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Campus SuperStar is a Singaporean television music competition to find new singing talent. Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The third season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 4 January 2009 and ended on 12 April 2009.
Jim Lim and Li Feihui were the two judges from the previous season to return, and was joined by Xiaohan and Ken Tay, who all appeared as judges for the first time. Previous judge Jimmy Ye declined to return. Pornsak, Felicia Chin and Lee Teng hosted the show, while Yuan Shuai was employed as the online correspondent. Yoga Lin, winner of the first season of One Million Star, was invited to be the ambassador of the show.
This was the first season to have a reduced number of finalists from 20 to 12, without equal gender representation (eight female finalists and four male finalists), and this season was also notable for being the only season in which the competition have two revival rounds, the 'immunity' and 'sudden-death' eliminations during performance show, an elimination-based sing-off, a non-Chinese contestant was a part of the top 12, and one male and three females represented in the finale, as opposed to two per gender on the past two seasons (the format also happened on the fourth season in 2013).
The series was won by Jarod Lee, a 13-year-old student from Ngee Ann Secondary School, and won a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000, beating Rachel Chua, a 14-year-old student from Anglican High School, who was also the first and only contestant to be eliminated and reinstated in the competition twice.
Jim Lim was confirmed to be returning to the judging panel after judging season two of the show. Li Feihui was also announced to return for this third year as a judge. Season two judge and vocal coach Jimmy Ye declined to return as a judge for the third season. It was announced that two new judges would be brought in to replace Ye on the judging panel. Award-winning lyricist Xiaohan and singer Ken Tay were instated as the third and fourth judge.
Season two host Pornsak returned to host the show. Former season two host Dasmond Koh left the show and his position was taken over by actress Felicia Chin and SuperHost runner-up Lee Teng. U Are the One winner Yuan Shuai hosted the online streaming programme as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news.
The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore. Auditions in front of the judges for season 3 took place in MediaCorp on 8 and 9 November 2008. Applicants are to report to the venue for the audition in their respective school uniforms. Out of 2046 applicants, 141 were put through to the second round of the auditions.[1]
Similar to the first auditions, the second auditions took place in MediaCorp on 15 November 2008. 107 contestants were eliminated at this stage of the competition, leaving 34 to compete in the final round of the auditions.[2]
34 contestants competed at this stage of the competition on 24 November 2008. 22 contestants were eliminated and the remaining 12 were put through to the live shows as finalists. For the first time in Campus SuperStar history, the contestants do not have equal gender representation; eight females and four males advanced to the finals.
Key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
– Advanced via Wildcard round 1
– Advanced via Wildcard round 2
| Act | Age(s) | School | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarod Lee 李奕贤 | 13 | Ngee Ann Secondary School | Winner | |
| Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈 | 14 | Anglican High School | Runner-up | |
| Joselin Ng 黄慧婷 | 15 | Chua Chu Kang Secondary School | 3rd-4th place | |
| Yap Jia Min 叶嘉敏 | 15 | Anglo-Chinese Junior College | 3rd-4th place | |
| Ridhwan Azman | 15 | Bendemeer Secondary School | 5th-8th place | |
| Benita Cheng 郑琪颖 | 15 | Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School | 5th-8th place | |
| Mavis Li Li 李李美子 | 18 | Deyi Secondary School | 5th-8th place | |
| Rachel Lim 林瑞敏 | 14 | Methodist Girls' School | 5th-8th place | |
| Rachael Chang 张慧诗 | 15 | Jurong West Secondary School | 9th-12th place | |
| Adrian Jorge 黄力生 | 15 | Manjusri Secondary School | 9th-12th place | |
| Jeremy Teng 丁文淞 | 14 | Commonwealth Secondary School | 9th-12th place | |
| Shelly Tsai 蔡梦真 | 14 | Hwa Chong International School | 9th-12th place |
The live shows began on 12 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Monday at 8:00pm and the results were announced on the same night at 11:30pm. As with previous seasons, each live show had a different theme. The results show often featured guest performances and sometimes a group performance by the remaining contestants.
On the first live show, sixth live results show and live final, One Million Star season one winner and the show's ambassador Yoga Lin performed. The first live show also featured performances by Singaporean band Mi Lu Bing and singer Olivia Ong. The fourth live results show included performance from One Million Star season 3 fifth runner-up Wong Jing Lun while Project SuperStar season one runner-up Kelly Poon performed on the fifth results show. Project SuperStar season one female runner-up Shi Xin Hui and Malaysian singer Fish Leong performed on the seventh live result show. Project SuperStar season one male second runner-up Derrick Hoh performed on the eighth live results show, while Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth performed on the eleventh and thirteenth. The twelfth live results show and thirteenth live show included performance from Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit. The eleventh and twelfth live shows also featured performance by Singaporean singer Jocie Kwok. Singaporean singer Meixin performed on the thirteenth live show as well. One Million Star season two runner-up Rachel Liang and the winner for the first season of Project SuperStar, Kelvin Tan performed for the live final.
