| Star Awards 2018 红星大奖2018 | |
| Sponsor: | Poh Heng Jewellery MES Group (co-sponsors) Simmons Motorway Group (Official Car partner) Chan Brothers LG Electronics Vintage Studio KFC Singapore Dream Cruises Sony Music (SMEJ) |
| Date: | Awards Ceremony &<br />Post Party 22 April 2018 |
| Location: | MES Theatre @ Mediacorp (Awards Ceremony) |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Presenter: | Bioskin |
| Host: | Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong |
| Network: | Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U Toggle |
| Runtime: | 180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 30 mins (Post Party) |
| Most Awards: | Drama: When Duty Calls (5) Variety/Info-ed: Ah Ma Can Cook Little Maestros Unique Lodging (1 each) |
| Most Nominations: | Drama: When Duty Calls (8) Variety/Info-ed: Fixer Going Miles, Spreading Smiles (2 each) |
| Award1 Type: | Best Drama |
| Award1 Winner: | When Duty Calls |
| Award2 Type: | Best Variety Show |
| Award2 Winner: | Ah Ma Can Cook |
| Award5 Type: | Special Achievement Award |
| Previous: | 2017 (23) |
| Next: | 2019 (25) |
| Main: | Star Awards |
Star Awards 2018 (also SA2018SG, Chinese: 红星大奖2018) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore, with the Post Party and Ceremony Awards was broadcast live on 22 April 2018. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the ceremony, among which the Special Achievement Award, an award given out to a celebrity in recognition to meritorious contribution, returned after a 15-year absence, with the award last presented in 2003, in the place of All-Time Favourite Artiste, which was not presented this year, and the third ceremony overall, after 2007 and 2013.
The ceremony saw When Duty Calls winning the most awards, The Lead was the second-biggest winning drama serial, clinching the two other major categories plus Young Talent award, for a total of three. Seven other programs won at least one award during the ceremony.
| Date | Shows | Time | Channels |
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| 22 April 2018 | Star Awards 2018– Awards Ceremony | 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Xi Yue HD (Malaysia) Toggle |
| Star Awards 2018- Post Party | 10.30 pm to 11.00 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Toggle | |
| 29 April 2018 (Encore Telecast) | Star Awards 2018– Awards Ceremony | 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) |
| Star Awards 2018- Post Party | 6.00 pm to 6.30 pm |
On 5 April 2018, the Creative Achievement Awards was held to recognise the achievements of Mediacorp's creative staff in the past year. It was held in Level 9 of MediaCorp Campus; the guest-of-honour, Tham Loke Kheng, CEO of MediaCorp, gave out the Awards to the recipients.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
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The award ceremony was shown live on 22 April 2018.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
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The Special Achievement Award is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established since 1994. The Special Achievement Award returned after a 14 years hiatus, with the last award being 2003 where it was temporarily discontinued between 2004 and 2017 in place of the All-Time Favourite Artiste award.
Every year, a poll of 1,000 people representing a wide demographic across Singapore's population, were conducted independently by an accredited market research company, will be used to shortlist the nominations for the Top 20 Male and Female artistes, where they faced the public vote.
This year, 50% of the final results will be derived from this pool of 1,000 people; while the other 50% will comprise telepoll and online voting as a measure of their fan support, to ensure that the representation of results for the Top 10 Most Popular Male and Female artistes were part of the continuous efforts by the Star Awards Committee.
The telepoll lines will be opened from 16 March 2018 and ends on 22 April 2018, 8:30pm.
| Females | |
| Males | |
| Italic | New to list (not nominated the previous year) |
| Bold | Top 10 winners |
| n | Recipient's accumulated number of awards |
| 10 | Recipient won his/her tenth Top 10 award and would be awarded the "All-time Favourite Artiste" on the following year's ceremony. |
| Stage: | Artistes | Main Presentation | ||||
| Top 18 | Top 10 | |||||
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| 1900-112-2001 | Wendy Xiao Ying 曾晓英 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2002 | Hayley Woo 胡佳嬑 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2003 | Sheila Sim 沈琳宸 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 1 | ||
| 1900-112-2004 | Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 4 | ||
| 1900-112-2005 | Liu Lingling 刘玲玲 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2006 | Carrie Wong 黄思恬 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 4 | ||
| 1900-112-2007 | Belinda Lee 李心钰 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 5 | ||
| 1900-112-2008 | Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | |||||
| 1900-112-2009 | Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 5 | ||
| 1900-112-2010 | Ya Hui 雅慧 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 3 | ||
| 1900-112-2011 | Kym Ng 鐘琴 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 10 | ||
| 1900-112-2012 | Diana Ser 徐秀盈 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2013 | Lin Peifen 林佩芬 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2014 | Joanna Dong 董姿彦 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2015 | Jin Yinji 金银姬 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 1 | ||
| 1900-112-2016 | Hong Huifang 洪慧芳 | |||||
| 1900-112-2017 | Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2018 | Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 7 | ||
| 1900-112-2019 | Julie Tan 陈欣淇 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2020 | Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 8 | ||
| Stage: | Artistes | Main Presentation | ||||
| Top 18 | Top 10 | |||||
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| 1900-112-2021 | Lee Teng 李腾 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2022 | Marcus Chin 陈建彬 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2023 | Pierre Png 方展发 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 2 | ||
| 1900-112-2024 | Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 2 | ||
| 1900-112-2025 | Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 4 | ||
| 1900-112-2026 | Thomas Ong 王沺裁 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 4 | ||
