Pinoy Dream Academy (season 2)


Pinoy Dream Academy is a Philippine television program similar to Big Brother. The second season began on June 14, 2008. Nikki Gil and Toni Gonzaga reprised their roles as hosts of the show, but Gonzaga now handled the main hosting plum while Gil appeared both on the Probation Nights and Little Dreamers Gala/Expulsion Night. Billy Crawford joined this season as the host of the late afternoon edition Pinoy Dream Academy Überture.
A new logo was introduced on the second season, featuring an old-fashioned microphone and the word "Dream" using a different font than the rest of the title. Also, a new version of the theme song Awit ng Pangarap sung by first season winner Yeng Constantino was used, although the original version was also used, especially during Gala Nights.
Thirty-two potential scholars for the show were introduced with their backgrounds documented in a primer segment aired as part of . They were also interviewed on the radio segment Pinoy Dream Academy Dream Minute on WRR 101.9. These thirty-two went through a primary elimination selection from which the final roster of scholars was chosen. These eliminations were aired as a series of episodes called The Dream BIGins from June 9 to 13, 2008.
New to this season was a "Little Dreamers" competition for children aged 6 to 10. On July 6, 2008, twelve children were chosen to become the Academy's resident Little Scholars. In this end, a new puppet named Billilit joins the show as semi-host and Billy's sidekick on Übertube as far as any topic regarding this side competition is concerned.