Guest judging roles were brought in during the eighth, twelfth and thirteenth week of the live shows. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip attended the eighth live show, and Singaporean singer Maggie Theng attended the twelfth live show. Lee Wei Song, Kelvin Tan, Wu Jia Ming and Theng attended the thirteenth live show as guest judges as well. During the twelfth week of the live shows, it was announced that judge Jim Lim was unable to present for the live shows due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei. During the week, it was announced that former judge Cavin Soh would replace him as a judge on the show.
| - | Contestant did not perform | |
| - | Contestant received the lowest judges' score or was in the bottom two based on judges' score or failed to receive enough judges' score and was in the danger zone | |
| - | Contestant received the lowest combined total or was in the bottom two and was eliminated | |
| - | Contestant received the lowest judges' score and was eliminated (did not face the public vote) | |
| - | Contestant did not face the public vote was immune from elimination | |
| - | Contestant received the highest judges' score or combined total |
| Contestant | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | PS | RS | |||
| Jarod Lee | 1st 31.5 | Safe | 5th 24.5 | Safe | 2nd 29.5 | Safe | 3rd 28.5 | Safe | 2nd 30.0 | Safe | 1st 33.5 | Immune | 1st 121.0 | Safe | 1st 65.0 | Winner 50.75% | ||||||||||||
| Rachel Chua | 2nd 29.5 | Safe | 3rd 26.0 | style=background:pink | 5th | Eliminated (week 5) | 1st 40.5 | Immune | 2nd 29.5 | Safe | 1st 30.5 | Safe | 2nd 32.5 | style=background:pink | 2nd | 1st 42.5 | Immune | 2nd 118.0 | Safe | 1st 65.0 | 49.25% | |||||||
| Joselin Ng | 4th 25.5 | Safe | 1st 27.0 | Safe | 3rd 28.0 | Safe | 4th 27.5 | Safe | style=background:#C9A0DC | 6th 24.5 | Eliminated (week 10) | 2nd 39.0 | 1st | 4th 101.0 | style=background:pink | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 13) | |||||||||||
| Yap Jia Min | 1st 30.0 | Safe | 1st 31.0 | Safe | 1st 34.5 | Safe | 1st 31.0 | Safe | 4th 27.5 | Safe | 3rd 29.5 | 1st | 3rd 117.5 | style=background:pink | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 13) | ||||||||||||
| Mavis Li Li | 3rd 27.5 | style=background:pink | 6th | Eliminated (week 3) | 2nd 37.5 | 1st | 6th 25.5 | Safe | 3rd 29.5 | Safe | style=background:#C9A0DC | 4th 28.5 | Eliminated (week 11) | |||||||||||||||
| Rachel Lim | 3rd 26.0 | Safe | 3rd 25.0 | Safe | 1st 30.0 | Safe | 4th 27.5 | Safe | 5th 26.5 | style=background:pink | 5th | Eliminated (week 10) | 3rd 34.5 | Bottom two | Not returned (week 12) | |||||||||||||
| Ridhwan Azman | 6th 24.5 | Safe | 1st 27.0 | Safe | 2nd 27.0 | Safe | 7th 25.0 | style=background:pink | 7th | Eliminated (week 9) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benita Cheng | 2nd 29.5 | Safe | 3rd 26.0 | Safe | 3rd 26.5 | Safe | style=background:#C9A0DC | 8th 24.0 | Eliminated (week 9) | 4th 33.0 | Bottom two | Not returned (week 12) | ||||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Teng | 4th 26.5 | Safe | 4th 23.5 | Safe | 4th 24.5 | style=background:pink | 4th | 3rd 31.0 | Bottom four | Not returned (week 8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rachael Chang | 5th 25.0 | Safe | 2nd 27.0 | Safe | 4th 23.5 | style=background:pink | 4th | Eliminated (week 6) | 4th 29.5 | Bottom four | Not returned (week 8) | |||||||||||||||||
| Shelly Tsai | 5th 25.5 | Safe | 5th 19.0 | style=background:pink | 5th | Eliminated (week 4) | 6th 28.0 | Bottom four | Not returned (week 8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Jorge | 6th 20.5 | style=background:pink | 6th | Eliminated (week 2) | 5th 28.5 | Bottom four | Not returned (week 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The top 12 finalists were revealed in this pre-recorded 2-hour special episode, featuring performances from the finalists together with former alumnus from the past seasons.
