Star Awards 2016 Explained

Star Awards 2016 红星大奖2016
Date:	17 April 2016 - Show 1 24 April 2016 - Show 2
Site:	The Theatre @ Mediacorp, Singapore
Presenter:	Child: yes Label1: Sponsors
Most Awards:	Drama: The Dream Makers (season 2) (12) Variety/Info-ed: GeTai Challenge (3)
Most Nominations:	Drama: The Dream Makers (season 2) (26) Variety/Info-ed: GeTai Challenge (5)
Award1 Type:	Best Drama
Award1 Winner:	The Dream Makers (season 2)
Award2 Type:	Best Variety Show
Award2 Winner:	GeTai Challenge
Award5 Type:	All-time Favourite Artiste
Previous:	2015 (21)
Next:	2017 (23)
Main:	Star Awards

Star Awards 2016 (also SA2016, Chinese: 红星大奖2016) is a double television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U.

This was the first Star Awards ceremony to be held on the new campus at Stars Avenue after its relocation happened in December 2015; for the first time since 2009, the technical awards were not broadcast on television.

The nominations were announced were announced on 1 February 2016 and the Most Favorite Artistes on 3 March 2016 at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, with the results announced during the ceremonies on 17 and 24 April 2016;^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} for the first time in the ceremony's history, both shows placed emphasis for variety and drama programs, and the Top 10 Most Favorite Artists were separately awarded, respectively.

The first season of GeTai Challenge won three awards in the Info-ed category, including the Variety Program and Variety Special, and becoming the first show other than Star Awards to win the Variety Special for the first time since 2010. In drama category, the second season of The Dream Makers broke several records during the ceremony by winning an unprecedented 12 awards out of 26 nominations (including nominations of all but two awards), and become the second drama series to sweep all five major acting categories after Holland V in 2003.

Programme details

Date	Shows	Time	Channels
1 April 2016 to 22 April 2016	Star Awards 2016 Prelude	10.30 pm to 10.45 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8
17 April 2016	Star Awards 2016 Walk of Fame	5.30 pm to 6.30 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Xi Yue HD (Malaysia) Toggle
	Star Awards 2016 Show 1	7pm to 10 pm
24 April 2016	Star Awards 2016 Show 2	7pm to 10 pm
	Star Awards 2016 Post Show Party	10.30 pm to 11.30 pm	Mediacorp Channel 8 Toggle

Backstage achievement awards

These technical awards were presented in Mandarin Orchard Singapore on 21 March 2016, and snippets of it were shown on the third episode of the prelude on 15 April 2016.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Loh Woon Woon  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Ng Lai Huat  – Mind Game Wong Foong Hwee  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Loo Yin Kam  – Doreen Yap Pei Kiang  –	Ang Eng Tee  – Tiger Mum Lau Ching Poon  – You Can Be an Angel Too Rebecca Leow  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Lim Gim Lan and Goh Chwee Chwee  – Super Senior Seah Choon Guan and Chen Sew Khoon  –
Kang Lay See  – Love on the Plate 3 Gan Bee Khim  – GeTai Challenge Khow Hwai Teng  – SPD Charity Show 2015 Jean Toh  – Star Awards 2015 Show 2 Alfred Yeo  – The Successor	Lin Shih Han  – The Joy Truck 3 快 Rachel Han Xinru  – GeTai Challenge Sheffie Liang  – Going Home 3 Ng Jin Puay  – The Games We Played Evelyn Gow  – The Successor
Fiona Lin  – Let It Go Chia Jia Xin  – Hand in Hand Chen Pei Chun  – Kee Chee Wee  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Delon Poh  – Crescendo	Steve Wong Kwok Chung  – Ang Soon Bee  – Love? Tommy Lee Heng Soon  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Lim Hap Choon  – Life Is Beautiful Toh Meng Teck  – Hand in Hand
Ho Hock Choon  – 118 Chen Jiagu and Oh Hock Leong  – Delon Low  – Hand in Hand Oh Hock Leong  – A Blessed Life Wong Lab Seng  – You Can Be an Angel Too	Simon Poon  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Lai Chun Kwang  – Steven Lee  – The Dream Makers (season 2) Koh Kah Yen  – Hand in Hand Joyce Teo  – The Dream Makers (season 2)
Lip Kwok Wai  – LKY Public Mourners form Long Queue on Day 1 Chng Kheng Leng  – Sengkang Temple site to build columbarium incites angers of residents-to-be Loi Kar Yee  – Punggol Waterway Terraces BTO pipes burst and flooded Ng Lian Cheong  – Asia-Euro Holidays close down without warning Seet Sok Hwee  – Jurong Lift Accident An 85-year-old woman's hand was severed
Yap Li Ling, Cheng Tee Yin, Raymond Foong and Desmond Lim (producers); Ang Ka Swan (editor); Wee Wai Lin (executive producer)  – Frontline – The Singapore Spirit Chew Wen Jing and Cheng Tee Yin (producers); Ang Ka Swan (editor); Wee Wai Lin (executive producer)  – Frontline – The Extreme Challenge E.g. Yik Fan (producer); Yong Yih Min (executive producer)  – Money Week – Fluctuations in the stock market are unprofitable? Goh Chye Kim, Jiao Yihui, Pang Pau Xian and Seoow Juin Yee (producers); Pang Kia Nian (editor)  – Focus – Paris Attack Grace Yang, Goh Chye Kim, Jiao Yihui and Chan Wai Hoe (producers); Christopher Yeo (executive producer)  – Focus – 70th Anniversary of WW II: Honour the sacrifices, Remember the Past

