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| Star Awards 2021 红星大奖2021 | |
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| Sponsored by | Bioskin (Presenter) Eu Yan Sang Simmons Holistic Way Bio-Essence Ebene Mercedes-Benz (Luxury Car Sponsor) Daikin Royal Caribbean Singapore |
| Date | 18 April 2021 |
| Location | Jewel Changi Airport Changi Terminal 4 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Hosted by | Backstage: Dennis Chew Jeremy Chan Juin Teh Hazelle Teo Walk-of-fame: meWatch (Mediacorp Entertainment Channel)YouTube |
| Runtime | 180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 90 mins (Walk-of-fame) |
Star Awards 2021 (
The Star Awards 2021 is in its 26th edition, with the theme Connect (星起点). This symbolizes the role media companies and other industry partners played in engaging television audiences during the previous year's COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
Period drama
In popularity awards, Dasmond Koh was named the year's All-Time Favourite Artiste. Dennis Chew and Zheng Geping won their tenth Top 10 Most Favourite Artiste, while Marcus Chin, Hong Ling and Bonnie Loo won their first Top 10.
The ceremony also drew several controversies, notably on the results for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes after Felicia Chin fell short on winning her tenth award,[3] as well as social distancing measures leading to Mediacorp clarifying about the measures taken.[4][5]
Programme details
| Date | Shows | Time | Channels | Country | Remarks |
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| 18 April 2021 | Live Commentary | 3.30 pm to 10.30 pm | meWatch |
(Singapore) | Live Telecast |
| Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony |
5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm |
Mediacorp Channel 8
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Mediacorp Channel U
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meWatch
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Astro Channel 338 |
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| 25 April 2021 | 2.00pm to 3.30pm 3.30pm to 6.30pm |
Mediacorp Channel 8 |
(Singapore) | Repeat Telecast | |
| 31 January 2022 | Awards Ceremony | 5.00pm | 8TV | (Malaysia) | Repeat Telecast (CNY Special) |
Winners and nominees
Awards
The nominees were announced on 4 February 2021. Winners are listed first, followed by boldface.[6][a]
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Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧
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Best Radio Programme 最佳电台节目
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Best Short-Form Drama Series 最佳短篇戏剧
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Best Short-Form Variety Programme 最佳短篇综艺节目
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Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目
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Best Infotainment Programme 最佳资讯节目
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Best Entertainment Special 最佳综艺特备节目
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Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲
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Best Actor 最佳男主角
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Best Actress 最佳女主角
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Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角
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Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角
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Best Newcomer 最佳新人
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Young Talent Award 青苹果奖
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Best Evergreen Artiste 常青演绎奖
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Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人
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Drama series with multiple awards and nominations
The following Series received two or more awards and nominations:
| Multiple Awards | |
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| Awards | Drama Series |
| 4 | A Quest To Heal 我的女侠罗明依 |
| Multiple Nominations | |
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| Nominations | Drama Series |
| 6 | A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 |
| 5 | A Quest To Heal 我的女侠罗明依 |
| All Is Well (Singapore) 你那边怎样，我这边OK | |
| 4 | C.L.I.F. 5 |
| My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 | |
| 3 | Day Break 天空渐渐亮 |
| Hello From The Other Side 阴错阳差 | |
| Terror Within 内颤 | |
| 2 | My One In A Million 我的万里挑一 |
| Super Dad 男神不败 | |
| Happy Prince 快乐王子 | |
| How Are You? 好世谋？ | |
| After The Stars 攻星计 | |
| Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 | |
Programmes with multiple awards and nominations
The following Programmes received two or more awards and nominations:
| Multiple Awards | |
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| Awards | Programme |
| 2 | Hear U Out 权听你说 |
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| Nominations | Programmes |
| 3 | Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭 |
| 2 | King of Culinary 三把刀 |
| House Everything 家简尘除 | |
| Yi Fong and Eleanor's Kitchen 怡凤和妹妹的厨房 | |
| Be My Guest S2 我。董。你。2 | |
| The Destined One 众里寻一 2 | |
| Hear U Out 权听你说 | |
Sponsors awards
Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award, alongside Best Theme Song and Best Radio Programme, are awards eligible via online voting. Voting began on 10 March and ended on 9 April at 11.59pm.
