The first season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 22 June 2005 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner and runner-up received a talent management contract with Play Music and Universal Music Singapore respectively, together with MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip were employed as the judges for the season.
On 1 September 2005, winner of the male category Kelvin Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season with a 64%-36% final vote, with female category winner Kelly Poon as the overall runner-up.
This season saw a profound success, and was introduced to a few contestants who would later become successful artistes: Darryl Yong who would later become a full-time Mediacorp artiste after participating another competition, Star Search, five years later in 2010, as well as Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto and Hagen Tan, all of which became profound musicians in Singapore. The season also introduced Leon Lim, who would go on to finish as runner-up in the second season of MasterChef Singapore, 16 years later in 2021. Judges and hosts
Development Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.
Finalists Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Gender/Category runner-up – Semi-finalist – Category 6th-8th place (lost wildcard) – Advanced via wildcard
ActAge(s)OccupationGender/CategoryResultKelvin Tan 陈伟联23Freelance musicianMaleWinnerKelly Poon 潘嘉丽22Flight attendantFemaleRunner-upChew Sin Huey 石欣卉24UnemployedFemaleCategory Runner-upHong Jun Yang 洪俊扬23StudentMaleCategory Runner-upSilver Ang 洪子惠19OptometristFemaleCategory 3rd placeDerrick Hoh 何维健19UnemployedMaleCategory 3rd placeJason Tan 陈国强26UndergraduateMaleCategory 4th placeCandyce Toh 杜慧萍25Bank officerFemaleCategory 4th placeChia Wei Choong 谢维聪21UnemployedMaleCategory 5th placeRuth Chua 蔡诗妮18StudentFemaleCategory 5th placeMacy Guo 郭美汐24Financial advisorFemaleCategory 6th-8th placeLai Li Jun 黎俐君21UndergraduateFemaleCategory 6th-8th placeSebastian Leong 梁伟强18StudentMaleCategory 6th-8th placeLeon Lim 林昱志18StudentMaleCategory 6th-8th placeChanel Pang 冯靖莹19UnemployedFemaleCategory 6th-8th placeHagen Tan 陈孟奇24ComposerMaleCategory 6th-8th placeChen Jia Xin 陈家欣22StudentFemaleCategory 9th-12th placeRaymond Chua 蔡义伟26Manufacturing engineerMaleCategory 9th-12th placeSugianto 潘嗣敬23UnemployedMaleCategory 9th-12th placeCandy Tan 陈靖颖21StudentFemaleCategory 9th-12th placeWilliam Tan 陈耀榕22UndergraduateMaleCategory 9th-12th placeSandra Ter 戴爱玲21UnemployedFemaleCategory 9th-12th placeDarryl Yong 杨子文20UnemployedMaleCategory 9th-12th placeWendy Zhuo 卓慧玲23Marketing administratorFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Live shows
Live show details
Week 1: Quarter-final 1 (22/23 June) Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result AP FH DY WS BK Total Male category (22 June) Sugianto 1 (with Leon Lim) 7 "不可能错过你"28.5 Eliminated Leon Lim 2 (with Sugianto) 8 "Forever Love"31.0 Safe Hong Jun Yang 3 "冻结" (with Darryl Yong) 9 "江南"32.5 Safe Darryl Yong 4 "冻结" (with Hong Jun Yang) 10 "爱我别走"25.5 Eliminated Kelvin Tan 5 "掌心" (with Jason Tan) 11 "I Believe"29.0 Safe Jason Tan 6 "掌心" (with Kelvin Tan) 12 "爱如潮水"29.0 Safe Female category (23 June) Chew Sin Huey 1 "High High High" (with Kelly Poon) 7 "炫耀"29.5 Safe Kelly Poon 2 "High High High" (with Chew Sin Huey) 8 "美丽笨女人" 7.0 7.5 6.5 7.0 8.036.0 Safe Chen Jia Xin 3 (with Ruth Chua) 9 "挥着翅膀的女孩"32.0 Eliminated Ruth Chua 4 (with Chen Jia Xin) 10 "奔"27.0 Safe Macy Guo 5 (with Candy Tan) 11 "不哭"28.5 Safe Candy Tan 6 (with Macy Guo) 12 "Baby对不起"25.0 Eliminated