Show 1 (上半场)

GeTai Challenge Body SOS 4 The Games We Played Little Shops Love on The Plate 3	GeTai Challenge The Ultimate Battle SPD Charity Show 2015 Star Awards 2015 Show 1 Star Awards 2015 Show 2 Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show 2015
Tuesday Report: Where The Home Is Face Off	Homeward Bound Life Extraordinaire Tuesday Report: Lifeline	Lee Teng  – Love on The Plate 3 Guo Liang  – What Your School Doesn't Teach You Kate Pang  – Face Off Pornsak  – GeTai Challenge Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤  – Celeb's Curated Collections
Chen Shucheng  – Super Senior as Chen Yalai 陈亚来 Chen Tianwen  – 118 as Zhang Tiancheng 张天成 Hong Huifang  – Good Luck as Lin-He Xiangniang 林何香娘 Lin Meijiao  – as Su Qiufeng 苏秋凤 Xiang Yun  – Super Senior as Yu Fang 于芳

Special Awards

	Julie Tan
	Carrie Wong

All-Time Favourite Artistes

This award is a special achievement award given out to artiste(s) who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. Top 10 winning years the recipients were awarded together are highlighted in boldface.

	Qi Yuwu		2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015
	Rui En		2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes

The Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes are decided by telepoll and online voting, which carries a 50% weightage of the combined total score each. The telepoll lines were announced on 3 March 2015 in a press conference at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, along with the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. Voting for the Female Artistes opened from 4 March, and ended at 8:30 pm on 17 April.

The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.

Note	Description
Italic	New to list (Not nominated last year).
Bold	Top 10 winners
	Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category.
n	How many of this awards the recipient got.
10	To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards.

Stage:	Start date	4 Mar	8 Mar	15 Mar	22 Mar	29 Mar	5 Apr	Show 1
End date / Position	7 Mar	14 Mar	21 Mar	28 Mar	4 Apr	11 Apr	Top 18	Top 16	Top 10
Telepoll lines	Artistes	Results
1900-112-2001	Pan Lingling
1900-112-2002
1900-112-2003	Julie Tan									2
1900-112-2004
1900-112-2005
1900-112-2006	Jesseca Liu									5
1900-112-2007	Rebecca Lim									5
1900-112-2008	Belinda Lee									4
1900-112-2009	Sheila Sim
1900-112-2010
1900-112-2011	Aileen Tan
1900-112-2012	Carrie Wong									2
1900-112-2013
1900-112-2014	Kate Pang
1900-112-2015	Jayley Woo									1
1900-112-2016	Felicia Chin									6
1900-112-2017	Quan Yi Fong									10
1900-112-2018	Joanne Peh									10
1900-112-2019	Kym Ng									8
1900-112-2020

Show 2 (下半场)

