Project SuperStar season 2 explained

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Judges:Billy Koh
Lee Wei Song
Roy Loi
Anthony Png
Dawn Yip
Host:Quan Yi Fong
Jeff Wang
Finals Venue:Singapore Indoor Stadium
Winner:Daren Tan
Runner Up:Lydia Tan
Network:MediaCorp Channel U

The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season.

On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up. Tan was also the first previously eliminated contestant on Project SuperStar to win the competition.

The competition also introduced to Jeremy Chan who would later become a full-time Mediacorp actor, runner-up Tan and Carrie Yeo would later form into a duo band The Freshmen,[1] and Kelvin Soon, a prominent singer-songwriter.[2]

Development

Season 2 was broadcast from 8 November 2006 to 4 February 2007. When the auditions are launched in early September, over 6,000 aspirants came to audition, breaking the record of all star-searching contests in Singapore.

The finalist were announced on an unknown date. Singer-songwriter Tay Kewei was originally selected as one of the final 24 finalists, but was later disqualified due to contractual violation. She was replaced by Sheila Ou, a contestant who was originally eliminated in the round three auditions.

Finalists

Key:

– Winner

– Runner-up

– Gender/Category runner-up

– Semi-finalist

– Category 6th-8th place (lost wildcard)

- Advanced via wildcard

ActAge(s)OccupationGender/CategoryResult
Daren Tan 陈世维23National servicemanMaleWinner
Lydia Tan 陈迪雅21UndergraduateFemaleRunner-up
Nat Tan 陈铿百20National servicemanMaleCategory Runner-up
Carrie Yeo 杨佳盈25Account executiveFemaleCategory Runner-up
Averil Chan 陈诗韵22UndergraduateFemaleCategory 3rd place
Kelvin Soon 孙文海25Lead singerMaleCategory 3rd place
Michelle Lew 刘若雯24Personal financial consultantFemaleCategory 4th place
Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声25UnemployedMaleCategory 4th place
Maxilian Chan 曾裕淑19StudentFemaleCategory 5th place
Jon Toh 卓坊林27Sales executiveMaleCategory 5th place
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀25BartenderMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健19StudentMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Jeremy Kwan 官镜瀚23UndergraduateMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Charlotte Loh 罗凤仪25Banking product controllerFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Sheila Ou 欧千瑜21Service officerFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Dawn Wong 黄川美22Bank executiveFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Anson Goh 吴幸荣27Sales associateMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱24UndergraduateMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Lee Her Ching 李何菁23Pharmaceutical specialistFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Kenny Lim 林道文22Customer management executiveMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊19StudentFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Jeff Teay 谢子伟26Civil servantMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Veron Yang 杨雪妮24Human resource executiveFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Mag Yeong 杨艳宜22UnemployedFemaleCategory 9th-12th place

Live shows

Results summary

Live show details

Week 1: Quarter-finals 1 (22/23 November)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (22 November)
Averil Chan1"Fly Away"30.5Safe
Dawn Wong2"祝我生日快乐"31.5Safe
Maxilian Chan3"隐形的翅膀"28.0Safe
Carrie Yeo4"平常心"32.0Safe
Magdalene Yeo5"阴天"28.5Eliminated
Veron Yang6"了不起"37.5Eliminated
Male category (23 November)
Kenny Lim1"你记得吗"28.5Eliminated
Jeremy Chan2"无能为力"27.5Safe
Kelvin Soon3"Love Story"35.5Safe
Jon Toh4"你不在"29.0Safe
Huang Shiyu5"爱情树"33.0Eliminated
Jeremy Kwan6"翅膀"27.0Safe

Week 2: Quarter-finals 2 (29/30 November)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (29 November)
Charlotte Loh1"爱情旅程"27.5Safe
Michelle Lew2"不要骗我"34.5Safe
Lee Her Ching3"开始懂了"27.0Eliminated
Tang Ling Yi4"天边"37.0Eliminated
Sheila Ou5"你是我心中一句惊叹"27.0Safe
Lydia Tan6"讨厌"37.5Safe
Male category (30 November)
Chua Weijian1"我还能爱谁"32.0Safe
Nathaniel Tan2"流沙"28.5Safe
Zhang Le Sheng3"痊愈"36.0Safe
Anson Goh4"爱情不能作比较"31.5Eliminated
Jeff Teay5"Kiss Goodbye"31.0Eliminated
Daren Tan6"断点"28.5Safe

Week 3: Quarter-finals 3 (6/7 December)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (6 December)
Dawn Wong1"听说爱情回来过"30.0Eliminated
Michelle Lew2"我是不是你最疼爱的人"35.5Safe
Averil Chan3"我一个人住"27.5Safe
Sheila Ou4"我依然是你的情人"27.0Eliminated
Male category (7 December)
Zhang Le Sheng1"心碎了无痕"41.0Safe
Jeremy Kwan2"伤心的人更伤心"30.0Eliminated
Jon Toh3"用尽一生的爱"33.5Safe
Daren Tan4"你知不知道"36.5Eliminated

