New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or NTSA for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or NTSA International Finals for short), and most currently renamed TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship (Traditional Chinese: TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) is an annual singing competition organised by TVB that searches out new singers to enter the Asian music industry.
Current logo of NTSA International Finals, in use since 2005.
Held in Hong Kong only, contestants are required to compete through multiple rounds to display their vocal talent through different genres of songs and/or vocal challenges such as singing cappellas or in a different language etc. The winner is guaranteed a recording contract with Capital Artists Recording Company.
Overseas addition (1993–1996)Edit
With increased Hong Kong Chinese emigrated to North America, TVB opened "Overseas Contestant" category to attract contestants and held the contest in cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
International affair (1997–2004)Edit
Logo of NTSA International Finals from 1997 to 2004.
With the emergence of several Australian, European and Asian cities like Melbourne, London, Amsterdam and Shanghai wanting to be included in the event, in 1997, TVB Hong Kong created the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Instead of having one "overseas contestant" from North America competing in the NTSA Finals ( now renamed the New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽香港區選拔賽 ), now each participating country would send regional representatives to compete in the NTSA International Finals ( much like an international beauty pageant would ). Also, due to the downsizing of Capital Artist, Emperor Entertainment Group took over organising the contest with TVB.
EEG & Mandarin dominance (2005–present)Edit
The international finals and the Hong Kong regional finals changed their names and logos once again in 2005. Because of the heavy influence of co-organiser Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), the Hong Kong regional finals is now simply called EEG Singing Contest 英皇新秀歌唱大賽, completely discarding the "New Talent" part of the English title . As for the International Finals, since TVB has decided to move the contest to its mandarin channel, TVB8, the international finals changed its name into TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Because of the move, there has been many more contestants representing different regions of Mainland China since 2005. In 2006, spots for several "Internet Region Representatives" are devoted solely to Mainland Chinese contestants who does not live in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is held.
Starting in 2009, TVB has stopped organising EEG Singing Contest and instead has its new reality-show style singing competition, The Voice 超級巨聲 select Hong Kong's representative for the International Finals. Because the 2009 NTSA International Finals was held during the run of season one of The Voice, the show selected the contestant with the highest average score thus far, Hong Kin Chan to represent Hong Kong. However, a day before the International Finals he pulled out due to sickness, marking it the first time Hong Kong was not represented in the history of the competition.
Internet Region (*Note: This is a special category reserved for Mainland Chinese contestants who lives in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is not held to compete online. )
Past winners and notable contestantsEdit
NTSA has been the start of many Asian celebrities today. Some have stayed in the music business and have become popular performers, while some have become actors and TV presenters. Below is a list of winners as well as past contestants who have made a contribution to the entertainment business after competing in NTSA.