# Star Awards 2023

The Star Awards 2023 ceremony, the 28th edition of Star Awards, presented by the Mediacorp, took place on 9 April 2023 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. During the gala, Mediacorp presented Star Awards in 12 categories honoring Mediacorp's employees, minor awards in four categories and sponsored awards in two categories. The ceremony was televised on Channel 8. Lee Teng and Taiwanese actress-singer Matilda Tao, hosted the show.
Mediacorp also hosted a gala dinner, held at JW Marriott Hotel on 30 March 2023 and hosted by Hazelle Teo and Dennis Chew. Five Star Awards were also presented during the dinner.
Your World in Mine won six awards, including Best Drama Serial. The Breakfast Quartet - LOVE 972, Dishing with Chris Lee, Forgotten Children, Star Awards 2022 and Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories @ Singapore Sightings won one award each.

## Winners and nominees

Nominations for the professional awards were announced on 15 February. Slice of life drama Your World in Mine had the most nominations (nine) and won the most number of awards (six) including Best Drama Serial; many of the nominations were oriented towards younger actors, especially first-timers for Best Actor Richie Koh, Desmond Ng and Ayden Sng, as well as Brandon Wong being the sole nominee to also be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award; Koh's win also set a record on becoming the youngest recipient of the lead actor role. For the first time since 2001, Huang Biren and Zoe Tay were nominated for Best Actress in the same ceremony, and with both actresses having a tie for the most wins at four at that time, the former would go on to win her fifth award.
In the entertainment categories, Christopher Lee won the Best Programme Host, ending a five-year streak previously held by frequent winner Quan Yi Fong, and Lee becoming the third recipient for the award after Quan and Lee Teng. Das DD also become the first artiste of Indian origin to be nominated for and subsequently win a Performance Award. Both Star Awards and Love 972 The Breakfast Quartet continued their winning streak for their Variety Special and Radio Programme, respectively.
The voting categories were announced on 6 March; while MyPick! category was returned for its second year, in a history first for Star Awards, voting categories were also heavily emphasized and competitive, and there was no cap on the number of artistes eligible for the Top Ten Most Popular Favourite Artistes award as criteria were relaxed, along with the introduction of the Top Three Most Popular Rising Stars award, a non-gender-affiliated voting award for artistes with no more than five years of showbiz experience. In an official statement, the award criteria for "All-Time Favourite Artiste" was also revised, such that wins from the Most Popular Rising Stars Award would count towards the 10 wins needed to be conferred the All-Time Favourite Artiste. The three recipients of the inaugural award were Gao Mei Gui, Richie Koh and Ayden Sng, along with six other first Top 10 recipients Jeremy Chan, Chen Bi Yu, Chen Ning, Jeff Goh, Tasha Low and Denise Camillia Tan. Of the four artistes, Ann Kok, Jesseca Liu, Yvonne Lim, and Pornsak, each with nine Top 10 Most Popular Artistes wins at the time, only Kok and Liu were nominated for, and would go on to win their tenth award. Felicia Chin and Rebecca Lim, the latter being the ninth celebrity to win the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes for ten consecutive ceremonies, were the year's recipients for "All-time Favourite Artiste".

