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.
Programme details Date Shows Time Channels22 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)Toggle29 April 2018(Encore Telecast) Star Awards 2018– Awards Ceremony 3.00 pm to 6.00 pmMediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Star Awards 2018- Post Party 6.00 pm to 6.30 pm
Awards 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.
Teo Kim Kee – Going Miles, Spreading Smiles Evelyn Gow – Hey Chef! 2 Lam Yen Fong – Unique Lodging Ng Jin Puay – SPD Charity Show 2017 Seow Zi Xian – Going Miles, Spreading Smiles Seah Choon Guan and Chan Yoke Yeng – Mightiest Mother-in-Law Chen Siew Khoon and Chong Mei Yun – Home Truly Tan Yeow and Seah Choon Guan – When Duty Calls Lau Ching Poon – Have a Little Faith Cheong Yan Peng and Lim Gim Lan – My Friends from AfarGan Bee Khim – Star Awards 2017 Alfred Yeo – Thong Chai Charity Show 2017 Martin Chan – When Duty Calls Loh Woon Woon – While We Are Young Loo Yin Kam – The Lead Png Keh Hock – When Duty Calls Doreen Yap – Dream Coder
The award ceremony was shown live on 22 April 2018.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
When Duty Calls Have a Little Faith Mightiest Mother-in-Law My Friends from Afar While We Are YoungKenny Khoo & Desmond Ng — When Duty Calls 《以刚克刚》 The Freshman — Dear DJ 《是爱呀，哈利》 Derrick Hoh — Dream Coder 《为梦想闪耀》 Life Less Ordinary — Life Less Ordinary《小人物向前冲》 Tay Ping Hui — The Lead 《初衷》Ah Ma Can Cook I Love You Mum Challenge - A Gift for Mum Oh My Heroes! Take A Break! The Love 97.2 Breakfast Quartet Little Masteros Fixer Going Miles, Spreading Smiles National Flavours Tuesday Report : #myconnectionsg Desmond Tan — When Duty Calls as Loke Jun Guang Shaun Chen — My Friends from Afar as Yang Tiansheng Pierre Png — When Duty Calls as Daniel Tan Romeo Tan — Life Less Ordinary as Chen Yalong Zhang Zhenhuan — Home Truly as Su Dongbo Rebecca Lim — The Lead as Lin Meizhen Chen Liping — Mightiest Mother-in-Law as Lu Xiuzhu Paige Chua — Mightiest Mother-in-Law as Guan Shuhui Carrie Wong — My Friends from Afar as Chen Fengjiao Zoe Tay — While We Are Young as Fang Ting Chen Hanwei — The Lead as Lin Xiaohu Chen Shucheng — Home Truly as Hong Shan Marcus Chin — Have a Little Faith as Qian Zaide Shane Pow — When Duty Calls as Gordon Yeoh Brandon Wong — My Friends from Afar as Chen Xiaolong Kym Ng — When Duty Calls as Loke Mei Guang Bonnie Loo — Mightiest Mother-in-Law as Qi Wanling Mei Xin — When Duty Calls as Germaine Yeoh Sheila Sim — 118 II as Hong Shanshan Aileen Tan — Have a Little Faith as Zhuang Kelian Isabel Yamada — The Lead as Younger Version Of Lin Meizhen Violet Raine Ong — Mightiest Mother-in-Law as Qi Zihan Cruz Tay — Home Truly as Ziheng Damien Teo — The Lead as Younger Version Of Xie Guanghui Toh Xin Hui — My Friends from Afar as Chen Qingxia Quan Yi Fong — Unique Lodging Felicia Chin — Going Miles, Spreading Smiles Guo Liang — Voices Lee Teng — Fixer Kym Ng — Ah Ma Can Cook Chen Shucheng Marcus Chin Hong Huifang Xiang Yun Zhu Houren Chantalle Ng — While We Are Young as Huang Li Bai Yun He Ying Ying — 118 II as Xiao Dingdong Richie Koh — When Duty Calls as Loke Xian Feng Hazelle Teo — Dear DJ as Joyce He Zong Zijie — While We Are Young as Yang Xiaoshuai
Special awards Marcus Chin
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.
Top 10 Most Popular Artistes 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.
