Star Awards

Star Awards 红星大奖
Star Awards 2016
Awarded for	Excellence in Chinese Language entertainment in Singapore
Country	Singapore
Presented by	Mediacorp
First awarded	1994
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U Toggle.sg

The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) is an annual ceremony held in Singapore where the media organisation Mediacorp, recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. Unlike similar entertainment ceremonies, the ceremony also celebrates how popular individual entertainers are based on how much fans are willing to collectively spend through a voting system that elevates their popularity.

History

The first ever annual Star Awards event was held in 1994. In the first three years of the Awards, MediaCorp handed out just 10 Most Popular Artistes awards (five for each gender) instead of the current 20 (10 for each gender).

The Best Actor and Best Actress awards were only introduced in 1995. Prior to that, it was more of a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award.

In 1995, a top gun of Hong Kong's TVB was one of the guests at the Star Awards. When giving out the award, he commented on the significance of the awards in recognizing television talents. He wished that Hong Kong will have similar television award ceremony in future. In less than 2 years after his return to Hong Kong, the TVB Anniversary Awards was born.

The Star Awards has traditionally been held at the TV Theatre on Caldecott Hill. Though there were some exceptions, the first being in 1996 where this annual event was being held at Harbour Pavilion, and 2006, when it was held at St James Power Station.

Previously, technical category awards (e.g. Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Variety Show Producer, etc.), newscaster and current affairs awards and, for a time, the Young Talent Award (for child actors) were held separately at a gala dinner due to time constraints and results and clips from the event would be shown at the ceremony. From 2010 onwards, all awards would be presented at the ceremony proper and the awards ceremony has been split into two shows. For Show 1, it was held at Caldecott Broadcast Centre from 2010 to 2015. For Show 2, it was held at Resorts World Sentosa in 2010 and 2011, at Marina Bay Sands in 2012 and 2013, at Suntec City in 2014 and at Caldecott Broadcast Centre in 2015.

In 2016, technical category awards were reverted to being presented at an off-site ceremony. Despite this, there still were two shows, where the programme and performance category awards were split equally. Both shows were held at the new Mediacorp campus at 1 Stars Avenue.

The award ceremonies were held in end of the year from 1998 to 2007. From 2009 onwards, the Star Awards would be held annually in April to honour television talents from works from the previous year. Hence, there was no ceremony in the year 2008.

With the merger of MediaCorp with SPH MediaWorks on 1 January 2005, nominees now include artistes and shows from MediaCorp Channel U, formerly MediaWork's Chinese language channel. The ceremony was broadcast on Channel U in 2005 for the first time.

Trophy

The Star Awards trophy has seen four different designs, since its inception in 1994.

• 1994: The trophy was a circular column with a star-shaped circle capping the top.
• 1995 - 1997: The trophy was a straight column topped with a gold star.
• 1998 - 1999: The trophy was changed to a cone-like shape with a bigger star.
• 2000–present: A new trophy made in Shanghai was designed, weighing 4 kg and cost S$1,000 each. It is designed with a crystal body shaped in the letter "S", and from another angle, shaped in the letter "A", forming the initials of the "Star Awards". The trophy comes in different colours every year (Green, Purple, Golden-brown, Blue etc.).