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Star Awards 2023 - Industry Achievement Awards (March 30, 2023) :
| Best Drama Serial | Best Radio Programme |
| Your World in Mine Dark Angel Genie In A Cup When Duty Calls (season 2) You Can Be An Angel (season 4) | The Breakfast Quartet - LOVE 972 Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories - LOVE972 Small City, Big Matters - CAPITAL 958 The DAKA Show - YES 933 The Shuang and Kunz Show - YES 933 |
| Best Entertainment Programme | Best Infotainment Programme |
| Dishing with Chris Lee A Night Under The Stars Hear U Out S3 House Everything? (season 2) King Of Culinary | Forgotten Children As You Grow Old Being Together : A Family Portrait Find Me A Singaporean : The Pandemic Special Old Taste Detective (season 3) |
| Best Entertainment Special | Best Theme Song |
| Star Awards 2022 – Awards Ceremony Lunar New Year's Eve Special 2022 River Hongbao 2022 - Singapore Talent Night Star Awards 2022 – Backstage LIVE The Star Voice 2022 - Grand Final | Lennerd Lim - 你的世界 (Your World In Mine) xxmxrcs (Marcus Tay) - 加码梦想 (Genie In A Cup) Jocie Guo - 恋香 (Love at First Bite) Meng FM - 怒放 (When Duty Calls (season 2)) Desmond Ng, Lingkai - 天使的微笑 (You Can Be An Angel (season 4)} |
| Best Short-Form Programme ||
| Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories @ Singapore Sightings #justswipelah Ben Yeo's Kitchen House Collectors Jiak Kentang ||
| Star Awards 2023 - Main Ceremony (April 9, 2023) ||
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Richie Koh - Your World in Mine as Zheng Tiancai Ayden Sng - The Unbreakable Bond as Gu Yuncong Brandon Wong - Leave No Soul Behind as Feng Tianlong Desmond Ng- Your World in Mine as Hong Maodan Qi Yuwu - Dark Angel as Zhu Wei | Huang Biren - Your World in Mine as Li Jiayun Hong Ling - Your World in Mine as Zheng Tianxi Jesseca Liu - Soul Detective as Liu Shuqin Rebecca Lim - Soul Doctor as Ling Jingyao/Ling Jingqi Zoe Tay - Dark Angelas He Ziyuan |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Brandon Wong - Dark Angel as Ke Zhixiong Andie Chen - Sisters Stand Tall as Yang Liwen Chew Chor Meng - Dark Angelas Yang Tao Darren Lim - Genie In A Cup as Ma Xiaobao Zhu Houren - Your World in Mine as Hong Xingwang | Xiang Yun - Your World in Mine as Wang Jinhui Aileen Tan- Dark Angel as Alex Cynthia Koh- Leave No Soul Behind as Wu Yuwei Kym Ng - When Duty Calls (season 2) as Lu Meiguang Lina Ng - Your World in Mine as Xiuzhu |
| Young Talent Award | Best Evergreen Artiste |
| Alfred Ong - Healing Heroes as Huang Zirui Chia Zhi Xuan Ivory- Love at First Bite as Young Chang Xiyue Goh Wee Ann - Home Again as Young Ye Pingan Mendelsohn Asher Wenyao - Dark Angel as Young Zhu Wei Nicholas Lim Tao Rui - Dark Angel as Young Chen Yiyi | Xiang Yun Aileen Tan Hong Huifang Richard Low Zhu Houren |
| Best Programme Host | Best Rising Star |
| Christopher Lee - Dishing With Chris Lee Bryan Wong - Old Taste Detective (season 3) Darren Lim - A Night Under The Stars Dennis Chew - Mr Zhou's Ghosts Stories @ Singapore Singtings Quan Yi Fong - Hear U Out (season 3) | Das DD - #justswipelah Jarrell Huang - In Safe Handsas Wu Guangming Jernelle Oh - #justswipelah Kiki Lim - When Duty Calls (season 2) as Goh Guan Lin Joey Pink- Soul Detectiveas Hannah |

### Special awards

This is given to an artist who has received a total of ten "Top 10 Most Popular Male / Female Artiste Awards" and/or "Most Popular Rising Star Award," which do not have to be consecutive. The artiste will receive an All-Time Favourite Artiste Award after winning the tenth popularity award.
| All Time Favourite Artiste 超级红星 | Rebecca Lim | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 |
| All Time Favourite Artiste 超级红星 | Felicia Chin | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 |

## Popularity Awards
### Top 10 Most Popular Artistes

Table key :
| | Artistes Made it to Top 20 in the week |
| n | Indicates the winner |
| 10 | Winner of 10th award to be named All-Time Favourite Artiste at next ceremony |
* Winner will be listed first and highlighted in color.
As with all ceremonies since 2017, nominees will participate in a nationwide poll of 1,000 people from Singapore's population, with an equitable breakdown across various age groups ("Popularity Survey") and public voting, to determine the winners. The voting weightage was also changed to 20%-80% respectively.
Voting was held from 6 March until 9 April 8pm during the ceremony. For the first time ever, there was no maximum cap on the number of artistes eligible to be nominated as a total of 75 artistes (36 females and 39 males) were nominated for the voting category. As with ceremonies since 2021 to promote audience participation, the 10 votes per day restriction was lifted during the final hours of voting, occurring on the actual day starting at 12am.
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes :
| Artistes | Top 10 |
| Ann Kok | 10 |
| Jesseca Liu | 10 |
| Carrie Wong | 8 |
| Paige Chua | 8 |
| Ya Hui | 7 |
| Chantalle Ng | 2 |
| Chen Bi Yu | 1 |
| Tasha Low | 1 |
| Chen Ning | 1 |
| Denise Camillia Tan | 1 |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes |||
| Artistes | Top 10 |
| Romeo Tan | 8 |
| Guo Liang | 8 |
| Desmond Tan | 7 |
| Shaun Chen | 6 |
| Xu Bin | 5 |
| Marcus Chin | 3 |
| Desmond Ng | 2 |
| Brandon Wong | 2 |
| Jeff Goh | 1 |
| Jeremy Chan | 1 |