| Order | Song (duet/trio) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mavis Li Li | 1 | "给我感觉" (with Keely Wee) |
| Jeremy Teng | 2 | "天天夜夜" (with Joanna Teo) |
| Benita Cheng | 3 | "你最珍贵" (with Chen Yi Yuan) |
| Yap Jia Min | 4 | "傻瓜" (with Seah Hui Xian) |
| Shelly Tsai | 5 | "热带雨林" (with Clara Tan) |
| Adrian Jorge | 6 | "记得爱" (with Goh Fu Kuan & Wan Choon Keat) |
| 7 | ||
| Joselin Ng | 8 | "爱什么稀罕" (with Geraldine See) |
| Rachel Lim | 9 | "一眼瞬间" (with Benjamin Hum) |
| Rachel Chua | 10 | "痛快" (with Agnes Low) |
| Rachael Chang | 11 | "恋爱达人" (with Hong Yu Yang) |
| Jarod Lee | 12 | "新不了情" (with Shawn Tok) |
For the first six weeks of competition, contestants are split into two groups competing in one of the two weeks. This week's sing-off is the only time the elimination is decided by muting one of the microphones.
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Adrian Jorge | 1 | "不完美" | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 20.5 | |
| 2 | "第一天" | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 29.5 | Safe | |
| Rachel Lim | 3 | "I Believe" | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 26.0 | Safe |
| Shelly Tsai | 4 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 23.0 | Sing-off/Safe | |
| Jarod Lee | 5 | "I Believe" | 6.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 31.5 | Safe |
| Joselin Ng | 6 | "那又如何" | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 25.5 | Safe |
Similar to week 2, contestants compete in one of two groups performing the same theme. Beginning this week, the sing-off eliminates the contestant when their pitch was altered to a lowered pitch.
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Mavis Li Li | 1 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 27.5 | ||
| Jeremy Teng | 2 | "彩虹" | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 26.5 | Safe |
| Yap Jia Min | 3 | "灰姑娘" | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 30.0 | Safe |
| Rachael Chang | 4 | "勇气" | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 25.0 | Safe |
| 5 | "就是我" | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 24.5 | Sing-off/Safe | |
| Benita Cheng | 6 | "心动" | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 29.5 | Safe |
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Shelly Tsai | 1 | "星光" | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 19.0 | |
| Jeremy Teng | 2 | "豆浆油条" | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 23.5 | Safe |
| Joselin Ng | 3 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 27.0 | Safe | |
| 4 | "空秋千" | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 27.0 | Safe | |
| Rachel Lim | 5 | "月牙湾" | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 25.0 | Sing-off/Safe |
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Benita Cheng | 1 | "蓝天" | 6.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 26.0 | Safe |
| Rachel Chua | 2 | "C大调" | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 26.0 | |
| Yap Jia Min | 3 | "雨天" | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 31.0 | Safe |
| Jarod Lee | 4 | "听海" | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 24.5 | Sing-off/Safe |
| 5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 27.0 | Safe | ||
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Rachael Chang | 1 | "至少还有你" | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 23.5 | |
| Benita Cheng | 2 | "恋之憩" | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 26.5 | Safe |
| Rachel Lim | 3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 30.0 | Sing-off/Safe | |
| 4 | "翅膀" | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 27.0 | Safe | |
| Order | Song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL | XH | KT | FH | Total | ||||
| Joselin Ng | 1 | "我相信" | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 28.0 | |
| Jarod Lee | 2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 29.5 | Safe | |
| Yap Jia Min | 3 | "有你多好" | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 34.5 | Safe |
| 4 | "专属天使" | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 24.5 | Sing-off/Eliminated | |
The six singers who were eliminated from the first six live shows returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. Beginning this round, individual scores from the judges are no longer shown, as the scores are shown at the end of all the performances; a scoring quota is also imposed from this round onward, which determines the safety of each of the contestants; one contestant with a higher or lower score will be exempt from the public vote that week. The scoring quota this week is set at 39.0 points (a snippet of Hoh's performance from the first season). Two contestants will be reinstated from the competition, one with a higher judges' score above the quota, and a second with a higher combined total from the remaining contestants. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip was brought in as the guest judge.
| Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Teng | 1 | "我可以" | 31.0 | |
| Mavis Li Li | 2 | "3-7-20-1" | 37.5 | |
| Shelly Tsai | 3 | 28.0 | ||
| Adrian Jorge | 4 | "终于说出口" | 28.5 | Not revived |
| Rachel Chua | 5 | "你是爱我的" | 40.5 | Immune/Revived |
| 6 | "我想有个家" | 29.5 | ||
The results show is the only one where two Sing-off songs were decided (Teng, Tsai and Chang in order) and a computerized elimination for one singer (in the case, Jorge).
