Star Awards 2018

Star Awards 2018 (also SA2018SG, Chinese: 红星大奖2018) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. The Post Party and Ceremony Awards was broadcast live on 22 April 2018. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the ceremony, among which the Special Achievement Award, an award given out to a celebrity in recognition to meritorious contribution, returned after a 15-year absence, with the award last presented in 2003, in the place of All-Time Favourite Artiste, which was not presented this year, and the third ceremony overall, after 2007 and 2013.

Star Awards 2018 红星大奖2018
Sponsored by	Poh Heng Jewellery MES Group (co-sponsors) Simmons Motorway Group (Official Car partner) Chan Brothers LG Electronics Vintage Studio KFC Singapore Dream Cruises Sony Music (SMEJ)
Date	Awards Ceremony & Post Party 22 April 2018
Location	MES Theatre @ Mediacorp (Awards Ceremony)
Country	Singapore
Presented by	Bioskin
Hosted by	Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong
Highlights
Most awards	Drama: When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 (5) Variety/Info-ed: Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 Little Maestros 小当家 Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 (1 each)
Most nominations	Drama: When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 (8) Variety/Info-ed: Fixer 线人 Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 (2 each)
Best Drama	When Duty Calls 卫国先锋
Best Variety Show	Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭
Special Achievement Award	Marcus Chin 陈建彬
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U Toggle
Runtime	180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 30 mins (Post Party)
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The ceremony saw When Duty Calls winning the most awards (five), among which they were Best Theme Song, Best Director, Best Drama Serial, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress; The Lead was the second-biggest winning drama serial, clinching the two other major categories plus Young Talent award, for a total of three. Seven other programs won at least one award during the ceremony.

Programme details

Date	Shows	Time	Channels
22 April 2018	Star Awards 2018– Awards Ceremony	7.00 pm to 10.00 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Xi Yue HD (Malaysia) Toggle
	Star Awards 2018- Post Party	10.30 pm to 11.00 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Toggle
29 April 2018 (Encore Telecast)	Star Awards 2018– Awards Ceremony	3.00 pm to 6.00 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore)
	Star Awards 2018- Post Party	6.00 pm to 6.30 pm

Star Awards 2018 - Creative Achievement Awards 红星大奖 专业奖项颁奖礼

On 5 April 2018, the Creative Achievement Awards was held to recognise the achievements of Mediacorp's creative staff in the past year. It was held in Level 9 of MediaCorp Campus; the guest-of-honour, Tham Loke Kheng, CEO of MediaCorp, gave out the Awards to the recipients.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Best Variety Research Writer 最佳综艺资料撰稿 Teo Kim Kee 张琴棋 – Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 Evelyn Gow 吴慧玲 – Hey Chef! 2 大厨帮帮忙2 Lam Yen Fong 蓝燕芳 – Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 Ng Jin Puay 黄仁佩 – SPD Charity Show 2017 SPD真情无障爱 Seow Zi Xian 萧孜玹 – Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心	Best Screenplay 最佳剧本 Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源 and Chan Yoke Yeng 陈鈺莹 – Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 Chen Siew Khoon 陈秀群 and Chong Mei Yun 张湄纭 – Home Truly 回家 Tan Yeow 陈耀 and Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源 – When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 Lau Ching Poon 刘清盆 – Have a Little Faith 相信我 Cheong Yan Peng 张彦平 and Lim Gim Lan 林锦兰 – My Friends from Afar 知星人
Best Variety Producer 最佳综艺编导 Gan Bee Khim 颜美琴 – Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 Alfred Yeo 杨居辐 – Thong Chai Charity Show 2017 同济医院慈善夜2017	Best Director 最佳导演 Martin Chan 陈金祥 – When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 Loh Woon Woon 罗温温 – While We Are Young Z世代 Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 – The Lead 第一主角 Png Keh Hock 方傢福 – When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 Doreen Yap 叶佩娟 – Dream Coder 梦想程式

