raymond Gutierrez, Jolina Magdangal, and Dingdong Dantes explained the criteria in determining the show's winners. Half of the contestants' scores were based on SMS/text votes while the other half came from the judges that night. The criteria for the judges are the following: Onscreen appeal (20%), Star potential (20%), and Versatility (10%).

Aljur Abrenica of Pampanga channeled his boy band fantasies by performing the song "Best in Me," popularized by Blue. Wilma Galvante criticized his performance by saying he could have picked a more difficult song to show off his vocal range.