Star Awards 2021

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Star Awards 2021
红星大奖2021
Star Awards 2021 Title Card.jpg
Sponsored byBioskin (Presenter)
Eu Yan Sang
Simmons
Holistic Way
Bio-Essence
Ebene
Mercedes-Benz (Luxury Car Sponsor)
Daikin
Royal Caribbean Singapore
Date18 April 2021
LocationJewel Changi Airport
Changi Terminal 4
CountrySingapore
Hosted byBackstage:
Dennis Chew
Jeremy Chan
Juin Teh
Hazelle Teo

Walk-of-fame:
Lee Teng
Vivian Lai
Desmond Ng

Main show:
Guo Liang
Quan Yi Fong
Highlights
Most awardsA Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依 (5)
Most nominationsA Jungle Survivor
森林生存记 (6)
Best Drama SerialA Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依
Best Variety ShowKing of Culinary 三把刀
Former AwardsAll-time Favourite Artiste:
Dasmond Koh 许振荣
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMediacorp Channel 8
Mediacorp Channel U
meWatch
YouTube (Mediacorp Entertainment Channel)
Runtime180 mins (Awards Ceremony)
90 mins (Walk-of-fame)

Star Awards 2021 (Chinese: 红星大奖2021) is a television award ceremony held in Singapore on 18 April 2021, to honour the best Singaporean television released between January 2019 and December 2020.

Originally scheduled for 26 April 2020, the ceremony was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic[1] till further notice. On 7 August 2020, it was further postponed to 18 April 2021, and the eligibility period for Singaporean television was extended accordingly to 31 December 2020. This made 2020 the second calendar year since 2008 without a Star Awards ceremony, and made this the first ceremony to be postponed for an entire year.[2]

The Star Awards 2021 marked the 26th Edition of the ceremony, with the theme connect 星起点, highlighting the crucial role that Mediacorp and other industry partners played in keeping audiences engaged in a socially-distanced world over the past year.

The show started at 3.30pm to show artists' preparations and interviews with them backstage. The ceremony ended at 10.30pm with A Quest to Heal named as the biggest winner of the ceremony claiming five awards including Best Drama Serial, Best Lead and Supporting Actors, Best Theme Song, and Best Director, the last of which was awarded in an unaired Backstage Achievement Award. Zoe Tay of My Guardian Angels and Kym Ng of Daybreak won Best Lead and Supporting Actresses respectively, the former breaking a winning record of four wins. The drama with the most nominations, A Jungle Survivor, won only one award with Teoh Ze Tong clinching the Best Newcomer. In the Variety category, Star Awards reclaimed a record-breaking eighth win for a Variety Special while Hear U Out became the biggest winner for a variety program with two.

Programme details[]

Date Shows Time Channels Country Remarks
April 18, 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
Mediacorp Channel U
meWatch
YouTube
Astro Channel 338 (Malaysia)
April 25, 2021 2.00pm to 3.30pm
3.30pm to 6.30pm
Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Repeat Telecast

Winners and nominees[]

The nominees were announced on 4 February 2021. Winners are listed first, followed by boldface.[3]

Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧
  • A Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依
    • A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记
    • All Is Well-Singapore 你那边怎样,我这边OK (新加坡篇)
    • C.L.I.F. 5 警徽天职之海岸卫队
    • Day Break 天空渐渐亮
    • Hello From the Other Side 阴错阳差
    • My One In A Million 我的万里挑一
Best Radio Programme 最佳电台节目
  • The Breakfast Quartet 早安!玉建煌崇
    • Little City, Big Matters 小城大事
    • Morning Fanatics 大咖一起来
    • Mr Zhou's Ghosts Stories 周公讲鬼
    • The Night Is Young Yeah! YEAH夜不打烊
Best Short-Form Drama Series 最佳短篇戏剧
  • From Beijing to Moscow 北京到莫斯科
    • A World of Difference 都市狂想
    • Best Friends Forever 致2020的我们
    • Hello From The Other Side - It's Time 阴错阳差-时辰到
    • Interns' Survivors Guide - 实习生的生存记
    • Tiles War - 四面围墙
    • Walk With Me - Stories of Us - 谢谢你出现在我的行程里-那年的我们
Best Short-Form Variety Programme 最佳短篇综艺节目
  • Hear U Out 权听你说
    • Ah Boy To Dad 新爸正传
    • Friend or Foe? 最佳损友
    • Prank It 这个不是Prank?!
    • Pressing Issues 空穴不来风
    • Thumbs Up! Senior - Takeover 学长学姐Takeover!
    • What's for Lunch? - Lunch Talk 午餐聊什么?
Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目
  • King of Culinary 三把刀
    • Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭
    • Beyond The Cameras 我是媒体人
    • Hawker Academy 小贩学院
    • House Everything? 家简尘除
    • The Destined One S2 众里寻一2
    • Yi Fong & Elanor's Kitchen 怡凤和妹妹的厨房
Best Infotainment Programme 最佳资讯节目
  • Fixer S3 线人3
    • A Medical Journey 寻医
    • Be My Guest S2 我。董。你 2
    • Forbidding No More 极境之旅
    • Tuesday Report: A Hill and A River 星期二特写:一座山一条河
    • Tuesday Report: Home Away From Home 星期二特写:飘洋过海来这里
    • Tuesday Report: One Metre Apart 星期二特写:一米的距离
Best Entertainment Special 最佳综艺特备节目
  • Star Awards 2019 红星大奖2019颁奖礼
    • LNY Eve Special 2020 裕鼠鼠纳福迎春乐
    • Sian Chay Bonding With Love Charity Show 2019 善济全民爱心夜
    • SPD CHarity Show 2019 SPD真情无障爱
    • Star Search 2019 - Grand Final 才华横溢出新秀2019-总决赛
Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲
  • Jones Shi 石康鈞 and Ling Kai 铃凯- A Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依 《乱》
    • Nicky Lee 李玖哲 - All Is Well-Singapore 你那边怎样,我这边OK (新加坡篇) 《人间失格》
    • Misi Ke 柯泯薰 - Beijing To Moscow 北京到莫斯科 《失去什么》
    • The Freshmen 插班生 - Best Friends Forever 致2020的我们 《好爱你lah》
    • Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 - Heart To Heart 心点心 《幸福茶点》
    • Boon Hui Lu 文慧如 - Loving You 爱...没有距离 《同行》
    • Jarrell Huang 黄俊融 and JJ Neo 梁嘉靖 - My One In A Million 我的万里挑一 《就是你,就是你》
Best Actor 最佳男主角
  • Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 - A Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依 as Bi Zheng 毕正
    • Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 - Super Dad 男神不败 as Chen Kai 陈凯
    • Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 - All Is Well Taiwan 你那边怎样,我这边OK(台湾篇)as Eric Loke 路瑞克
    • Pierre Png 方展发 - A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 as Jiang Yongxi 江永熙
    • Desmond Tan 陈炯江 - All Is Well Singapore 你那边怎样,我这边OK (新加坡篇)as Wu Pinrui 吴品叡
    • Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 - Happy Prince 快乐王子 as Wang Zile 王子乐
    • Zhang Yao Dong 张耀栋 - Day Break 天空渐渐亮 as Zheng Weilong 郑伟龙
Best Actress 最佳女主角
  • Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 - My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 as Mandy See
    • Chen Liping 陈丽萍 - How Are You? 好世谋?as Dai Anna 戴安娜
    • Felicia Chin 陈���玲 - A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 as Olivia 程雅莉
    • Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 - A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 as Tang Ruo Qi 唐若琪
    • Kym Ng 鐘琴 - My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 as Wu Miao Miao 吴淼淼
    • Rui En 瑞恩 - Hello From The Other Side 阴错阳差 as Ma Ruyin 马如荫
    • Carrie Wong 黄思恬 - A Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依 as Luo Mingyi 罗明依
Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角
  • Bryan Wong 王禄江 - A Quest to Heal 我的女侠罗明依 as Sun Xi 孙喜
    • Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 - Hello From The Other Side 阴错阳差 as Lao Ma 老马
    • Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城- Old Is Gold 老友万岁 as Zhou Renfa 周仁发
    • Darren Lim 林明伦- While You Were Away 一切从昏睡开始 as Yu Guanming 余冠铭
    • Guo Liang 郭亮 - A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 as Titan
    • Ian Fang 方伟杰- All Is Well Singapore 你那边怎样,我这边OK (新加坡篇)as Li Hao 李昊
    • James Seah 谢俊峰 - C.L.I.F. 5 警徽天职之海岸卫队 as Lu Jiahao 陆家豪
Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角
  • Kym Ng 鐘琴- Day Break 天空渐渐亮 as Zhang Tianqing 张天晴
    • Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 - Hello Miss Driver 下一站,遇见 as Zheng Xueqin 郑雪琴
    • Bonnie Loo 罗美仪- C.L.I.F. 5 警徽天职之1海岸卫队 as Lu Kexin 陆可欣
    • Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷 - Terror Within 内颤 as Lin Xiaoyu 林小雨
    • Cynthia Koh 许美珍 - After The Stars 攻星计 as Zhen Mei 甄美
    • Lin Mei Jiao 林梅娇- After The Stars 攻星计 as Zhang Lan 张岚
    • Lina Ng 黄素方- Terror Within 内颤 as Lin Xiuhong 林秀红
Best Newcomer 最佳新人
  • Teoh Ze Tong 张哲通- A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 as Zhong Jianting 钟建廷
    • Benjamin Tan 陈政序 - My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 as Tang Guiqiang 唐贵强
    • Herman Keh 郭坤耀 - Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 as Focus
    • Juin Teh 郑六月 - Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 as Juliet
    • Yang Guang Kele 阳光可乐 - Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭
    • Seow Sin Nee 萧歆霓- Hawker Academy 小贩学院
    • Sheryl Ang 洪丽婷- All Around You 回路网 as He Ruohua 何若华
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖
  • Goh Wee An 吴委恩 - C.L.I.F. 5 警徽天职之海岸卫队 as Xiao Huiwen 萧慧文
    • Alfred Ong 王勇俊- Terror Within 内颤 as Zeng Yang Yang 曾洋洋
    • Audrey Gabrielle Soh 苏怡菲- Super Dad 男神不败 as Chole
    • Ethan Ng Kai En 黄凯恩 - Happy Prince 快乐王子 as Young Zile 小子乐
    • Ivan Lo 卢楷俊 - How Are You? 好世谋?as Dai Zhengxiong 戴正雄
    • Natalie Mae Tan U-En 陈宥恩 - My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 as Aelyn Xie Ning 谢宁
    • Nicholas Lim Tao Rui 林道锐- All Is Well Singapore 你那边怎样,我这边OK (新加坡篇)as Xiao Ji 小吉
Best Evergreen Artiste 常青演绎奖
Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人
  • Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 - Hear U Out 权听你说
    • Cavin Soh 苏梽诚- King of Culinary 三把刀
    • Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 - House Everything? 家简尘除
    • Guo Liang 郭亮 - The Destined One S2 众里寻一2
    • Kym Ng 鐘琴 - Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭
    • Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 - Yi Fong and Elanor's Kitchen 怡凤和妹妹的厨房
    • Tung Soo Hua 董素华- Be My Guest S2 我。董。你 2

