Cruz Teng

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Cruz Teng
Born (1979-09-18) 18 September 1979 (age 42)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese丁志勇
Websitecruzteng.com

Cruz Teng (born 18 September 1979) is a former Singaporean media personality.

He made his radio debut in 1996 and hosted radio and television programmes, as well as entertainment, trade and corporate events from 1996 to 2015. He was head of Singapore’s number one radio station YES 933 from 2013 to 2015, and a four-time winner of the Most Popular Radio Personality Award. He left Mediacorp in 2015, and became Group Creative Director of Noon Talk Media, before going into the corporate world.

Education[]

Teng was educated at Anderson Secondary School where he took his GCE O Levels. He completed a Diploma in Business Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1999.[1] He enrolled in a part-time bachelor's degree course at SIM University in 2009, and completed his studies in 2012 despite a term’s absence.[2][3] In 2014, he announced that he was accepted into Nanyang Technological University, to read Master of Mass Communications. He had completed the matriculation process and scored a corporate scholarship, but had to withdraw from the course when it was decided that he would return to the morning show.

Career[]

Media Personality[]

Radio Host[]

  • (1996—2002)

Cruz Teng started his freelance radio career at MediaCorp YES 933 in 1996. He continued to host weekend programmes on the station during his National Service (NS).[1]

  • (2002—2013)

Upon completing NS, Cruz Teng became a full-time radio presenter and hosted the evening drive time show. He then hosted the morning show for two years, before being transferred to the night dedications show in early 2005.

He returned to the morning show by the end of 2005. He repeatedly mentioned that he was unable to adjust to the demands on the morning shift. The six-month period in the dedication show finally made him appreciate the morning programme.

The morning show[4] was relaunched in September 2005, and a new era began as "WRM" (就是万人迷, translated at "That's a total stunner!") became the most listened to morning show across all stations and languages in Singapore.

Teng remained as the constant anchor of the morning show from 2005 to 2013.

  • (2013—2015)

Teng stepped down from the morning show in 2013 after being named programme director. He went on to host a 2-hour slot from 10am to 12pm on weekdays, before making a return to the morning show in late 2014. He continued to host the morning show until his departure from the station in Nov 2015.

  • (2016)

Cruz Teng published a blog entry to mark his 20th anniversary in radio.[5] He remarked that "it was a shame he couldn't mark this occasion in the studios", and stressed that he "has every intention to go back on air sooner or later".

Television Host[]

Cruz Teng hosted a talkshow Mars Vs. Venus, Siau Jiahui on Channel U in 2015.

Stage Host[]

From an early stage in his career, Teng was picked to host several large scale award ceremonies.[6] He has since hosted the Global Chinese Music Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, Taipei, Beijing and Singapore. He also hosted the Singapore Hit Awards Ceremony from 2005 to 2013.[7]

Music[]

Teng was the lyricist of "Passerby/ Lu Ren Jia". It is Hong Kong singer Justin Lo's first ever Mandarin song.[8] He has been a strong advocate of local music. In 2014, YES 933 dedicated a massive amount of air time to promote new local acts. Singapore Hit Awards 2014 also adopted a local theme.

Theatre[]

Teng was one of the supporting actors in Resonance, a Chinese theatre production commissioned for MediaCorp Radio's 75th anniversary. He was cast as a comedic radio presenter in the 1980s. He later appeared in the final scene in the 2000s as a middle-aged man.[9]

Endorsements[]

Teng became the first male celebrity spokesperson for beauty chain, Bioskin in 2008.[10] He was featured in the television commercials and print advertisements for the brand.

A year later, he was the spokesperson for Singtel AMPED, a digital music download service.

In 2015, he was named ambassador of Health Promotion Board’s anti-smoking campaign. This was after he stopped smoking in 2014.

Awards and nominations[]

Teng was nominated for five awards at the Golden Microphone Awards in 2004. He did not win any awards and expressed his disappointment in a newspaper interview.[11] A few months later, the Singapore Hit Awards was created. Teng refused to do any promotion, but won "Most Friendly DJ". He won "Most Popular DJ" a year later, and has since continued to hold on to the title. During this period, the Chinese media in Singapore and Johor Bahru began to refer him as "No 1 Ah Ge" of Chinese radio.[12]

Year Award Category Result
2011 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular Radio Personality Nominated
2010 Singapore Blog Awards Best Local Celebrity Blog Nominated
2010 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular Radio Personality Won
2010 Singapore Entertainment Awards Best Male DJ Nominated
2010 Singapore Entertainment Awards Best Radio Show[13] Nominated
2009 Asia Pacific Blog Awards Best Celebrity Blog Nominated
2008 Asia Pacific Radio Awards Best Radio Drama Nominated
2007 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular Radio Personality Won
2006 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular Radio Personality Won
2005 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular Radio Personality Won
2004 Singapore Radio Awards Friendliest Radio Personality Won
2004 Golden Microphone Awards Best Radio Host Nominated
2002 Golden Microphone Awards Best Radio Host Nominated


Corporate[]

Mediacorp[]

Cruz Teng was made station head of YES 93.3FM in 2013, replacing Foong Wai See who was transferred to Love 97.2FM, another station in the MediaCorp group. During this period, he chaired the Singapore Hit Awards and Global Chinese Music Awards committees, and launched several new programmes and events, including Cycle to Supper.