Star Awards 2018 Awards Ceremony 红星大奖2018 颁奖典礼

The award ceremony was shown live on 22 April 2018.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧 When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 Have a Little Faith 相信我 Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 My Friends from Afar 知星人 While We Are Young Z世代	Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 Kenny Khoo 邱锋泽 & Desmond Ng 黄振隆 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 (Force Begets Force《以刚克刚》) The Freshman 插班生 — Dear DJ 亲爱的九月 (It's Love, Harry《是爱呀，哈利》) Derrick Hoh 何维健 — Dream Coder 梦想程式 (Shine On《为梦想闪耀》) Life Less Ordinary ensemble《小人物向前冲》全体演员 — Life Less Ordinary 小人物向前冲 (Life Less Ordinary《小人物向前冲》) Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 — The Lead 第一主角 (Initial Intention《初衷》)
Best Variety Programme 最佳综艺节目 Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 I Love You Mum Challenge - A Gift for Mum 大声说出我爱你 - 妈妈的礼物 Oh My Heroes! 超人那里找 ？ Take A Break! 说走就走~短假游 The Love 97.2 Breakfast Quartet 玉建煌崇 电视版	Best Info-Ed Programme 最佳资讯节目 Little Masteros 小当家 Fixer 线人 Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 National Flavours 民族味 Tuesday Report : #myconnectionsg 星期二特写:情牵新马
Best Actor 最佳男主角 Desmond Tan 陈泂江 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Loke Jun Guang 陆俊光 Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 — My Friends from Afar 知星人 as Yang Tiansheng 杨天生 Pierre Png 方展发 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Daniel Tan 陈金保 Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 — Life Less Ordinary 小人物向前冲 as Chen Yalong 陈亚龙 Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰 — Home Truly 回家 as Su Dongbo 苏东博	Best Actress 最佳女主角 Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 — The Lead 第一主角 as Lin Meizhen 林美真 Chen Liping 陈莉萍 — Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 as Lu Xiuzhu 吕秀珠 Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 — Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 as Guan Shuhui 管淑慧 Carrie Wong 黄思恬 — My Friends from Afar 知星人 as Chen Fengjiao 陈凤娇 Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 — While We Are Young Z世代 as Fang Ting 方廷
Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 — The Lead 第一主角 as Lin Xiaohu 林小虎 Chen Shucheng 陈澍城 — Home Truly 回家 as Hong Shan 洪山 Marcus Chin 陈建彬 — Have a Little Faith 相信我 as Qian Zaide 钱载德 Shane Pow 包勋评 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Gordon Yeoh 姚卫国 Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 — My Friends from Afar 知星人 as Chen Xiaolong 陈小龙	Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 Kym Ng 鐘琴 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Loke Mei Guang 陆美光 Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 — Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 as Qi Wanling 齐婉灵 Mei Xin 美心 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Germaine Yeoh 姚一心 Sheila Sim 沈琳宸 — 118 II as Hong Shanshan 洪姗姗 Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 — Have a Little Faith 相信我 as Zhuang Kelian 庄可莲
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 Isabel Yamada 山田熙 — The Lead 第一主角 as Younger Version Of Lin Meizhen 林美真（童年） Violet Raine Ong 王雍溱 — Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 as Qi Zihan 齐梓涵 Cruz Tay 郑凯泽 — Home Truly 回家 as Ziheng 子恒 Damien Teo 张值豪 — The Lead 第一主角 as Younger Version Of Xie Guanghui 谢光辉 (童年) Toh Xin Hui 杜芯慧 — My Friends from Afar 知星人 as Chen Qingxia 陈青霞	Best Programme Host (Variety, Info-Ed & Infotainment)最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 — Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 — Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 Guo Liang 郭亮 — Voices 听我说 Lee Teng 李腾 — Fixer 线人 Kym Ng 鐘琴 — Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭
Best Evergreen Artiste 常青演绎奖 Chen Shucheng 陈澍城 Marcus Chin 陈建彬 Hong Huifang 洪慧芳 Xiang Yun 向云 Zhu Houren 朱厚任	Best Newcomer 最佳新人 Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷 — While We Are Young Z世代 as Huang Li Bai Yun 黄李白云 He Ying Ying 何盈莹 — 118 II as Xiao Dingdong 萧丁冬 Richie Koh 许瑞奇 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 as Loke Xian Feng 陆先锋 Hazelle Teo 张颖双 — Dear DJ 亲爱的九月 as Joyce He 何九月 Zong Zijie 宗子杰 — While We Are Young Z世代 as Yang Xiaoshuai 杨小帅