Drama series with multiple awards and nominations[]

The following Series received two or more awards and nominations:

Multiple Awards
Awards Drama Series
4 A Quest To Heal 我的女侠罗明依
Multiple Nominations
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 警徽天职之海岸卫队
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
Awards Programme
2 Hear U Out 权听你说
Multiple Nominations
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 the awards eligible via online voting. Voting began on 10 March and ended on 9 April at 11.59pm. The results are announced on the Walk-of-fame.

Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award
Bioskin 魅力四射奖

Special awards[]

All-Time Favourite Artiste
超级红星
Dasmond Koh
许振荣
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2018 | 2019

Top 10 Most Popular Artistes[]

The top 10 nominations were announced on 9 March 2021 with several changes, with 60 artistes (30 per each gender) compete via a popular vote for the Top 10; for the first time in Star Awards history, there will be no televoting.[4][5]

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 is limited to one vote per day, but the restriction is lifted to unlimited voting during the final three hours of voting window.

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
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞
Ann Kok 郭舒贤 9
Belinda Lee 李心钰
Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 1
Carrie Wong 黄思恬 6
Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷
Chen Ning 陈宁
Dawn Yeoh 姚懿珊
Denise Camillia Tan 陈楚寰
Eleanor Lee 李凯馨
Felicia Chin 陈凤玲
He Ying Ying 何盈莹
Hong Hui Fang 洪慧芳
Hong Ling 洪凌 1
Jasmine Sim 沈家玉
Jayley Woo 胡佳琪
Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 8
Jin Yin Ji 金银姬 2
Ke Le 阳光可乐
Kimberly Chia 谢静仪
Lin Mei Jiao 林梅娇
Lina Ng 黄嫊方
Mei Xin 美心
Michelle Wong 黄怡灵
Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 6
Pan Ling Ling 潘玲玲
Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 9
Tay Ying 郑颖
Ya Hui 雅慧 5
Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 81
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
十大最受欢迎男艺人
Artistes Top 10
Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城 2
Chen Tian Wen 陈天文
Chen Yixi 陈一熙
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
Zhang Wei 张为
Zhang Yao Dong 张耀栋
Zheng Ge Ping 郑各评 10
Zhu Hou Ren 朱厚任
Zong Zijie 宗子杰
  • ^1 Pornsak and Yvonne Lim were not present during the ceremony.