NoonTalk Media & Frozen Age[]

Cruz Teng left YES 933 to join in November 2015. As Group Creative Director, he was to oversee the group’s creative direction and development of its products and artistes, including Dasmond Koh, Aloysius Pang, Xu Bin and Kimberly Chia. At the same time, Dasmond Koh did not renew his contract with Mediacorp when it expired in Jan 2016. Dasmond set up a new skincare line, Frozen Age, and Cruz was involved in its initial setup in Singapore and Malaysia.

SMRT[]

He was hired as Lead, Internal Communications at SMRT in Aug 2016. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was promoted to Lead, Corporate Relations and Internal Communications in 2018.[14] He left SMRT in Feb 2019.

Tan Chong International Ltd[]

Cruz Teng joined the Corporate Communications department of Tan Chong in Feb 2019.

Personal life[]

Teng was one of the earliest DJs to begin a blog.[15] He was nominated for Best Celebrity Blog at the 1st Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards in 2009,[16] Best Radio Personality Blog at the Singapore Radio Awards in 2010[17] and Best Local Celebrity Blog at the omy Blog Awards 2010.[18] He was named Official Blogger for Singapore's National Day celebrations in 2009.[19]

In 2007, Teng fell into a drain and broke five bones in his left foot. He was admitted to hospital and did a surgery the following day. A week later, fellow DJ Dennis Chew also met with an accident. He fell off a bicycle and fractured his arm and suffered other injuries on his face and legs. At that time, they were the only two male DJs in the station, and the event was later ranked as one of the Top 10 Local Entertainment Headlines in Singapore that year.[20][21][22][23][24]

Long Distance Relationship[]

Teng admitted to a long-distance relationship on 933TV in 2015, but declined to give further details. In 2018, he said on social media that his ex had passed away. He followed up with several posts, including flying to Taiwan for the funeral in late 2018, and subsequent visits at the columbarium in Taiwan.

Controversies[]

After the Singapore Hit Awards in 2007, Cruz Teng allegedly declared online that he was banning a certain record label in Singapore. He said that he would not be playing any songs from the company for the next six months.[25] The reporter understood that Cruz Teng encountered a particularly rude and uncooperative record executive, and whose label publicly attacked the Singapore Hit Awards, accusing it of not being transparent. Cruz Teng never clarified the incident publicly. The radio station also refused to issue any statements.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b [1] Archived 18 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Official Bio on MediaCorp
  2. ^ "I'm quitting school. | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ^ "The final lap | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ^ 娱乐. "就是万人迷 – Y.E.S. 93.3FM尽在xinmsn". Entertainment.xin.msn.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.cruzteng.com/2016/03/31/twenty-years-of-woohoo/
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ ":: Woohoo ::". Cruzteng.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  8. ^ December 2007, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  9. ^ December 2011, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  10. ^ "Bio Skin® | Performance, Preventative and Post-Injury Bracing". Bioskin.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  11. ^ June 2004, TODAY, Mediacorp
  12. ^ November 2008, Sin Chew Daily, Malaysia
  13. ^ 电台1003"不给一口叮!" 蝉联最佳电台节目 (in Chinese). 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  14. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cruzteng
  15. ^ "First One | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  16. ^ [3] Archived 29 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Nuffnang Blog Awards
  17. ^ [4] Archived 19 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine Singapore Radio Awards
  18. ^ [5] omy Blog Awards
  19. ^ http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/resourcelibrary/cyberpioneer/topics/articles/news/2009/May/28May09_news.print.noimg.html
  20. ^ May 2010, Lian He Wan Bao, Singapore Press Holdings
  21. ^ May 2010, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  22. ^ May 2010, Shin Min Daily News
  23. ^ May 2010, The New Paper, Singapore Press Holdings
  24. ^ May 2010, I Weekly, Mediacorp
  25. ^ November 2007, Lianhe Wanbao, Singapore Press Holdings
Preceded by
new
Singapore Radio Awards Most Friendly DJ
2004
Succeeded by
Bukoh Mary
Preceded by
Dennis Chew
Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular DJ
2005–2010
Succeeded by
Dennis Chew

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