Star Awards 2006 Most Popular List out!
October 12, 2006
Dont yawn cause the box of goodies does go around on this Hill.
This years Star Awards send a few new faces into the popularity
radar. The heat is definitely on.
Angelene Wong
Its the name list that weve all been waiting for.
As you read off the whos-who on this years Top 10 Most Popular
Male & Female Artistes and Best Newcomer nomination list, the
nominated stars would already be at The Oriental Singapore (the
venue for this year's Star Awards press conference to announce the
nominees) sipping coffee and tucking into finger food while
regaling journos with tales of what if they win an award.
Already, there is one celebrity who will be preparing her thank-you
speech. She is none other than perenial favourite of Singaporeans
young and old Chen Liping who will receive the All-Time Favourites
award this year. For the unitiated, this is an award given to
artistes who have made it to the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes list
for the past 10 years.
They would also have randomly picked out their voting numbers
those lucky numbers which you would be frantically dialing from Oct
17 when the voting lines open.
So who are the new faces this year to look out for?
Project SuperStar champion Kelvin Tan Weilian whose debut album
shot to platinum status when it was first launched in January this
year would be a strong contender for the Best Newcomer award with
his strong fan base both in Singapore and Malaysia. His fans would
no doubt be doubly busy given that he is also nominated in the Top
10 Most Popular Male Artiste category.
Fellow Project SuperStar finalist Chew Sin Huey who will soon be
seen hosting Channel U new outdoor variety gameshow The 7-Eleven
Gameshow joins him with two noms in both the Top 10 Most Popular
Female Artiste and the Best Newcomer categories.
Both Kelvin and Sin Huey were earlier seen smooching each other as
a pair of bickering lovers in Channel Us idol drama Dream
Chasers.
The popularity of Channel Us first reality talent show Project
SuperStar cannot be disputed with SuperStars from Season One
filling up three out of five spots in the Best Newcomer award
category. Apart from Kelvin and Sin Huey, sweet-faced Candyce Toh
is the other SuperStar finalist to be nominated. The other two
spots are taken up by drool-worthy young idols Elvin Ng who was
last seen in idol drama Love At 0° C and Dawn Yeo who made an
impression in her debut drama as a visually-handicapped girl in The
Shining Star.
On the Most Popular Male and Female Artistes front, last years
Best Newcomer award recipient Jesseca Liu now moves up into the Top
10 Most Popular Female Artistes rungs as a nominee. The
Malaysia-born actress last showed that she can hold her own against
the big boys Li Nanxing and Christopher Lee in Channel 8 drama
Through It All.
Julian Hee who was nominated last year for Best Newcomer is also
nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste. Would he have
better luck (and fans) this time round?
Priscelia Chan who was left out of the cold last year is in the
running this year for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. But with
little to show for except for English comedy My Sassy Neighbour 2
which is currently showing on Channel 5, will her fans remember to
vote?
Will the usual suspects go home triumphant or will the new faces
turn in some upsets?
It all rests on YOUR VOTE. So whats a good fan to do? Start saving
up now, oil those fingers and get ready to start punching those
numbers to support your faves when the voting lines open on Oct
17!
Telepoll Details:
# The telepoll lines for the Top 10 Most Popular Male/Female
Artistes will be opened from 17 Oct, 8:30pm to 10 Dec 9pm.
# The telepoll lines for the Most Popular Newcomer will be opened
from 17 Oct, 8:30pm to 10 Dec, 8pm
Rules & Regulations
# Each call costs $0.80
# Each call is subjected to 5% GST
# Participants aged 18 years and below must seek parental
consent