Special Awards

Special Achievement Award^1 特别成就奖

Marcus Chin 陈建彬

^1 The Special Achievement Award is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established since 1994. The Special Achievement Award returned after a 14 years hiatus, with the last award being 2003 where it was temporarily discontinued between 2004 and 2017 in place of the All-Time Favourite Artiste award.

Top 10 Most Popular Artistes

Every year, a poll of 1,000 people representing a wide demographic across Singapore's population, were conducted independently by an accredited market research company, will be used to shortlist the nominations for the Top 20 Male and Female artistes, where they faced the public vote.

This year, 50% of the final results will be derived from this pool of 1,000 people; while the other 50% will comprise telepoll and online voting as a measure of their fan support, to ensure that the representation of results for the Top 10 Most Popular Male and Female artistes were part of the continuous efforts by the Star Awards Committee.

The telepoll lines will be opened from 16 March 2018 and ends on 22 April 2018, 8:30pm.

Key

	Females
	Males
Italic	New to list (not nominated the previous year)
Bold	Top 10 winners
n	Recipient's accumulated number of awards
10	Recipient won his/her tenth Top 10 award and would be awarded the "All-time Favourite Artiste" on the following year's ceremony.

Stage: Artistes Main Presentation Top 18 Top 10 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 十大最受欢迎女艺人 1900-112-2001 Wendy Xiao Ying 曾晓英 1900-112-2002 Hayley Woo 胡佳嬑 1900-112-2003 Sheila Sim 沈琳宸 1 1900-112-2004 Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 4 1900-112-2005 Liu Ling Ling 刘玲玲 1900-112-2006 Carrie Wong 黄思恬 4 1900-112-2007 Belinda Lee 李心钰 5 1900-112-2008 Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 1900-112-2009 Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 5 1900-112-2010 Ya Hui 雅慧 3 1900-112-2011 Kym Ng 鐘琴 10 1900-112-2012 Diana Ser 徐秀盈 1900-112-2013 Lin Peifen 林佩芬 1900-112-2014 Joanna Dong 董姿彦 1900-112-2015 Jin Yinji 金银姬 1 1900-112-2016 Hong Huifang 洪慧芳 1900-112-2017 Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 1900-112-2018 Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 7 1900-112-2019 Julie Tan 陈欣淇 1900-112-2020 Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 8

Stage: Artistes Main Presentation Top 18 Top 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 十大最受欢迎男艺人 1900-112-2021 Lee Teng 李腾 1900-112-2022 Marcus Chin 陈建彬 1900-112-2023 Pierre Png 方展发 2 1900-112-2024 Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 2 1900-112-2025 Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 4 1900-112-2026 Thomas Ong 王沺裁 4 1900-112-2027 Ha Yu 夏雨 1900-112-2028 Zhu Houren 朱厚任 1900-112-2029 Dennis Chew 周崇庆 8 1900-112-2030 Zheng Geping 郑各评 8 1900-112-2031 Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城 1900-112-2032 Guo Liang 郭亮 5 1900-112-2033 Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 1900-112-2034 Jack Neo 梁志强 1900-112-2035 Desmond Tan 陈泂江 3 1900-112-2036 Pornsak 7 1900-112-2037 Aloysius Pang冯伟衷 1900-112-2038 Zhang Zhen Huan 张振寰 1900-112-2039 Wang Weiliang 王伟良 1900-112-2040 Dasmond Koh 许振荣 9