| 1900-112-2027 | Ha Yu 夏雨 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2028 | Zhu Houren 朱厚任 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2029 | Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 8 | ||
| 1900-112-2030 | Zheng Geping 郑各评 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 8 | ||
| 1900-112-2031 | Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2032 | Guo Liang 郭亮 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 5 | ||
| 1900-112-2033 | Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2034 | Jack Neo 梁志强 | |||||
| 1900-112-2035 | Desmond Tan 陈泂江 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 3 | ||
| 1900-112-2036 | Pornsak | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 7 | ||
| 1900-112-2037 | Aloysius Pang冯伟衷 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2038 | Zhang Zhen Huan 张振寰 | |||||
| 1900-112-2039 | Wang Weiliang 王伟良 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | ||||
| 1900-112-2040 | Dasmond Koh 许振荣 | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | bgcolor=#FFEBCD align="center" | 9 | ||
The Post Show Party aired at 10.30pm, after the broadcast of News Tonight. During the Post Show, guests Joanna Dong and Nathan Hartono teased on an upcoming reality-competition that would promote local Chinese pop culture.[1]
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Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:
| Nominations | Drama | |
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| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 8 | When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 |
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 6 | My Friends From Afar 知星人 |
| 5 | The Lead 第一主角 | |
| Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 | ||
| 4 | Have a Little Faith 相信我 | |
| Home Truly 回家 | ||
| While We Are Young Z世代 | ||
| 2 | 118 II | |
| Dear DJ 亲爱的九月 | ||
| Dream Coder 梦想程式 | ||
| Life Less Ordinary 小人物向前冲 | ||
| Nominations | Variety/Info-ed |
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| 2 | Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 |
| Fixer 线人 | |
| Going Miles, Spreading Smiles 一人行，暖人心 | |
| 1 | I Love You Mum Challenge - A Gift For Mum 大声说出我爱你——妈妈的礼物 |
| Little Maestros 小当家 | |
| National Flavours 民族味 | |
| Oh My Heroes 超人哪里找? | |
| Take A Break! 说走就走~短假游 | |
| The Love97.2 Breakfast Quartet 玉健煌崇 电视版 | |
| Tuesday Report: #myconnectionsg 星期二特写：情牵新马 | |
| Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 | |
| Voices 听我说 | |
Programs that received multiple wins are listed below, by number of wins per work:
| Wins | Drama | |
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| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 5 | When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 |
| scope=row style="text-align:center" | 3 | The Lead 第一主角 |
| 1 | Mightiest Mother-in-Law 最强岳母 | |
| While We Are Young Z世代 | ||
| Wins | Variety/Info-ed |
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| 1 | Ah Ma Can Cook 阿嬷来做饭 |
| Little Maestros 小当家 | |
| Unique Lodging 不一样的旅店 | |
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
| Name(s) | Role | ||
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| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Lee Rongde 李荣德 | Announcer for Star Awards 2018 | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Top 40 Most Popular Artistes Nominees 十大最受欢迎男女艺人入围者 | Cast entrance on stage (in order of appearance):
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| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Past year All-Time Favorite Artists recipients 历届超级红星 | Gave their opening monologue (in Hologram) | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Aden Chen 陈煊劼 | Presenter for Young Talent Award | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Prince Chiu 王子 邱勝翊 Joanne Tseng 曾之喬 | Presenter for Best Newcomer Award | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Nathan Hartono 向洋 | Presenter for Best Theme Song | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | MediaCorp Group Chairman Niam Chiang Meng 严昌明 | Presenter for Best Evergreen Artiste | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Christopher Lee 李铭顺 Lin Mei-hsiu 林美秀 | Presenter for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Mickey Huang 黄子佼 LULU (黄路梓茵) | Presenter for Best Programme Hosts, Best Info-Ed Programme and Best Variety Programme | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Simon Yam 任达华 Charmaine Sheh 佘诗曼 | Presenter for Best Actor and Best Actress | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | MediaCorp Group CEO Tham Loke Kheng 谭乐琼 | Gave out award for Best Drama Series | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Health Chee Hong Tat 徐芳达 | Gave out award for Special Achievement Award | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | PwC Singapore associate 林福春 | Gave presenters Top 10 Most Popular Artistes winners' list | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Guo Liang 郭亮 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 | Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists | |
| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Past year All-Time Favorite Artists recipients 历届超级红星 | Gave out awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists, in order:
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| scope=row rowspan=1 style="text-align:left" | Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Simon Yam 任达华 | Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes |
| Name(s) | Performed |
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| Nathan Hartono 向洋 | Performer for the Nominations for the Best Theme Song award (in order):《小人物向前冲》,《为梦想闪耀》,《初衷》,《是爱呀，哈利》,《以刚克刚》 |
| Wanting Qu 曲婉婷 | Performer of 《我的歌声里》 and "(They Long To Be) Close To You" |
To recognise the contributions to local television more broadly, this year's awards will open up nominations to non-Mediacorp artistes. In response, the Star Awards Committee revised the criteria after considering the constructive feedback of industry watchers and audiences. Acting categories were mostly revised, as reflected below:
The 2018 main ceremony won the Best Variety Producer award, but lost the Best Variety Special to the finals of SPOP Sing!, on the ceremony next year.
| Award | Accolade | Nominee | Representative work | Result |
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| Star Awards 2019 (Creative Achievement) 红星大奖2019之专业奖项颁奖礼 | Best Variety Producer 最佳综艺编导 | Khow Hwai Teng 邱慧婷 | Star Awards 2018 红星大奖2018 | |
| Star Awards 2019 红星大奖2019 | Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目 |