Star Awards 2017
Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 | |
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Date | The Road to Star Awards 26 March 2017 2 April 2017 9 April 2017 Walk of Fame & Awards Ceremony 16 April 2017 |
Location | MES Theatre @ Mediacorp (Awards Ceremony) Studio 1 (The Road to Star Awards) |
Country | Singapore |
Presented by | London Choco Roll Bioskin |
Hosted by | The Road to Star Awards Show 1 & 2 Lee Teng Pornsak The Road to Star Awards Show 3 Lee Teng Kate Pang Walk of Fame Pornsak Kate Pang Youyi Glenn Awards Ceremony Lee Teng Backstage Jeremy Chan Kimberly Wang Kenneth Chung |
Website | "Official website". |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U Toggle |
Runtime | 180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 60 mins (Walk of Fame) 60 mins (The Road to Star Awards) |
Star Awards 2017 (also SA2017, Chinese: 红星大奖2017) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U. The Road to Star Awards 2017 was broadcast live on 26 March, and 2 and 9 April 2017. The Walk of Fame and Ceremony Awards were broadcast live on 16 April 2017. The theme for this year's Star Award is "影响 (Influence)".
Programme details
Date | Shows | Time | Channels |
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26 March 2017 2 April 2017 9 April 2017 |
The Road to Star Awards 2017 | 9.00 pm to 10.00 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 Toggle |
16 April 2017 | Star Awards 2017 – Walk of Fame | 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Shuang Xing (Malaysia) Toggle |
Star Awards 2017 – Awards Ceremony | 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm |
The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 1 – Drama (红星大奖 影聚响宴 第一场)
The Road to Star Awards 2017 is a series of three prelude shows leading up to the main presentation itself. Artistes – mainly the performance category nominees, were invited to the preludes and asked to select their favourites for the acting categories. Andie Chen was the artistes' choice for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, while Zoe Tay and Paige Chua were the picks for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Three drama category awards were given out; meanwhile, Zoe Tay took home the Best Dressed Celeb award. The Bottom 8 of the Top 10 awards – in no rank order – was revealed at the end of the show, with Aileen Tan, Hong Huifang, Lin Meijiao, Priscelia Chan, Chen Shucheng, Chen Tianwen, Terence Cao and Yao Wenlong at the bottom of the rankings.
Winners are indicated as BOLD
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖
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Best Director 最佳导演
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Best Screenplay 最佳剧本
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Best Dressed Celeb 最佳服装
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^1 The nominee was absent from the show.
The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 2 – Variety (红星大奖 影聚响宴 第二场)
The theme for Show 2 is variety, and two variety category awards were given out – both going to As I Hold Your Hand. Besides, awards presented by both presenting brands, Bioskin and London Choco Roll, were also given out. Quan Yi Fong was the artistes' choice for the Best Programme Host, while Mark Lee took home the Best Speech Award – his first award in five years. In one segment, the variety hosts also compared awards they have won so far. The Top 16 were revealed, and in no rank order, Bonnie Loo, Carrie Wong, Julie Tan, Kym Ng, Paige Chua, Rebecca Lim, Sora Ma, Ya Hui, Ben Yeo, Dennis Chew, Desmond Tan, Ian Fang, Lee Teng, Pornsak, Romeo Tan and Zhang Zhenhuan appear to be in the lead.
Winners are indicated as BOLD
Bioskin Healthiest Hair Award
Bioskin 健康秀发奖
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London Choco Roll Happiness Award
London Choco Roll 最佳开心果奖
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Best Variety Producer 最佳综艺编导
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Best Variety Research Writer 最佳综艺资料撰稿
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Best Speech 最佳金句
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^2 The nominee was absent from the show.
The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 3 – Stardom (红星大奖 影聚响宴 第三场)
In the third and final week of preludes, Kate Pang replaced Pornsak as co-host, since the latter took leave. The All-Time Favourite Artistes, Quan Yi Fong, Elvin Ng and Joanne Peh were interviewed by Dennis Chew with a series of quick-fire question and answer segment; Peh, who pre-recorded her acceptance speech in anticipation of her labour of her second child, provided the funniest answer when asked to share her "favourite body part" of husband Qi Yuwu. Two current-affair category awards were presented, and the Top 20 shortlist was announced with a special appearance by South Korean actor So Ji-sub, who is tasked to unlock the briefcase containing the envelopes for the shortlists. Aileen Tan, Hong Huifang, Lin Meijiao, Priscelia Chan, Pierre Png, Terence Cao, Yao Wenlong and Zhu Houren were at the bottom of the rankings and thus, were eliminated.
