Star Awards 2019 (also SA25, Chinese: 红星大奖25) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. Star Awards 2019 marks the 25th anniversary, or Silver Jubilee, of the Star Awards since it was first awarded in 1994, hence subtitled Star Awards 25. The theme for the ceremony is "The Moment", highlighting the best moments of the local television industries alongside Singapore's talents and audiences as well. This is also the first award ceremony to feature a vocalized version of the Awards' theme tune, titled 《星光》(lit. "Starlight").
Two dramas which received the top two highest nominations, Blessings 2 (eight) and A Million Dollar Dream (six), were tied with the most wins with three; Blessings 2 won the Best Drama Serial, Best Director and Young Talent Awards, while A Million Dollar Dream won three of four acting categories except Best Supporting Actress. No other drama or variety programs won multiple awards, as 12 programs won only one, five of which were from the drama category. This was also the first ceremony in Star Awards history both the Special Achievement and All-Time Favourite Artiste awards, an award replacing in-lieu of the former award, were presented on the same show. In the popularity awards, Chen Shucheng, Hong Huifang and Zhu Houren won their first Top 10 Most Popular Artiste award, while Dasmond Koh won his tenth award; Chen Xiuhuan won her second Top 10 Award, making her first win for this category since 1994, 25 years earlier.
A short series, 24 Milestones《回顾红星25》 (lit. Recap of Star Awards 25), was produced in commemoration to the celebration. A one-minute long highlight snippet was uploaded daily at midnight on Toggle, featuring the best moments of Star Awards starting from the debut year of 1994, from 20 March onwards, beginning a 24-day countdown towards the ceremony.
Programme details Date Shows Time Network14 April 2019Star Awards 2019 - Artiste Preparation 3.00 pm to 5.30 pmToggleStar Awards 2019 - Walk of fame 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm Mediacorp Channel 8Mediacorp Channel UToggleYouTube6.00 pm to 7.00 pm Astro Xi Yue HD Star Awards 2019– Backstage Interviews 6.30 pm to 10.00 pm Toggle Star Awards 2019– Awards Ceremony 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm Mediacorp Channel 8Mediacorp Channel UAstro Xi Yue HDToggleYouTube Star Awards 2019– Post-show Party 10.00 pm to 11.00 pm Toggle21 April 2019 (Encore Telecast) Star Awards 2019– Walk of fame 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm Mediacorp Channel 8 Star Awards 2019 - Awards Ceremony 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm Mediacorp Channel 8 27 & 28 January 202011.00am 8TV Malaysia
Nominees and winners
Creative achievement awards On 28 March 2019, the presentation of creative achievement awards was held at Level 9 of MediaCorp Campus to recognise the achievements of Mediacorp’s creative staff in the past year. The presentation were held outside the main Star Awards ceremony.
The awards were hosted by Desmond Ng and Quan Yi Fong and was presented on Channel 8's Facebook page live. Tham Loke Kheng, CEO of MediaCorp, gave out the Awards to the recipients.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Lau Ching Poon – 29th February Rebecca Leow – Say Cheese Tang Yeow – Mind Matters Tang Yeow – Blessings 2 Cheong Yan Peng – Babies On Board Loong Li Li – Taste of Love Teo Kim Kee – Taste of Nanyang Wong Eng Hong – Home Dining Rachel Han Xinru – GeTai Challenge 2018 Yu Jiazheng – SPOP SING! - Grand Final Khow Hwai Teng Gan Bee Khim Kang Lay See Glen Lim Doreen Yap Pei Kiang – Blessings 2 Koh Siew Hui – VIC Loo Yin Kam – Babies On Board Loh Woon Woon – The Distance Between Png Keh Hock – Fifty and Fabulous