The nominees and representative titles are listed in alphabetical name order, unless otherwise stated. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

The Dream Makers (season 2) 118 Crescendo Tiger Mum	Kit Chan  – The Dream Makers (season 2) - (《终于》) A-do  – Crescendo - (《好想告诉你》) Bonnie Loo  – Tiger Mum - (《未知数》) Olivia Ong  – - (《梦里家园》) Jack Neo  – 118 - (《够力够力》)
Qi Yuwu  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam Chen Hanwei  – 118 as Li Weiliang Shaun Chen  – as Zhang Jia 张佳 Christopher Lee  – Crescendo as Yang Yiwei 杨毅伟 Romeo Tan  – The Dream Makers (season 2)as Zhong Yiming 钟一鸣	Jeanette Aw  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿 Rebecca Lim  – Sealed with a Kiss as Du Junning 杜均宁 Rui En  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Fang Tonglin 方彤琳 Zoe Tay  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Zhou Weiyun 周薇芸 Ya Hui  – 118 as Hong Jinzhi 洪金枝
Zhang Zhenhuan  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Chen Guang 陈光 Andie Chen  – as Hong Dangyong 洪当勇 Chen Tianwen  – 118 as Zhang Tiancheng 张天成 Ian Fang  – Tiger Mum as Chen Haowei 陈浩威 Edwin Goh  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Eddy	Julie Tan  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Dong Zihuai 董子怀 Paige Chua  – Good Luck as Fang Enqi 方恩琦 Bonnie Loo  – Tiger Mum as Chen Huiyan 陈慧妍 Sheila Sim  – 118 as Hong Shanshan 洪姗姗 Carrie Wong  – 118 as Zhang Ke Ai 张可爱
Damien Teo  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Eden Ezekiel Chee  – as younger Wan Zicong 小子聪 Ivan Lo  – A Blessed Life as Ting Feng 庭风 Sun Yi En  – 118 as Viveka Ian Teng 丁翊  – as younger Hong Kuan 小洪宽

A representative collected the award in place of the nominee.

Special Awards

	Tiger Mum
	GeTai Challenge

Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

Like the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes, the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes are decided by telepoll and online voting. Voting for the Male Artistes opened from 4 March, and ended at 8:30 pm on 24 April.

The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.

Note	Description
Italic	New to list (Not nominated last year).
Bold	Top 10 winners
	Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category.
n	How many of this awards the recipient got.
10	To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards.

Stage:	Start date	4 Mar	8 Mar	15 Mar	22 Mar	29 Mar	5 Apr	12 Apr	Show 2
End date / Position	7 Mar	14 Mar	21 Mar	28 Mar	4 Apr	11 Apr	18 Apr	Top 18	Top 16	Top 10
Telepoll lines	Artistes	Results
1900-112-2021	Xu Bin										3
1900-112-2022	Zhang Yaodong										5
1900-112-2023	Elvin Ng										10
1900-112-2024	Lee Teng										4
1900-112-2025	Zheng Geping										7
1900-112-2026	Zhang Zhenhuan										2
1900-112-2027
1900-112-2028
1900-112-2029
1900-112-2030
1900-112-2031
1900-112-2032	Aloysius Pang										1
1900-112-2033	Pornsak
1900-112-2034	Dennis Chew										6
1900-112-2035
1900-112-2036	Jeffrey Xu										1
1900-112-2037	Chua En Lai
1900-112-2038	Shane Pow										2
1900-112-2039	Chen Tianwen
1900-112-2040

Post Show Party (红星大奖2016庆功宴)