Winners are indicated as BOLD
Best News Story 最佳新闻报道
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Best Current Affairs Story 最佳时事报道
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Star Awards 2017 Awards Ceremony (红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼)
The awards ceremony was held on 16 April 2017 at the MES Theatre @ Mediacorp. A total of 14 awards were given out, including the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes awards. The ceremony, hosted by Lee Teng and featured a total of 16 international presenters and performers, saw a number of records:
- Star Awards 2016 is the second award ceremony to have a majority of awards given to one drama serial (The Dream Makers II) and win the Best Variety Special award, after 2014's awards presentation. With the win, it now surpasses NKF Charity Show with the most number of Best Variety Special award wins, with seven.
- This is the second year after 2004 where three artistes were awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste award. A total of nine artistes have received the All-Time Favourite Artiste award for the past four years, almost doubling the number of recipients to 20.
- Chen Hanwei received his fifth Best Actor award this year, and now ties with former artiste Xie Shaoguang, who had last won the award in 2004, with the most number of Best Actor wins.
- Zoe Tay received her second Best Actress award in 21 years, having last won the award in 1996 for her role in The Golden Pillow. She now joins the ranks of Joanne Peh and Rui En, who last won the award in 2012 and 2013, respectively, with two Best Actress award wins.
- Hero, which has the same screenplay and executive producer from the previous year's Top Rated Drama Serial Tiger Mum, became the fourth consecutive blockbuster as well as the first ever drama serial with infomercials for the entirety of its run to win the Best Drama Serial. It is unable to sweep most awards in the ceremony as in the past three years, with the other awards going to If Only I Could, Peace & Prosperity, The Dream Job, The Gentlemen and You Can Be An Angel 2.
Over at the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste awards, Paige Chua, Sora Ma, Tong Bing Yu, Ya Hui, Ben Yeo, Desmond Ng, Desmond Tan, Ian Fang, Pornsak and Romeo Tan edged out Julie Tan, Jeffrey Xu, Xu Bin and Zhang Yaodong to win the accolade. It was Ma and Desmond Ng's first win. Kym Ng currently accumulates nine awards, and remains as the only artiste to have the most wins without achieving the All-Time Favourite Artiste award.
Winners are indicated as BOLD
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 Variety Programme 最佳综艺节目
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Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目
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Best Info-Ed Programme 最佳资讯节目
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Best Programme Host (Variety, Info-Ed & Infotainment) 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人
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Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧
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Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲
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Best Evergreen Artiste Award 常青演绎奖
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Special Awards
All Time Favourite Artiste3
超级红星 |
Joanne Peh 白薇秀 | 2004 | 2005 | 2009| 2010| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014| 2015 | 2016 |
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009| 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
^3 This award is a special achievement award given out to artiste(s) who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. Top 10 winning years two of three recipients were awarded are highlighted in italic. The award will not be presented in 2018, as there are no recipients with ten Top 10 Most Popular Male or Female Artistes award wins to allow the award to be presented that year.
Top 10 Most Popular Artistes
This year's Top 10 Most Popular Artistes awards sees the number of nominees expanded by eight – four for each gender – to 48. As usual, viewers voted for their favourite artiste through telepoll and online voting (each weighing 50% of the results). At the end of the preludes, the top 20 artistes for each gender advanced to the main presentation to vie for the Top 10 awards. Voting for the awards opened at noon on 4 March and ended at 8:30 pm on 16 April.
The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.