Week 2: Quarter-final 2 (29/30 June) Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result AP FH DY WS BK Total Male category (29 June) Chia Wei Choong 1 "找自己" (with Raymond Chua) 7 "流星森林雨"32.0 Safe Raymond Chua 2 "找自己" (with Chia Wei Choong) 8 "断点"26.5 Eliminated Derrick Hoh 3 "你走了" (with Sebastian Leong) 9 "除此之外"35.0 Safe Sebastian Leong 4 "你走了" (with Derrick Hoh) 10 "我懂了她"24.5 Safe William Tan 5 "翅膀" (with Hagen Tan) 11 "你不在" 8.037.0 Eliminated Hagen Tan 6 "翅膀" (with William Tan) 12 "解脱"32.0 Safe Female category (30 June) Candyce Toh 1 (with Sandra Ter) 7 "矜持"31.0 Safe Sandra Ter 2 (with Candyce Toh) 8 26.5 Eliminated Wendy Zhuo 3 (with Lai Li Jun) 9 24.0 Eliminated Lai Li Jun 4 (with Wendy Zhuo) 10 "你酷"27.5 Safe Silver Ang 5 (with Chanel Pang) 11 29.5 Safe Chanel Pang 6 (with Silver Ang) 12 "祝我生日快乐"27.5 Safe
Week 3: Quarter-final 3 (6/7 July) Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result AP FH DY WS BK Total Male category (6 July) Hong Jun Yang 1 (with Jason Tan) 5 "借口"38.5 Safe Jason Tan 2 (with Hong Jun Yang) 6 28.5 Safe Derrick Hoh 3 "爱的就是你" (with Leon Lim) 7 "Piano"36.5 Eliminated Leon Lim 4 "爱的就是你" (with Derrick Hoh) 8 "唯一"32.5 Eliminated Female category (7 July) Ruth Chua 1 (with Kelly Poon) 5 "一个人的精彩"33.0 Safe Kelly Poon 2 (with Ruth Chua) 6 "普通朋友" 7.0 7.5 8.0 7.5 6.036.0 Eliminated Lai Li Jun 3 "Yes or No" (with Chew Sin Huey) 7 "写一首歌"32.5 Eliminated Chew Sin Huey 4 "Yes or No" (with Lai Li Jun) 8 "Revolution"30.0 Safe
Week 4: Quarter-final 4 (13/14 July) Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result AP FH DY WS BK Total Male category (13 July) Hagen Tan 1 (with Chia Wei Choong) 5 "就是我"32.5 Eliminated Chia Wei Choong 2 (with Hagen Tan) 6 "比我幸福"8.07.08.58.08.039.5 Safe Sebastian Leong 3 "忠孝东路走九遍" (with Kelvin Tan) 7 "心伤心痛不痛"28.5 Eliminated Kelvin Tan 4 "忠孝东路走九遍" (with Sebastian Leong) 8 "远走高飞"31.5 Safe Female category (14 July) Chanel Pang 1 "失恋万岁" (with Candyce Toh) 5 "无所谓"30.5 Eliminated Candyce Toh 2 "失恋万岁" (with Chanel Pang) 6 28.5 Safe Macy Guo 3 (with Silver Ang) 7 28.0 Eliminated Silver Ang 4 (with Macy Guo) 8 "逃亡" 6.5 6.0 6.5 6.5 7.032.5 Safe
Week 5: Wildcard round (20/21 July) Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result AP FH DY WS BK Total Male category (20 July) Derrick Hoh 1 "爱转动" (with Leon Lim) 5 "很想你" 7.5 8.5 7.0 8.0 8.039.0 Revived Leon Lim 2 "爱转动" (with Derrick Hoh) 6 "爱我还是他" 38.5 Not revived Sebastian Leong 3 (with Hagen Tan) 7 ”当你孤单你会想起谁“26.0 Not revived Hagen Tan 4 (with Sebastian Leong) 8 "听海" 30.0 Not revived Female category (21 July) Macy Guo 1 (with Lai Li Jun) 5 "舍不得你"31.5 Not revived Lai Li Jun 2 (with Macy Guo) 6 "一个人生活"31.0 Not revived Chanel Pang 3 "假惺惺" (with Kelly Poon) 7 "一个人跳舞"31.0 Not revived Kelly Poon 4 "假惺惺" (with Chanel Pang) 8 "Open Your Eyes" 8.0 8.0 8.5 8.0 8.040.5 Revived
Week 6: Semi-final 1 (27/28 July) Themes: "Slow" song; "fast" song Group performance: "C'est Si Bon"
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Contestant Order First song Second song Judges' score Result FH DY WS AP BK Total Male category (27 July) Jason Tan 1 "痴心绝对" "Come On" 7.5 8.031.0 Safe Chia Wei Choong 2 "我还能爱谁" "Wu Ha" 8.535.5 Eliminated Hong Jun Yang 3 "末日之恋" "第二天堂"39.0 Safe Derrick Hoh 4 "记得" "完美" 8.5 7.5 8.0 6.0 8.038.0 Safe Kelvin Tan 5 "孤单的夜里我不孤单" "情非得已"36.5 Safe Female category (28 July) Silver Ang 1 "很好" "说爱你" 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.031.0 Safe Chew Sin Huey 2 "地狱天使" "幸福的地图"33.5 Safe Ruth Chua 3 "话题" "爱的主打歌"28.5 Eliminated Candyce Toh 4 "爱多少 早知道" "好心情" 30.0 Safe Kelly Poon 5 "自己" "孤单芭蕾" 7.5 8.0 7.5 8.5 8.039.5 Safe
Week 7: Semi-final 2 (3/4 August) Theme: Oldies remakes Group performance: "冬天里的一把火"
+ Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result FH DY WS AP BK Total Male category (3 August) Derrick Hoh 1 "月亮代表我的心"36.5 Safe Jason Tan 2 "热情的沙漠" 8.031.5 Eliminated Kelvin Tan 3 "草原之夜"28.5 Safe Hong Jun Yang 4 "流水年华" 9.0 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.041.5 Safe Female category (4 August) Chew Sin Huey 1 "康定情歌" 7.5 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.038.5 Safe Candyce Toh 2 "我只在乎你" 33.0 Eliminated Kelly Poon 3 "可爱的玫瑰花" 8.0 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.039.5 Safe Silver Ang 4 "爱神" 29.0 Safe
