# Star Awards 2022

The 27th edition of the Star Awards, Star Awards 2022 (Chinese: 红星大奖2022) is a television award ceremony that honoured the best in Singaporean television released between January and December 2021. The ceremony was held in Singapore on 24 April 2022 at the MES Theatre @ Mediacorp and was hosted by Chen Hanwei.
Romantic drama My Star Bride won a leading three awards including the Best Drama Serial, followed by Recipe Of Life winning two awards for the lead acting roles respectively by Chen's seventh and Huang Biren's fourth, the latter tying Zoe Tay's most number of Best Actress' wins. Five other shows won one award each, including Jeffrey Xu's first acting career win for Star Awards for Best Supporting Actor in his role in The Takedown, and Star Awards 2021 winning its ninth Variety Special.
Two celebrities, Dennis Chew and Zheng Geping were conferred the All-time Favourite Artiste, while Felicia Chin and Rebecca Lim won their tenth Top 10 Most Favourite Artiste, the latter being the ninth celebrity to win the Top 10 award for ten consecutive times. Two celebrities, Chantalle Ng and Brandon Wong, won their first Top 10 Award this year, the latter being his first nomination in the category after 27 years of his tenure at Mediacorp.

## Telecast

The 2022 ceremony was broadcast live on meWATCH, Mediacorp Channel U, Mediacorp Channel 8 and YouTube from 7pm to 10pm on 24 April 2022. There was an exclusive live commentary broadcast on meWATCH from 3:30pm to 10:30pm. A repeat telecast of the Star Awards 2022 will be aired from 2pm to 6.30pm on 1 May 2022 on Mediacorp Channel 8.
| Date | Shows | Time | Channels | Country | Remarks |
| 24 April 2022 | Live Commentary | 3.30 pm to 10.30 pm | meWATCH | Singapore | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 | Singapore | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Mediacorp Channel U | Singapore | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | meWATCH | Singapore | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | YouTube | Singapore | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Astro AEC Channel 338 | Malaysia | Live Telecast |
| 24 April 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Astro Go | Malaysia | Live Telecast |
| 1 May 2022 | Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 2.00pm to 6.30pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 | Singapore | Repeat Telecast |
| 21 January 2023 | Awards Ceremony | 5.00pm to 7.30pm | 8TV | Malaysia | CNY Eve Special Telecast |
| 23 January 2023 | Awards Ceremony | 7.00am to 9.00am | 8TV | Malaysia | Repeat Telecast |

