# Star Awards 2016

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 |
| 17 April 2016 | Star Awards 2016 Show 1 | 7pm to 10 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Xi Yue HD (Malaysia) Toggle |
| 24 April 2016 | Star Awards 2016 Show 2 | 7pm to 10 pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 (Singapore) Mediacorp Channel U (Singapore) Astro Xi Yue HD (Malaysia) Toggle |
| 24 April 2016 | 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.
| Best Director 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 Homeland | Best Screenplay Ang 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 Homeland |
| Best Variety Producer Kang 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 | Best Variety Research Writer 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 |
| Best Programme Promo 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 – Crescendo | Best Cameraman (for Drama Programmes) Steve 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 Hand |
| Best Set Design for Drama Programme Ho 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 Too | Best Editing for Drama Programme Simon 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) |
| Best News Story 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 ||
| Best Current Affairs Story 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 (上半场)

| Best Variety Programme GeTai Challenge Body SOS 4 The Games We Played Little Shops Love on The Plate 3 | Best Variety Special 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 |
| Best Info-Ed Programme Tuesday Report: Where The Home Is Face Off! Homeward Bound Life Extraordinaire Tuesday Report: Lifeline | Best Programme Host (Variety, Info-Ed & Infotainment) 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 权怡凤 – Celeb's Curated Collections |
| Best Evergreen Artiste Award 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

| Rocket Award | Julie Tan |
| Social Media Award | Carrie Wong |

### All-Time Favourite Artistes

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.
| All Time Favourite Artiste | Qi Yuwu | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 |
| All Time Favourite Artiste | 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.
The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.
| Note | Description |
| Italic | New to list (Not nominated last year). |
| Bold | Top 10 winners |
| | Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. |
| n | How many of this awards the recipient got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
| Stage: | Start date | 4 Mar | 8 Mar | 15 Mar | 22 Mar | 29 Mar | 5 Apr | Show 1 | Show 1 | Show 1 |
| Stage: | End date / Position | 7 Mar | 14 Mar | 21 Mar | 28 Mar | 4 Apr | 11 Apr | Top 18 | Top 16 | Top 10 |
| Telepoll lines | Artistes | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results |
| Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes |||||||||||
| 1900-112-2001 | Pan Lingling | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2002 | Hong Huifang | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2003 | Julie Tan | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 1900-112-2004 | Paige Chua | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2005 | Youyi | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2006 | Jesseca Liu | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 1900-112-2007 | Rebecca Lim | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 1900-112-2008 | Belinda Lee | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 1900-112-2009 | Sheila Sim | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2010 | Jin Yinji | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2011 | Aileen Tan | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2012 | Carrie Wong | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 1900-112-2013 | Tong Bing Yu | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2014 | Kate Pang | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2015 | Jayley Woo | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1900-112-2016 | Felicia Chin | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 1900-112-2017 | Quan Yi Fong | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 1900-112-2018 | Joanne Peh | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 1900-112-2019 | Kym Ng | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 1900-112-2020 | Ya Hui | | | | | | | | | |

## Show 2 (下半场)

The nominees and representative titles are listed in alphabetical name order, unless otherwise stated. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Drama Serial The Dream Makers (season 2) 118 Crescendo The Journey: Our Homeland Tiger Mum | Best Theme Song 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》) |
| Best Actor 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 | Best Actress 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 |
| Best Supporting Actor 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 Eddy | Best Supporting Actress Julie 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 |
| Young Talent Award 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 |
^1 A representative collected the award in place of the nominee.

### Special Awards

| Top Rated Drama Serial | Tiger Mum |
| Top Rated Variety Programme | 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.
The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.
| Note | Description |
| Italic | New to list (Not nominated last year). |
| Bold | Top 10 winners |
| | Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. |
| n | How many of this awards the recipient got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
| Stage: | Start date | 4 Mar | 8 Mar | 15 Mar | 22 Mar | 29 Mar | 5 Apr | 12 Apr | Show 2 | Show 2 | Show 2 |
| Stage: | End date / Position | 7 Mar | 14 Mar | 21 Mar | 28 Mar | 4 Apr | 11 Apr | 18 Apr | Top 18 | Top 16 | Top 10 |
| Telepoll lines | Artistes | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes ||||||||||||
| 1900-112-2021 | Xu Bin | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 1900-112-2022 | Zhang Yaodong | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 1900-112-2023 | Elvin Ng | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 1900-112-2024 | Lee Teng | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 1900-112-2025 | Zheng Geping | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 1900-112-2026 | Zhang Zhenhuan | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 1900-112-2027 | Pierre Png | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2028 | Guo Liang | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2029 | Chen Shucheng | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2030 | Shaun Chen | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2031 | Thomas Ong | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2032 | Aloysius Pang | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1900-112-2033 | Pornsak | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2034 | Dennis Chew | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 1900-112-2035 | Romeo Tan | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2036 | Jeffrey Xu | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1900-112-2037 | Chua En Lai | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2038 | Shane Pow | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 1900-112-2039 | Chen Tianwen | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1900-112-2040 | Zhu Houren | | | | | | | | | | |