Key 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:ArtistesMain PresentationTop 18Top 10 1900-112-2001 Wendy Xiao Ying 1900-112-2002 Hayley Woo1900-112-2003 Sheila Sim 11900-112-2004Paige Chua 41900-112-2005 Liu Lingling1900-112-2006 Carrie Wong 41900-112-2007 Belinda Lee 51900-112-2008 Aileen Tan 1900-112-2009 Pan Lingling 51900-112-2010 Ya Hui 31900-112-2011 Kym Ng 101900-112-2012 Diana Ser1900-112-2013 Lin Peifen1900-112-2014 Joanna Dong 1900-112-2015 Jin Yinji 11900-112-2016 Hong Huifang 1900-112-2017 Bonnie Loo 1900-112-2018 Rebecca Lim 71900-112-2019 Julie Tan 1900-112-2020 Felicia Chin 8
Stage:ArtistesMain PresentationTop 18Top 10 1900-112-2021 Lee Teng 1900-112-2022 Marcus Chin1900-112-2023 Pierre Png 21900-112-2024 Shaun Chen 21900-112-2025 Romeo Tan 41900-112-2026 Thomas Ong 41900-112-2027 Ha Yu 1900-112-2028 Zhu Houren 1900-112-2029 Dennis Chew 81900-112-2030 Zheng Geping 81900-112-2031 Chen Shu Cheng1900-112-2032 Guo Liang 51900-112-2033 Andie Chen 1900-112-2034 Jack Neo1900-112-2035 Desmond Tan 31900-112-2036 Pornsak 71900-112-2037 Aloysius Pang1900-112-2038 Zhang Zhen Huan 1900-112-2039 Wang Weiliang 1900-112-2040 Dasmond Koh 9
Post show party The post show party aired at 10.30pm, after the broadcast of News Tonight. During the party, guests Joanna Dong and Nathan Hartono teased on an upcoming reality-competition that would promote local Chinese pop culture. Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Desmond Tan 陈泂江 Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 Shane Pow 包勋评
Summary of shows with multiple nominations and wins Most nominations Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:
+ Dramas that received multiple nominations NominationsDrama 8When Duty Calls卫国先锋 6My Friends From Afar知星人 5The Lead第一主角Mightiest Mother-in-Law最强岳母 4Have a Little Faith相信我Home Truly回家While We Are YoungZ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
+ Dramas that received multiple nominations NominationsVariety/Info-ed 2 Ah Ma Can Cook阿嬷来做饭 Fixer线人 Going Miles, Spreading Smiles一人行，暖人心 1I 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
Most wins Programs that received multiple wins are listed below, by number of wins per work:
+ Dramas that received multiple awards Wins Drama 5 When Duty Calls卫国先锋 3 The Lead第一主角 1 Mightiest Mother-in-Law最强岳母 While We Are YoungZ世代
+ Programmes that received multiple awards Wins Variety/Info-ed 1 Ah Ma Can Cook阿嬷来做饭 Little Maestros小当家 Unique Lodging不一样的旅店
Presenters and performers The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters Name(s) RoleLee Rongde 李荣德 Announcer for Star Awards 2018Top 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): Pierre Png, Rebecca Lim, Shaun Chen Sheila Sim, Andie Chen, Ya Hui Lee Teng, Joanna Dong Guo Liang, Pan Lingling Chen Shucheng, Jin Yinji Dasmond Koh, Kym Ng Hayley Woo, Aloysius Pang, Bonnie Loo Wang Wei Liang, Belinda Lee Marcus Chin, Liu Lingling Zhu Houren, Aileen Tan Lin Peifen, Dennis Chew, Wendy Xiaoying Romeo Tan, Felicia Chin, Zhang Zhenhuan Zheng Geping, Hong Huifang Carrie Wong, Desmond Tan, Paige Chua Past year All-Time Favorite Artists recipients历届超级红星 Gave their opening monologue (in Hologram) Dennis Chew 周崇庆Aden Chen 陈煊劼 Presenter for Young Talent Award Prince Chiu 王子 邱勝翊 Joanne Tseng 曾之喬Presenter for Best Newcomer Award Nathan Hartono 向洋 Presenter for Best Theme Song MediaCorp Group ChairmanNiam Chiang Meng 严昌明 Presenter for Best Evergreen Artiste Christopher Lee 李铭顺 Lin Mei-hsiu 林美秀 Presenter for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress Mickey Huang 黄子佼LULU (黄路梓茵) Presenter for Best Programme Hosts, Best Info-Ed Programme and Best Variety Programme Simon Yam 任达华Charmaine Sheh 佘诗曼 Presenter for Best Actor and Best Actress MediaCorp Group CEOTham Loke Kheng 谭乐琼 Gave out award for Best Drama Series Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & HealthChee Hong Tat 徐芳达 Gave out award for Special Achievement Award PwC Singapore associate林福春 Gave presenters Top 10 Most Popular Artistes winners' listGuo Liang 郭亮Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists 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: Chen Liping 陈莉萍 Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 Huang Biren 黄碧仁 Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Joanne Peh 白薇秀 Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 Xiang Yun 向云 Bryan Wong 王禄江 Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 Mark Lee 李国煌Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤Simon Yam 任达华 Presenter for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Pornsak was absent on the ceremony; Lee Teng 李腾 represented Pornsak on his behalf. Thomas Ong 王沺裁 was absent on the ceremony; Chen Liping 陈莉萍 represented Ong on her behalf.
Performers Name(s) Performed 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"
Trivia Changes to awards categories The Best Newcomer returned for the first time after a two-year absence, with the last award presented in 2015. This year marked the first show a web series (Dear DJ) had garnered nominations (for Best Newcomer and Best Theme Song).
Consecutive nominees and recipients Chen Hanwei received his second Best Supporting Actor Award. Rebecca Lim received her second Best Actress Award. Quan Yi Fong won her fifth (and second consecutive) Best Programme Host Award. Thomas Ong received Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award; Ong was absent during the ceremony while Chen Liping represented him on his behalf. Belinda Lee and Pan Lingling received her fifth Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award since 2010 and 2000, respectively. Kym Ng received her first acting award this year. Guo Liang received his fifth Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award since 2010.