## Winners and nominees
### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 My Star Bride Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost Mind Jumper Soul Old Yet So Young The Takedown | Best Radio Programme LOVE 972 - The Breakfast Quartet YES 933 - The DAKA Show LOVE 972 - Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories YES 933 - The Shuang & Kunz Show CAPITAL 958 - Wake-up Call |
| Best Short-Form Drama Series Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting 321 Action! iKid, You Not! The Amazing Showman Wheels | Best Short-Form Variety Programme Storyteller Behind The Wheels JustSwipeLah Dare to Try Hello Big Shots! Superman Juniors |
| Best Entertainment Programme The Inner Circle Creme De La Creme Curious City Hear U Out S2 Towkay, Take a Break | Best Infotainment Programme Cooking For A Cause Faces of Asia One In A Thousand Tuesday Report: The Towkays S3 We Came This Far |
| Best Entertainment Special Star Awards 2021 - Awards Ceremony Lunar New Year's Eve Special 2021 River Hongbao 2021 Star Awards 2021 - Backstage Live : Artistes' Preparation Star Awards 2021 - Walk of Fame | Best Theme Song Jocie Guo - My Star Bride《温习》 Jeremy Chan - Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost 《乱掉》 Alfred Sim - CTRL《反话》 AL4HA - Key Witness《你的呼唤》 Chantalle Ng, Tasha Low, Ferlyn Wong, Abigail, Latonia Tay - Live Your Dreams《是谁》 |
| Best Actor Chen Hanwei - Recipe of Life as Zhou Beifa Desmond Tan - Key Witness as Chen Zhiming Jeremy Chan - Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost as Ma Da Romeo Tan - Soul Old Yet So Young as Shi Wenfeng Xu Bin - My Star Bride as Chung Shee Jie | Best Actress Huang Biren - Recipe of Life as Chen Huiying Chantalle Ng - My Star Bride as Mai Phương Thảo Jesseca Liu - Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost as Lin Xiaofang Joanne Peh - Mind Jumper as Khoo Kaile Ya Hui - CTRL as Liang Siyun |
| Best Supporting Actor Jeffrey Xu - The Takedown as Lin Jinxiong Chew Chor Meng - The Heartland Hero as Zhong Buzhang James Seah - Key Witness as Dex Ang Zhang Ze Tong - Key Witness as Nick Zhu Zhu Houren - My Star Bride as Chung Yongnian | Best Supporting Actress Lin Meijiao - My Star Bride as Pan Xiuqin Bonnie Loo - Key Witness as Hannah Chua Cynthia Koh - My Star Bride as Chung Peipei Lina Ng - Key Witness as Ye Lina 叶 Rui En - The Heartland Hero as Qiu Jingwen |
| Young Talent Award Goh Wee Ann - The Heartland Hero as Zhong Li Alfred Ong - Key Witness as Ethan Cana Yu - My Mini-Me and Me as Young Jiayi Nathaniel Ng - iKid, You Not! as Xiaoquan Zemily Leaw - The Peculiar Pawnbroker as Su Xiaomi | Best Evergreen Artiste Xiang Yun Chen Shucheng Lin Meijiao Wang Yuqing Zhu Houren |
| Best Programme Host Quan Yi Fong - Hear U Out S2 Desmond Ng - Curious City Guo Liang - The Inner Circle Ke Le - Curious City Kym Ng - Old Taste Detective S2 | |

#### Special awards

| All Time Favourite Artiste | Zheng Geping | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 |
| All Time Favourite Artiste | Dennis Chew | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 |

#### Top 10 Most Popular Artiste

Eligible artistes were shortlisted to participate in a nationwide poll of 1,000 people representing an equal breakdown across various age groups across Singapore's demographic, called "Popularity Survey". It was conducted independently by an accredited market research company. 40 artistes were announced on 10 March 2022 and the voting period opened from 11 March 2022, 12:00pm to 24 April 2022, 8:00pm. Each user was limited to one vote per day, but the restriction was lifted to allow unlimited voting on 24 April 2022 from 12:00am to 8:00pm. The weightage of the survey-to-votes were adjusted to 30%-70%.
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes :
| Artistes | Top 10 |
| Carrie Wong | 7 |
| Chantalle Ng | 1 |
| Cynthia Koh | 3 |
| Felicia Chin | 10 |
| Hong Ling | 2 |
| Jesseca Liu | 9 |
| Paige Chua | 7 |
| Rebecca Lim | 10 |
| Ya Hui | 6 |
| Yvonne Lim | 9 |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes |||||
| Artistes | Top 10 |
| Ben Yeo | 3 |
| Brandon Wong | 1 |
| Desmond Tan | 6 |
| Guo Liang | 7 |
| Lee Teng | 6 |
| ' Marcus Chin | 2 |
| ' Pierre Png | 5 |
| Romeo Tan | 7 |
| Shaun Chen | 5 |
| Xu Bin | 4 |