Week 8: Semi-final 3 (10/11 August) Theme: Songs from local drama series; songs by local artist Group performance: "一起走到"
+ Contestants' performances on the eighth live show Contestant Order First song Drama series Order Second song Judges' score Result FH DY WS AP BK Total Male category (10 August) Kelvin Tan 1 "我的生活在这里" Five Foot Way 4 "走出黑暗的世界吧！朋友" 8.5 7.5 7.0 7.5 9.039.5 Safe Hong Jun Yang 2 "遗忘过去" Kopi-O 5 "他一定很爱你" 7.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 8.038.0 Safe Derrick Hoh 3 "关怀方式" Cupid Love 6 "你是我最深爱的人" 7.5 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.035.5 Eliminated Female category (11 August) Silver Ang 1 "都是夜归人" Living by Night 4 "爱情字典"31.0 Eliminated Chew Sin Huey 2 "温柔的夜" The Last Applause 5 "心痛"41.5 Safe Kelly Poon 3 "城里的月光" Tofu Street 6 "担心" 7.5 8.0 7.5 7.5 8.038.5 Safe
Week 9: Category final (17/18 August) Themes: "Slow-to-fast transition" songs; English songs; winner's single Group performance: "制造浪漫"
+ Contestants' performances on the ninth live show Contestant Order Songs Judges' score Result FH DY WS AP BK Total Average Male category (17 August) Hong Jun Yang 1 "爱很简单"6.57.07.07.07.0 34.5 40.7 Runner-up 3 "If You Come Back" 8.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 9.0 43.0 5 "童话"9.09.59.08.09.044.5 Kelvin Tan 2 "孤单北半球"34.0 37.0Winner 4 "Heaven Knows"37.0 6 "童话"40.0 Female category (18 August) Kelly Poon 1 "回家" 41.0 38.7 Winner 3 "What's Up?" 37.0 5 "遗失的美好" 38.0 Chew Sin Huey 2 "哭不出来" 42.0 42.5 Runner-up 4 "Beautiful" 41.5 6 "遗失的美好"44.0
Week 10: Final prelude (24/25 August) + Contestants' performances on the tenth live show Contestant Order Song Male category (24 August) Derrick Hoh 1 "了解" Jason Tan 2 "掌心" (featuring Kelvin Tan) William Tan 3 "小镇姑娘" Chia Wei Choong 4 "天空" Hong Jun Yang 5 "晴天" Kelvin Tan 6 "孤单的夜里我不孤单" Female category (25 August) Chew Sin Huey 1 "我恨我爱你" Chanel Pang 2 "烦" Chen Jia Xin 3 "至少还有你" Candyce Toh 4 "勇气" Ruth Chua 5 "超快感" (featuring Chanel Pang) Kelly Poon 6 "美丽笨女人"
Note: For some unknown reason, Candy Tan was absent from the show.
Week 11: Final (1 September) Themes: "Crowd control" songs; unplugged songs; JJ Lin duets; newly penned songs; winner's song Group performances: "Super Star" (all finalists except Hagen Tan and Candy Tan), "风云变色" / "野蛮游戏" / "爱的Bubble" (Finalists eliminated in the quarter-finals except Hagen Tan and Candy Tan), "Guardian Angel" (performed by Hong Jun Yang), "感谢你用心爱我" (performed by Chew Sin Huey), "屋顶" (performed by Chew Sin Huey and Hong Jun Yang), "My Anata" / "808" / "痛快" (Finalists eliminated in the semi-finals) Musical guest: JJ Lin ("简简单单" / "豆浆油条" / "编号89757")
+ Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show Contestant Order Songs Judges' votes Result FH DY WS AP BK Result Kelvin Tan 1 "男人.海洋" — — — 2/5 (Lost) Winner 3 "我真的受伤了" — 4/5 (Won) 5 "一千年以后" (with JJ Lin) — — — — — 0/5 (Lost) 7 "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelly Poon) 9 "了解" — — — — 1/5 (Lost) 11 "其实你不懂我的心" — — — — — 0/5 (Lost) Kelly Poon 2 "颜色" — — 3/5 (Won) Runner-up 4 "沙滩" — — — — 1/5 (Lost) 6 "木乃伊" (with JJ Lin) 5/5 (Won) 8 "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelvin Tan) 10 "On My Way" — 4/5 (Won) 12 "被爱的女人" 5/5 (Won) The performance featured backing vocals from Leon Lim, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto, and William Tan. The song was later re-released as 下雪, with the same tune but different lyrics, and is sung by A-do. The performance featured backing vocals from Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Chanel Pang, Sandra Ter, and Candyce Toh.
References
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