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Project SuperStar (Chinese: 绝对 SuperStar) is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24 contestants were selected to enter the Quarter Finals of the competition. For both seasons, it was hosted by Quan Yifeng and Jeff Wang. Episodes on Wednesdays feature female contestants, while episodes on Thursday feature male contestants.

Format

The competition is split into male and female categories of twelve contestants each. The males and females will perform on 2 separate days, with the results of both female and male category announced at the later day at 11.30pm. The contestants are required to sing and have their performance assessed by judges and the public. The judges have a say in the score of the contestants, accounting for 30 percent of the score. The remaining 70% is obtained from telepolling and SMS voting from the public. The judging team is made up of Ye Peifen, Li Feihui, Xu Huanliang, Fang Zhonghua and Lee Wei Song, who are some of Singapore’s acclaimed singers and producers.

Quarter-finals

There are five rounds in the quarter-finals, including a 'revival' round for eliminated contestants. In each quarter-finals, every contestants will have to sing solo as well as a duet. In the 1st two quarter-finals, the male and female categories are sub-divided into two groups of six, in which the bottom-two ranked contestants in every group would be eliminated from the competition. A total of 4 male and 4 female contestants will be eliminated. NOTE: The first 8 eliminated contestants will NOT be given a 'revival' round.

The remaining 8 male and 8 female contestants will advance to the 3rd and 4th round of the quarter-finals, and each of the male and female categories are now sub-divided into two groups of 4, in which 2 contestants will be eliminated in each group. In all, 4 male and 4 female contestants will advance to the semi-finals while the other 4 male and 4 female contestants will have another shot at stardom when they will compete in the 5th quarter-final(revival round), in which only 1 male and 1 female contestant will advance to the semi-finals, forming the top 10 along with the other 8 contestants who went through the 3rd and 4th quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

The 5 male and 5 female contestants once again are divided by gender. There will be four rounds of semi-finals. The final five contestants of each male and female categories would undergo judging and elimination similar to that in the quarter-finals. The difference in the semi-finals was that there were no more duets anymore. The performance will be based on a theme each week. During the final 4 week, the crucial round in securing the position of a female champion and male champion, a live band will be put in place of the original music accompaniment, with each contestant singing 3 songs. Based on their final score, a male contestant and a female contestant would be eliminated each week. Eventually, the male and female winner of their respective categories would advance to the final.

Final

In the grand finals, the male and female winners would compete with each other in a live concert performance. Each of them would have to perform 5 songs in the Singapore Indoor Stadium in front of 8000 people. Before the grand final, they would be required to record and release limited editions of a single, of which the sales record will be tracked. The singles are only available for a few days. This will account for 30 percent of their score in the final. The remainder 70 percent will comprise of telepolling and SMS voting results. Unlike previous rounds, judges have no say in the eventual winner, though they will express their opinions on who is better in each round.

Project SuperStar 2005 (Season 1 )

The 1st season of the programme was aired from June 22 to 1 September, 2005, achieving consistently high ratings throughout its broadcast. Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.

Contestant Chinese Name Age Order Of Elimination
Tan Wei Lian 陈伟联 23 Male Champion, Overall Champion!
Kelly Poon Kar Lai 潘嘉丽 22 Female Champion, Eliminated 1 Sep 2005
Hong Jun Yang 洪俊扬 23 Eliminated 18 Aug 2005
Chew Sin Huey 石欣卉 24 Eliminated 18 Aug 2005
Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 何维健 19 Eliminated 11 Aug 2005
Ang Zi Hui Silver 洪子惠 19 Eliminated 11 Aug 2005
Jason Tan Kok Khian 陈国强 26 Eliminated 04 Aug 2005
Toh Hwei Peng Candyce 杜慧萍 25 Eliminated 04 Aug 2005
Chia Wei Choong 谢维聪 21 Eliminated 28 Jul 2005
Chua Shi Ni Ruth 蔡诗妮 18 Eliminated 28 Jul 2005
Chen Jia Xin 陈家欣 22 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Guo Mei Xi Macy 郭美汐 24 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Lai Li Jun 黎俐君 21 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Pang Jing Ying Chanel 冯靖莹 19 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Tan Jing Ying Candy 陈靖颖 21 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Ter Ai Ling 戴爱玲 21 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Zhuo Hui Ling Wendy 卓慧玲 23 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Chua Gee Wee Raymond 蔡义伟 26 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Leong Wai Keong 梁伟强 18 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Lim Yu Zhi Leon 林昱志 18 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Sugianto 潘嗣敬 23 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Tan Meng Qi Hagen 陈孟奇 24 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Tan William Tanoto 陈耀榕 22 Eliminated [[]] 2005
Yong Tze Wen Darryl 杨子文 20 Eliminated [[]] 2005

