| Genre: | Reality television |
| Presenter: | Quan Yi Fong (season 1–2) Jeff Wang (season 1–2) Jeremy Chan (season 3–) Dasmond Koh (season 3–) Shane Pow (season 3–) |
| Judges: | Billy Koh (season 1–2) Lee Wei Song (season 1–2) Li Feihui Anthony Png (season 1–2) Dawn Yip Eric Ng (season 3–) |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Network: | MediaCorp Channel U |
| Runtime: | 20–160 minutes |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 60 |
| Location: | Various (auditions) MediaCorp TV Theatre (live shows) Singapore Indoor Stadium (final) |
Project SuperStar is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24 contestants were selected to enter the Quarter Finals of the competition. For both seasons, it was hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. Episodes were pre-recorded, and broadcast on Wednesday for male contestants, while episodes on Thursday feature female contestants. Season 3's Live-telecast will begin on 18 August 2014 and the finale is set to be on 26 October 2014. It is announced that Dasmond Koh, Jeremy Chan and Shane Pow will be the hosts for the third season.
For the first two seasons, competition begins with an audition in front of an audience and judges, and through a series of rounds, judges picked 24 contestants, 12 male and 12 female, to compete in the live shows. With the exception of the finals, contestants compete at the MediaCorp studios while the finals were held at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
In each week, contestants perform in weekly shows in front of a panel of judges, who assessed their performances based on their singing technique, body language, and overall presentation, and each judge gave a score out of a maximum 10 with intervals of 0.5. Contestants also faced the public vote which opened on the start of the performances and closes hours later. The scoring weightage for judges and public vote were 70% and 30% respectively, and the contestants with the lowest scores for the particular gender that week faces elimination.
The competition was divided into three phases, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals. Quarterfinals held for four weeks and compete in two out of four weeks, one on the first half (Top 24) and one on the later half (Top 16). In the Top 16 rounds, the top two highest scoring contestants per each gender moves on to the semifinals, while the bottom two will participate in a fifth week, entitled Revival round, vying for a fifth spot in the semifinals.
In the semifinals, contestants compete in four weeks of shows, each with a different theme with the same scoring ratio. Contestants who earned the lowest overall score for each gender were progressively eliminated each week until only one contestant remain, which then be named as a category winner. In a first for a Singaporean competition, the final four must also make studio recording of a winning single prior to the start of the semifinals.
In the finals, two category winners compete head-to-head with each other where the outcome is decided solely by public vote. The judges are also allowed though they could only give their opinions to the contestants and vote on deciding who performed better for this song. In addition to the voting, purchases of contestant performances counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to 30% of the final scores, and the contestant with a higher score is crowned the overall winner.
Season three saw many changes in the competition format by reducing the number of contestants to 12 (six per gender) with similar elimination rules including the removal of the Revival round, and a coaching format identical to The X Factor and The Voice. Public voting mechanics were also changed with viewers now using the Toggle Now app to cast their votes, promoting television interactivity, and judges scores now factored in the grand finals, now held at the studios instead.
To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Contestant in male category
Contestant in female category
| Season | Start | Finish | Winner | Third place | Main hosts | Guest hosts | Main judges | Guest judges | Sponsors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Kelvin Tan | Kelly Poon | Chew Sin Huey | Quan Yi Fong Jeff Wang | Dennis Chew Christina Lin | Billy Koh Roy Loi Anthony Png Dawn Yip | VodaVoda Mango TV M1 | |||||
| Two | Lydia Tan | Nat Tan | Quan Yi Fong Jeff Wang Christina Lin | Lee Teng Charlyn Lin Pornsak | SK Jewellery Hoyu Sony Silkpro SILKYGIRL M1 | |||||||
| Carrie Yeo | ||||||||||||
| Three | Alfred Sim | Abigail Yeo | Justin Chua | Dawn Yip | Jeremy Chan | Shane Pow | Roy Loi Dawn Yip Eric Ng | Tiger Huang | AMC Live White Rabbit Calbee Eversoft | |||
| Tan Yan Hua |
Malaysia produced their own version, Project SuperStar Malaysia, which was broadcast on 8TV (Malaysia). Its first season premiered in 2006, while its third and recent season premiered on 9 February 2008 and ended on 3 May 2008.