Star Awards The Nominees were announced on 8 February 2019.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Blessings 2 A Million Dollar Dream Say Cheese VIC You Can Be An Angel 3 Love At Cavenagh Bridge Die Die Also Must Serve Doppelganger - The Prequel Love Across the Causeway Till We Meet Again – Prequel GeTai Challenge 2018 By Your Side Dennis Uncovers Taste of Love Thrift Hunters Workman Diaries At Your Service Away With My BFF Demystifying TV Odd-upation SPOP SING! - Grand Final Community Chest Charity TV Show 2018 GeTai Challenge 2018 Grand Final Lunar New Year's Eve Special 2018 Star Awards 2018 Business As Usual Fixer 2 Forgotten Youths Tuesday Report - #myconnectionsg2 Tuesday Report - When The Bell Rings 2 Chen Hanwei - A Million Dollar Dream as Zhang Zicheng Christopher Lee - Doppelganger as Yang Liwei/Li Ruiming Desmond Tan - You Can Be An Angel 3 as Xia Yaoyang Sunny Qi Yuwu - Mind Matters as Zhuo Jinshu Shaun Chen - Blessings 2 as Lian Xuegeng Zoe Tay - A Million Dollar Dream as Hu Jiaofen Carrie Wong - VIC as Zhan Yurou Vicky Fann Wong - Doppelganger as Wang Siting Joanne Peh - Say Cheese as Pan Zejia Rebecca Lim - Blessings 2 as Chen Chunxian/Zhou Meiyue Chen Shucheng - A Million Dollar Dream as Hu Tianhao Andie Chen - My Agent is a Hero as Max Ian Fang - Till We Meet Again as Shuai Ge Shane Pow - Mind Matters as Hu Ruiming Xu Bin - Doppelganger as Li Zijian Lin Mei Jiao - Fifty and Fabulous as Ma Keqing Aileen Tan - You Can Be An Angel 3 as Zhou Lilian Cynthia Koh - Say Cheese as Pan Zeguo He Ying Ying - A Million Dollar Dream as Zhang Yijing Sheila Sim - Eat Already? 4 as CherylQuan Yi Fong - Fixer 2 Bryan Wong - Hear Me Out 4 Chen Hanwei - Away With My BFF Dennis Chew - Dennis Uncovers Desmond Ng - Thrift Hunters Natalie Mae Tan - Blessings 2 as Bao Zhu Ethan Ng Kai En - Eat Already? 4 as Oliver Ivan Lo Kai Jun - Mind Matters as Fang Zhixing Jaylynn Lim Hui Xin You Can Be An Angel 3 as An An Tay Kay Zer Cruz Dream Walker as Small Daren Kelvin Tan — You Can Be An Angel 3 -《守护你的善良》 Lin Yuting and Wu Jia Ming - Blessings 2 -《月华》 Boon Hui Lu - Mind Matters -《给我一个》 The Freshman - Reach for the Skies -《和你交换你的不安》 Ling Kai - VIC -《Watch Me》Jasmine Sim - Doppelganger Angel Lim - Dream Walker Joel Choo - A Million Dollar Dream Kayly Loh - Dream Walker Michelle Wong - Blessings 2 Xiang Yun Aileen Tan Chew Chor Meng Marcus Chin Richard Low
Special awards The All-Time Favourite Artiste is a special achievement award given out to artiste(s) who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. Kym Ng 1998 | 1999 | 2006 | 2007 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018
Chew Chor Meng
Top 10 Most Popular Artistes Similar to last year's revision of format, a poll of 1,000 people representing a wide demographic across Singapore's population, conducted independently by an accredited market research company, will be used to identify the top 20 Male and Female artistes who will go on to the next round of public voting; this and the votes from telepoll and online voting as a measure of their fan support weighed 50% each.
The nominations were announced on 7 March 2019; the telepoll voting opened shortly at 3.00pm, while the Online voting opens a day later at 12.00pm. Voting closed on 14 April 2019, at 8.30pm, during the ceremony.
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 16Top 10 1900-112-2001Carrie Wong 51900-112-2002Ya Hui 41900-112-2003 Kimberly Chia1900-112-2004Jesseca Liu 71900-112-2005 Jayley Woo1900-112-2006 Aileen Tan 1900-112-2007 Pan Lingling 61900-112-2008 Hong Huifang 11900-112-2009 Sheila Sim 1900-112-2010 Chen Xiuhuan 21900-112-2011Lin Meijiao 1900-112-2012Hong Ling1900-112-2013 Dawn Yeoh1900-112-2014 Rebecca Lim 81900-112-2015Bonnie Loo 1900-112-2016 Felicia Chin 91900-112-2017 Lina Ng 21900-112-2018 Cynthia Koh1900-112-2019Lin Pei Fen1900-112-2020 Paige Chua 5Stage:ArtistesMain PresentationTop 18Top 16Top 10 1900-112-2021 Rayson Tan1900-112-2022 Zhang Yaodong 1900-112-2023 Chen Shucheng 11900-112-2024 Pierre Png 31900-112-2025Lee Teng 1900-112-2026 Romeo Tan 51900-112-2027 Andie Chen 1900-112-2028 Yao Wenlong1900-112-2029Guo Liang 1900-112-2030 Dasmond Koh 101900-112-2031 Dennis Chew 91900-112-2032 Marcus Chin1900-112-2033Desmond Tan 41900-112-2034Pornsak 81900-112-2035 Richard Low1900-112-2036 Chua En Lai1900-112-2037Zheng Geping 91900-112-2038 Shaun Chen 31900-112-2039 Terence Cao1900-112-2040 Zhu Houren 1