### Most Popular Rising Stars 最受欢迎潜力星

In addition to the traditional Top 10, this award is aimed at junior artistes with no more than five years of showbiz experience; unlike the Top 10, this award is not gender-affiliated and only the three artistes with the most votes would win the award. Wins in this category will count towards the cumulative number of wins for the "All-Time Favourite Artistes".
最受欢迎潜力星 Most Popular Rising Star Award :
* Top 3 Winners
* Ayden Sng 孙政
* Gao Mei Gui 高美贵
* Richie Koh 许瑞奇

### MyPick! Categories

A minor award ceremony called MyPICK! which had been presented for the second consecutive year since 2022.
The public voted to select the winners of the MY PICK! categories. Voting began at 12:00 p.m. on March 6, 2023. Voting was free and open to all voters with a valid meCONNECT account. Each voter could only vote once every day in each award category. The results were unveiled on April 9, 2023, during the Star Awards 2023 - Backstage Marathon.
| MY PICK!最吸晴男角色 MY PICK! Favourite Male Show Stealer | MY PICK!最吸晴女角色 MY PICK! Favourite Female Show Stealer |
| Richie Koh 许瑞奇 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》as Zheng Tiancai 郑天才 James Seah 谢俊峰 - Soul Detective 《灵探》 as Bai Ye 白烨 Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 - Soul Detective 《灵探》 as 4896 Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 - Dark Angel 《黑天使》 as Zhu Wei 朱玮 Xu Bin 徐彬 - Love At First Bite《遇见你，真香！》 as Martius | Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 - Soul Detective 《灵探》 as Liu Shuqin 刘淑琴 Hong Ling 洪凌 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Zheng Tianxi 郑天希 Huang Biren 黄碧仁 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Li Jiayun 李家云 Xiang Yun 向云 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Wang Jinhui 王金慧 Tasha Low 刘怡伶 - Genie In A Cup 《哇到宝》 as She Xiaoqian 佘小倩 |
| MYPICK! 最强CP MYPICK! Favourite CP ||
| Xu Bin 徐彬 and Chantalle Ng 黄瑄婷 - Love At First Bite《遇见你，真香！》 as Martius and Chang Xiyue 常喜悦 Xu Bin 徐彬 and Tasha Low 刘怡伶 - Genie In A Cup 《哇到宝》 as Ma Deming 马德明 and She Xiaoqian 佘小倩 Desmond Ng 黄振隆 and Hong Ling 洪凌 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Hong Maodan 洪茂丹 and Zheng Tianxi 郑天希 Yao Wenlong 姚彣隆 and Huang Biren 黄碧仁 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Zheng Jianqiang 郑坚强 and Li Jiayun 李家云 Herman Keh 郭坤耀 and Gini Chang 曾晓晴 - Healing Heroes 《医生不是神》 as Pan Youxiao 潘佑孝 and Zhou Yige 周亦格 ||
| MYPICK! 最讨人厌大反派 MYPICK! Most Hated Villain ||
| Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 - Dark Angel 《黑天使》 as Gu Wangming 顾旺明 Cavin Soh 苏梽诚 - Dark Angel 《黑天使》 as Su Zhian 苏知安 Darren Lim 林明伦 - Genie In A Cup 《哇到宝》 as Ma Xiaobao 马小宝 Lina Ng 黄嫊方 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Xiuzhu 秀珠 Priscelia Chan 曾诗梅 - Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 as Chen Linlin 陈琳琳 ||

### Sponsorship Voting Category

Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award - Red Carpet Chan Brothers My Star Guide Award - Backstage
| Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award Bioskin 魅力四射奖 | Chan Brothers My Star Guide Award 曾兄弟我的导游是红星奖 |
| Ayden Sng 孙政 Carrie Wong 黄思恬 Fang Rong 芳榕 Nick Teo 张奕恺 Richie Koh 许瑞奇 | Ayden Sng 孙政 (Destination: Melbourne) Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 (Destination: Bhutan) Guo Liang 郭亮 (Destination: China) Herman Keh 郭坤耀 (Destination: Turkey) Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 (Destination: Japan) |