	Crimewatch
	Male: Elvin Ng
	Female: Rui En
	Elvin Ng

Xu Bin  – You Can Be an Angel Too as Fu Jiaren 傅家任 Christopher Lee  – Crescendo as Yang Yiwei 杨毅伟 Aloysius Pang  – Hand in Hand as Ang Bee Ghee 洪美志 Romeo Tan  – as Zhang Yan 张晏 / Hong Kuan 洪宽 Zhang Zhenhuan  – Sealed with a Kiss as Zheng Danle 郑丹乐	Jeanette Aw  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿 Hong Ling  – 118 as Wang Yuye 王玉叶 Rui En  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Fang Tonglin 方彤琳 Huang Biren  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Guan Xie En 官谢恩 Xiang Yun  – Super Senior as Yu Fang 于芳
Qi Yuwu & Jeanette Aw  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam & Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿 Tay Ping Hui & Ann Kok  – Crescendo as Jiang Chufan 江楚帆 & Deng Xueli 邓雪莉 Qi Yuwu & Rui En  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam & Fang Tonglin 方彤琳 Zhang Zhenhuan & Julie Tan  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Chen Guang 陈光 & Dong Zihuai 董子怀 Shaun Chen & Rui En  – as Zhang Jia 张佳 & Yang Meixue 杨美雪	Ya Hui
Romeo Tan  – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Zhong Yiming 钟一鸣 Ian Fang  – Tiger Mum as Chen Haowei 陈浩威 Desmond Tan  – Second Chance as Li Dashan 李大山 Aloysius Pang  – Good Luck as Lin Jiayuan 林家元 Xu Bin  – You Can Be an Angel Too as Fu Jiaren 傅家任	Dennis Chew & Rui En

A representative collected the award in place of the nominee.
Rui En was unable to collect the award as she left the venue after the award ceremony due to her gastric problem.

Summary of nominations and awards (by programme genre)

Most nominations

Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:

Dramas that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Drama
26	The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II
16	信约：我们的家园
11	118
6	Crescendo 起飞
	Tiger Mum 虎妈来了
5	Hand in Hand 手牵手
4	Super Senior 长辈甜心
	You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使
3	Good Luck 百岁大吉
2	A Blessed Life 吉人天相
	Sealed with a Kiss 吻我吧，住家男
1	Let It Go 分手快乐

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Variety/Info-ed
5	GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量
3	Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3
	Star Awards 2015 红星大奖2015
2	Face Off! 这样是怎样?
	Focus 焦点
	Frontline 前线追踪
	SPD Charity Show 2015 真情无障爱
	The Games We Played 那些年，我们一起玩的游戏
	The Successor 锁住味道
	Tuesday Report 星期二特写
1	The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递

Most wins

Dramas that received multiple nominations

Wins	Drama
12	The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II
2	Tiger Mum 虎妈来了
1	118
	Let It Go 分手快乐
	Super Senior 长辈甜心
	信约：我们的家园
	You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使

Variety/Info-ed that received multiple nominations

Wins	Variety/Info-ed
3	GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量
2	Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3
1	Frontline 前线追踪
	The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递
	Tuesday Report 星期二特写

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.^{[5] [6]}

Show 1

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Wang Deming 王德明	Announcer for Star Awards 2016
Mediacorp Artistes 新传媒艺人	Cast entrance on stage (in order of appearance): Evergreen Artistes Chen Shucheng, Hong Huifang, Xiang Yun, Lin Meijiao, Chen Tianwen Top 20 Female Artistes Belinda Lee, Kym Ng, Quan Yi Fong, Kate Pang Sheila Sim, Paige Chua, Chris Tong, Youyi Pan Lingling, Jin Yinji, Aileen Tan Ya Hui, Julie Tan, Carrie Wong, Jayley Woo Jesseca Liu, Rebecca Lim, Joanne Peh, Felicia Chin Top 20 Male Artistes Pierre Png, Shaun Chen, Thomas Ong Guo Liang, Zhang Yaodong, Zheng Geping, Zhu Houren Jeffrey Xu, Aloysius Pang, Shane Pow, Chua En Lai Zhang Zhenhuan, Elvin Ng, Romeo Tan, Xu Bin All-Time Favourite Artiste Qi Yuwu, Rui En Bryan Wong, Vivian Lai, Mark Lee Chen Hanwei, Jeanette Aw, Tay Pinghui Huang Biren, Zoe Tay, Xiang Yun, Chen Liping
Liang Wern Fook 梁文福	Presenter of the award for Best Info-Ed Programme
Teo Ming Kian 张铭坚	Presenter of the award for Rocket Award
Lawrence Cheng 郑丹瑞 William Shen 沈玉琳	Presenters of the awards for Best Variety Programme and Best Variety Special
Kit Chan 陈洁仪	Presenter of the award for Social Media Award
Teo Chee Hean 张志贤	Gave out the award for Best Evergreen Artiste
Liang Wern Fook 梁文福 Kit Chan 陈洁仪	Presenters of the award for All-Time Favourite Artiste
Hu Gua 胡瓜	Presenter of the award for Best Programme Host (Variety, Info-Ed & Infotainment)
Hu Gua 胡瓜 Park Hae-jin 朴海镇^[7]	Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Jeffrey Li 李成宇	Performer	Performed "The Greatest Love of All"
Kit Chan 陈洁仪	Performer	Performed 《终于》 from The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II
The Teng Ensemble 鼟乐团	Orchestral	Performed 《小白船》
	Performers	Drum performance
Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 Lee Teng 李腾 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Mark Lee 李国煌 Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 Chua En Lai 蔡恩来	Skit performers	Skit performers of 《主持人不好当》
Jeannie Hsieh 谢金燕	Performer	Performed 《姐姐》 and 《蹦蹦趴》