List of ceremonies

Colour key

     Recipient of Special Achievement Award

     Recipient of All-Time Favourite Artiste Award

     Recipient of Rocket Award

     Recipient of Honorary TV Award

Year	Date	Venue	Hosts			Top award recipient(s)	Guest-of-Honour(s)
			Main	Walk-of-Fame	Post-Show Party
1994	26 February	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Chen Shucheng Tsui Li-Hsin	N/A	N/A	N/A	George Yeo
1995	9 July		Guo Liang Tsui Li-Hsin			Xiang Yun	N/A
1996	23 June	Harbour Pavilion World Trade Centre				Bai Yan
1997	5 October	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Timothy Chao Wendy Tseng			Huang Wenyong
1998	20 December		Timothy Chao Tsui Li-Hsin			Zoe Tay
1999	19 December					Jack Neo
2000	26 November					Fann Wong	Lee Yock Suan
2001	25 November		Timothy Chao Cheng Di			Lee Shih Shiong Lee Wei Song	David Lim
2002	8 December		Timothy Chao Chun Guek Lay			Chen Shucheng	Lee Yock Suan
2003	7 December					Xie Shaoguang	Wong Kan Seng
2004	12 December		Timothy Chao Matilda Tao			Chew Chor Meng Li Nanxing Zoe Tay	Lee Boon Yang
2005	4 December		Guo Liang Patty Hou		Dennis Chew Dasmond Koh Christina Lin	Fann Wong Xie Shaoguang	S. R. Nathan Lim Hwee Hua
2006	10 December	St James Power Station Powerhouse		Mark Lee Christina Lin	Mark Lee Christina Lin Jeff Wang	Chen Liping	N/A
2007	16 December	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Sharon Au Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	N/A	Vivian Lai Mark Lee Christina Lin Pornsak Jeff Wang	N/A
2009	26 April		Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong		Lee Teng Charlyn Lin Pornsak Yuan Shuai	Huang Biren	S. R. Nathan Lui Tuck Yew
2010	18 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Dennis Chew Michelle Chia Michelle Chong Vivian Lai Mark Lee Lee Teng Kym Ng Pornsak		N/A	Elvin Ng	Teo Ser Luck
	25 April	Resorts World Sentosa Compass Ballroom	Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	Michelle Chong Vivian Lai Lee Teng Pornsak	Michelle Chia Michelle Chong Apple Hong Vivian Lai Lee Teng Pornsak	Christopher Lee Mark Lee	Teo Chee Hean
2011	17 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Dasmond Koh Kym Ng Pornsak Bryan Wong	N/A	N/A	Pornsak	Teo Ming Kian Lucas Chow
	24 April	Resorts World Sentosa Compass Ballroom	Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng Pornsak	Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Christina Lin Pornsak	Xiang Yun	S. R. Nathan
2012	22 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Michelle Chia Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng	N/A	N/A	Desmond Tan	Lee Yi Shyan
	29 April	Marina Bay Sands Sands Ballroom	Guo Liang Bowie Tsang	Dennis Chew Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Kate Pang	Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng Kate Pang	Tay Ping Hui	Heng Swee Keat
2013	21 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Vivian Lai Lee Teng Kate Pang Pornsak Jeffrey Xu	N/A	N/A	Romeo Tan	Sim Ann
	28 April	Marina Bay Sands MasterCard Theatres	Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng Kate Pang	Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng Pornsak	Huang Wenyong	Lawrence Wong
2014	20 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Chen Shucheng Samuel Chong Lucy Chow Dasmond Koh Vivian Lai Lee Teng Pornsak Zhang Wei	N/A	N/A	Priscelia Chan	Josephine Teo
	27 April	Suntec City Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre	Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Pornsak Youyi	Chen Ning Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Pornsak Jeffrey Xu Ben Yeo	Chen Hanwei Bryan Wong	Tan Chuan-Jin
2015	19 April	Caldecott Broadcast Centre MediaCorp TV Theatre	Dennis Chew Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Kate Pang	N/A	N/A	Shaun Chen	Baey Yam Keng
	26 April		Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong	Dasmond Koh Lee Teng Kate Pang		Jeanette Aw Vivian Lai	Grace Fu
2016	17 April	Mediacorp Campus Theatre @ Mediacorp	Dennis Chew Lee Teng Pornsak	Dennis Chew Lee Teng Pornsak	N/A	Julie Tan	Teo Chee Hean
						Qi Yuwu Rui En
	24 April			N/A	Dennis Chew Lee Teng Pornsak	N/A	Chee Hong Tat

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