## Nominations

Winning category obtained are marked with bold.
Drama Series :
| Nominations | Winning Number | Drama Name | Nominated Category |
| 9 | 5 | Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 Best Actor 最佳男主角 (2) Best Actress 最佳女主角 (2) Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 (2) |
| 6 | 1 | Dark Angel 《黑天使》 | 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 (2) Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 |
| 4 | — | When Duty Calls S2 《卫国先锋2》 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 Best Rising Star Award 最佳潜力星 |
| 3 | — | Genie in A Cup 《哇到宝》 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 |
| 2 | — | You Can Be An Angel S4 《你也可以是天使4》 | Best Drama Serial 最佳戏剧 Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 |
| 2 | — | Soul Detective 《灵探》 | Best Actress 最佳女主角 Best Rising Star Award 最佳潜力星 |
Television Programme :
| Nominations | Winning Number | Programme Name | Nominated Category |
| 3 | 1 | #justswipelah 《#刷一刷》 | Best Short-Form Entertainment Programme 最佳短篇综艺节目 Best Rising Star Award 最佳潜力星 (2) |
| 2 | — | Hear U Out S3 《权听你说 3》 | 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 | — | Old Taste Detective S3 古早味侦探 3 | 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 | — | A Night Under The Stars 陪你看星星 | 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 | 2 | Dishing with Chris Lee 阿顺有煮意 | 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 | 1 | Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories @ Singapore Sightings 周公讲鬼, 哪里有鬼？ | Best Short-Form Entertainment Programme 最佳短篇综艺节目 Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人 |
| 2 | 1 | Star Awards 2022 红星大奖2022 | Best Entertainment Special 最佳综艺特备节目 |
MYPick! Awards :
| Nominations | Winning Number | Drama Name | Nominated Category |
| 8 | 1 | Your World in Mine 《你的世界我们懂》 | Favourite Male Show Stealer 最吸晴男角色 Favourite Female Show Stealer 最吸晴女角色 (3) Favourite CP 最强CP (2) Most Hated Villain 最讨人厌大反派 (2) |
| 3 | 1 | Dark Angel 《黑天使》 | Favourite Male Show Stealer 最吸晴男角色 Most Hated Villain 最讨人厌大反派 (2) |
| 3 | 1 | Soul Detective 《灵探》 | Favourite Male Show Stealer 最吸晴男角色 (2) Favourite Female Show Stealer 最吸晴女角色 |
| 3 | — | Genie In A Cup 《哇到宝》 | Favourite Female Show Stealer 最吸晴女角色 Favourite CP 最强CP Most Hated Villain 最讨人厌大反派 |
| 2 | 1 | Love At First Bite 《遇见你，真香!》 | Favourite Male Show Stealer 最吸晴男角色 Favourite CP 最强CP |