Show 2

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Wang Deming 王德明	Announcer for Star Awards 2016
Huang Hongmo 黄宏墨 Li Feihui 黎沸挥	Presenter of the award for Best Theme Song
Shaun Seow 萧文光	Gave out the award for Top Rated Drama Serial
Chee Hong Tat 徐芳达	Gave out the award for Top Rated Variety Programme
Fung Bo Bo 冯宝宝	Presenter of the award for Young Talent Award
Eric Huang 黄少祺 Angus Hsieh 谢承均	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Wong 黄秋生	Presenter of the award for Best Drama Serial
Sonia Sui 隋棠	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Myolie Wu 胡杏儿	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
JJ Lin 林俊杰 Kym Ng 钟琴 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
	Performers	Performed 《终于》 from The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II Performed 《够力够力》 from 118 Performed 《好想告诉你》 from Crescendo 起飞 Performed 《梦里家园》 from 信约：我们的家园 Performed 《未知数》 from Tiger Mum 虎妈来了
Elecoldxhot	Performers	Dance performance
Dance Thrilogy	Performers	Dance to 《小苹果》
Daly Tang 邓男子	Magician	Magic tricks with Dennis Chew, Lee Teng and Carrie Wong
JJ Lin 林俊杰	Performer	Performed 《她说》, 《会有那么一天》, 《只对你说》, 《记得》 and 《不为谁而作的歌》

Video snippets

In commemoration of the first Star Awards ceremony held in the new MediaCorp campus, nomination videos shown for show 2 begin with a short 15-second snippet of a performer playing an instrument which was shot either at the Gardens by the Bay (first five listed) or at the new MediaCorp campus.

Name(s)	Instrument	Associated Award For	Featured Quote (Translation)
Li Wei Ting 李炜婷 Lin Wang Chun 林泓椿	Flute	Best Theme Song	"正声雅音 笔下生花" (A Positive Sound Penned by a Good Musician)
Seah Xi Qing 谢喜晴 Lou Linhh 陈嘉灵	Saxophone	Young Talent Award	"含苞吐萼 初露锋芒" (The First Sign that shows a Bud in a Flower)
Yvonne Tay 郑怡雯 from Ding Yi Music Company	Guzheng	Best Supporting Actress	"牡丹绿叶 初露锋芒" (The Peony Green Leaves made its First Appearance)
Tan Qing Lun 陈庆伦 from Singapore Chinese Music Federation	Dizi	Best Supporting Actor	"锦花修草 蓄势待发" (Reaping for a Thought, Be Ready for Action)
Toh Kai Xiang 卓开祥 from Ding Yi Music Company	Hand Drum	Best Drama Serial	"春风杨柳 风行水上" (A Spring Breeze Willows Across the Water)
Loon Shi Zong 伦显宗	Trumpet	Best Actor	"划破天际 不同凡响" (An Extraordinary One that Cuts through the Sky)
Flame of the Forest	Tabla, Musical Keyboard and Sitar	Best Actress	"棋逢对手 惺惺相惜" (A Freemasonry Rivalry)