- Key
Females | |
Males | |
Italic | New to list (not nominated the previous year) |
Bold | Top 10 winners |
Show 1 Bottom 4 | |
Show 2 Top 8 / Show 3 Top 20 / Main presentation Top n | |
n | Recipient's accumulated number of awards |
Artiste was eliminated after the preludes |
Stage: | Week ending | Show 1 | Show 2 | Show 3 | Main Presentation | ||||
Top 18 | Top 16 | Top 10 | |||||||
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Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes 十大最受欢迎女艺人
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1900-112-2001 | Sora Ma 马艺瑄 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 1 | |||||
1900-112-2002 | Lin Meijiao 林梅娇 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2003 | He Yingying 何盈莹 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2004 | Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 | Top 20 | 6 | ||||||
1900-112-2005 | Tong Bing Yu 童冰玉 | Top 20 | 2 | ||||||
1900-112-2006 | Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2007 | Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 | Top 20 | 7 | ||||||
1900-112-2008 | Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2009 | Ya Hui 雅慧 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 2 | |||||
1900-112-2010 | Kate Pang 庞蕾馨 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2011 | Wendy Xiao Ying 曾晓英 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2012 | Priscelia Chan 曾诗梅 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2013 | Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 3 | |||||
1900-112-2014 | Lin Peifen 林佩芬 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2015 | Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 6 | |||||
1900-112-2016 | Hong Huifang 洪慧芳 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2017 | Seraph Sun 孙欣佩 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2018 | Sheila Sim 沈琳宸 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2019 | Julie Tan 陈欣淇 | Top 8 | Top 20 | ||||||
1900-112-2020 | Hong Ling 洪凌 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2021 | Kym Ng 鐘琴 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 9 | |||||
1900-112-2022 | Carrie Wong 黄思恬 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 3 | |||||
1900-112-2023 | Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 | Top 8 | Top 20 | ||||||
1900-112-2024 | Jayley Woo 胡佳琪 | Top 20 | 2 | ||||||
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 十大最受欢迎男艺人
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1900-112-2025 | Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2026 | Terence Cao 曹国辉 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2027 | Thomas Ong 王沺裁 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2028 | Pornsak | Top 8 | Top 20 | 6 | |||||
1900-112-2029 | Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2030 | Zhu Houren 朱厚任 | Eliminated | |||||||
1900-112-2031 | Zhang Yaodong 张耀栋 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2032 | Xu Bin 徐彬 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2033 | Chen Tianwen 陈天文 | Bottom 4 | Top 20 | ||||||
1900-112-2034 | Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 3 | |||||
1900-112-2035 | Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2036 | Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 3 | |||||
1900-112-2037 | Ben Yeo 杨志龙 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 2 | |||||
1900-112-2038 | Pierre Png 方展发 | Eliminated | |||||||
1900-112-2039 | Ian Fang 方伟杰 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 2 | |||||
1900-112-2040 | Desmond Ng 黄振隆 | Top 20 | 1 | ||||||
1900-112-2041 | Yao Wenlong 姚彣隆 | Bottom 4 | Eliminated | ||||||
1900-112-2042 | Cavin Soh 苏梽诚 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2043 | Chen Shucheng 陈澍城 | Bottom 4 | Top 20 | ||||||
1900-112-2044 | Desmond Tan 陈泂江 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 2 | |||||
1900-112-2045 | Shane Pow 包勋评 | Top 20 | 3 | ||||||
1900-112-2046 | Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 7 | |||||
1900-112-2047 | Guo Liang 郭亮 | Top 20 | |||||||
1900-112-2048 | Lee Teng 李腾 | Top 8 | Top 20 | 5 |
Shows with multiple nominations and/or at least one award
Drama Series | Wins | Nominations | Award categories |
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Hero 大英雄 |
2 | 12 | Best Supporting Actress, Best Drama Serial, Best Director, Best Screenplay, London Choco Roll Happiness Award, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Evergreen Artiste |
The Dream Job 绝世好工 |
2 | 9 | London Choco Roll Happiness Award, Best Supporting Actor, Young Talent Award, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Drama Serial, Best Theme Song |
The Gentlemen 来自水星的男人 |
2 | 5 | Young Talent Award, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay |
You Can Be An Angel 2 你也可以是天使2 |
1 | 8 | Best Actress, Young Talent Award, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Drama Serial, Best Theme Song |
If Only I Could 十年。。。你还好吗? |
1 | 5 | Best Theme Song, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Evergreen Artiste |
Peace & Prosperity 富贵平安 |
1 | 4 | Best Evergreen Artiste, London Choco Roll Happiness Award, Best Supporting Actor |
C.L.I.F. 4 警徽天职4 |
1 | 2 | Best Director, Best Drama Serial |
The Truth Seekers 真探 |
1 | 1 | Best Screenplay |
Fire Up 美味下半场 |
0 | 3 | Best Supporting Actor, Best Evergreen Artiste, Best Drama Serial |
House of Fortune 钱来运转 |
0 | 2 | London Choco Roll Happiness Award, Best Supporting Actress |
Life - Fear Not 人生无所畏 |
0 | 2 | Best Evergreen Artiste, Best Theme Song |
