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; 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland Doreen Yap Pei Kiang – The Journey: Our HomelandAng 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 – The Journey: Our HomelandKang 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland Kee Chee Wee – The Dream Makers (season 2) Delon Poh – CrescendoSteve Wong Kwok Chung – The Journey: Our Homeland Ang Soon Bee – Love? Tommy Lee Heng Soon – The Dream Makers (season 2) Lim Hap Choon – Life Is Beautiful Toh Meng Teck – Hand in HandHo Hock Choon – 118 Chen Jiagu and Oh Hock Leong – The Journey: Our Homeland Delon Low – Hand in Hand Oh Hock Leong – A Blessed Life Wong Lab Seng – You Can Be an Angel TooSimon Poon – The Dream Makers (season 2) Lai Chun Kwang – The Journey: Our Homeland 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 The nominees and representative titles are listed in alphabetical name order, unless otherwise stated. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. 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 – 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland as Su Qiufeng 苏秋凤 Xiang Yun – Super Senior as Yu Fang 于芳
Special awards Julie Tan Carrie Wong
All-Time Favourite Artiste awards 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. Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
Show 2 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 The Journey: Our Homeland 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland - (《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 – The Journey: Our Homeland 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland 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 EddyJulie 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland 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. Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
Post show party Crimewatch Male: Elvin Ng Female: Rui EnElvin 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 – The Journey: Our Homeland 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 and Jeanette Aw – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam and Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿 Tay Ping Hui and Ann Kok – Crescendo as Jiang Chufan 江楚帆 and Deng Xueli 邓雪莉 Qi Yuwu and Rui En – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam and Fang Tonglin 方彤琳 Zhang Zhenhuan and Julie Tan – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Chen Guang 陈光 and Dong Zihuai 董子怀 Shaun Chen and Rui En – The Journey: Our Homeland as Zhang Jia 张佳 and Yang Meixue 杨美雪Ya Hui Felicia Chin Julie Tan Pan Lingling Paige Chua 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 and Rui En Aloysius Pang and Xu Bin Chen Hanwei and Zoe Tay Ian Fang and Jeffrey Xu Kate Pang and Vivian Lai
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 NominationsDrama26 The Dream Makers (season 2)16The Journey: Our Homeland111186CrescendoTiger Mum5Hand in Hand4Super SeniorYou Can Be an Angel Too3Good Luck2A Blessed LifeSealed with a Kiss
+ Variety/Info-ed that received multiple nominations NominationsVariety/Info-ed5GeTai Challenge3Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3Star Awards 20152Face 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
Most wins
+ Dramas that received multiple awards WinsDrama12The Dream Makers (season 2)2Tiger Mum
+ Variety/Info-ed that received multiple awards WinsVariety/Info-ed3GeTai Challenge2Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3
Presenters and performers The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
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