Ceremony Information

Awards categories

• This is the first ceremony to introduce three awards, "Best Programme Host", "Best Evergreen Artiste" and the voting category "Bioskin Flawless Skin Award". The Best Programme Host was a combination of both Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Programme Host awards as both categories have a similar presentation structure.
• This is the first year all five nominations for the Best Drama Serial have the same nominations for the Best Theme Song. Coincidentally, the winning Drama Serial The Dream Makers (season 2) also won the Best Theme Song.
• This was the final ceremony until 2022 where the online Favourite award categories were held.
  • Jeanette Aw was nominated again for Favourite Female Character and Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama). Initially, Aw stated that she expressed her intention to remove her name from the nominations due to her winning six voting-based awards (which include Most Popular Regional Artiste Awards, Social Media Award and Favourite Female Character award for her role in ), but Mediacorp declined her request as the awards were determined though online voting, and still requiring her to participate.^[8]
• This was the first (and to date, currently the only) ceremony in which the awards for the Top 10 Artistes were presented in separate shows instead of single show, with the female artistes awarded in show 1, and the male artistes on show 2.
  • It was also the first (and to date the only) ceremony the main awards were split into two shows, each focusing on Variety/Info-ed and Drama, respectively.
  • Due to none of the artiste won their ninth Top 10 Popular Artiste title at the time after the ceremony, 2018 was thus became the third ceremony, after 2007 and 2013, to not present the All-Time Favourite Artiste since its category inception in 2004.

Nomination firsts

• First-time nominees included Bonnie Loo, Edwin Goh, Ian Fang, Romeo Tan, Sheila Sim, Jeffrey Xu and Ya Hui for the Top 10 awards.
• Aileen Tan, Chen Tianwen, Jesseca Liu, Pan Lingling, Kate Pang, Zhang Yaodong and Zhang Zhenhuan were nominated for the Top 10 awards after not nominated for the category last year.
  • Chen Tianwen was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2002, marking the longest absence by any returning artiste so far at 13 years.
• Liu was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2010. Between 2010 and 2015, she left Mediacorp to join HIM International Music due to the contract expiry, but later returned to Mediacorp last year after she recently signed a new acting contract.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Consecutive and records in award categories, first in Top 10

• The Dream Makers (season 2) set numerous records during the night's ceremony:
  • The series set the largest count of nominations for a ceremony in a single year with 26, surpassing the first series's 21 from the 2014 ceremony.
  • The series also set a record on winning the most awards for a ceremony in a single year with 12, surpassing both the first series and The Little Nyonya, both with nine wins.
  • The series became the first drama to win every awards they were nominated for, except for Favorite Male Artiste (which was not nominated) and Top Rated Drama Series (all the dramas were eligible).
  • The series became the ninth drama to have its series nominated for the Best Drama Serial multiple times, and the first (and to date, the only) drama to win in this category twice.
  • The series became the second drama to earn the distinction in which the drama won all five major acting categories (which were Best Drama Serial, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Supporting Actor and Actress), with the first being 2003's drama Holland V.
• Jayley Woo, Aloysius Pang and Jeffrey Xu won the Top 10 awards for the first time, alongside Jesseca Liu, Dennis Chew, Zhang Yaodong, Zhang Zhenhuan and Zheng Geping, who neither were nominated nor won last year.
• Elvin Ng became the eighth All-Time Favourite Artiste to win the award with ten consecutive Top 10 Male Favourite Artiste wins. Ng, along with Joanne Peh and Quan Yi Fong, were conferred the said award in the following year's ceremony.^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
• For the first time since 2010, Star Awards ended a five-consecutive winning streak for the Best Variety Special category, losing to the first season of GeTai Challenge.

Other trivia

• Part 1, Part 2 and Post-Show Party are the second, third and fourth 'live' variety specials in Mandarin respectively to be held at the Theatre@Mediacorp, after Lions Charity Show 2016.
• Despite being the two-part program, this was the first ceremony since 2009 the Backstage Awards were presented outside the award ceremony. This was also the last ceremony to host a two-part ceremony since its format was revamped in 2010.
• The Best Newcomer award was also suspended due to the lack of candidates, but it will return again in the 2018 ceremony, two years later.

Star Awards 2017 nominations

Both ceremonies and the Walk-of-fame were nominated for Best Variety Special in the ceremony next year, and the second show clinched it; it was Star Awards seventh win for the award.

