Star Awards for Best Rising Star
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| Star Awards for Best Rising Star 最佳潜力星 | |
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| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Newcomer for a Programme |
| Country | Singapore |
| Presented by | Mediacorp |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Most recent winner | Yunis To / Stranger In The Dark (2024) |
The Star Awards for Best Rising Star is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.
History
[edit]The category was introduced in 1994, at the 1st Star Awards ceremony as two separate awards; Yao Wenlong received the award as the Most Popular Male Newcomer award while Ivy Lee received the Most Popular Female Newcomer award and both were given in honour of a MediaCorp male and female newcomer who were deemed the most popular among the television audience. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by MediaCorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. Between 1995 and 2006, the category eliminated the distinctions between male and female newcomers and was given as a single award under the name of Most Popular Newcomer.
From 2007, the award went through a major revamp and was renamed as Best Newcomer. It was changed from being a popularity award to a professional award, and is given in honour of a MediaCorp newcomer who has delivered an outstanding performance in their field of profession. Similar to the Most Popular Newcomer award, the nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by MediaCorp; but the winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel. Pornsak is the first winner of the newly revamped category.
The nominees for this award were selected without any reference to their respective work titles – with the exception of 1995, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021 when the newcomers were nominated together with the work titles which establish the public identity of the newcomers thereafter.
The award was not presented in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2022 due to the lack of eligible nominees.
From 2023, the award went through another revamp and was renamed as Best Rising Star.[1] This award is similar to the Best Newcomer award, with artistes being eligible as long as they have 5 years or less of professional screen acting and/or hosting experience the year before the awards. Artistes are also eligible if they have professional screen acting and/or hosting experience (excluding cameo appearances) and/or experiences before 18 years of age. Artistes that are nominated must have performed and/or presented in at least 5 episodes of eligible programmes, and similar to the Best Newcomer, nominees that have won any popularity and/or performance awards in previous awards ceremony are no longer eligible.[2]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 23 newcomers or rising stars. Yunis To is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Stranger In The Dark.
Recipients
[edit]| Year | Newcomer | Work title (role) | Nominees | Ref |
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| Most Popular Male Newcomer / Most Popular Female Newcomer | ||||
| 1994 | Yao Wenlong | — | ||
| Ivy Lee | ||||
| Most Popular Newcomer | ||||
| 1995 | Fann Wong | Chronicle of Life (Fang Ling 方玲) |
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| 1996 | Phyllis Quek | — |
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| 1997 | James Lye |
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| 1998 | Evelyn Tan | A Place to Call Home (He Yiwen 何依雯) |
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| 1999 | Nick Shen | My Grandpa (Fang Zhenhua 方振华) |
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| 2000 | Dasmond Koh | — |
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| 2001 | Fiona Xie |
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| 2002 | Jeanette Aw |
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| 2004 | Joanne Peh | |||
| 2005 | Jesseca Liu |
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| 2006 | Kelvin Tan |
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| Best Newcomer 最佳新人 | ||||
| 2007 | Pornsak | — |
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| 2009 | Dai Xiangyu | |||
| 2012 | Kate Pang | A Tale of 2 Cities (Lin Le 林乐) |
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| 2013 | Ian Fang | Don't Stop Believin' (Bai Zhixiang 白志翔) |
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| 2015 | Aloysius Pang | — | ||
| 2018 | Chantalle Ng | While We Are Young (Huang Li Bai Yun 黄李白云) |
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| 2019 | Jasmine Sim | Doppelganger (Li Jiawen 李嘉文) |
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| 2021 | Zhang Ze Tong | A Jungle Survivor (Zhong Jianting 钟建廷) |
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| Best Rising Star 最佳潜力星 | ||||
| 2023 | Das DD | #JustSwipeLah |
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| 2024 | Yunis To | Stranger In The Dark (Cheryl Sun 孙雨泽) |
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Award records
[edit]| Record | Newcomer | Remarks |
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| Won awards in acting or hosting categories and Best Newcomer or Best Rising Star | Fann Wong 范文芳 | 1995 (Best Actress) 1995 (Best Newcomer) |
| Ivy Lee 李锦梅 | 2000, 2004, 2006 (Best Actress) 1994 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Yao Wenlong 姚彣隆 | 2001 (Best Supporting Actor) 1994 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Joanne Peh 白薇秀 | 2009, 2012 (Best Actress) 2015 (Best Supporting Actress) 2004 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Pornsak | 2015 (Best Variety Show Host) 2007 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Jeanette Aw 欧萱 | 2016 (Best Actress) 2002 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Zhang Ze Tong 张哲通 | 2021 (Best Newcomer) 2024 (Best Supporting Actor) | |
| Nominated for awards in acting or hosting categories and Best Newcomer or Best Rising Star in the same year | Fann Wong 范文芳 | 1995 (Best Actress) |
| Irin Gan 颜俐蓁 | 1997 (Best Actress) | |
| James Lye 赖兴祥 | 1997 (Best Actor) | |
| Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 | 1998 (Best Supporting Actress) | |
| Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 | 2005 (Best Supporting Actress) | |
| Jacqueline Sue 徐艳玲 | 2007 (Best Supporting Actress) | |
| Dai Xiangyu 戴向宇 | 2009 (Best Supporting Actor) | |
| Kate Pang 庞蕾馨 | 2012 (Best Supporting Actress) | |
| Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | 2015 (Best Supporting Actor) | |
| Carrie Wong 黄思恬 | 2015 (Best Supporting Actress) | |
| Received All-Time Favourite Artiste and won Best Newcomer or Best Rising Star | Fann Wong | 2005 (All-Time Favourite Artiste) 1995 (Best Newcomer) |
| Jeanette Aw | 2015 (All-Time Favourite Artiste) 2002 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Joanne Peh | 2017 (All-Time Favourite Artiste) 2004 (Best Newcomer) | |
| Dasmond Koh | 2021 (All-Time Favourite Artiste) 2000 (Best Newcomer) |
References
[edit]- ^ 文: 8视界娱乐组. ""最佳新人"改成"最佳潜力星" 戏剧、综艺5新人争锋". 8world Entertainment Lifestyle (in Chinese (Singapore)). Retrieved 2023-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Star Awards 2023 - Eligibility & Judging Criteria". Mediacorp. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ "Star Awards 2019 Best Newcomer Jasmine Sim Was Told She Was "Wasting Everyone's Time" On The Set Of Doppelganger".
- ^ "Star Awards 2023: Das DD makes history with Best Rising Star win". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2023-04-14.