The Best Radio Programme was introduced in this year Star Awards to honor the best in local radio
The results are announced on the Walk-of-fame.
| Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award Bioskin 魅力四射奖 |
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Special awards
All-Time Favourite Artiste 超级红星 |
Dasmond Koh | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2018 | 2019 |
Top 10 Most Popular Artists
The top 10 nominations were announced on 9 March 2021 with several changes, with 60 artistes (30 of each gender) compete via a popular vote for the Top 10; for the first time in Star Awards history, there will be no televoting.[8][9]
50% of the votes are determined by online voting, while the other 50% are based on the initial polling results of 1,000 people representing a wide demographic across Singapore's population, conducted independently by an accredited market research company.
With the combination of both years of ceremonies, 2020 and 2021, scores for both years for eligible artistes will be averaged by two; if the artiste is only eligible on either 2020 or 2021, only the scores that are tabulated on the eligible year is counted; artistes who are eligible in 2020 will only have their scores in 2020 tabulated; the reverse is true for artistes eligible only in 2021.
Voting began on 10 March, 12:00pm and ended on 18 April, 8:00pm, during the ceremony. Additionally, each user was limited to one vote per day, but the restriction was lifted to allow unlimited voting during the final three hours of voting.
| 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. |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 十大最受欢迎女艺人 | ||||
| Artistes | Top 10 | |||
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| Aileen Tan | ||||
| Ann Kok | 9 | |||
| Belinda Lee | ||||
| Bonnie Loo | 1 | |||
| Carrie Wong | 6 | |||
| Chantalle Ng | ||||
| Chen Ning 陈宁 | ||||
| Dawn Yeoh | ||||
| Denise Camillia Tan | ||||
| Eleanor Lee | ||||
| Felicia Chin | ||||
| He Ying Ying | ||||
| Hong Huifang | ||||
Hong Ling
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| Jasmine Sim | ||||
| Jayley Woo | ||||
| Jesseca Liu | 8 | |||
| Jin Yinji | 2 | |||
| Ke Le 阳光可乐 | ||||
| Kimberly Chia | ||||
| Lin Meijiao | ||||
| Lina Ng | ||||
| Mei Xin | ||||
| Michelle Wong | ||||
| Paige Chua | 6 | |||
| Pan Lingling | ||||
| Rebecca Lim | 9 | |||
| Tay Ying | ||||
| Ya Hui | 5 | |||
| Yvonne Lim | 81 | |||
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 十大最受欢迎男艺人 | ||||
| Artistes | Top 10 | |||
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Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城
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Chen Tian Wen 陈天文
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| Chen Xi 陈熙 | ||||
| Darren Lim 林明伦 | ||||
| Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | 10 | |||
| Desmond Ng 黄振隆 | ||||
| Desmond Tan 陈炯江 | 5 | |||
| Edwin Goh 吴劲威 | ||||
| Guo Liang 郭亮 | 6 | |||
| Henry Thia 程旭辉 | ||||
| Ian Fang 方伟杰 | ||||
| James Seah 谢俊峰 | ||||
| Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 | ||||
| Joel Choo 朱哲伟 | ||||
| Joshua Tan 陈伟恩 | ||||
| Marcus Chin 陈建彬 | 1 | |||
| Pierre Png 方展发 | 4 | |||
| Pornsak | 91 | |||
| Rayson Tan 陈泰铭 | ||||
| Richard Low 刘谦益 | ||||
| Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 | 6 | |||
| Shane Pow 包勋评 | ||||
| Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 | 4 | |||
| Xu Bin 徐彬 | ||||
Yao Wen Long 姚彣隆
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| Zhang Wei 张为 | ||||
Zhang Yao Dong 张耀栋
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Zheng Ge Ping 郑各评
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Zhu Hou Ren 朱厚任
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| Zong Zijie 宗子杰 | ||||
- ^1 Pornsak and Yvonne Lim were not present during the ceremony.