Themes

  • Top 10 : A slow song and a dance item
  • Top 8 : Oldies' night
  • Top 6 : Theme song of a local drama/movie
  • Top 6 : A song by local artist
  • Top 4 : Same song with slow and rock versions
  • Top 4 : An English song
  • Top 4 : Productions choice, same song, different rendition
  • Top 2 : Command the attention of the huge audience through a song
  • Top 2 : An unplugged song
  • Top 2 : Duet with JJ Lin(Guest)
  • Top 2 : Designated song by judges to point out contestants' weakness
  • Top 2 : Contestant's choice

The 10 Semi-finalists

  • Ruth Chua Shi Ni (eliminated 28th July 2005)
  • Chia Wei Choong (eliminated 28th July 2005)
  • Candyce Toh Hwei Ping (eliminated 4th August 2005)
  • Jason Tan Kok Khian (eliminated 4th August 2005)
  • Silver Ang Zi Hui (eliminated 11th August 2005)
  • Derrick Hoh Wei Jian (eliminated 11th August 2005)
  • Chew Sin Huey (eliminated 18th August 2005)
  • Hong Jun Yang (eliminated 18th August 2005)
  • Kelly Poon Jia Li (Female winner, eliminated 1st September 2005)
  • Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (Overall Winner)


The final four of the competition were:

Among these semi-finalists, Derrick Hoh Wei Jian and Kelly Poon are brought back through the revival round. Derrick managed to survive till the top 6, the eventual second runner-up in the male category while Kelly Poon emerged the female winner! The highest points received in this season is 44.5 points, through a performance, by Hong Jun Yang, of a chosen song for the Top 2 male contestants, Tong Hua. The highest for girls is Sin Huey, whose score is 44 in her Top 2 female. The lowest points received this season is 24 points, through a quarter-finalist Wendy Zhuo Hui Ling. For guys, the lowest of the season is 24.5 by Wei Qiang, in his quarter finals 2 performance.

The surprising thing was, in the top 4 the lower-scoring female and lower-scoring male got to get into the finals through public voting, with Hong Junyang's 40.7 marks losing to Kelvin's 37 marks and Sinhuey's 42.5 marks losing to Kelly's 38.5 marks. Kelvin Tan and Kelly Poon emerged winners of their respective categories and competed in the grand final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 1 September, 2005. Kelvin Tan became the eventual winner with a better sales record and results from telepolling, garnering 64% of the votes. He won a recording contract with Play Music and has since released his debut album. Second-placed Kelly Poon earned a contract with Universal Music and has also released her debut album in February 2006. Hong Junyang and Chew Sin Huey also released their debut album in May 2006 and October 2006 respectively. Derrick Hoh Wei Jian has also signed contracts with Play Music.


Quarter Final 1A

Index Name Score Status
M1 Sugianto 28.5 OUT
M2 Leon Lim Yu Zhi 31
M3 Hong Junyang 32.5
M4 Darryl Yang Zi Wen 25.5 OUT
M5 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 29
M6 Jason Tan Kok Khian 29
F1 Chew Sin Huey 29.5
F2 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 36
F3 Chen Jia Xin 32 OUT
F4 Ruth Chua Shi Ni 27
F5 Macy Guo 28.5
F6 Candy Tan Jing Yi 25 OUT