## Presenters and performers

Order of the presentation, name of the presenter(s), and award(s) they presented :
| Star Awards 2023 - Industry Achievement Awards (March 30, 2023) |||
| Order | Presenter | Award/Role(s) |
| 1 | Kym Ng | Best Radio Programme |
| 2 | Angeline Poh Chief Customer & Corporate Development Officer | Best Infotainment Programme |
| 3 | Chen Hanwei | Introduced Genie In A Cup Series |
| 4 | Xiang Yun | Introduced You Can Be An Angel S4 Series |
| 5 | Jaspers Lai Mark Lee | Best Short-Form Programme |
| 6 | Angeline Poh Chief Customer & Corporate Development Officer | Best Entertainment Programme |
| 7 | Angeline Poh Chief Customer & Corporate Development Officer | Best Entertainment Special |
| 8 | Pierre Png | Introduced When Duty Calls S2 Series |
| 9 | Richie Koh | Introduced Your World in Mine Series |
| 10 | Lee Wei Song | Best Theme Song |
| 11 | Qi Yuwu | Introduced Dark Angel Series |
| 12 | Chen Hanwei Xiang Yun Pierre Png Richie Koh Qi Yuwu | Invited up on stage by Hazelle Teo and Dennis Chew to present Best Drama Series |
| Star Awards 2023 - Main Ceremony |||
| Order | Presenter | Award/Role(s) |
| 1 | Lee Teng Matilda Tao | Opening Monologue |
| 2 | Lee Teng Matilda Tao | Most Popular Rising Star |
| 3 | Lee Teng Matilda Tao | Best Rising Star |
| 4 | Lee Teng Matilda Tao | Best Evergreen Artiste |
| 5 | Xiang Yun | Young Talent Award |
| 6 | Chen Hanwei Xiang Yun | Introduce Best Supporting Role |
| 7 | Herman Keh | Announce Best Supporting Actor Winner |
| 8 | Jeanette Aw Fann Wong Zoe Tay Huang Biren Joanne Peh | Top 10 Male Artiste |
| 9 | Jam Hsiao | Top 10 Female Artiste |
| 10 | Sammi Cheng | Best Actor & Actress |
Performers :
| Star Awards 2023 - Industry Achievement Awards (March 30, 2023) ||
| Name(s) | Role |
| Kele Daryl Ann | Performed Love at First Bite Theme Song |
| Kiki Lim Tasha Low | Performed Genie in a Cup Theme Song |
| Ze Liang Gao Meigui AWWA Kids | Performed You Can Be An Angel S4 Theme Song |
| Benjamin Tan Edwin Goh | Performed When Duty Calls S2 Theme Song |
| Juin Teh Seow Sinee Jernelle Oh | Performed Your World in Mine Theme Song |
| Star Awards 2023 - Main ||
| Most Popular Rising Star Nominees | Performed 《Start It》 |
| Best Evergreen Artiste Nominees | Performed 《夜空中最亮的星》 |
| Rebecca Lim Felicia Chin | Performed 《Thousand Hands》 |
| Jam Hsiao 萧敬腾 | Performed 《皮囊》《王妃》 《只能想念你》《好想对你说》 |
| Sammi Cheng 郑秀文 | Performed《恰似你的温柔》 |

## Ceremony Information

The ceremony had broken several traditions in the past, as some Professional award categories were presented on 30 March, 11 days prior to the main award ceremony. Like in a statement issued by Mediacorp, the ceremony follows a hybrid between ceremony and concert to emphasize the entertainment industry, hence the move of some of the awards during the actual day. On 9 March, the hosts were announced while the guest performers include Jam Hsiao and Sammi Cheng.
The Best Newcomer award was renamed to "Best Rising Star" (最佳潜力星), and a new voting award named "Most Popular Rising Star Award" (最受欢迎潜力星), along with similar eligibility requirements for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes, aimed for artistes with no more than five years of career experience (as of 1 January 2022) was introduced. The criteria for the "All-Time Favourite Artiste" was also modified such that wins for the "Most Popular Rising Star Award" will count towards the cumulative total of 10 needed to be conferred the "All-Time Favourite Artiste" award. The Top 10 Most Popular Artistes also had an unlimited number of nominations along with similar criteria of the former, with artistes of at least five years of experience.
The Best Short-Form Drama Series 最佳短篇戏剧, "Perfect Combo 最合拍搭档" and "Most Attention Seeking New-gen Host 最强镜新晋主持人", was not presented this year.

### Top 10 Most Popular Artistes nomination and controversy

The revisions to the Top 10 Most Popular Category have aroused controversy because the category will no longer be limited to its regular 20 Male and Female performers; instead, the category will nominate every artist who had contributed to Singaporean television in the past year. The rules and conditions for this year's Top 10 Most Popular Artistes award were extensively open to people who had contributed not only in Mediacorp Television, but also in Mediacorp Radio Broadcasting. Anyone with more than five years of experience in screen acting and/or screen/audio hosting as of January 1, 2022 and who meets at least one of the following requirements is eligible:
* In at least one eligible programme and had played the lead or were the major host.
* In at least three eligible programmes and had played a supporting part or hosted an episode.
* Appears in 30 episodes across all eligible programmes.

### New regulations conceal vulnerabilities

Artistes that have only appeared in one drama series as a lead role may also be nominated in this category. Examples are "Sisters Stand Tall", where Malaysian actress "Jojo Goh" and Chinese actress "Jin Meng Yang Zi" were nominated for the award as well, despite not being under Mediacorp staff. Majority of the nominees of the Top 10 popularity awards were radio DJs as well, as they can be nominated just by being the host of an eligible radio programme. However, DJ "Kimberly Wang" from the English radio station 987FM was also nominated for this category.