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources New Talent Singing Awards news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message New Talent Singing Awards Traditional Chinese 新秀歌唱大賽 or NTSA for short later re organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals Traditional Chinese 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 or NTSA International Finals for short and most currently renamed TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship Traditional Chinese TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 is an annual singing competition organised by TVB that searches out new singers to enter the Asian music industry Current logo of NTSA International Finals in use since 2005 Contents 1 History 1 1 Beginning 1982 1992 1 2 Overseas addition 1993 1996 1 3 International affair 1997 2004 1 4 EEG amp Mandarin dominance 2005 present 2 Cities hosted NTSA regional contests past and or present 3 Past winners and notable contestants 4 See also 5 External linksHistory EditBeginning 1982 1992 Edit nbsp Logo of NTSA from 1982 to 1996 Held in Hong Kong only contestants are required to compete through multiple rounds to display their vocal talent through different genres of songs and or vocal challenges such as singing cappellas or in a different language etc The winner is guaranteed a recording contract with Capital Artists Recording Company Overseas addition 1993 1996 Edit With increased Hong Kong Chinese emigrated to North America TVB opened Overseas Contestant category to attract contestants and held the contest in cities such as Vancouver Calgary Toronto New York Los Angeles and San Francisco International affair 1997 2004 Edit nbsp Logo of NTSA International Finals from 1997 to 2004 With the emergence of several Australian European and Asian cities like Melbourne London Amsterdam and Shanghai wanting to be included in the event in 1997 TVB Hong Kong created the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 Instead of having one overseas contestant from North America competing in the NTSA Finals now renamed the New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽香港區選拔賽 now each participating country would send regional representatives to compete in the NTSA International Finals much like an international beauty pageant would Also due to the downsizing of Capital Artist Emperor Entertainment Group took over organising the contest with TVB EEG amp Mandarin dominance 2005 present Edit The international finals and the Hong Kong regional finals changed their names and logos once again in 2005 Because of the heavy influence of co organiser Emperor Entertainment Group EEG the Hong Kong regional finals is now simply called EEG Singing Contest 英皇新秀歌唱大賽 completely discarding the New Talent part of the English title As for the International Finals since TVB has decided to move the contest to its mandarin channel TVB8 the international finals changed its name into TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 Because of the move there has been many more contestants representing different regions of Mainland China since 2005 In 2006 spots for several Internet Region Representatives are devoted solely to Mainland Chinese contestants who does not live in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is held Starting in 2009 TVB has stopped organising EEG Singing Contest and instead has its new reality show style singing competition The Voice 超級巨聲 select Hong Kong s representative for the International Finals Because the 2009 NTSA International Finals was held during the run of season one of The Voice the show selected the contestant with the highest average score thus far Hong Kin Chan to represent Hong Kong However a day before the International Finals he pulled out due to sickness marking it the first time Hong Kong was not represented in the history of the competition Cities hosted NTSA regional contests past and or present EditAmsterdam the Netherlands Auckland New Zealand Brisbane Australia Calgary Alberta Canada Chicago United States Guangzhou China Hong Kong Houston Texas United States Jiangsu China Johor Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysia London England Los Angeles United States Melbourne Australia New York City United States Penang Malaysia Perak Malaysia Rotterdam The Netherlands Sabah Malaysia San Francisco United States Shanghai China Sichuan China Sydney Australia Toronto Ontario Canada Tianjin China Vancouver British Columbia Canada Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Zhejiang China Internet Region Note This is a special category reserved