Project SuperStar
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Project SuperStar (Simplified Chinese: 绝对 SuperStar) is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and featured on Channel U in Singapore, hosted by Quan Yifeng and Jeff Wang. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop potential talent in mandarin pop in Singapore. The format of the competition is loosely modelled after the American Idol, albeit with several differences. Twenty-four contestants were eventually selected to enter the quarter finals of the competition.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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:
- Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (陈伟联)
- Hong Junyang (洪俊扬)
- Kelly Poon (潘嘉丽)
- Chew Sin Huey (石欣卉)
Among these semi-finalists, Derrick Hoh Wei Jian and Kelly Poon are brought back through the revival round. Derrick managed to survive til 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.
Results in Contrast with Marks awarded(Season 1)(marks awarded in descending order):
Quarter Final 1
Males
- Hong Junyang (32.5 marks)
- Leon Lim (31 marks)
- Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (29 marks)
- Jason Tan Kok Khian (29 marks)
- Sugianto (28.5 marks) - OUT
- Darryl Yong (25.5 marks) - OUT
Females
- Kelly Poon (36 marks)
- Chen Jiaxin (32 marks) - OUT
- Chew Sin Huey (29.5 marks)
- Macy Guo (28 marks)
- Ruth Chua Shi Ni (27 marks)
- Candy Tan Jing Yi (25 marks) - OUT
Quarter Final 2
Males
- William Tanato (37 marks) - OUT
- Derrick Hoh Wei Jian (35 marks)
- Hagen Tan (32 marks)
- Chia Wei Choong (32 marks)
- Raymond Chua (26.5 marks) - OUT
- Sebastian Leong (24.5 marks)
Females
- Candyce Toh (31 marks)
- Silver Ang (29.5 marks)
- Chanel Feng (27.5 marks)
- Lai Li Jun (27.5 marks)
- Dai Ai Ling (26.5 marks) - OUT
- Wendy Zhuo (24 marks) - OUT
Above are the results for the top 24 competition. 4 males and 4 females are booted out permanently. Then, the remaining 8 males and 8 females compete again. Below here: IN = advanced to semi-finals, OUT = sent to revival round.
Quarter-finals 3
Males
- Hong Junyang (38.5 marks) - IN
- Derrick Hoh (36.5 marks) - OUT
- Leon Lim (32.5 marks) - OUT
- Jason Tan (28.5 marks) -IN
Females
- Kelly Poon (36 marks) - OUT
- Ruth Chua Shi Ni (33 marks) - IN
- Lai Li Jun (32.5 marks) - OUT
- Chew Sin Huey (30 marks) - IN
Quarter Finals 4
Males
- Chia Wei Choong (39.5 marks) - IN
- Hagen Tan (32.5 marks) - OUT
- Kelvin Tan (31.5 marks) - IN
- Sebastian Leong (28.5 marks) - OUT
Females
- Silver Ang (32.5 marks) - IN
- Chanel Pang (30.5 marks) - OUT
- Candyce Toh (28.5 marks) - IN
- Macy Guo (28 marks) - OUT
Revival Round
Males
- Derrick Hoh (39 marks) - IN
- Leon Lim (38.5 marks)
- Hagen Tan (30 marks)
- Sebastian Leong (26 marks)
Females
- Kelly Poon (40.5 marks) - IN
- Macy Guo (31.5 marks)
- Lai Li Jun (30 marks)
- Chanel Pang (30 marks)
Semi-Final 1
Males
- Hong Junyang (39 marks)
- Derrick Hoh (38 marks)
- Kelvin Tan (36.5 marks)
- Chia Wei Choong (35.5 marks) - OUT
- Jason Tan (31 marks)
Females
- Kelly Poon (39.5 marks)
- Chew Sinhuey (33.5 marks)
- Candyce Toh (32.5 marks)
- Silver Ang (31 marks)
- Ruth Chua (28.5 marks) - OUT
Semi-Final 2
Males
- Hong Junyang (41.5 marks)
- Derrick Hoh (36.5 marks)
- Jason Tan (31.5 marks) - OUT
- Kelvin Tan (28.5 marks)
Females
- Kelly Poon (39.5 marks)
- Chew Sin Huey (38.5 marks)
- Candyce Toh (33 marks) - OUT
- Silver Ang (29 marks)
Semi-Final 3
Males
- Kelvin Tan (39.5 marks)
- Hong Junyang (38 marks)
- Derrick Hoh (35.5 marks) - OUT
Females
- Chew Sinhuey (41.5 marks)
- Kelly Poon (38.5 marks)
- Silver Ang (31 marks) - OUT
Semi-Final 4
Males
- Hong Junyang (40.7 marks) - OUT
- Kelvin Tan (37 marks) - IN to the grand finals
Females
- Chew Sinhuey (42.5 marks) - OUT