Quarter Final 1B

Index Name Score Status
M1 Chia Wei Choong 32
M2 Raymond Chua 26.5 OUT
M3 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 35
M4 Sebestian Leong Wai Keong 24.5
M5 William Tanato 37 OUT
M6 Hagen Tan 32
F1 Candyce Toh Hwei Ping 31
F2 Dai Ai Ling 26.5 OUT
F3 Wendy Zhuo 24 OUT
F4 Lai Li Jun 27.5
F5 Silver Ang Zi Hui 29.5
F6 Chanel Pang Jing Ying 27.5

Quarter-finals 2A

Index Name Score Status
M1 Hong Jun Yang 38.5
M2 Jason Tan Kok Khian 28.5
M3 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 36.5 OUT
M4 Leon Lim Yu Zhi 32.5 OUT
F1 Ruth Chua Shi Ni 33
F2 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 36 OUT
F3 Lai Li Jun 32.5 OUT
F4 Chew Sin Huey 30

Quarter Finals 2B

Index Name Score Status
M1 Hagen Tan 32.5 OUT
M2 Chia Wei Choong 39.5
M3 Sebastian Leong Wai Keong 28.5 OUT
M4 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 31.5
F1 Chanel Pang Jing Ying 30.5 OUT
F2 Candyce Toh 28.5
F3 Macy Guo 28 OUT
F4 Silver Ang Zi Hui 32.5


Revival Round

Index Name Score Status
M1 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 39 REVIVED
M2 Leon Lim Yu Zhi 38.5
M3 Sebastian Leong Wai Keong 26
M4 Hagen Tan 30
F1 Macy Guo 31.5
F2 Lai Li Jun 30
F3 Chanel Pang Jing Ying 30
F4 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 40.5 REVIVED

Semi-Final 1

Index Name Score Status
M1 Jason Tan Kok Khian 31
M2 Chia Wei Choong 35.5 OUT
M3 Hong Junyang 39
M4 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 38
M5 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 36.5
F1 Silver Ang Zi Hui 31
F2 Chew Sin Huey 33.5
F3 Ruth Chua Shi Ni 28.5 OUT
F4 Candyce Toh 32.5
F5 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 39.5

Semi-Final 2

Index Name Score Status
M1 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 36.5
M2 Jason Tan Kok Khian 31.5 OUT
M3 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 28.5
M4 Hong Jun Yang 41.5
F1 Chew Sin Huey 38.5
F2 Candyce Toh 33 OUT
F3 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 39.5
F4 Silver Ang Zi Hui 29

Semi-Final 3

Index Name Score Status
M1 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 39.5
M2 Hong Jun Yang 38
M3 Derrick Hoh Wei Jian 35.5 OUT
F1 Silver Ang Zi Hui 31 OUT
F2 Chew Sin Huey 41.5
F3 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 38.5

Semi-Final 4

Index Name Score Status
M1 Hong Jun Yang 40.7 OUT
M2 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 37 Male Winner
F1 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 38.5 Female Winner
F2 Chew Sin Huey 42.5 OUT

Finale

Index Name Judges' Vote (Unaffected) Percentage Status
S1 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian 1 64% Champion
S2 Kelly Poon Kar Lai 4 36% Runner-up

Project SuperStar 2006-07 (Season 2 )

Project Superstar Season 2 aired on 8 November 2006 and it is airing now. When the auditions are launched in early September, over 6000 aspirants came to audition, breaking the record of all star-searching contests in Singapore.

Themes

  • Top 16 : Retro Night: The 1980s to 1990s
  • Top 10 : A slow song and a dance item
  • Top 8 : Oldies Night: The 1940s to 1970s
  • Top 6 : Theme song of a local drama
  • Top 6 : Theme song of a movie
  • Top 4 : One English song of their choice
  • Top 4 : One Chinese song of their choice
  • Top 4 : Productions choice, same song, different rendition
  • Top 2 : One rock song (will require the finalist to dance, live band will be accompanied)
  • Top 2 : One unplugged song (live band will be accompanied)
  • Top 2 : One hip-hop song (will require the finalist to dance)
  • Top 2 : One jazz/bossa nova song (live band will be accompanied)
  • Top 2 : One personally selected pop song (live band will be accompanied)

Eliminated During Quarter-Finals (7 males and 7 females)

