Sa tatlong expelled scholars ng Pinoy Dream Academy, ang tinaguriang "Different Couple's Daughter" na si Apple Abarquez ang may pinakamaraming nakakabit na intriga. Binigyan ng ibang kahulugan ang pagiging friendly niya sa mga scholars sa loob ng Academy, lalo na kay Miguel Mendoza.
Tinanong siya ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) kung na-in love ba talaga siya kay Miguel habang nasa loob ng Academy.
"Wala po. Yun din ang tinatanong ko kung bakit kami natsismis, e, samantalang best friend ko si Bea [Muñoz, girlfriend ni Miguel]. Nagtaka po talaga ako. Kasi we only share the same musicality but nothing else. I love Miguel for his hands because he plays the piano well. I also like his brain kasi sobrang dami ng naka-store na knowledge doon sa loob. But aside from that, he's not my type. Sorry, sorry, Miguel. His physical appearance, he's not my type," paliwanag ni Apple.
Ano ang type niya sa lalaki?
"Hmmm...magagalit ang boyfriend ko nito," pasintabi ni Apple. "Pero ano, I'm into guys who are sleepy-eyed. I like guys na gustong matulog ng mata, yung ganun. Hindi naman si Garfield. Kasi yung mata o supersharp yung features niya, e. So, gusto ko naman yung contrast sa akin. So, I like guys who are sleepy-eyed and yung tsinito, actually."
Hindi niya inahas si Miguel kay Bea?
"Ay, hindi! Alam ni Bea 'yan."
Ano sa tingin niya ang chance ni Miguel sa Academy?
"He has a good chance kasi he's growing, e. Each and every scholar who enters that Academy grows and prospers because of the mentors, because of the challenges, because of the activities. We all grow inside that academy. Some of us feel that we've grown enough and some of us feel that we've grown more than enough, and some of us feel that there's more room to grow. Miguel is one of those people who thinks that he has more room to grow. Di ba, he joined Philippine Idol before? He grew then. He's growing even more now. Papasok siya sa top three."
THE THREE GAYS. May tsismis na may mga gay daw sa loob ng Academy. At may balita pa na close din daw ang tatlong gay scholars.
"Sino po yung tatlong bading?"
Ang natsitsismis na tatlong gay scholars ay sina Bugoy Bugayon, Van Pojas, at Hansen Nichols. Since lumaki si Apple in an environment with seven gay moms, mas may ideya siya dapat to identify kung sinu-sino talaga ang homosexual among her co-scholars sa PDA.
"Well, unang-una po, si Van hindi siya bakla. Si Bugoy, siya na po ang sasagot doon...kasi I cannot say anything for him. I didn't know him while I was growing up. Van, I already knew, e, back from Cebu. We have the same manager. Yung kay Hansen, he also has to say something about that for himself. I'm close with Van, but not with the other two."
LIFE AFTER PDA. After PDA, ano ang plano niyang gawin?
"I plan to do whatever God wills me to do and whatever ABS-CBN gives us. Everything that comes my way I will face it. I will attack it [head-on]. Because in the Academy, we learn one thing, independence. You cannot rely on anyone but yourself inside that Academy. Your co-scholars cannot learn the lessons for you and apply it for you. You have to learn it for yourself. So, whatever opportunity may come I will attack it not with a vengeance but with passion."