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Filipino contestant Sophia Laforteza tops 'Dream Academy'; joins girl group KATSEYE

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="New girl group KATSEYE. Photo from " The="" Debut:="" Dream="" x="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/11/18/11182023-new-girl-group-katseye.jpg"/><figcaption>New girl group KATSEYE. <em>Photo from &#x27;The Debut: Dream Academy&#x27; X account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Filipino contestant Sophia Laforteza topped the survival show &quot;Dream Academy&quot; on Saturday (Manila Time), joining HYBE and Geffen’s girl group, KATSEYE.</p><p>Produced by Geffen Records and Hybe, the entertainment company behind K-pop supergroup BTS, &quot;The Debut: Dream Academy&quot; aims to create the next &quot;global&quot; girl group.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The results are in! A thank you to the amazing fans for your unwavering support! 🌟 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DreamFinale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DreamFinale</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DREAMACADEMYHQ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DREAMACADEMYHQ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HYBE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HYBE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GEFFEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GEFFEN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%BC%EC%95%84%EC%B9%B4%EB%8D%B0%EB%AF%B8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#드림아카데미</a> <a href="https://t.co/5PBjTwIvet">pic.twitter.com/5PBjTwIvet</a></p>— The Debut: Dream Academy (@dreamacademyhq) <a href="https://twitter.com/dreamacademyhq/status/1725737366386823589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In the finale episode aired Saturday (Manila time), Laforteza bested 9 other finalists and got a total score of 88.33 from voting and judges&#x27; scores.</p><p>She will be joined by Lara Raj, Daniela Avanzini, and Megan Skiendiel of USA, Yoonchae Jeong of South Korea, and Manon Bannerman of Switzerland.</p><p>Sophia is the daughter of theater actress Carla Guevara Laforteza.</p><p>For more news and features on K-pop, K-drama, and K-stars, visit the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/kcontents">Hallyu Corner</a> microsite.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2465274" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Filipino contestant Sophia Laforteza topped the survival show 'Dream Academy' on Saturday (Manila Time), joining HYBE and Geffen’s girl group, KATSEYE.

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Filipino contestant Sophia Laforteza tops 'Dream Academy'; joins girl group KATSEYE

Josiah Antonio,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 18, 2023 03:13 PM PHT

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