  • Veron Yang Xue Ni 杨雪妮(Eliminated 23rd November 2006)
  • Magdalene Yeong Yan Yi 杨艳宜(Eliminated 23rd November 2006)
  • Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱(Eliminated 23rd November 2006)
  • Kenny Lim Dao Wen 林道文(Eliminated 23rd November 2006)
  • Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊(Eliminated 30th November 2006)
  • Lee Her Ching 李何菁(Eliminated 30th November 2006)
  • Jeff Teay Che Wai 谢子伟(Eliminated 30th November 2006)
  • Anson Goh Heng Yong 吴幸荣(Eliminated 30th November 2006)
  • Dawn Wong Chuan Mei 黄川美(Eliminated 7th December 2006)
  • Sheila Ou Qian Yu 欧千瑜(Eliminated 7th December 2006)
  • Jeremy Kwan Jing Han 官镜瀚(Eliminated 7th December 2006)
  • Charlotte Loh Feng Yi 罗凤仪(Eliminated 14th December 2006)
  • Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健(Eliminated 14th December 2006)
  • Jeremy Chan Ming Yao 田铭耀(Eliminated 14th December 2006)


The 10 semi-finalists of the competition were:


Due to some contract violation, a quarter-finalist and hot favourite Tay Ke Wei was disqualified from the Top 24, the latter's position was given to Sheila Ou Qian Yu, a customer service officer, who was ousted in the top 40 audition. Among the 10 semi-finalists, Daren Tan Sze Wei and Carrie Yeo Chia Ying were the only two who make it to the top 10 through the revival round. Carrie made it to the top 4, and became the eventual 1st runner-up in the female category, while Daren emerged the overall winner! The highest record in this season is currently 44.5 marks from Carrie Yeo of her finals round performance, but she did not become the female winner. The lowest record is currently 23 marks by Charlotte Loh Feng Yi, when she lost her confidence when she was ousted in the quarter-final and sang "terribly" (quoted from the judges) in the revival round, though many people, including contestants, thought she should receive a higher mark.

On 18th January 2007, the results of the competition were released. Lydia Tan Di Ya emerged as the female champion, with a higher overall score of public votes and judges score, accounting 62.1% as compared to Carrie Yeo's 37.9%. It was a tougher fight for the males, with Daren Tan Sze Wei, the male champion, accounting for 52.72% as compared to Nathaniel Tan's 47.28%.

The two competed in the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 4th February 2007. Unlike the 1st season, a contract is only limited to the overall champion, while the rest of the contestants have to wait for recording companies to sign them up. Daren started off the grand finals night with a 60-40 lead in CD single sales. Out of the five rounds of singing is also a tough fight, with Diya winning 3 rounds and Daren winning 2 rounds in the hearts of the judges. Daren won the title of the 2nd season's Singapore Project Superstar with the margin of 59% to Diya's 41%, the closest margin in any star searching competitions held in Singapore at this moment. Previous competition had margins of 61 to 39, 62 to 38, 65 to 35, 64 to 36 and 70 to 30.

Results in Contrast with Marks awarded(Season 1)(marks awarded in descending order):

Quarter Final 1A

Index Name Score Status
M1 Kenny Lim 28.5 OUT
M2 Jeremy Tian 27.5
M3 Kelvin Soon 35.5
M4 Jon Toh 29
M5 Huang Shiyu 33 OUT
M6 Jeremy Kwan Jing Han 27
F1 Averil Chan 30.5
F2 Dawn Wong 31.5
F3 Maxillian Chan 28
F4 Carrie Yeo 32
F5 Magdelene Yang 28.5 OUT
F6 Veron Yang 37 OUT


Quarter Final 1B

Index Name Score Status
M1 Chua Wee Jian 32
M2 Nathaniel Tan 28.5
M3 Zhang Le Sheng 36
M4 Anson Goh 31.5 OUT
M5 Jeff Teay 31 OUT
M6 Daren Tan 28.5
F1 Charlotte Loh 27.5
F2 Michelle Lew 34.5
F3 Lee Her Ching 27 OUT
F4 Tang Ling Yi 37 OUT
F5 Sheila Ou 27
F6 Lydia Tan 37.5

