I Want to Be a Star explained

Native Name:	小咖大作战
Genre:	Drama Entertainment Comedy Romance
Runtime:	approx. 24 minutes
Director:	方傢福 Png Keh Hock
Producer:	王尤红 Winnie Wong
Starring:	Chew Chor Meng 周初明 Shane Pow 包勋评 Kym Ng 钟琴 Hong Ling 洪凌 Dennis Chew 周崇慶 Ya Hui 雅慧
Opentheme:	路人 by Ya Hui
Endtheme:	咖喱菲 by Ya Hui, Hong Ling, Dennis Chew & Shane Pow
Country:	Singapore
Language:	Mandarin
Network:	Toggle
Num Episodes:	12

I Want to Be a Star is a Toggle original series drama which is shown on Toggle. The show depicts the life of a calefare and rising to fame as actors and actresses of Mediacorp. It stars Chew Chor Meng, Shane Pow, Kym Ng, Hong Ling, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui as the main cast of the series. Channel 8 began airing the series every Sunday at 10.30pm from 25 December 2016.

Plot

Da Tian opens a calefare agency. Edgar, Fei Mei, Gao Mei, Fa Ge, and Ru Hua all start off as extras in films. Soon, Gao Mei gets her friend Mei Yi to join. Mei Yi and Di Long fall in love. Edgar starts to fall in love with Gao Mei but it is not reciprocated.

Cast

Main cast

Cast	Role	Description	Episode Appeared
Chew Chor Meng 周初明	Zhong Da Tian 钟大天	Doraemon (小叮当) Dad (老爸) Boss of Da Tian Calefare Agency Zhong Di Long's father In love with Hong Baobao	1 - 6, 10 - 12
Shane Pow 包勋评	Zhong Di Long 钟狄龙	Small Boss (小老板) Zhong Da Tian's son Zhang Mei Yi's love interest	1 - 12
Kym Ng 钟琴	Hong Bao Bao 洪宝宝	Zhong Da Tian's friend and love interest Calefare turned actress	4, 8, 11
Hong Ling 洪凌	Zhang Mei Yi 张美仪	Gao Mei's best friend Dreams to be a singer Zhong Di Long 's love interest	1 - 12
Dennis Chew 周崇庆	Edgar	Zhong Di Long's Friend Comes from rich family Dream to be an actor Fan of Juilet & Andy In love with Gao Mei	1 - 12
Ya Hui 雅慧	Gao Mei 高媚	Zhang Meiyi's best friend Dreams to be an actress Edgar's love interest	1 - 6, 8, 10 - 12

Other characters

Cast	Role	Description	Episode Appeared
Henry Thia 程旭辉	Fa Ge 发哥	Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Ru Hua-jie & Ru Yu-jie friend Calefare	1 - 12
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀	Jeremy	Assistant director of 穿越百年情 Become a director in the end	1 - 12
Luisa Gan 顏尔	Juliet	A popular and arrogant actress Edgar's Idol Declare a search for her watch Quarrel with Edgar	4, 7, 8, 9
Priscilla Lim 林茜茜	Fei Mei 肥妹	Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fa Ge, Ru Hua-jie & Ru Yu-jie friend Calefare	1 - 12
Yoo Ah Min 尤雅敏	Ru Yu-jie 如玉姐	Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Ru Hua-jie & Fa Ge friend Calefare	1 - 12
Grace Chong 张翠缨	Ru Hua-jie 如花姐	Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Fa Ge & Ru Yu-jie friend Calefare	1 - 12
Shine Koh 高慧姍	Cat 小猫	Assistant of 穿越百年情 Look down of calefare	1 - 9
Nick Teo 张鈞淯	Du Yiyang 杜一阳	Director of 穿越百年情	3, 5, 6, 8
刘骏宏	刘强	Director of 穿越百年情	1 - 2, 4, 7, 9
蔡雪婷	Felicia	Actress of 穿越百年情	1 - 12
陈怡淋	Jeremy Assistant	Jeremy Helper	1 - 12

See also

• List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s)

Controversy

• A scene from episode 6 had to be removed following a public outcry of the show's casual racism. Actor Shane Pow is seen wearing an Afro wig as well as blackface make-up after a casting director fails to find an man of African descent for a role. Actor Chew Chor Meng's character had also said onscreen that Indians and Africans are "all the same." Toggle has since apologised and removed the offensive scenes from the programme.^[1]
• A scene of episode 9 has been revealed of Jeremy Chan 's relationship with Jesseca Liu.

Episodes

No. in series	Title	Original airdate

Trivia

• A two part special, Star Struck (小咖大出击), features interviews with Jack Neo, Romeo Tan, Rebecca Lim, Steven Woon, Zhu Houren, Xiang Yun, Bryan Wong, Mark Lee, Chew Chor Meng and Henry Thia, was broadcast on Sunday, 10.30pm.
• The show was preempted on 29 January 2017 due to Chinese New Year Special and also on 5 & 12 March 2017 due to the telecast of current affairs programme Budget N You.
• The show was repeated on every Thursday at 12.30pm on Mediacorp Channel 8.

Music

Song Title	Song Type	Lyrics	Composer	Arranger	Performer(s)	Producer(s)
路人	Theme song	Pierre Zhang 乐声	Matthew Teng 邓碧源	Ya Hui 雅慧	Mo Ju Li 麦如丽
咖喱菲	Sub-theme song	Png Keh Hock 方傢福	Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Shane Pow 包勋评 Ya Hui 雅慧 Hong Ling 洪凌

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mediacorp's Toggle removes Shane Pow's 'blackface' episode following outcry. hermesauto. 26 October 2016.