Post Show Party 庆功宴

The Post Show Party aired at 10.30pm, after the broadcast of News Tonight. During the Post Show, guests Joanna Dong and Nathan Hartono teased on an upcoming reality-competition that would promote local Chinese pop culture.^[1]

Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award Bioskin 魅力四射奖 Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Desmond Tan 陈泂江 Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 Shane Pow 包勋评

Summary of shows with multiple nominations and wins

Most Nominations

Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:

Dramas that received multiple nominations Nominations Drama 8 When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 6 My Friends From Afar 知星人 5 The Lead 第一主角 Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 4 Have a Little Faith 相信我 Home Truly 回家 While We Are Young Z世代 2 118 II Dear DJ 亲爱的九月 Dream Coder 梦想程式 Life Less Ordinary 小人物向前冲

Dramas that received multiple nominations Nominations Variety/Info-ed 2 Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 Fixer 线人 Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 1 I Love You Mum Challenge - A Gift For Mum 大声说出我爱你——妈妈的礼物 Little Maestros 小当家 National Flavours 民族味 Oh My Heroes 超人哪里找? Take A Break! 说走就走~短假游 The Love97.2 Breakfast Quartet 玉健煌崇 电视版 Tuesday Report: #myconnectionsg 星期二特写：情牵新马 Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 Voices 听我说

Most Wins

Programs that received multiple wins are listed below, by number of wins per work:

Dramas that received multiple awards Wins Drama 5 When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 3 The Lead 第一主角 1 Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 While We Are Young Z世代

Programmes that received multiple awards Wins Variety/Info-ed 1 Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 Little Maestros 小当家 Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店

Presenters and Performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Lee Rongde 李荣德	Announcer for Star Awards 2018
Top 40 Most Popular Artistes Nominees 十大最受欢迎男女艺人入围者	Cast entrance on stage (in order of appearance): Pierre Png, Rebecca Lim, Shaun Chen Sheila Sim, Andie Chen, Ya Hui Lee Teng, Joanna Dong Guo Liang, Pan Lingling Chen Shucheng, Jin Yinji Dasmond Koh, Kym Ng Hayley Woo, Aloysius Pang, Bonnie Loo Wang Wei Liang, Belinda Lee Marcus Chin, Liu Lingling Zhu Houren, Aileen Tan Lin Peifen, Dennis Chew, Wendy Xiaoying Romeo Tan, Felicia Chin, Zhang Zhenhuan Zheng Geping, Hong Huifang Carrie Wong, Desmond Tan, Paige Chua
Past year All-Time Favorite Artists recipients 历届超级红星	Gave their opening monologue (in Hologram)
Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Aden Chen 陈煊劼	Presenter for Young Talent Award
Prince Chiu 王子 邱勝翊 Joanne Tseng 曾之喬	Presenter for Best Newcomer Award
Nathan Hartono 向洋	Presenter for Best Theme Song
MediaCorp Group Chairman Niam Chiang Meng 严昌明	Presenter for Best Evergreen Artiste
Christopher Lee 李铭顺 Lin Mei-hsiu 林美秀	Presenter for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress
Mickey Huang 黄子佼 LULU (黄路梓茵)	Presenter for Best Programme Hosts, Best Info-Ed Programme and Best Variety Programme
Simon Yam 任达华 Charmaine Sheh 佘诗曼	Presenter for Best Actor and Best Actress
MediaCorp Group CEO Tham Loke Kheng 谭乐琼	Gave out award for Best Drama Series
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Health Chee Hong Tat 徐芳达	Gave out award for Special Achievement Award
PwC Singapore associate 林福春	Gave presenters Top 10 Most Popular Artistes winners' list
Guo Liang 郭亮 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists
Past year All-Time Favorite Artists recipients 历届超级红星	Gave out awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists, in order: Chen Liping 陈莉萍 Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 Huang Biren 黄碧仁 Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Joanne Peh 白薇秀 Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 Xiang Yun 向云 Bryan Wong 王禄江 Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 Mark Lee 李国煌
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Simon Yam 任达华	Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

^2 Pornsak was absent on the ceremony; Lee Teng 李腾 represented Pornsak on his behalf.
^3 Thomas Ong 王沺裁 was absent on the ceremony; Chen Liping 陈莉萍 represented Ong on her behalf.