For the next three weeks, two contestants were eliminated from each week of the shows. The quota for the week is 26.
| Order | Song | Drama series | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yap Jia Min | 1 | "如燕" | The Little Nyonya | 31.0 | Safe |
| Mavis Li Li | 2 | "不见不散" | 25.5 | ||
| Jarod Lee | 3 | "拥有" | Homerun | 28.5 | Safe |
| Rachel Lim | 4 | "自己" | Mulan | 27.5 | Safe |
| Benita Cheng | 5 | Perfect Cut | 24.0 | Eliminated immediately | |
| Rachel Chua | 6 | "曾经太年轻" | The Hospital | 29.5 | Safe |
| 7 | "从开始到现在" | Winter Sonata | 25.0 | Sing-off/Eliminated | |
| Joselin Ng | 8 | "你要的爱" | Meteor Garden | 27.5 | Safe |
The quota for this week is 28. Beginning this round, the altered pitch during the sing-off is adjusted to a higher pitch.
| Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarod Lee | 1 | "隐形的翅膀" | 30.0 | Safe |
| 2 | "Dear Friend" | 30.5 | Safe | |
| Rachel Lim | 3 | "启程" | 26.5 | |
| Joselin Ng | 4 | "爱" | 24.5 | Eliminated immediately |
| Yap Jia Min | 5 | 27.5 | Sing-off/Safe | |
| Mavis Li Li | 6 | "姐妹" | 29.5 | Safe |
The target quota for this week is 30. The contestant with the lowest score below the quota will face immediate elimination, or the highest score above the quota will be immune from public vote and immediately advance to the finals. Of the two remaining contestants, the combined total determined which singer will advance to the final, and which singer was eliminated.
| Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mavis Li Li | 1 | "庆幸有你爱我" / "Love Love Love" | 28.5 | Eliminated immediately |
| Jarod Lee | 2 | "走出黑暗的世界" / "完美世界" | 33.5 | Immune/Advanced |
| 3 | "牵手" / "你的微笑" | 32.5 | ||
| Yap Jia Min | 4 | 29.5 | Sing-off/Safe | |
At the end of the results show on the previous week, each of the four judges select one eliminated contestant from week 8 to 10 to compete in the second Wildcard Round next week; ultimately, Li Li and Ridzwan were not chosen to compete this round and faced permanent elimination.
The contestant with the highest judges' score would be immune from elimination (did not face the public vote) and was immediately reinstated from the competition; of the remaining three contestants, the contestant with a higher combined total would also be reinstated from the competition. Lim did not appear on the judging panel for week 12 due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei; season one judge Cavin Soh took his place on the panel. Singer Maggie Theng was brought in as the guest judge as well.
| Order | Song | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Lim | 1 | "我不难过" | Ken Tay | 34.5 | ||
| Joselin Ng | 2 | "失恋无罪" | Li Feihui | 39.0 | Sing-off/Revived | |
| 3 | "一笑而过" | Xiaohan | 33.0 | Not revived | ||
| Rachel Chua | 4 | Jim Lim | 42.5 | Immune/Revived |
6 April (Prelude)
All top 12 finalists returned to the stage in this pre-recorded non-elimination performance show. It featured group performances from the finalists as well as a look-back on their journey in the competition.
| Order | Song | |
|---|---|---|
| Rachael Chang, Mavis Li Li & Shelly Tsai | 1 | "特务J" |
| Benita Cheng, Rachel Lim & Mavis Li Li | 2 | "站在高岗上" |
| 3 | "小酒窝" | |
| Ridhwan Azman, Adrian Jorge & Jeremy Teng | 4 | |
12 April (Round 1)
Project SuperStar season one winner Kelvin Tan, singer Maggie Theng, music producer and composer Lee Wei Song and Wu Jia Ming were brought in as the guest judges.
| Order | First song (duet) / Second song (quartet) | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarod Lee | 1 | "千言万语" / "小薇" (with Lydia Tan) | 64.0 | 121.0 | Safe |
| 5 | "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Joselin Ng & Yap Jia Min) | 57.0 | |||
| 2 | 58.5 | 118.0 | Safe | ||
| 6 | "月光" (with Jarod Lee, Joselin Ng & Yap Jia Min) | 59.5 | |||
| Yap Jia Min | 3 | "红豆词2000" (with Teresa Tseng) | 59.0 | 117.5 | |
| 7 | "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Jarod Lee & Joselin Ng) | 58.5 | |||
| Joselin Ng | 4 | "梦醒时分" (with Da Feng Chui) | 52.5 | 101.0 | Third/fourth place |
| 8 | "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Jarod Lee & Yap Jia Min) | 48.5 | |||
12 April (Round 2)
| Order | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarod Lee | 1 | "下一个天亮" | 65.0 | Winner | |
| 2 | 65.0 | Runner-up |