## My Pick! categories

The ceremony also included a minor award ceremony, entitled MyPICK! Awards.
The winners of MY PICK! categories were determined by public voting. Voting began at 12:00 a.m. on 11 March 2022, and closed on 10 April 2022. 11:59pm. All voters with a valid meCONNECT account were eligible to vote and voting was free. For each award category, each voter was limited to one vote every day. On 24 April 2022, the results were revealed during the Star Awards 2022 – Backstage LIVE.
| Favourite Female Show Stealer | Favourite Male Show Stealer |
| Chantalle Ng - My Star Bride as Mai Phương Thảo Jesseca Liu - Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost as Lin Xiaofang Joanne Peh - Mind Jumper as Khoo Kaile Rui En - Mister Flower as Chen Huiling Tasha Low - Live Your Dreams as Lee Sitong | Xu Bin - My Star Bride as Chung Shee Jie Desmond Tan - Key Witness as Chen Zhiming Glenn Yong - Live Your Dreams as Sun Yian Jeremy Chan - Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost as Ma Da Richie Koh - Live Your Dreams as Zhu Yongjie |
| Most Attention Seeking New-Gen Host | Most Hated Villain |
| Herman Keh - Curious City Jernelle Oh - JustSwipeLah Juin Teh - Star Awards 2021 - Backstage Live : Artistes' Preparation Seow Sin Nee - JustSwipeLah Zhang Ze Tong - JustSwipeLah | Brandon Wong - Recipe of Life as Qian Nanhua Chen Tianwen - Mister Flower as Zhu Guodong Guo Liang - CTRL as Liang Wendao Huang Biren - Recipe of Life as Chen Huiying Jeffrey Xu - The Takedown as Lin Jinxiong |
| Perfect Combo ||
| Chen Biyu, Dennis Chew, Marcus Chin, Mark Lee - Yujian Huangchong (Weekend Edition) Chen Liping, Kym Ng - HDB Tai Tai 4.0 Chen Ning, Zhong Kun Hua - SPOP WAVE! Desmond Ng, Herman Keh, Ke Le - Curious City Guo Liang, Quan Yi Fong - Star Awards 2021 ||
| Favourite CP ||
| Xu Bin & Chantalle Ng - Chung Shee Jie & Mai Phương Thảo (My Star Bride） Elvin Ng & Rui En — Gao Yufei & Chen Huiling (Mister Flower) Glenn Yong & Chantalle Ng — Sun Yian & Fang Jingchen (Live Your Dreams) Jeremy Chan & Jesseca Liu — Ma Da & Lin Xiaofang (Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost） Richie Koh & Tasha Low — Zhu Yongjie & Lee Sitong (Live Your Dreams） ||
Multiple Nominations :
| Nominations | Work |
| 5 | Live Your Dreams 大大的梦想 |
| 3 | Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghosts 臥虎藏鬼 |
| 3 | My Star Bride 过江新娘 |
| 3 | Mister Flower 花花公子 |
| 3 | JustSwipeLah 刷一刷 |
| 2 | Recipe of Life 味之道 |
| 2 | Curious City 小岛国，大发现 |
Multiple Awards :
| Awards | Work |
| 3 | My Star Bride 过江新娘 |

## Sponsor awards

These was announced during the Walk-of-fame.
* Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award Bioskin 魅力四射奖
* Desmond Tan 陈炯江
* Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷
* He Ying Ying 何盈莹
* James Seah 谢俊峰
* Zhang Ze Tong 张哲通