Scholars

From the thirty-two potential scholars, the primary eliminations saw the number dwindle to twenty-five. From that number, the faculty re-examined the performances of the scholars to choose the final list of scholars who would enter the Academy. The final roster was announced one-by-one on the Grand Opening Night on June 14, 2008. Only fifteen were chosen and entered the Academy on that day; the sixteenth chosen scholar, Maria Consuelo Osorio, backed out of the competition and the slot left behind would be occupied by one of four "wait-listers" to be decided by the viewers. The "wait-lister" chosen to be the new sixteenth scholar would enter the Academy the next day.
The chosen "wait-lister" was Ranjit "Jet" Singh with 51.70% of the overnight voting. The other three wait-listers Lamberto "Lambert" Reyes, Catherine "Poy" Palma, and Hera "Banig" Redoblado got 20.16%, 17.46%, and 10.68% of the votes respectively.
Palma later entered the Academy as an honorary scholar. Her assignment as the honorary scholar was to try to become a Star Scholar in the Gala Performance Nights. In each time she successfully achieved her goal and become the Star Scholar of the week, she would earn P50,000, which would be deducted from the total cash pool reserved for the Top Three Scholars at the end of the season. If she would become the Star Scholar for three weeks, she had the option of leaving the Academy and taking home the P150,000 she would accumulate or stay on as an official scholar, therefore forfeiting her winnings. Eventually, she left the Academy without becoming the Star Scholar.
From the Seventh Gala Night onwards, being a Star Scholar entailed having a duet in ASAP with a celebrity a week after. Included dates are the dates when they performed in ASAP.
On the last week, three scholars with very awkward-sounding surnames were given stage names by teacher Jose Javier Reyes. Van and Laarni each had several letters of their surnames changed while Bugoy obtained his based on his mother's maiden name.
On the Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 Grand Dream Night, the Awards Night, Laarni Lozada was awarded the title Grand Star Dreamer. Bugoy Drilon was the 2nd Star Dreamer while Miguel Mendoza became the 3rd Star Dreamer. Liezel Garcia, Van Roxas and Cris Pastor were the Top 4, 5 and 6 Finalists of the Academy, respectively.
Laarni Losala a. k. a. Laarni Lozada
  1. In Your Eyes – Regine Velasquez
  2. As If We Never Said Goodbye – Barbra Streisand
  3. Fighter – Christina Aguilera
  4. Kung Ako Na Lang Sana – Bituin Escalante, duet with Iñaki
  5. A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
  6. Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire, trio with Apple & Miguel
  7. Too Much Heaven – The Bee Gees, a cappella trio with Apple & Miguel
  8. ‘Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin – April Boy Regino, face-off with Zhel
  9. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
  10. On The Wings of Love – Regine Velasquez, counterpoint with Bugoy
  11. The Prayer – Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion, duet with Jed Madela
  12. I Am Blessed – Eternal
  13. Waray Waray – Lani Misalucha
  14. Manalig Ka – Laarni Losala – Winner – September 14, 2008
  15. Boogie Wonderland – Earth Wind and Fire – Winner – September 14, 2008
Face-Off Performances
  1. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going – Jennifer Holliday, face-off and duet with Poy
ASAP Performances
  1. Hiram - Zsazsa Padilla, duet with Zsazsa Padilla – Star Scholar – August 24, 2008
  2. Starting Over Again – Natalie Cole, duet with Sheryn Regis – Top 3 Scholar – August 31, 2008
Jay Bogayan a. k. a. Bugoy Drilon
  1. You'll Never Walk Alone – Frank Sinatra
  2. Can't Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
  3. Forevermore – Side A
  4. If I Ain't Got You – Alicia Keys, duet with Zhel
  5. I'll Make Love To You – Boyz II Men
  6. Yesterday – The Beatles, a cappella trio with Sen & Van
  7. Tearin' Up My Heart – *NSYNC, trio with Sen & Van
  8. Nakapagtataka – Sponge Cola, face-off with Apple
  9. As – George Michael & Mary J. Blige
  10. Back At One – Brian McKnight, counterpoint with Laarni
  11. Muli – Gary Valenciano & Regine Velasquez, duet with Vina Morales
  12. Can't Stop A River – Guy Sebastian
  13. All I Need Is You – Guy Sebastian
  14. Climb Ev'ry Mountain – The Sound of Music – 1st Runner-up – September 14, 2008
  15. Ligaya - The Eraserheads – 1st Runner-up – September 14, 2008
Face-Off Performances
  1. Magkasuyo Buong Gabi – Janno Gibbs & Regine Velasquez, face-off and duet with Poy
ASAP Performances
  1. No Air – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, duet with Yeng Constantino – Star Scholar – August 17, 2008
  2. 'Di Bale na Lang – Gary Valenciano, duet with Gary Valenciano – Top 3 Scholar – August 31, 2008
Miguel Mendoza
  1. A House Is Not A Home – Luther Vandross
  2. Farewell – Raymond Lauchengco
  3. Hahanapin Ko – Anthony Castelo
  4. Araw-Gabi – Regine Velasquez, duet with Bea
  5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' – The Righteous Brothers
  6. Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire, trio with Laarni & Apple
  7. Too Much Heaven – The Bee Gees, a cappella trio with Laarni & Apple
  8. When Doves Cry – Prince, face-off with Iñaki
  9. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – Sarah Vaughan
  10. Stay Awake – Ronnie Laws, counterpoint with Zhel
  11. Never Ever Say Goodbye – Nonoy Zuñiga, duet with Sheryn Regis
  12. Sandra – Barry Manilow
  13. Rock DJ – Robbie Williams
  14. Love Is On The Way – Celine Dion – 2nd Runner-up – September 14, 2008
  15. Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson – 2nd Runner-up – September 14, 2008
ASAP Performance
  1. Himala – Rivermaya, with Yeng Constantino, Cris and Van – Finalist – September 7, 2008
Maria Liezel "Zhel" Garcia
  1. Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross
  2. Count On Me – Whitney Houston
  3. So Much In Love – Sheena Easton
  4. If I Ain't Got You – Alicia Keys, duet with Bugoy
  5. Sa Aking Pag-iisa – Regine Velasquez
  6. Stop – Spice Girls, trio with Bunny & Cris
  7. The Tide Is High – Atomic Kitten, a cappella trio with Bunny & Cris
  8. Listen – Beyoncé, face-off with Laarni
  9. Best Of My Love – The Emotions
  10. Sometimes A Love Goes Wrong – Carrie Lucas, counterpoint with Miguel
  11. Tell Me – Joey Albert, duet with Joey Generoso
  12. Goodbye's – Celine Dion
  13. Don't Stop The Music – Rihanna
  14. I Am Changing - Jennifer Holliday – Top 4 Finalist – September 14, 2008
  15. Respect – Aretha Franklin – Top 4 Finalist – September 14, 2008
Face-Off Performances