Performers

Name(s)	Performed
Nathan Hartono 向洋	Performer for the Nominations for the Best Theme Song award (in order):《小人物向前冲》,《为梦想闪耀》,《初衷》,《是爱呀，哈利》,《以刚克刚》
Wanting Qu 曲婉婷	Performer of 《我的歌声里》 and "(They Long To Be) Close To You"

Trivia

Changes to awards categories

• The Best Newcomer returned for the first time after a two-year absence, with the last award presented in 2015.
• This year marked the first show a web series (Dear DJ) had garnered nominations (for Best Newcomer and Best Theme Song).

Consecutive nominees and recipients

• Chen Hanwei received his second Best Supporting Actor Award.
• Rebecca Lim received her second Best Actress Award.
• Quan Yi Fong won her fifth (and second consecutive) Best Programme Host Award.
• Thomas Ong received Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award; Ong was absent during the ceremony while Chen Liping represented him on his behalf.
• Belinda Lee and Pan Lingling received her fifth Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award since 2010 and 2000, respectively.
• Kym Ng received her first acting award this year.
• Guo Liang received his fifth Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award since 2010.
• All the nominations for the Best Drama Serial were nominated for the first time, ending a five-year streak where at least one nomination received a repeat nomination since the 2012 ceremony.

Firsts in top 10

• Jin Yinji and Sheila Sim both received their first Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award; for the former, Jin was nominated for eight consecutive years before finally winning her first award; Jin was also the oldest winner to win the award.

Absence of awards

• This ceremony was the third ceremony since 2004 (after 2007 and 2013) to not present the All-time Favourite Artiste award. The award would return again in 2019 due to Kym Ng winning her tenth Top 10 award.
  • The Special Achievement Award took its place, having returned for the first time since 2003, after 15 years of absence.
• Although the Channel 8 News & Current Affairs had at least ten news presenters by the end of 2018, the Best News Presenter and Best Current Affairs Presenter awards were neither presented for the fifth consecutive year.
• For unknown reasons, the Rocket award, which is given to the most improved Mediacorp artiste, was also not presented for the second consecutive year.
• The Best News Story, Best Current Affairs Story, and Best Variety Special were also not presented this year, all three of which were absent for the first time since 2000.
  • Consequently, the absence for Best Variety Special ended Star Awards's 10-year streak of their nomination for the category, with the last time happened being 2005.

Revisions of Eligibility Criteria

To recognise the contributions to local television more broadly, this year's awards will open up nominations to non-Mediacorp artistes. In response, the Star Awards Committee revised the criteria after considering the constructive feedback of industry watchers and audiences. Acting categories were mostly revised, as reflected below:

• Artistes have to play as a lead role in a drama or host in a variety or info-ed program, or as a supporting role/assistant host in at least three eligible programmes or at least 30 episodes out of all eligible programmes, whichever applicable.
• For the Evergreen Artiste Award (an award which recognises contributions by industry veterans), artistes were now evaluated based on the performances for the entire year to promote versatility. Previously, this award is evaluated on a single program only.

Star Awards 2019 nominations

The 2018 main ceremony won the Best Variety Producer award, but lost the Best Variety Special to the finals of SPOP Sing!, on the ceremony next year.

Award	Accolade	Nominee	Representative work	Result
Star Awards 2019 (Creative Achievement) 红星大奖2019之专业奖项颁奖礼	Best Variety Producer 最佳综艺编导	Khow Hwai Teng 邱慧婷	Star Awards 2018 红星大奖2018	Won
Star Awards 2019 红星大奖2019	Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目	—		Nominated

References

1. Seah, May (24 April 2018). "SPOP Sing! mentors Nathan Hartono, Joanna Dong reveal what it takes to sing on the big stage". Channel NewsAsia. Mediacorp. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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