## Post Show Party (红星大奖2016庆功宴)

| Longest Running Docu-drama Series | Crimewatch |
| i-Weekly Most Stylish Award | Male: Elvin Ng |
| i-Weekly Most Stylish Award | Female: Rui En |
| YES 933 FM Best Speech Award | Elvin Ng |
| Favourite Male Character 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 | Favourite Female Character 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 |
| Favourite Onscreen Couple Qi Yuwu & Jeanette Aw – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam & Zhao Fei Er 赵非儿 Tay Ping Hui & Ann Kok – Crescendo as Jiang Chufan 江楚帆 & Deng Xueli 邓雪莉 Qi Yuwu & Rui En – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Jason Lam & Fang Tonglin 方彤琳 Zhang Zhenhuan & Julie Tan – The Dream Makers (season 2) as Chen Guang 陈光 & Dong Zihuai 董子怀 Shaun Chen & Rui En – The Journey: Our Homeland as Zhang Jia 张佳 & Yang Meixue 杨美雪 | Bioskin Flawless Skin Award Ya Hui Felicia Chin Julie Tan Pan Lingling Paige Chua |
| London Choco Roll Happiness Award London Choco Roll 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 | Toggle Most Beloved Celebrity BFF Award Dennis Chew & Rui En Aloysius Pang & Xu Bin Chen Hanwei & Zoe Tay Ian Fang & Jeffrey Xu Kate Pang & Vivian Lai |
^2 A representative collected the award in place of the nominee.
^3 Rui En was unable to collect the award as she left the venue after the award ceremony due to her gastric problem.

## 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 :
| Nominations | Drama |
| 26 | The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II |
| 16 | The Journey: Our Homeland 信约：我们的家园 |
| 11 | 118 |
| 6 | Crescendo 起飞 |
| 6 | Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 |
| 5 | Hand in Hand 手牵手 |
| 4 | Super Senior 长辈甜心 |
| 4 | You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使 |
| 3 | Good Luck 百岁大吉 |
| 2 | A Blessed Life 吉人天相 |
| 2 | Sealed with a Kiss 吻我吧，住家男 |
| 1 | Let It Go 分手快乐 |
Variety/Info-ed that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Variety/Info-ed |
| 5 | GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量 |
| 3 | Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3 |
| 3 | Star Awards 2015 红星大奖2015 |
| 2 | Face Off! 这样是怎样? |
| 2 | Focus 焦点 |
| 2 | Frontline 前线追踪 |
| 2 | SPD Charity Show 2015 真情无障爱 |
| 2 | The Games We Played 那些年，我们一起玩的游戏 |
| 2 | The Successor 锁住味道 |
| 2 | Tuesday Report 星期二特写 |
| 1 | The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递 |

### Most wins

Dramas that received multiple nominations :
| Wins | Drama |
| 12 | The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II |
| 2 | Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 |
| 1 | 118 |
| 1 | Let It Go 分手快乐 |
| 1 | Super Senior 长辈甜心 |
| 1 | The Journey: Our Homeland 信约：我们的家园 |
| 1 | You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使 |
Variety/Info-ed that received multiple nominations :
| Wins | Variety/Info-ed |
| 3 | GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量 |
| 2 | Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3 |
| 1 | Frontline 前线追踪 |
| 1 | The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递 |
| 1 | Tuesday Report 星期二特写 |

