GMA Protege’: The Battle For The Big Artista Break Finalists — The top 20 finalists of GMA’s new star search show, Protege has been revealed.

Chosen from the nationwide auditions held in many key cities of the country, the finalists were grouped into five geographical representations with four finalists each. They will be under the supervision of the five mentors — Jolina Magdangal, Roderick Paulate, Ricky Davao, Phillip Salvador and Gina Alajar.

Here’s the list of the Top 20 finalists:

MINDANAO
Mentor: PHILIP SALVADOR

• Apple Vega
• Steffi Pacheco
• David John Llanas
• Ruru Madrid

VISAYAS
Mentor: JOLINA MAGDANGAL

• Bryan Benedict Anastacio
• Mikoy Morales
• Mitch Capili
• Zandra Summer

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LUZON
Mentor: RICKY DAVAO

• Japs de Luna
• Reese Tayag
• Shelley Hipolito
• Glenn Roy

SOUTH LUZON
Mentor: GINA ALAJAR

• Arny Ross
• Thea Tolentino
• Mykel Ong
• Jeric Gonzales

MEGA MANILA
Mentor: RODERICK PAULATE

• Andres Vasquez
• Elle Ramirez
• Vein Alen King
• Kelly D

Below is the gallery of the final 20 coming from Mega Manila, North/Central Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. Check out their profiles by clicking their photo:

For more updates about the 20 protege hopefuls, watch Inside Protégé, Monday-Friday on GMA-7′s Telebabad after “One True Love”, 10:15 p.m. Also you can follow updates via Facebook by following Protégé: The Battle For The Big Break and on Twitter @insidePROTEGE.

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