Star Awards for Best Rising Star

The Star Awards for Best Rising Star is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.

Star Awards for Best Rising Star
最佳潜力星
Awarded forBest Performance by a Newcomer for a Programme
CountrySingapore
Presented byMediacorp
First awarded1994
Most recent winnerYunis To / Stranger In The Dark (2024)

History

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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

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Year Newcomer Work title (role) Nominees Ref
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)
  • Bernard TanBond of Love (Song Wenhui 宋文辉)
  • Michelle ChiaStrange Encounters 3 (Lin Fengjie 林凤姐)
  • Thomas OngLove at Last (Huang Jiawei 黄家伟)
  • Raymond Yong — Chronicle of Life (Zhou Zhiheng 周志衡)
1996 Phyllis Quek
1997 James Lye
1998 Evelyn Tan A Place to Call Home
(He Yiwen 何依雯)
  • Jerry Chang — The New Adventures of Wisely (Qi Bai 齐白 / Da Wei 大卫)
  • Henry Chong — Starting Point (Lin Tianhong 林天鸿)
  • Amanda Ho — Starting Point (Li Zu'er 李祖儿)
  • Huang Feixiang — The Test of Time (Fu Mingyi 傅明义)
  • Huang Guoliang — Starting Point (Liu Jicheng 刘集成)
  • Andi Lim — Starting Point (Chen Kunsheng 陈坤生)
  • Yvonne LimStarting Point (He Xinjie 何芯婕)
  • Michelle Liu — Starting Point (Zhong Yamin 钟雅敏)
  • Vincent NgSword and Honour (Tianci 天赐)
  • Joey SweeThe Test of Time (Zhou Ailing 周爱菱)
  • Florence TanImmortal Love (Fang Jiawen 方嘉文 / Lu Wenyan 卢文烟 / Qiu Wenfeng 邱文凤)
  • Sean Tang — A Place to Call Home (Chen Haixing 陈海星)
  • Tay Ping HuiOn the Edge: Mr Personality (Lin Chunming 林春明)
1999 Nick Shen My Grandpa
(Fang Zhenhua 方振华)
  • Apple HongP.I. Blues (Chen Anqi 陈安琪)
  • Carol Tham — My Grandpa (Xiaona 小娜)
  • Samantha Toh — P.I. Blues (Deng Jiali 邓家丽)
2000 Dasmond Koh
2001 Fiona Xie
  • Bukoh Mary
  • Gan Woan Wen
  • Michelle Liow
  • Pierre Png
  • John Wong
2002 Jeanette Aw
  • Zully Le
  • Lim Leng Kee
  • Jaime Teo
  • Allan Wu
2004 Joanne Peh
2005 Jesseca Liu
2006 Kelvin Tan
Best Newcomer 最佳新人
2007 Pornsak
2009 Dai Xiangyu
2012 Kate Pang A Tale of 2 Cities
(Lin Le 林乐)
2013 Ian Fang Don't Stop Believin'
(Bai Zhixiang 白志翔)
2015 Aloysius Pang
2018 Chantalle Ng While We Are Young
(Huang Li Bai Yun 黄李白云)
2019 Jasmine Sim Doppelganger
(Li Jiawen 李嘉文)
[3]
2021 Zhang Ze Tong A Jungle Survivor
(Zhong Jianting 钟建廷)
Best Rising Star 最佳潜力星
2023 Das DD #JustSwipeLah
  • Jarrell Huang — In Safe Hands (Wu Guangming 吴光明)
  • Joey Pink — Soul Detective (Hannah)
  • Kiki LimWhen Duty Calls 2 (Goh Guan Lin 吴冠琳)
  • Jernelle Oh#JustSwipeLah
[4]
2024 Yunis To Stranger In The Dark (Cheryl Sun 孙雨泽)
  • Hank Wang — Stranger In The Dark (Yang Junzhe 杨俊哲)
  • Isabelle Quek — Curious City S2
  • Karyn Wong — Battle of the Buskers
  • Yang Yan — Stranger In The Dark (Jin Xin 金鑫)

Award records

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Record Newcomer Remarks
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

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "Star Awards 2023 - Eligibility & Judging Criteria". Mediacorp. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ "Star Awards 2019 Best Newcomer Jasmine Sim Was Told She Was "Wasting Everyone's Time" On The Set Of Doppelganger".
  4. ^ "Star Awards 2023: Das DD makes history with Best Rising Star win". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2023-04-14.