Ceremony
Event details
Event schedule
- Nominees Announcement: 4 February 2021
- Top 10 Nominees Announcement: 9 March 2021
- Walk-of-Fame, Awards Ceremony: 18 April 2021
Hosts and venue
- Backstage Hosts: Dennis Chew, Jeremy Chan, Juin Teh, Hazelle Teo
- Backstage Venue: Changi Terminal 4, Heritage Zone
- Walk-of-Fame Hosts: Lee Teng, Vivian Lai, Desmond Ng
- Walk-of-Fame Venue: Main Entrance of Changi Terminal 4
Awards Ceremony Hosts and their respective venue:
- Changi Jewel – The Rain Vortex (Guo Liang, Quan Yifong)
- Changi Terminal 4 – Gate 18 (Cavin Soh)
- Changi Terminal 4 – Gate 12 (Lee Teng)
- Changi Terminal 4 – Bloom Garden Lounge (Vivian Lai)
- Changi Terminal 4 – Departure Transit Hall (Dennis Chew)
Awards trivia
- This is the first time since 2014 whereas the award ceremony was held outside Mediacorp studios, this time at the Jewel Changi Airport and on Terminal 4. Not counting double awards shows (with the first show held at the studios and a second show at another location), this is the first time since 2006 to have this situation organically.[10]
- Due to the expanded period of eligibility (see Impact of the COVID–19 pandemic below), this is the second ceremony to have more than the typical five nominations for most of the awards categories (except Best Radio Programme and Best Entertainment Special), with seven nominations.
- This was previously used in the 2009 ceremony where each category have six nominations due to the revision of the eligibility period. Coincidentally, both ceremonies' preceding year do not have a ceremony.
- This is also the third ceremony overall to have an increase of the usual number of nominations (20) for the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste award, with 30. The first two ceremonies with an increase were in 2011 (21) and 2017 (24).
Consecutive and records in award categories, first in Top 10
- Zoe Tay surpassed Fann Wong's count for the number of nominations for the Best Actress, with 14. She also broke a record for the most number of wins with four, surpassing Huang Biren, Ivy Lee and Chen Liping with three.
- ), more than any other drama serials to date.
- Out of the 31 artistes who did not receive a Top 10 nomination in 2019, 16 artistes were nominated for the first time, more than any number of artistes in a single year. This award also marks the first appearance of a number of artistes nominated in the Top 10 after long absences:
- Edwin Goh and Yvonne Lim who both last nominated in 2014, seven years ago.
- Ann Kok who last nominated in 2013, eight years ago.
- Henry Thia who last nominated in 2009, 12 years ago.
- Darren Lim who last nominated in 1999, 22 years ago.
- Of these, Lim hold the record of having the longest gap between his two nominations for any of the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes, and is tied along with Lina Ng for the second longest gap for any artistes, behind Chen Xiuhuan's 24. Lim also now hold the record of having a longest gap of nominations without a win.
- Marcus Chin, Hong Ling and Bonnie Loo won their first Top 10 after nine, three and four nominations, respectively.
- Star Awards won its eighth Entertainment Special award since 2017, surpassing the record of seven tying with NKF Charity Show.
- Quan Yi Fong won her fourth consecutive Best Programme Host, and her seventh hosting role including Info-ed Hosts prior to 2015.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The
On 6 April 2021, the show confirmed that the ceremony will take place at Changi Airport Terminal 4 and
Reception and controversy
During the ceremony, artistes were seen neither wearing a mask nor a face shield throughout the ceremony and took them off during broadcast, as seen on other televised live shows. However, social media and netizens began querying to Mediacorp on the safety of mask wearing, contradicting any social distancing measures, and whether or not it is safe to do so. Other netizens compared the ceremonies that held earlier this year, such as the TVB Anniversary Awards, which they do wore mask during the ceremony.
In a post-ceremony interview, celebrities such as Hong Ling, Bonnie Loo, Dennis Chew, Marcus Chin, and Chen Shucheng, revealed that the set has been adhered to social-distancing measures in which Mediacorp had been following with. Chen also revealed on an interview that he have wore a mask while making their way to the Walk of Fame, and removed it only when he arrived.[4]
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) replied that the ceremony did not violate any rules, including a gathering of up to 50 people in a taping venue during filming; at anytime, no more than 20 artistes are permitted not to wear masks; following the safe distancing requirements with a minimum one-meter. IMDA announced that they will not take any action.[5]
Mediacorp first addressed on the airtime that the artistes appearing during the Walk of Fame is limited to 90 minutes (including commercials) and thus airtime are given priority to Mediacorp artistes. Mediacorp also announced that the ceremony was planned several months ago, and the list of artistes have been arranged, ending that it has no relation with the claim and will not exclude specific artists or brokerage companies.