## Nominations statistics

| Nominations | Name of the Drama Series | Awards | Nominated Category |
| 7 | My Star Bride《过江新娘》 | 3 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧, Best Actor 最佳男主角, Best Actress 最佳女主角, Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角, Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 (2 Noms) (1 win), Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| 7 | Key Witness《关键证人》 | — | Best Actor 最佳男主角，Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 (2 Noms), Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 (2 Noms), Young Talent Award 青苹果奖, Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| 4 | Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost 《臥虎藏鬼》 | — | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧, Best Actor 最佳男主角, Best Actress 最佳女主角, Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| 3 | The Heartland Hero 《邻里帮》 | 1 | Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角, Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角, Young Talent award 青苹果奖 |
| 2 | CTRL《操控》 | — | Best Actress 最佳女主角, Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| 2 | Recipe Of Life《味之道》 | 2 | Best Actor 最佳男主角, Best Actress 最佳女主角 |
| 2 | Soul Old Yet so Young《心里住着老灵魂》 | — | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧, Best Actor 最佳男主角 |
| 2 | The Takedown《肃战肃绝》 | 1 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧, Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 |
| 2 | Mind Jumper《触心罪探》 | — | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧, Best Actress 最佳女主角 |
| 2 | iKid, You Not!《返老还童》 | — | Young Talent Award 青苹果奖, Best Short-Form Drama Series 最佳短篇戏剧 |
| Nominations | Name of the Programmes | Awards | Nominated Category |
| 3 | Curious City《小岛国，大发现》 | — | Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目，Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 (2 Noms) |
| 3 | Star Awards 2021《红星大奖2021》 | 1 | Best Entertainment Special 最佳综艺特备节目 (3 Noms) (1 win) |
| 2 | Hear U Out S2《权听你说 2》 | 1 | Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目，Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 |
| 2 | The Inner Circle《神秘嘉宾》 | 1 | Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目，Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 |

## Ceremony information

The ceremony's theme, "When the Stars Align, Dreams Come True" (星光荟聚 ，筑梦视界), paid tribute to the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore while delivering celebrations with an award show to honour Singapore's content and artistes.
Each program is eligible for a Star Awards only once throughout the show's lifetime, meaning that if any program was nominated for this ceremony, they will be ineligible for the 2023 awards.
For the sixth consecutive year, Bioskin was the main presenter at the Star Awards Ceremony and sponsored the Bioskin Most Charismatic Artist Award. Online voting began on 25 March 2022 and ended on 10 April 2022. The winner for the award was announced during the Red Carpet Show.
The nominees for the performance categories were announced on 16 February 2022 while the popularity categories were announced on 10 March 2022.
The ceremony featured a robot attendant which delivered awards to the recipients during the ceremony. Several guest presenters who were not present at the show - Mickey Huang, Aaron Kwok, and Jacky Wu - appeared via holograms to present the awards.

## Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards and performed musical numbers.
Presenters :
| Name(s) | Role |
| Nathaniel Ng 黄企健 Marcus Chin 陈建彬 | Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 Best Evergreen Artiste 常青演绎奖 |
| Adrian Ang 小明 Jaspers Lai 赖宇涵 | Best Short-form Drama 最佳短篇戏剧 Best Short-form Programme 最佳短篇综艺节目 |
| Pets Tseng 曾沛慈 Austin Lin 林柏宏 | Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 |
| Jacky Wu 吴宗宪 | Best Infotainment Programme 最佳资讯节目 Best Entertainment Programme 最佳综艺节目 |
| Irene Ang 洪爱玲 Cavin Soh 苏梽诚 Guo Liang 郭亮 | Best Radio Programme 最佳电台节目 |
| Marcus Chin 陈建彬 Mark Lee 李国煌 Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| Josephine Teo 杨莉明 Minister for Communications and Information | All time Favorite Award 超级红星 |
| Carol Cheng 郑裕玲 | Best Variety Special 最佳特备节目 |
| Moses Chan 陈豪 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 |
| — | Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 |
| Mickey Huang 黃子佼 | Top 10 Most Popular Artistes 十大最受欢迎男女艺人 |
| Mark Lee 李国煌 | Introduced Presenter Aaron Kwok 郭富城 |
| Aaron Kwok 郭富城 | Best Actor 最佳男主角 Best Actress 最佳女主角 |
Performers :
| Name | Work |
| Alfred Sim 沈志豪 | 《反话》 from CTRL 操控 |
| Jocie Guo 郭美美 | 《温习》 from 'My Star Bride 过江新娘 |
| Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷 Tasha Low 刘怡伶 Ferlyn Wong 黄晶玲 Abigail Latonia Tay | 《是谁》 from Live Your Dreams 大大的梦想 |
| Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 | 《乱掉》 from Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost 卧虎藏鬼 |
| AL4HA | 《你的呼唤》 from Key Witness 关键证人 |