Star Circle Quest (SCQ) was a reality-based talent search in where at least 10 teen-aged contestants, called as "Questors", will undergo talent training, physical enhancement and different challenges to test their talent skills. Every week, one will be eliminated and the last Questor who will remain will win as the Grand Questor. Along with this, the Grand Questor will take cash prize and an exclusive contract with ABS-CBN Talent Center, now Star Magic. The show was aired locally through ABS-CBN and internationally through The Filipino Channel. The show was mounted to pit against GMA Network's successful reality star search program, StarStruck.

In October that year, ABS-CBN launched the television show Ang TV directed by Johnny Manahan, a semi-gag show that showcased the different talents of the stars of Talent Center. Ang TV became a big hit and produced many mall shows, live concerts and record albums. It became the foundation for the careers of one of today's biggest and brilliant stars like Claudine Barretto, Jolina Magdangal, Rica Peralejo, Angelu de Leon, Geoff Eigenmann, John Prats, Camille Prats, Angelica Panganiban, and many more.

ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc. (traded as Star Magic and sometimes referred to as ABS-CBN Talent Center)) is the training and management subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. It was designed to assist young talent in the Philippines. Star Magic talents undergo training in acting, personality development and physical enhancement before being cast in the television shows of ABS-CBN and the films of Star Cinema, as well as other film projects in the Philippines, commercial projects and corporate events.

In April 1992, Freddie Garcia, then ABS-CBN executive vice president and general manager, and Johnny Manahan, then program director, formed the idea of creating a stable of new stars exclusively for the network. This gave birth to Talent Center. In its early years, the Talent Center's project was Ang TV.

The show auditioned several thousand people and accepted a few dozen into the program. The Talent Center continued its search through the launching vehicle Star Circle in 1995.

In 2004, the company began a reality TV talent search called Star Circle Quest, which spawned the 'Teen' and 'Kid' editions in its first run, a National Teen Quest on its second season, and finally a Summer Kid Quest on its third and latest season. This was the year when it formally changed its name from Talent Center to Star Magic. The talents of the reality show were put into new shows like Goin' Bulilit and SCQ Reload.

Park Sandara (Korean: 박산다라, born November 12, 1984), better known as Dara (Korean: 다라; Japanese: ダラ), is a South Korean idol singer, rapper, actress, television host and model. She is best known as being a member and the Director of Communications of the Korean girl group 2NE1. However, she first gained major popularity on ABS-CBN's Star Circle Quest during her stay in the Philippines. Her younger brother, Park Sang-Hyun (Thunder), is also in the entertainment industry as a member of a Korean boy band, MBLAQ in J. Tune Entertainment. Dara released her first digital single "Kiss" in 2009.

Sandara Park was born in Busan, South Korea. When she was 10 years old, Park's family moved to the Philippines to start a trading business.^{[unreliable source?]} Also the older sister of MBLAQ's member Thunder/Cheondoong(Park Sang Hyun)

In 2004, Park was involved in a talent survival show, known as Star Circle Quest of the ABS-CBN Network where she came in 2nd place behind Hero Angeles. She was only 19 years old at that time. During one of her school functions, Park met Pauleen Luna, who was then a talent of ABS-CBN Channel 2 Talent Center. Luna encouraged the shy Sandara to audition for Star Circle Quest, a then-up-and-coming reality talent search for ABS-CBN.

Sheryn Mae Poncardas Regis better known as simply Sheryn Regis -The Crystal Voice of Asia is a Filipina pop singer, composer, host and actress. Sheryn was a consistent top scorer ofStar in a Million, where she eventually ended up as runner-up to Erik Santos in January 2004. After the said competion , Sheryn was offered with numerous TV projects, commercials and concerts in the Philippines and in different parts of the world. Recorded 4 solo albums with platinum and gold award and numerous Collaborations with different filipino artists.She was known as the Queen of ABS-CBN's teleserye theme songs from Marina, Krystala, Maria Flordeluna, Gulong ng Palad and many more. She's a member of ABS-CBN homegrown talent, Star Magic, and now resides in the United States continuing her singing career doing Concerts and Stage Acting..

Sheryn was born and raised in Carcar City Cebu), to Bernardo and Daisy Regis. She is the eldest of three kids, and has two siblings, Elton and Joseph. Regis' mother guided her in singing. At the age of 2, Sheryn was able to hum and sing simple tunes as her mom recalls. Her first and favorite contest piece was Ms. Kuh Ledesma’s “Dito Ba,” which Sheryn learned at the age of five. At seven, Sheryn started joining amateur singing contests. Her winnings were used to buy tapes of Shirley Bassey’s hits for her next contest piece. And at the age of eight, Sheryn won her first grand prize by singing Ms. Tillie Moreno’s “Saan Ako Nagkamali?"

Aeign Zackrey Nash Victoriano Aguas (born October 10, 1998), more commonly known as Nash Aguas, is a Filipino actor. He made his television debut on MTB via the Batang F4 contest at the age of 5. In 2004, Aguas joined ABS-CBN's talent search Star Circle Quest where he won the title Grand Kid Questor and also took most of the special awards including Darling Of The Press in the Finals night.

He won the Best Festival Child Performer in the 2006 and 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival for his role in "Yaya", one of the episodes in Shake Rattle & Roll 8.