for Mainland Chinese contestants who lives in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is not held to compete online Past winners and notable contestants EditNTSA has been the start of many Asian celebrities today Some have stayed in the music business and have become popular performers while some have become actors and TV presenters Below is a list of winners as well as past contestants who have made a contribution to the entertainment business after competing in NTSA Year Contestant Representing Region 1997 Onwards Placement1982 Anita Mui 梅艷芳 Winner1982 Rita Carpio 韋綺姍 First runner up1983 David Lui 呂方 Winner1983 Samey Fong 方心美 Top 10 Finalist1983 Deric Wan 溫兆倫 Finalist1984 Dicky Cheung 張衛健 Winner1984 Gallen Lo 羅嘉良 Finalist1985 Alex To 杜德偉 Winner1985 William So 蘇永康 First runner up1985 Gina Lam 林楚麒 Second runner up1985 Grasshopper 草蜢 Finalist1985 Eddie Ng 吳國敬 Finalist1985 Elvina Kong 江欣燕 Finalist1985 Hacken Lee 李克勤 Semi finalist1985 Vivian Chow 周慧敏 Semi finalist1985 Derek Kok 郭政鴻 Semi finalist1985 Sarah Wong 黃寶欣 1986 Pui Ling Man 文佩玲 Winner1986 Andy Hui 許志安 First runner up1986 Leon Lai 黎明 Second runner up1986 Shirley Kwan 關淑怡 Finalist1987 Hui Hong Fong 方曉紅 Winner1987 Canti Lau 劉錫明 First runner up1988 Patrick Tam 譚耀文 Winner1988 Sammi Cheng 鄭秀文 Second runner up1988 Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健 Finalist1988 Bondy Chiu 趙學而 Finalist1989 Mei Kwan Tong 湯美君 Winner1989 Edmond Leung 梁漢文 Finalist1990 Chun Tung Tsui 徐鎮東 Winner1991 Lee Ka Keung 李家強 Winner1991 Karen Tong 湯寶如 Top 5 Finalist1992 Stephanie Che 車婉婉 Winner1993 Andrew Cheung 張崇基 Peter Cheung 張崇德 Winner1993 Coco Lee 李玟 First runner up1994 Gabriel Harrison 海俊傑 Winner1995 Eason Chan 陳奕迅 Winner1995 Miriam Yeung 楊千嬅 First runner up1995 Joyce Tang 滕麗名 Finalist1996 Denise Ho 何韻詩 Winner1996 Cindy Au 歐倩怡 Second runner up1996 Patrick Tang 鄧健泓 Overseas Contestant Calgary Alberta Canada Finalist1997 Wilfred Lau 劉浩龍 Hong Kong Winner1998 Jacky Chu 祝釩剛 Vancouver British Columbia Canada First runner up1999 Noella Choi 蔡瑋瑜 Toronto Ontario Canada Finalist1999 Jade Kwan 關心妍 Vancouver British Columbia Canada Best Potential Newcomer1999 Emma Yiu London England Finalist2000 Kit Wan Liu 廖潔韻 New York City USA Winner2001 Ling Xia Kuo 郭凌霞 Shanghai China Winner2002 BE4 Shanghai China Winner2002 Deep Ng 吳浩康 Hong Kong Second runner up2003 Nga Ming Tong 唐雅明 San Francisco USA Winner2003 William Chan 陳偉霆 Hong Kong Finalist2004 Ming Li Wang 王明麗 Johor Malaysia Winner2004 Keith Wong 王琪 王凱駿 Hong Kong Second runner up2004 Dennis Mak 麥子豪 Hong Kong Finalist of Hong Kong Regional Contest2005 Wei Liu 劉維 Shanghai China Winner2005 Lorretta Chow 周美欣 Vancouver British Columbia Canada Trendy Image Award2005 Sherman Chung 鍾舒漫 Hong Kong Finalist2005 Vincy Chan 陳家欣 泳兒 Hong Kong First runner up of Hong Kong Regional Contest2006 Andrew Tan 陳世安 Penang Malaysia Winner2006 Ken Hung 洪卓立 Hong Kong First runner up of Hong Kong Regional Contest2006 Laiying Wang 王來穎 Rotterdam The Netherlands Best Stage Performance Award2007 Hau Yian Or 柯皓燃 Zhejiang China Winner2008 Xu Pan 潘旭 Jilin China Winner2008 Celia Liang 梁曉珺 Sydney Australia First runner up2009 Keat Yoke Chen 曾洁钰 Pahang Malaysia Winner2009 Melissa Seow 蕭麗施 Melbourne Australia First runner up2010 Hubert Wu 胡鴻鈞 Hong Kong Winner2010 Peace Teo 張詒博 Johor Malaysia First runner up2011 James Li 利健森 Brisbane Australia Winner2011 Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈 Singapore First runner up2011 Jerry Liu 廖仲謙 Hong Kong Second runner up2012 Sheldon Lo 羅孝勇 Hong Kong Winner2012 YingLong Wang 王應龍 Sichuan China First runner up2012 Emily Hui 許家欣 Toronto Ontario Canada Second runner up2013 Zheng Xinqi 郑兴琦 Sichuan China Winner2014 Uriah See 徐凯 Johor Malaysia Winner2015 Jacqueline Ng 黄裔媁 Penang Malaysia Winner2016 Brian Chew 周奕斌 Penang Malaysia WinnerSee also EditNew Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition Calgary New Talent Singing Awards Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards The VoiceExternal links EditNTSA International Finals 2005 Official Website NTSA International Finals 2006 Official Website NTSA International Finals 2007 Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Talent Singing Awards amp oldid 1171905385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