  1. Got to be Real – Cheryl Lynn, face-off and duet with Poy
ASAP Performances
  1. Paano Kita Iibigin? – Regine Velasquez & Piolo Pascual, duet with Piolo Pascual – Star Scholar – August 10, 2008
  2. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith, duet with Nina – Top 3 Scholar – August 31, 2008
Van Louelle Pojas a. k. a. Van Roxas
  1. Can't Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
  2. Next In Line – Wency Cornejo
  3. Turn Back the Clock – Johnny Hates Jazz
  4. Nobody Wants to Be Lonely – Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera, duet with Apple
  5. Bed Of Roses – Bon Jovi
  6. Yesterday – The Beatles, a cappella trio with Sen & Bugoy
  7. Tearin' Up My Heart – *NSYNC, trio with Sen & Bugoy
  8. Through The Fire – Chaka Khan, face-off with Sen
  9. Tatsulok – Bamboo
  10. Maybe – Peabo Bryson, counterpoint with Poy
  11. Bulong – Kitchie Nadal, duet with Kitchie Nadal
  12. Who Am I? – Casting Crowns
  13. True to Your Heart – 98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder
  14. Hard Habit to Break – Chicago – Top 5 Finalist – September 14, 2008
  15. Probinsyana – Bamboo – Top 5 Finalist – September 14, 2008
ASAP Performance
  1. Himala – Rivermaya, with Yeng Constantino, Cris and Miguel – Finalist – September 7, 2008
Cristina "Cris" Pastor
  1. Papa Oom Mow Mow – The Beach Boys
  2. Come Together – The Beatles
  3. These Dreams – Heart
  4. Burn – Tina Arena, duet with Hansen
  5. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
  6. Stop – Spice Girls, trio with Bunny & Zhel
  7. The Tide Is High – Atomic Kitten, a cappella trio with Bunny & Zhel
  8. It's Raining Men – Geri Halliwell, face-off with Bunny
  9. Tattoo – Jordin Sparks
  10. Dahil Mahal na Mahal Kita – Roselle Nava, counterpoint with Iñaki
  11. Kissing A Fool – George Michael, duet with Richard Poon
  12. Inseparable – Natalie Cole
  13. Sway – Pussycat Dolls
  14. Candyman – Christina Aguilera – Top 6 Finalist – September 14, 2008
  15. Out Here On My Own – Irene Cara – Top 6 Finalist – September 14, 2008
ASAP Performance
  1. Himala – Rivermaya, with Yeng Constantino, Miguel and Van – Finalist – September 7, 2008
Hansen "Sen" Nichols
  1. Kailangan Kita – Piolo Pascual
  2. I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
  3. Escape – Enrique Iglesias
  4. Burn – Tina Arena, duet with Cris
  5. My Chérie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  6. Yesterday – The Beatles, a cappella trio with Bugoy & Van
  7. Tearin' Up My Heart – *NSYNC, trio with Bugoy & Van
  8. Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias, face-off with Van
  9. Hold On – Side A
  10. Say That You Love Me – Martin Nievera, counterpoint with Bunny
  11. Can We Just Stop and Talk a While? – Kyla feat. Gary Valenciano, duet with Rachel Alejandro
  12. His Eye Is on the Sparrow – Lauryn Hill – Expelled – August 30, 2008
Rafael Ignacio "Iñaki" Salvador-Ting
  1. Close To You – The Carpenters
  2. Superstar – The Carpenters
  3. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
  4. Kung Ako Na Lang Sana – Bituin Escalante, duet with Laarni
  5. Kiss – Prince and The Revolution
  6. To Where You Are – Josh Groban
  7. Panalangin – APO Hiking Society, duet with Christian
  8. I'd Do Anything For Love – Meat Loaf, face-off with Miguel
  9. Spain – Al Jarreau
  10. Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat Sa Akin – Jeremiah, counterpoint with Cris
  11. Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival, duet with Bituin Escalante – Expelled – August 23, 2008
Catherine "Poy" Palma
  1. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
  2. Free Your Mind – En Vogue
  3. A Piece Of Sky – Barbra Streisand
  4. Forever's Not Enough – Sarah Geronimo, counterpoint with Van
  5. Livin' on a Prayer – Bon Jovi, duet with the Ryan Cayabyab Singers –Exited – August 23, 2008
Face-Off Performances
  1. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going – Jennifer Holliday, face-off and duet with Laarni
  2. Magkasuyo Buong Gabi – Janno Gibbs & Regine Velasquez, face-off and duet with Bugoy
  3. Got to be Real – Cheryl Lynn, face-off and duet with Zhel
Jovannie "Bunny" Malunda
  1. Thanks To You – Tyler Collins
  2. You've Got A Friend – James Taylor
  3. Pagsubok – Orient Pearl
  4. Ain't No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, duet with Christian
  5. Emotion – Destiny's Child
  6. Stop – Spice Girls, trio with Zhel & Cris
  7. The Tide Is High – Atomic Kitten, a cappella trio with Zhel & Cris
  8. Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones, face-off with Cris
  9. Lady Marmalade – Labelle
  10. Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala – Ogie Alcasid, counterpoint with Sen – Expelled – August 16, 2008
Apple Abarquez
  1. Papa, Can You Hear Me? – Barbra Streisand
  2. Through the Years – Kenny Rogers
  3. Come In From The Rain – Melissa Manchester
  4. Nobody Wants to Be Lonely – Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera, duet with Van
  5. Fever – Madonna
  6. Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire, trio with Laarni & Miguel
  7. Too Much Heaven – The Bee Gees, a cappella trio with Laarni & Miguel
  8. We Are Family – Sister Sledge, face-off with Bugoy
  9. Sweet Love – Anita Baker – Expelled – August 9, 2008
Christian Alvear
  1. Laklak – The Teeth
  2. Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal – Lea Salonga
  3. Can't Smile Without You – Barry Manilow
  4. Ain't No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, duet with Bunny
  5. The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
  6. Shout for Joy – Gary Valenciano, Expelled – July 26, 2008
  7. Panalangin – APO Hiking Society, duet with Iñaki – Expelled – July 26, 2008
Beatriz "Bea" Muñoz
  1. Moon River – Frank Sinatra
  2. Runaway – The Corrs
  3. Kailan – Smokey Mountain
  4. Araw-Gabi – Regine Velasquez, duet with Miguel
  5. Yakap Sa Dilim – APO Hiking Society – Expelled – July 19, 2008
Ranjit "Jet" Singh
  1. Skyline Pigeon – Elton John
  2. I Will Be Here - Gary Valenciano
  3. You and Me – Lifehouse – Dropped Out – July 6, 2008
Michelle "Sheng" Belmonte
  1. Salamat – Yeng Constantino
  2. Time and Tide – Basia
  3. Lean On Me – Bill Withers – Expelled – July 5, 2008
Jun Ross Dio
  1. Father and Son – Cat Stevens & Ronan Keating
  2. King and Queen of Hearts – David Pomeranz – Dropped Out – June 30, 2008
Chivas Anton Malunda
  1. After the Lovin' – Engelbert Humperdinck – Expelled by Mentors – June 26, 2008
  2. Just Like A Pill – Pink
Chivas performed on stage at the second gala performance night as a request when he was told that he will be expelled from the Academy by the Mentors on June 25, 2008.