Week 4: Quarter-finals 4 (13/14 December)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (13 December)
Maxilian Chan1"走在阳光里"26.5Safe
Charlotte Loh2"一个人的我依然会微笑'30.0Eliminated
Lydia Tan3"难以抗拒你容颜"31.5Safe
Carrie Yeo4心情29.5Eliminated
Male category (14 December)
Jeremy Chan1"暗恋的代价"36.0Eliminated
Nathaniel Tan2"寂寞公路"36.0Safe
Chua Wee Jian3"祝福"30.0Eliminated
Kelvin Soon4"爱情傀儡"41.0Safe

Week 5: Wildcard Round (20/21 December)

The eight contestants who were eliminated from the third and fourth quarter-finals returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. The contestant who received the highest combined score from either the male and female categories would be reinstated from the competition.

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (20 December)
Sheila Ou1"High High High"28.5Not Revived
Charlotte Loh2"我不难过"23.0Not Revived
Carrie Yeo3"我要快乐"34.5Revived
Dawn Wong4"Beautiful Love"40.5Not Revived
Male category (21 December)
Jeremy Kwan1"黑色幽默"26.0Not Revived
Chua Wee Jian2"曾经爱你永远爱你"30.0Not Revived
Daren Tan3"把你宠坏"41.5Revived
Jeremy Chan4"精舞门"33.0Not Revived

Week 6: Semi-Finals 1 (4/5 January)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (4 January)
Averil Chan1"不想让你知道"/"So Crazy"28.0Safe
Michelle Lew2"等爱降落"/"情人的关怀"29.0Safe
Maxilian Chan3"月光"/"爱是你眼里的一首情歌"26.0Eliminated
Lydia Tan4"了解"/"你的微笑"39.0Safe
Carrie Yeo5"接受"/"神奇"31.0Safe
Male category (5 January)
Jon Toh1"Piano"/"编号 89757"29.5Eliminated
Kelvin Soon 2"最近"/"天亮以后说分手"38.0Safe
Zhang Le Sheng3"中箭"/"龙的传人"34.5Safe
Nathaniel Tan4"世界唯一的你"/"波间带"42.0Safe
Daren Tan5"白色风车"/"呛司呛司"43.0Safe

Week 7: Semi-Finals 2 (11/12 January)

Contestant! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Female category (11 January)
Michelle Lew1"情人的关怀"27.5Eliminated
Lydia Tan2"巧合"36.5Safe
Carrie Yeo3"我要你的爱"29.0Safe
Averil Chan4"橄榄树"28.0Safe
Male category (12 January)
Zhang Le Sheng1"我只在乎你"32.5Eliminated
Daren Tan2"若是你在我身边"44.0Safe
Kelvin Soon3"爱你一万年"38.5Safe
Nathaniel Tan4"大眼睛"37.0Safe

Week 8: Semi Finals 3 (18/19 January)

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show! Contestant! Order! First song! Order! Second song! Judges' score! Result
Female category (18 January)
Averil Chan1 "如何对你说"4 "月光爱人"26.0Eliminated
Lydia Tan2 "新不了情"5 "福满人间"35.5Safe
Carrie Yeo3 "心动"6 "我无所谓"38.5Safe
Male category (19 January)
Kelvin Soon1 "如果.爱"4 "微尘"40.0Eliminated
Nathaniel Tan2 "生命过客"5 "都是你"38.5Safe
Daren Tan3 "菊花台"6 "天天好心情"40.5Safe

Week 9: Category Final (25/26 January)

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show! Contestant! Order! First song! Order! Second song! Order! Third song! Judges' score! Overall result! Result
Female category (25 January)
Lydia Tan1 "枫"3 "Angles Brought Me Here"5 "触摸"37.562.1%Winner
Carrie Yeo2 "写一首歌"4 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"6 "触摸"39.737.9%Runner-up
Male category (26 January)
Daren Tan1 "只因为你"3 "This Love"5 "I Believe"39.052.72%Winner
Nathaniel Tan2 "嫁给我"4 "Uptown Girl"6 "I Believe"37.047.28%Runner-up

Week 11: Finals (4 February)

Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show! Contestant! Order! Songs! Judges! Score! Result
Daren Tan1"寂寞的季节"59%Winner
3"我的麦克风"
5"Sway"
7"你快乐所以我快乐"
9"靠近"
Lydia Tan2"纸飞机"41%Runner-Up
4"Dream A Little Dream Of Me"
6"You Make Me Wanna"
8"Get High"
10"征服"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: We are happy struggling musicians: The Freshman . 28 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Kelvin Soon shockentertainment . 28 February 2021.