GMA-7's reality-based artist search StarStruck has raised and crumbled the hopes of star wannabe's for five seasons now. Sef Cadayona and Princess Snell are two of the latest to have their dreams crushed. They were eliminated this week.
Yesterday, January 16, on Startalk, Sef and Princess had their say on their brief stint in StarStruck 5 and defended themselves about their supposed "attitude."
Princess related, "Masakit po talaga at noong time na iyon, hindi ako umiyak. Noong after na, doon ako umiyak nang sobra at nakaka-depress talaga."
"Sa akin naman po," Sef said, "para sa akin noong nakapasok ako ng StarStruck, e blessing na sa akin iyon, e. Siyempre, naghangad din ako manalo, so tama lang ang pakiramdam."
"PASAWAY." Howdid Princess feel about all the other girls voting against her?
"Okay lang naman na i-vote nila ako and siguro naman may isa lang akong linawin. Iyong sinabi ni Rox [Montealegre] sa akin na wala daw akong consideration, kinain ko daw pagkain niya.
"Unang-una po, may pambili naman ako ng pagkain at [ang] kinain ko na pagkain, e hindi sa kanya iyon. Kay Sarah [Labahti] po iyong kinain ko. Iyong kumain ng pagkain ni Rox, e si Nina [Kodaka] po talaga," said Princess.
She admitted saying that she was more deserving to stay in the show than Rox, and she explained why:
"Siguro nasabi ko na mas deserving ako kasi mas nakita ko na may test kami, e, mas maganda ang pinakita kong performance kaysa sa kanya. Nakita ko din po na mas magaling at mas okay ang ginawa ko kaya ko sinabi iyon."
One of the issues against her was that she was "pasaway."
"Hindi naman talaga pasaway," Princess countered. "Siguro naman kung pasaway, e makulit talaga. Kung nasabi nila na insensitive ako minsan, e lumaki kasi ako sa pamilya ng puro lalake. So pag kumilos ako, e puro parang lalake."
This early, she's already getting a number of rumors thrown at her, such as being supposedly connected to an influential person.
"Baka napakilala lang sa akin," said Princess, looking quite clueless about this.
When asked if she has already posed for a men's magazine, she exclaimed, "Ay, hindi po!"
PHILOSOPHICAL. Sef has had a bit more experience in show business, so he took his elimination in stride.
"Sa akin lang naman, lahat ng dumarating sa akin, e, tinatanggap ko lang naman," smiled Sef. "Kung ano po nakikita ng tao, siguro noong time na nasa StarStruck ako, sana dapat mas ginalingan ko pa."
He also tackled the issue about his father. It was learned that they hadn't seen each other for quite some time even though they live in the same village, and that his dad only called him after he joined StarStruck V.
Sef answered, "Bago pa nagkaroon ng StarStruck, e, medyo nakakausap ko siya. Noong sumali ako, tumatawag na siya at tuloy-tuloy na."