Organizations

Unique to the season is the division of the scholars into two groups called "organizations". The two orgs, Pupilars and One Voice, compete against each other in inter-org games wherein members of the losing org would do the domestic chores inside the Academy, such as maintenance and cooking, while members of the winning org will not only have no chores, they will also get to assist the teachers and mentors during classes.
The orgs each have a weekly budget of P500 per member. During the gala nights, points are scored for each student as usual. Then, the scores for each of an org's members are totaled and the average is obtained. An average score of 7.5 should be obtained for the org to have a new budget for the week. The org's budget is used for any additional expenses as the Academy provides them with basic necessities every week.
Initial members of Pupilars are Chivas, Van, Sen, Bugoy, Cris, Zhel and Sheng. Initial members of One Voice are Bunny, Apple, Bea, Miguel, Iñaki, Ross, Christian and Laarni. As Jet entered the academy, he was given a chance to choose his organization and he chose One Voice. Because of the odd number of initial scholars in the Academy and the subsequent decision by the last scholar to enter, there was an uneven distribution of scholars in the two orgs. Bunny was the first scholar to change orgs. With One Voice's win, they have to give away one member of their org and chose Bunny to go to Pupilars to reunite with her husband, Chivas. Laarni was the second scholar moved from One Voice to Pupilars as a result of One Voice losing a challenge and Laarni volunteering to do the consequence. The final change in orgs happened when One Voice won an inter-org competition and had an option to swap a team member with a member of the other org. One Voice chose Zhel from Pupilars in exchange for Apple of their own org.
On July 9, 2008, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab officially announced that all scholars should work as one team/organization from that day onwards. As a new rule, the GPA of the scholars should be 7.0 or above to have their weekly budget. Because of this, the two orgs merged into one: Acadreamians.