Presenters and performers[]

The following presenters were announced on 6 April 2021.[6]

Name Role
Lee Rongde 李荣德 Announcer for Star Awards 2021
Jeanette Aw 欧萱
Fann Wong 范文芳
Presented Best Newcomer Award
Cavin Soh 苏梽诚
Lee Teng 李腾
Presented Young Talent Award
Mark Lee 李国煌
Gurmit Singh 葛米星
Presented Best Short Form Drama
Mark Lee 李国煌 Presented Best Short Form Variety
Lau Dan 刘丹 Presented Evergreen Award
James Wen 温升豪 Presented Best Supporting Actor
Chung Hsin-ling 钟欣凌 Presented Best Supporting Actress
Kevin Tsai 蔡康永 Presented Best Infotainment Programme and Best Variety Special
Matilda Tao 陶晶莹 Presented Best Programme Host and Best Entertainment Programme
Joanna Dong 董姿彦 Presented Best Theme Song
Lawrence Cheng 郑丹瑞 Presented Best Radio Programme
Gordon Lam 林家栋 Presented Best Actor
Sandra Ng 吴君如 Presented Best Actress and Best Drama Series
Ella Chen 陈嘉桦 Presented Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes and Female Artistes

Performers[]

Name Role Performed

Mediacorp Artistes

  • He Ying Ying 何盈莹
  • Desmond Tan 陈炯江
  • Nick Teo 张鈞淯
  • Rebecca Lim 林慧玲
  • Pierre Png 方展发
  • Guo Liang 郭亮
  • Juin Teh 郑六月
  • Tyler Ten 邓伟德
  • Kym Ng 鐘琴
  • James Seah 谢俊峰
  • Hong Ling 洪凌
  • Herman Keh 郭坤耀
  • Teoh Ze Tong 张哲通
  • Zane Lim 林子颖
  • Gini Cheng 曾晓晴
  • Ye Jia Yun 叶佳昀
  • Daryl-Ann Jansen 莉玉
  • JJ Neo 梁嘉靖
Opening musical performer You are the brightest star 《最亮的光》
Joanna Dong 董姿彦 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 Tay 郑惠玉
Feng Huishi 冯慧诗
Xu Bin 徐彬
Kym Ng 鐘琴
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤
Zong Zijie 宗子杰
Gigi Leung 梁咏琪 Performer Short Hair《短发》

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/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)

Award information[]

Awards trivia[]

  • This is the first ceremony to introduce Best Radio Programme, to honor the best in local radio, which coincides with the 85th Anniversary of radio broadcasting in Singapore.
    • 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.[7]
  • 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).

Absence of award categories[]

  • Best News Story and Best Current Affairs Story were not presented for the third consecutive ceremony since 2018, and Best News Presenter and Best Current Affairs Presenter for the seventh time since 2014, despite the fact that 8World already had more than ten news presenters as of 2021, which would have fulfilled the minimum quota of 10 nominations.
  • There are also no mention of Special Achievement Award during the ceremony for the first time since 2017, while Rocket Award was neither mentioned or presented for the fourth consecutive ceremony as well.
    • There are no mentions for the Backstage Achievement Award by public, though there was an Instagram shot mentioning a winner for Best Director of 2020 All Is Well, implying that there was a Backstage Achievement Award held in 2020.[8] Other award recipients were announced separately, with the 2020 Best Screenplay awarded to Hello From the Other Side, while Best Director and Best Screenplay for 2021 were awarded for A Quest to Heal and All Around You, respectively.