Award	Accolade	Representative work	Result
Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼	Best Variety Special	Star Awards 2016 (Walk-of-fame) 红星大奖2016 星光大道
		Star Awards 2016 (Part 1) 红星大奖2016 上半场
		Star Awards 2016 (Part 2) 红星大奖2016 下半场

See also

• List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8
• Mediacorp Channel 8
• Star Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Joanna Goh. Local celebrity BFF friendship stories. Toggle. 8 April 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415055656/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/local-celebrity-bff-6273626#slideshow-1. 15 April 2016. dead.
2. News: 《Toggle 人气BFF 奖》 ：本地5对超级好友. Toggle. 8 April 2016. 15 April 2016. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415053430/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/toggle-bff-5-6273520#slideshow-1. 15 April 2016. dead.
3. News: Joanna Goh. 10 things we learned about the 'BFFs'. Toggle. 14 April 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605083925/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/10-things-we-learned-6284692#slideshow-1. 5 June 2016. dead.
4. News: Toggle BFF 人气奖：超级BFF友情大考验. Toggle. 14 April 2016. 15 April 2016. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417232738/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/toggle-bff-bff-6283886#slideshow-1. 17 April 2016. dead.
5. News: Star Awards Part 1 Guest Artistes/Performances. Toggle. 5 April 2016. 15 April 2016. en, zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408135411/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/star-awards-part-1-guest-6259768#slideshow-1. 8 April 2016. dead.
6. News: Star Awards Part 2 Guest Artistes/Performances. Toggle. 5 April 2016. 15 April 2016. en, zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415054056/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/star-awards-part-2-guest-6259828#slideshow-1. 15 April 2016. dead.
7. News: Park Hae Jin to grace Star Awards 2016. Toggle. 15 March 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160412102800/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/features/park-hae-jin-to-grace-6231194. 12 April 2016. dead.
8. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/entertainment/jeanette-aw-wins-big-at/1793672.html Jeanette Aw wins big at Star Awards 2015 Show 1
9. News: Tammi Tan. SA2016 Top 40: two dukes in, two dukes out. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308025128/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/features/sa2016-top-40-two-dukes-6215068. dead. 8 March 2016. Toggle. 3 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
10. News: 《红星》"十大"入围 冯伟衷徐鸣杰首争奖 方伟杰陈泂江落榜 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160318194710/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/features/default-6214532. dead. 18 March 2016. Toggle. 3 March 2016. 15 April 2016. zh.
11. News: Joanna Goh. Zara Zhuang. 10 eyebrow-raising moments from Star Awards Top 40 reveal. Toggle. 4 March 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410122908/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/10-eyebrow-raising-6216440#slideshow-1. 10 April 2016. dead.
12. News: 徐鸣杰若得奖就亲陈凤玲 林慧玲积极拼"十大". Toggle. 4 March 2016. 15 April 2016. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308003232/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/default-6216448#slideshow-1. 8 March 2016. dead.
13. News: Tan. Kee Yun. Actress Rebecca Lim glad 'retirement' fiasco has died down. The New Paper. 4 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
14. News: Star Awards 2016: Most Popular Female and Male Artistes nominees list out. Today Online. 3 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
15. News: May Seah. Why Chen Tian Wen is still stunned like vegetable. Today Online. 9 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
16. News: "超级红星" 戚玉武 ：17年演艺路 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160318194902/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/17-6234044#slideshow-1. dead. 18 March 2016. Toggle. 17 March 2016. 15 April 2016. zh.
17. News: Tammi Tan. THE CHAMPION: Qi Yuwu’s career milestones. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401194213/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/the-champion-qi-yuwu-s-6235520#slideshow-1. dead. 1 April 2016. Toggle. 18 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
18. News: Joanna Goh. Rui En, in retrospect. Toggle. 1 April 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415054051/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/rui-en-in-retrospect-6255618#slideshow-1. 15 April 2016. dead.
19. News: "超级红星"瑞恩15年演艺路 4大"最"状. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605085912/http://tv.toggle.sg/en/channel8/shows/star-awards-2016/photos/15-4-6255050#slideshow-1. dead. 5 June 2016. Toggle. 1 April 2016. 15 April 2016. zh.