Weekly Song Themes

Each week, the scholars will sing songs that fit a specific weekly theme. The dates shown are the dates of the Gala Nights.
Resident Jurors
Guest Jurors
The grades shown below are the grades of the scholars from the 1st Gala Night to the 10th Gala Night. For the 10th Gala Night, the scholars will be graded not only by the set of jurors but also by their mentors, Media Performance mentor Joey Reyes, Over-all Voice mentor Kitchy Molina and Headmaster Ryan Cayabyab. It should also be noted that the 10th Gala Night is the last time the jurors will be giving a grade to the scholars.
Grades for first 3 weeks of scholars with YELLOW bar beside their name are counted for Pupilar's GPA.
Grades for first 3 weeks of scholars with BLUE bar beside their name are counted for One Voice's GPA.
Grades for the remaining weeks of scholars with GREEN bar beside their name are counted for Acadreamians' GPA.
Laarni's 1st grade is counted for One Voice's GPA while 2nd and 3rd grades are counted for Pupilar's GPA.
Grades in RED indicate that the scholar is on probationary status.
Grades in DARK GREEN indicate that the contestant was the Star Scholar of the week.
Grades in YELLOW GREEN indicate that the scholar received the highest grade for the week, but was not the Star Scholar.
Grades highlighted in BLACK indicate that the scholar's grade was not counted for the organization's grade and their average grade.

Organizations' Average Grades

Black numbers indicate that the organization obtained its budget for the next week; red ones mean that the organization failed to win its weekly budget.
For the first three weeks, each organization had to get a GPA of 7.50 or higher to have a weekly budget. Starting week 4, the organizations were dissolved and all scholars now belong to one org. The org should get a GPA of 7.00 or higher to have a weekly budget.
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Jun. 21Jun. 28Jul. 5Jul. 12Jul. 19Jul. 26Aug. 2Aug. 9Aug. 16Aug. 23
One Voice6.866.036.68Acadreamians6.867.348.507.498.577.818.41
Pupilars7.886.187.82Acadreamians6.867.348.507.498.577.818.41

Pupilars got an initial 7.32 GPA. However, because of their win over One Voice in the music video competition, they got an additional 0.5 in their GPA.

Expulsion Nights Elimination Chart

For this season, the voting procedure has been altered. Among the bottom four scholars, the mentors will save one. Among the remaining three scholars during the first probationary night, the other scholars will vote for who they want to save. The scholar with the highest votes from his/her peers will be saved. In case of ties, the vote of the scholar saved by the mentors will be counted twice. The last two scholars will be up for public voting, and hence be the probationary scholars of the week. By the next gala performance night, the scholar with the higher number of public votes will be saved.
In the second probationary night, the other scholars would vote from the three remaining probationary scholars on who they want to stay as a probationary student. The one with the lowest number of votes is saved from being subjected to viewer's votes.
In the 7th Gala Night, instead of a bottom four, there was a bottom five to accommodate for the losers in the face-offs while in the 10th Gala Night, there was a bottom two due to the discontinuation of saving processes of by the mentors and their fellow scholars, respectively.

Finale Weekend

On September 13 and 14, 2008, the two-day finale, known as the "Grand Dream Nights," were held in the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay. The first night, known as the Performance Night, showed the final performances of the Top 6 Scholars, overseen by both the mentors and the resident judges. Unlike the past Gala Nights, however, the performances were only for the appeal for votes. This show also saw performances from the hosts and the other scholars who left the Academy.
The next night, dubbed the Awards Night, Vina Morales and Wency Cornejo performed with the scholars in their opening number. The show also included an early Christmas number by the show's Little Dreamers and several children from Childhope Asia Philippines, as well as a song and dance performance from Billy Crawford and the female mainstays of the upcoming comedy show Banana Split.
Among the Top 6 Scholars, Bugoy Drilon, Laarni Lozada, and Miguel Mendoza were declared the Top Three. Of the Three, Laarni was declared the winner. She takes home a condominium unit, a business package from Crystal Clear worth P1,500,000, appliances, Sony products and P1,000,000 cash. Bugoy declared the first runner-up and received P500,000 including products from Sony and Whirlpool, while Miguel declared the second runner-up and received P300,000 including products from Sony and Whirlpool.
All votes were gathered from the start of the open voting from the night of August 30 to 2:00 pm of September 14.

Little Dreamers

The Little Dreamers competition was started on July 6, 2008, for children who are six to ten years old. Twelve children were chosen to compete in this side competition, taking place within the duration of this season. Understandably, they do not stay at the Academy due to regular schooling on weekdays, entering it during weekends to have voice lessons from the Voice Mentors.