- Kelly Poon (38.5 marks) - IN to the grand finals
[edit] 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:
- Maxilian Chan Yu Shu 曾裕淑(Eliminated 28th December 2006)
- Jon Toh Hong Lim 卓坊林(Eliminated 28th December 2006)
- Michelle Lew Ruo Wen 刘若雯(Eliminated 4th January 2007)
- Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声(Eliminated 4th January 2007)
- Averil Chan Shi Yun 陈诗韵(Eliminated 11th January 2007)
- Kelvin Soon Boon Hai 孙文海(Eliminated 11th January 2007)
- Carrie Yeo Chia Ying 杨佳盈(Eliminated 18th January 2007)
- Nathaniel Tan Kern Bai 陈铿百(Eliminated 18th January 2007)
- Lydia Tan Di Ya陈迪雅(Female Champion, Eliminated 4th February 2007)
- Daren Tan Sze Wei 陈世维(Overall Champion)
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 1
Females
- Veron Yang Xue Ni (37 marks) - OUT
- Carrie Yeo Chia Ying (32 marks)
- Dawn Wong Chuan Mei (31 marks)
- Averil Chan Shi Yun (30.5 marks)
- Magdelene Yeong Yan Yi (28.5 marks) - OUT
- Maxilian Chan Yu Shu (28 marks)
Males
- Kelvin Soon Boon Hai (35.5 marks)
- Huang Shi Yu (33 marks) - OUT
- Jon Toh Hong Lim (29 marks)
- Kenny Lim Dao Wen (28.5 marks) - OUT
- Jeremy Chan Ming Yao (27.5 marks)
- Jeremy Kwan Jing Han (27 marks)
Quarter Final 2
Females
- Lydia Tan Di Ya (37.5 marks)
- Tang Ling Yi (37 marks) - OUT
- Michelle Lew Ruo Wen (34.5 marks)
- Charlotte Loh Feng Yi (27.5 marks)
- Sheila Ou Qian Yu (27.5 marks)
- Lee Her Ching (27 marks) - OUT
Males
- Zhang Le Sheng (36 marks)
- Chua Wee Jian (32 marks)
- Jeff Teay Che Wai (31.5 marks) - OUT
- Anson Goh Heng Yong (31 marks) - OUT
- Nathaniel Tan Kern Bai (28.5 marks)
- Daren Tan Sze Wei (28.5 marks)
Above are the results for the top 24 competition. 4 males and 4 females are booted out permanently. Then, the remaining 8 males and 8 females compete again. Below here: IN = advanced to semi-finals, OUT = sent to revival round.
Quarter Final 3
Females
- Michelle Lew (35.5 marks) - IN
- Dawn Wong (30 marks) - OUT
- Averil Chan (27.5 marks) - IN
- Sheila Ou (27 marks) - OUT
Males
- Zhang Le Sheng (41 marks) - IN
- Daren Tan (36.5 marks) - OUT
- Jon Toh (33.5 marks) - IN
- Jeremy Kwan (30 marks) - OUT
Quarter Final 4
Females
- Lydia Tan (31.5 marks) - IN
- Charlotte Loh (30 marks) - OUT
- Carrie Yeo (29.5 marks) - OUT
- Maxilian Chan (26.5 marks) - IN
Males
- Kelvin Soon (41 marks) - IN
- Nathaniel Tan (36 marks) - IN
- Jeremy Chan (36 marks) - OUT
- Chua Wee Jian (30 marks) - OUT
Revival Round
Females
- Dawn Wong (40.5 marks)
- Carrie Yeo (34.5 marks) - IN
- Sheila Ou (28.5 marks)
- Charlotte Loh (23 marks)
Males
- Daren Tan (41.5 marks) - IN
- Jeremy Chan (33 marks)
- Chua Wee Jian (30 marks)
- Jeremy Kwan (26 marks)
Semi-Final 1
Females
- Lydia Tan (39 marks)
- Carrie Yeo (31 marks)
- Michelle Lew (29 marks)
- Averil Chan (28 marks)
- Maxilian Chan (26 marks) - OUT
Males
- Daren Tan (43 marks)
- Nathaniel Tan (42 marks)
- Kelvin Soon (38 marks)
- Zhang Le Sheng (34.5 marks)
- Jon Toh (29.5 marks) - OUT
Semi-Final 2
Females
- Lydia Tan (36.5 marks)
- Carrie Yeo (29 marks)
- Averil Chan (28 marks)
- Michelle Lew (27.5 marks) - OUT
Males
- Daren Tan (44 marks)
- Kelvin Soon (38.5 marks)
- Nathaniel Tan (37 marks)
- Zhang Le Sheng (32.5 marks) - OUT
Semi-Final 3
Females
- Carrie Yeo (38.5 marks)
- Lydia Tan (35.5 marks)
- Averil Chan (26 marks) - OUT
Males
- Daren Tan (40.5 marks)
- Kelvin Soon (40 marks) - OUT
- Nathaniel Tan (38.5 marks)
Semi-Final 4
Females
- Carrie Yeo (39.7 marks) - OUT
- Lydia Tan (37.5 marks) - IN to the grand finals
Males
- Daren Tan (39 marks) - IN to the grand finals
- Nathaniel Tan (37 marks) - OUT
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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, Vietnam Television Station(HTV9) also bought the program franchise rights and a female champion [Phuong Trinh] is recently crowned.