Variety/Info-ed/Current Affairs Series | Wins | Nominations | Award categories |
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As I Hold Your Hand 大手牵老手 |
2 | 3 | Best Variety Producer, Best Variety Research Writer |
Hearts and Hugs 爱心72小时 |
1 | 2 | Best Variety Programme, Best Variety Producer |
BENGpire 黑黑真好玩 |
0 | 4 | Best Variety Producer, Best Variety Research Writer, Best Programme Host, Best Variety Programme |
The 4 Chefs 4大名厨 |
0 | 3 | Best Variety Producer, Best Programme Host, Best Variety Programme |
Chefs on Wheels 大厨驾到 |
0 | 2 | Best Variety Research Writer, Best Variety Programme |
Markets in Asia 游市集 |
1 | 2 | Best Programme Host, Best Info-Ed Programme |
Tuesday Report 星期二特写 |
0 | 2 | Best Info-Ed Programme |
Star Awards 2016 红星大奖2016 |
1 | 3 | Best Variety Special |
Lunar New Year Eve Special 2016 灵猴庆丰年 |
0 | 2 | Best Variety Research Writer, Best Variety Special |
Focus 焦点 |
1 | 2 | Best Current Affairs Story |
Frontline 前线追踪 |
0 | 2 | Best Current Affairs Story |
Presenters and Performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Name(s) | Show | Role |
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All shows | Announcer for Star Awards 2017 | |
Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 | Prelude 1 | Presenter of the award for Young Talent Award |
Bryan Wong 王禄江 Pierre Png 方展发 Jeanette Aw 欧萱 Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 |
Presenters of the award for Best Director | |
Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 Desmond Tan 陈泂江 Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 Rui En 瑞恩 Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 |
Presenters of the award for Best Screenplay | |
CEO of Bioskin Ms. Mathilda Koh |
Prelude 2 | Presenter of the award for Bioskin Healthiest Hair Award |
CEO of London Biscuits Berhad Datuk Seri Liew Yew Chung 拿督斯里刘佑忠 Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 |
Presenters of the award for London Choco Roll Happiness Award | |
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Pornsak Lee Teng 李腾 Desmond Ng 黄振隆 Mark Lee 李国煌 |
Presenters of the award for Best Variety Producer | |
Pornsak Desmond Ng 黄振隆 Mark Lee 李国煌 |
Presenters of the award for Best Variety Research Writer | |
Chief Customer Officer, Mediacorp Debra Soon 孙舒珊 |
Prelude 3 | Presenter of the awards for Best News Story and Best Current Affairs Story |
Shiou Chieh Kai 修杰楷 Hsia Yu-chiao 夏于乔 |
Main Presentation | Presenters of the awards for Best Info-Ed Programme and Best Variety Programme |
Della Ding 丁当 Guo Xin 郭鑫 |
Presenters of the award for Best Theme Song | |
Mimi Chu 朱咪咪 | Presenter of the award for Best Evergreen Artiste | |
Krystal Jung 郑秀晶 Amber An 安心亚 |
Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress | |
Lang Tsu-yun 郎祖筠 | Presenter of the awards for Best Programme Host and Best Variety Special | |
Minister in Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing 陈振声 |
Gave out the award for All-Time Favourite Artistes | |
Bowie Lam 林保怡 | Presenter of the award for Best Actor | |
Kai Ko 柯震东 | Presenter of the award for Best Actress | |
Chairman of Mediacorp Ernest Wong 黄源荣 |
Gave out the award for Best Drama Serial | |
Cheryl Yang 杨谨华 Mickey Huang 黄子佼 |
Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes | |
Jang Hyuk 张赫 Mickey Huang 黄子佼 |
Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | |
CEO of Mediacorp Shaun Seow 萧文光 |
Performers
Name(s) | Show | Role | Performed |
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Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 | Prelude 1 | Performer | Performed 《人生无所畏》 from Life - Fear Not 人生无所畏 |
Carrie Wong 黄思恬 | Performer | Performed 《天使》 from You Can Be An Angel 2 你也可以是天使2 | |
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Marcus Chin 陈建彬 Wang Lei 王雷 |
Prelude 2 | Performers | Performed 《吃饱没?》 from Eat Already? 吃饱没? |
Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 | Prelude 3 | Performer | Performed 《最美的时光》 from If Only I Could 十年。。。你还好吗? |
Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 |
Performers | Performed 《年轮》 from The Dream Job 绝世好工 | |
Richie Koh 许瑞奇 Denise Camilla Tan 陈楚寰 He Yingying 何盈莹 Hong Ling 洪凌 Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 Michelle Wong 黄怡灵 Desmond Ng 黄振隆 |
Performers | Performed 《摩天轮》 | |
So Ji-sub 苏志燮 | Special appearance | Special appearance, delivered the envelopes for the Top 20 shortlists | |
Drum Tao | Main Presentation | Performers | Drum performance 《舞动的太鼓》 |
Della Ding 丁当 | Performer | Performed 《手掌心》, 《我爱他》 and 《想恋一个爱》 | |
Eleanor Lee 李凯馨 | Quan Yi Fong's daughter Performer |
All-Time Favourite Artiste acceptance speech Performed 《谢谢你》from Fire Up | |
Hiroki Hara | Magician | Magic performance |
Ceremony information
Reports about the 23rd instalment of the Star Awards ceremony were published on Toggle on 12 January 2017. This was the first time in 8 years where there is only one main ceremony. A three-episode weekly 'countdown' special was announced, while the post-show party was removed. Online voting categories were also streamlined, with more emphasis placed on the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste awards. The Favourite Male and Female Character awards and Favourite Onscreen Couple award were dropped last year so that viewers can focus on the online voting of the Top 10 awards, and the Social Media Award was scrapped. In addition, with a switch in measurement of television viewership, the Top Rated Variety Programme and Top Rated Drama Serial awards were suspended.