Multiple awards and nominations
+ Dramas that received multiple nominations NominationsDrama/Short-Form Drama 8 Blessings 2 祖先保佑2 6 A Million Dollar Dream 给我一百万 5 You Can Be An Angel 3 你也可以是天使3Mind Matters 心。情 4 Say Cheese 西瓜甜不甜 VIC 维多利亚的模力 3 Doppelganger 入侵者 2 Eat Already? S4 吃饱没?4Dream Walker 梦行者Babies On Board 新生Fifty And Fabulous 五零高手
+ Programmes that received multiple nominations Nominations Programme/Short-Form Programme/Variety Special 3GeTai Challenge 2018 歌台星力量 兴旺发 2 Fixer 2 线人2Dennis Uncovers 周公找茶Away With My BFF 老友出走记Taste of Love 两代美味关系SPOP SING! - Grand Final SPOP听我唱！- 大决赛Star Awards 2018 红星大奖 2018
+ Dramas that received multiple awards Wins Drama/Short-Form Drama 3 A Million Dollar Dream 给我一百万 Blessings 2 祖先保佑2
+ Programmes that received multiple awards Wins Programme/Short-Form Programme/Variety Special N/A
Presenters and performers Creative achievement awards ceremony Name(s) RoleDoreen Yeoh (Chief Content Officer) Presenter of the judges segment in the Creative Achievement Award Tham Loke Kheng 谭乐琼 (CEO of MediaCorp) Gave out the award for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Variety Research Writer, Best Variety Producer Presenters
Lists of Presenters' names were announced on 3 April 2019.
Name(s) RoleLucy Chow 周如珠 Announcer for Star Awards 2019Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Gave A Opening Monologue of Star Awards 2019 Past recipients of Young Talent awards (from left to right):Li Xian Min 李咸愍Jason Liang 梁世杰Kyle Chan 陈星余Regene Lim 林詠谊Tan Jun Sheng 陈俊生Lyn Oh Ling En 胡菱恩Damien Teo 张值豪Isabel Yamada 山田熙Toh Xin Hui 杜芯慧Presenters of the award for Young Talent AwardLan Cheng Long 蓝正龙Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 Presenter of the awards for Best Short-form Drama Serial and Best Short-form Variety ProgrammeJoyce Cheng 郑欣宜Kaiser Chuang 庄凯勋Presenter of the award for Best NewcomerRoger Kwok 郭晋安Presenter of the award for Best Evergreen ArtisteTony Sun 孙协志Kym Ng 鐘琴Presenter of the award for Best Info-ed Programme and Best Variety ProgrammeBowie Tsang 曾宝仪Presenter of the award for Best Variety Special and Best Programme HostEric Chou 周兴哲Presenter of the award for Best Theme SongMediacorp CEOTham Loke Kheng 谭乐琼Gave out the award for All-time favourite artisteFann Wong 范文芳Roger Kwok 郭晋安 Presenter of the award for Best Support Actor and Best Supporting ActressChen Hanwei 陈汉玮Zoe Tay 郑惠玉Presenter of the award for Best Drama SerialOng Ye Kung 王乙康 (Minister of Education)Gave out the award for Special Achievement AwardJerry Yan 言承旭Wu Jinyan 吴谨言Presenter of the award for Best Actor and Best ActressCecilia Cheung 张柏芝Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Presenter of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Female and Male Artistes Performers Name(s) Show Performances Daryl-Ann Jansen 莉玉 Jarrell Ng 黄俊融 Marcus Tay 郑俊杰 Karena Yeo 杨凯玲 Creative Achievement Performed 《星光》 (Star Awards Theme Song) (Original singers) Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 Desmond Ng 黄振隆 Performed《每天为你唱歌》(from How Are You?/Ho Seh Bo?) Daryl-Ann Jansen 莉玉Marcus Tay 郑俊杰 Karena Yeo 杨凯玲Jarrell Ng 黄俊融All SPOP Sing! finalists Walk-of-fame Performed the Best Theme Song nominations (in order): 《月华》(from Blessings 2 祖先保佑2) 《给我一个》(from Mind Matters 心。情) 《Watch Me》(from VIC 维多利亚的模力) 《守护你的善良》(from You Can Be An Angel 3 你也可以是天使3) 《和你交换你的不安》(from Reach for the Skies 不平凡的平凡) Desmond Tan 陈泂江 Zoe Tay 郑惠玉Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 Rebecca Lim 林慧玲Main Show Performed 《星光》 Xu Bin 徐彬Timothee Yap 叶劲维 Zong Zijie 宗子杰 Gavin Teo 崇喆 Performed 《小人物的心声》in memoriam to Aloysius Pang Eric Chou 周兴哲 Performed 《如果雨之后》and《怎么了》 All SPOP Sing! finalistsPerformed 《星光》
Ceremony