Inside Protege: The Battle for the Big Artista Search - 18 September 2012

PROTEGE The Battle for The Big breakProtégé: The Battle For The Big Break is a 2011 reality-based singing talent show created by GMA Network.It is hosted by Ogie Alcasid, as the journey host, Dingdong Dantes as gala presenter, and Jennylyn Mercado, the show's reality host.It is the first season of GMA's newest reality talent program, Protégé. The show was first intended to be an talent search similar to StarStruck and Protégé might have been the replacement of the said show. This show is stapled the timeslot between the two talent shows from other rival shows with ABS-CBN's Pilipinas Got Talent and TV5's Talentadong Pinoy. The result reveals right after the performance. The first two results nights were shown one hour after the performance of the finalists. The judges, on the other hand are happy that their opinions matter in this contest, since the results will not depend solely on text votes.