On 23 January the same year, the nominee list was revealed, with Andie Chen nominated for the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the same year and Hero receiving the most nominations, including four Best Supporting Actress nominations (the second time since 2009 with a majority from the same drama in the running for the award).
Press conference / roadshow
A press conference was held on 3 March 2017 at Marina Square, where an expanded Top 24 Most Popular Male and Female Artiste line-up was revealed.[1] Joanne Peh, Quan Yi Fong and Elvin Ng go on to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award; meanwhile, Belinda Lee, Jin Yinji and Aloysius Pang did not renew their contracts with Mediacorp and Youyi, Chua En Lai and Zheng Geping were not shortlisted. There were 17 new faces in total – nine female and eight male – with Bonnie Loo, He Yingying, Hong Ling, Seraph Sun, Sora Ma, Andie Chen, Cavin Soh and Desmond Ng nominated for the first time and Lim Peifen, Lin Meijiao, Priscelia Chan, Wendy Xiao Ying, Ben Yeo, Desmond Tan, Ian Fang, Terence Cao and Yao Wenlong nominated again after their absence from the Top 10 list last year. For Cao and Pan Lingling, in particular, this is the 20th time they have been nominated in the category, having last won more than a decade ago. In addition, Xiao Ying has by far the longest absence by any returning artiste, having last nominated in 2001. A roadshow was held at the same venue the next day, with Fang, Sun, Tan, Chen Tianwen, Desmond Ng, Jayley Woo, Shane Pow and Zhang Yaodong appearing at the event.
Controversies
Infomercial controversy
This is the first year most, if not all, nominated drama serials had infomercials right after the theme song and/or just before the end credits. Most notably, the same infomercials for Daikin air-conditioners (one for Silver ENVi series and another for Smile series), the main sponsor of the 9p.m. dramas since The Truth Seekers, were inserted during these times. Other brands that had similar arrangements include Gain City, Kinohimitsu, Lion Corporation, Marigold and NTUC Income. The then-Media Development Authority (MDA), in its 2nd Broadcast Programme Advisory Committee Combined Report, observed that the advertorial segments in shows such as 118, Life - Fear Not and Channel 5 drama Tanglin featured artists advocating the benefits of the sponsors' products, and were filmed on the sets of the respective programmes. Although MDA had no issues with the use of the programme's artists and sets, it felt that the advertorial segments should be clearly distinguished from the rest of the programmes. Mediacorp has been told to do so,[2][3] but despite that, the infomercial for Daikin Smile Series continued to be shown after the theme songs were played as of 2017, and a new infomercial for Kinohimitsu Superfood+ aired on the first week of 118 II.
Absence of awards
There was no mention of backstage awards for Best Set Design, Best Cameraman and Best Editing as mentioned on Toggle's previous announcement. Separately, Best News Presenter and Best Current Affairs Presenter awards were not be presented for the fourth consecutive time, even though Channel 8 News & Current Affairs already had at least ten news presenters by the end of 2016. Also, due to unknown reasons, the Rocket award, which is given to the most improved Mediacorp artiste, was notably absent.
References
- ^ "Increase in nominees". Today. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Gwendolyn Ng (26 September 2016). "Mediacorp told again to distinguish advertisements from programmes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Gwendolyn Ng (27 September 2016). "Separate ads from programmes, MDA's committees tell Mediacorp". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.