Mediacorp also emphasized that the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste voting system was announced prior on 4 February that 50% of the vote comes from the demographic of 1,000 people while the other 50% constitutes on online voting; these voting format was first introduced in the 2018 ceremony and was intact since. Mediacorp also announced that the "unlimited voting limit" (happening within the final three hours of the voting window) was implemented to encourage audience participation, as it was previously done in their web-streaming websites meWatch and its YouTube's channel Mediacorp Entertainment.
Finally, Mediacorp revealed that the increase of nominations from five to seven to accommodate the two-year format, was meant to affirm the qualifications for candidates and programs under the qualifying period (January 2019 to December 2020). All nominations went through a qualification criteria auditing under the
Mediacorp concluded that they have dismissed the claims, ensuring that these refutes and its reports would not happen again.[3]
Presenters and performers
The following presenters were announced on 6 April 2021.[13]
Presenters
| Name | Role |
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| Lee Rongde 李荣德 | Announcer for Star Awards 2021 |
| Jeanette Aw Fann Wong |
Presented Best Newcomer Award
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Lee Teng |
Presented Young Talent Award |
| Mark Lee Gurmit Singh |
Presented Best Short Form Drama |
| Mark Lee | Presented Best Short Form Variety |
| Lau Dan | Presented Evergreen Award |
| James Wen | Presented Best Supporting Actor |
| Chung Hsin-ling 钟欣凌 | Presented Best Supporting Actress |
| Kevin Tsai | Presented Best Variety Special
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| Matilda Tao | Presented Best Programme Host and Best Entertainment Programme |
| Joanna Dong | Presented Best Theme Song |
| Lawrence Cheng | Presented Best Radio Programme |
| Gordon Lam | Presented Best Actor |
| Sandra Ng | Presented Best Actress and Best Drama Series |
| Ella Chen | Presented Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes and Female Artistes |
Performers
| Name | Role | Performed |
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Mediacorp Artistes
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Opening musical performer | You are the brightest star 《最亮的光》 |
| Joanna Dong | Performer | Moonlight in the City 《城里的月光》 |
| Lin De Cheng 林德成 (Footage voice over) |
Short footage actor and introducer |
Honoring All-Time Favorite Artistes Award |
| Zoe TayFeng Huishi 冯慧诗 Xu Bin Kym Ng Quan Yi Fong Zong Zijie | ||
| Gigi Leung | Performer | Short Hair《短发》 |
Related programme
| Star Awards 2021 | |
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| Also known as | The Inner Circle |
| 神秘嘉宾 | |
| Genre | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 17 February – 28 April 2021 |
| Related | |
| Star Awards | |
A 10-episode talkshow, The Inner Circle, was broadcast before the ceremony as a spin-off series. It premiered on 17 February 2021 from 8:00pm every Wednesdays. The series, hosted by Guo Liang, discusses the inside stories of ten All-Time Favourite Artiste recipients in Star Awards, leading up to the ceremony airing on 18 April. No episode was aired on 24 February due to the launch of Disney+ in Singapore and the launch event titled A Night of Disney+.[citation needed]
| No. | Guest | Original Airdate |
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| 1 | Li Nanxing | February 17, 2021 |
| 2 | Zoe Tay | March 3, 2021 |
| 3 | Fann Wong | March 10, 2021 |
| 4 | Qi Yuwu | March 17, 2021 |
| 5 | Joanne Peh | March 24, 2021 |
| 6 | Kym Ng | March 31, 2021 |
| 7 | Elvin Ng | April 7, 2021 |
| 8 | Dasmond Koh | April 14, 2021 |
| 9 | Mark Lee | April 21, 2021 |
| 10 | Christopher Lee | April 28, 2021 |
Notes
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