Quarter-finals 2A

Index Name Score Status
M1 Zhang Le Sheng 41
M2 Jeremy Kwan 30 OUT
M3 Jon Toh 33.5
M4 Daren Tan 36.5 OUT
F1 Dawn Wong 30 OUT
F2 Michelle Lew 35.5
F3 Averil Chan 27.5
F4 Sheila Ou 27 OUT

Quarter Finals 2B

Index Name Score Status
M1 Jeremy Tian 36 OUT
M2 Nathaniel Tan 36
M3 Chua Wee Jian 30 OUT
M4 Kelvin Soon 41.5
F1 Maxillian Chan 26.5
F2 Charlotte Loh 30 OUT
F3 Lydia Tan 31.5
F4 Carrie Yeo 29.5 OUT


Revival Round

Index Name Score Status
M1 Jeremy Kwan 26
M2 Chua Wee Jian 30
M3 Daren Tan 41.5 REVIVED
M4 Jeremy Tian 33
F1 Sheila Ou 28.5
F2 Charlotte Loh 23
F3 Carrie Yeo 34.5 REVIVED
F4 Dawn Wong 40.5

Semi-Final 1

Index Name Score Status
M1 Jon Toh 29.5 OUT
M2 Kelvin Soon 38
M3 Zhang Le Sheng 34.5
M4 Nathaniel Tan 42
M5 Daren Tan 43
F1 Averil Chan 28
F2 Michelle Lew 29
F3 Maxillian Chan 26 OUT
F4 Lydia Tan 39
F5 Carrie Yeo 31

Semi-Final 2

Index Name Score Status
M1 Zhang Le Sheng 32.5 OUT
M2 Daren Tan 44
M3 Kelvin Soon 38.5
M4 Nathaniel Tan 37
F1 Michelle Lew 27.5 OUT
F2 Lydia Tan 36.5
F3 Carrie Yeo 29
F4 Averil Chan 28

Semi-Final 3

Index Name Score Status
M1 Kelvin Soon 40 OUT
M2 Nathaniel Tan 38.5
M3 Daren Tan 40.5
F1 Averil Chan 26 OUT
F2 Lydia Tan 35.5
F3 Carrie Yeo 38.5

Semi-Final 4

Index Name Score Percentage Status
M1 Daren Tan 39 52.72% Male Winner
M2 Nathaniel Tan 37 47.28% OUT
F1 Lydia Tan 37.5 62.1% Female Winner
F2 Carrie Yeo 39.7 37.9% OUT

Finale

Index Name Judges' Vote (Unaffected) Percentage Status
S1 Daren Tan Sze Wei 2 59% Champion
S2 Lydia Tan Diya 3 41% Runner-up

Trivia

Out of the 8 contestants who were eliminated in the semi-finals, Maxilian Chan had a call number F3, and Carrie Yeo had a call number F2. The other 6 contestants had either call numbers F1 or M1.

Out of the 8 contestants who were eliminated in the semi-finals, 6 of these contestants scored the lowest amongst their groupings, with the exceptions of Kelvin Soon and Carrie Yeo, who were eliminated despite scoring higher than their counterparts Nathaniel Tan and Lydia Tan respectively.

Project SuperStar 2009 (Season 3 )

Based on the latest issue of I Weekly and Channel U website, in addition to MediaCorp announcements on television, a third season will be installed in the year 2009.

Spin-offs

After the Project SuperStar 2005 grand final, MediaCorp took advantage of the popularity of the contestants and produced an entertainment and lifestyle program, entitled SuperFunkies. This program was hosted by 10 of the more popular cast in the Project SuperStar lineup. It has since ended its run on January 2, 2006. The success of the Project SuperStar competition has also prompted MediaCorp to produce a series of similarly styled talent search competitions, such as SuperHost, Campus SuperStar and SuperBand. Malaysian Television Station, 8TV bought the program franchise rights and hosted their version of Project SuperStar which began on December 2005 and is also to begin its second season early February 2007. Besides that, Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV9) also bought the program franchise rights and a female champion Phuong Trinh was crowned.

See also

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