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.
  • C.L.I.F. became the first drama series to have been nominated for five occasions for Best Drama Serial (the other being 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017), 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 COVID-19 pandemic saw postponements in television production and Mediacorp had since suspended studio audience starting 7 February.[1] The ceremony was first announced to be held on 26 April 2020, but in an announcement on 19 February 2020, the ceremony was delayed to the second half of the year, and that the original date falls on the period of "Circuit Breaker" (between 7 April and 1 June). On 7 August, Mediacorp announced that the ceremony will not be held in the 2020 year and delaying it to 18 April 2021, and the eligibility periods for the television series would be extended through 31 December 2020. Despite having options on conducting ceremonies virtually, Mediacorp chose to combine both the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies into a single ceremony as a 'bigger celebration', adding that the decision was to "continue to place the health and safety of our artistes, crew and guests as a top priority."[2]

On 6 April 2021, the show confirmed that the ceremony will take place at Changi Airport Terminal 4 and Jewel Changi Airport, and additional changes are made such as walking on a tarmac against the backdrop of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 replacing the traditional red carpet. Overseas guests are still featured but they are broadcast by teleconferencing from either Hong Kong or Taiwan due to the travel restrictions, which was also seen in several other award ceremonies globally.[7][9] The ceremony will also be conducted closed-doors, a first in Star Awards history without a live audience.[10] Additionally, during the ceremony, there are no handover of awards (similar to the 2007's Award (25th Drama Anniversary)), as the award is collected by the recipient itself.

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.[11]

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.[12]

Lianhe Zaobao, who also did separate commentaries during the ceremony, separately questioned Mediacorp on three claims, on the uneven airtime of certain celebrities, the handling of results, and the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste voting system, the last of which receiving headlines following frontrunner Felicia Chin failing to win her tenth Top 10 and thus preventing her to be conferred the All-Time Favourite Artiste next year, which Dennis Chew and Zheng Ge Ping were able to do so during the ceremony. The address was issued under the guidance of Mediacorp's Chief content officer Doreen Neo.

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 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) film, and a judging panel (consist of 70% of professional critics and 30% of Mediacorp personnel). All of the results are final by the judging panel itself and to ensure professionalism and transparency, and that the awards are given out in excellence on the efforts and contributions of works and its production. The opinions that put forward in the comments must be true and free with no prejudice.

Mediacorp concluded that they have dismissed the claims, ensuring that these refutes and its reports would not happen again.[13]

The Inner Circle[]

The Inner Circle
神秘嘉宾
GenreTalk show
Presented byGuo Liang
Country of originSingapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes10
Production
Running timeapprox. 46 mins
Release
Original networkMediaCorp Channel 8
Original release17 February (2021-02-17) –
28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)
Chronology
Related showsStar Awards
External links
Website

The Inner Circle was a 10-episode spin-off series 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+.[14]

No. Guest Original Airdate
1Li NanxingFebruary 17, 2021 (2021-02-17)
2Zoe TayMarch 3, 2021 (2021-03-03)
3Fann WongMarch 10, 2021 (2021-03-10)
4Qi YuwuMarch 17, 2021 (2021-03-17)
5Joanne PehMarch 24, 2021 (2021-03-24)
6Kym NgMarch 31, 2021 (2021-03-31)
7Elvin NgApril 7, 2021 (2021-04-07)
8Dasmond KohApril 14, 2021 (2021-04-14)
9Mark LeeApril 21, 2021 (2021-04-21)
10Christopher LeeApril 28, 2021 (2021-04-28)

References[]

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  2. ^ a b "It's official: No Star Awards this year and it will be back in April 2021". CNA Lifestyle.
  3. ^ "Star Awards 2021 nominees revealed – this year's show includes new category". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Star Awards 2021: These 60 stars are vying for Top 10 Most Popular Female and Male Artistes". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Here Are This Year's Star Awards Top 60 (Yes, Not 40) Most Popular Artistes".
  6. ^ "New meaning to 'airport fashion': Star Awards 2021 will be held at Jewel Changi". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Star Awards 2021 to be held at T4 and Jewel Changi Airport".
  8. ^ "Best Director Winner". 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  9. ^ "New meaning to 'airport fashion': Star Awards 2021 will be held at Jewel Changi Airport". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  10. ^ "Please be informed that Star Awards 2021 is a closed-door event and will not be available to a 'live' audience at Jewel and Terminal 4 on 18 April. Do catch the show on meWATCH, Channel 8, Channel U and Mediacorp Entertainment Channel on YouTube!