## 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 Huang Biren, Zoe Tay, Xiang Yun, Chen Liping |
| Liang Wern Fook 梁文福 | Presenter of the award for Best Info-Ed Programme |
| Mediacorp chairman Teo Ming Kian 张铭坚 | Presenter of the award for Rocket Award |
| Lawrence Cheng 郑丹瑞 William Shen 沈玉琳 | Presenters of the awards for Best Variety Programme and Best Variety Special |
| Kit Chan 陈洁仪 | Presenter of the award for Social Media Award |
| Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean 张志贤 | Gave out the award for Best Evergreen Artiste |
| Liang Wern Fook 梁文福 Kit Chan 陈洁仪 | Presenters of the award for All-Time Favourite Artiste |
| Hu Gua 胡瓜 | Presenter of the award for Best Programme Host (Variety, Info-Ed & Infotainment) |
| Hu Gua 胡瓜 Park Hae-jin 朴海镇 | Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes |

#### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Jeffrey Li 李成宇 | Performer | Performed "The Greatest Love of All" |
| Kit Chan 陈洁仪 | Performer | Performed 《终于》 from The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II |
| The Teng Ensemble 鼟乐团 | Orchestral | Performed 《小白船》 |
| Blue Man Group | Performers | Drum performance |
| Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 Lee Teng 李腾 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 Mark Lee 李国煌 Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 Chua En Lai 蔡恩来 | Skit performers | Skit performers of 《主持人不好当》 |
| Jeannie Hsieh 谢金燕 | Performer | Performed 《姐姐》 and 《蹦蹦趴》 |

### Show 2
#### Presenters

| Name(s) | Role |
| Wang Deming 王德明 | Announcer for Star Awards 2016 |
| Huang Hongmo 黄宏墨 Li Feihui 黎沸挥 | Presenter of the award for Best Theme Song |
| Mediacorp CEO Shaun Seow 萧文光 | Gave out the award for Top Rated Drama Serial |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Health Chee Hong Tat 徐芳达 | Gave out the award for Top Rated Variety Programme |
| Fung Bo Bo 冯宝宝 | Presenter of the award for Young Talent Award |
| Eric Huang 黄少祺 Angus Hsieh 谢承均 | Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress |
| Anthony Wong 黄秋生 | Presenter of the award for Best Drama Serial |
| Sonia Sui 隋棠 | Presenter of the award for Best Actor |
| Myolie Wu 胡杏儿 | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
| JJ Lin 林俊杰 Kym Ng 钟琴 Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 | Presenters of the award for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes |

#### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Vocaluptuous | Performers | Performed 《终于》 from The Dream Makers (season 2) 志在四方II Performed 《够力够力》 from 118 Performed 《好想告诉你》 from Crescendo 起飞 Performed 《梦里家园》 from The Journey: Our Homeland 信约：我们的家园 Performed 《未知数》 from Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 |
| Elecoldxhot | Performers | Dance performance |
| Dance Thrilogy | Performers | Dance to 《小苹果》 |
| Daly Tang 邓男子 | Magician | Magic tricks with Dennis Chew, Lee Teng and Carrie Wong |
| JJ Lin 林俊杰 | Performer | Performed 《她说》, 《会有那么一天》, 《只对你说》, 《记得》 and 《不为谁而作的歌》 |

#### Video snippets

In commemoration of the first Star Awards ceremony held in the new MediaCorp campus, nomination videos shown for show 2 begin with a short 15-second snippet of a performer playing an instrument which was shot either at the Gardens by the Bay (first five listed) or at the new MediaCorp campus.
| Name(s) | Instrument | Associated Award For | Featured Quote (Translation) |
| Li Wei Ting 李炜婷 Lin Wang Chun 林泓椿 | Flute | Best Theme Song | "正声雅音 笔下生花" (A Positive Sound Penned by a Good Musician) |
| Seah Xi Qing 谢喜晴 Lou Linhh 陈嘉灵 | Saxophone | Young Talent Award | "含苞吐萼 初露锋芒" (The First Sign that shows a Bud in a Flower) |
| Yvonne Tay 郑怡雯 from Ding Yi Music Company | Guzheng | Best Supporting Actress | "牡丹绿叶 初露锋芒" (The Peony Green Leaves made its First Appearance) |
| Tan Qing Lun 陈庆伦 from Singapore Chinese Music Federation | Dizi | Best Supporting Actor | "锦花修草 蓄势待发" (Reaping for a Thought, Be Ready for Action) |
| Toh Kai Xiang 卓开祥 from Ding Yi Music Company | Hand Drum | Best Drama Serial | "春风杨柳 风行水上" (A Spring Breeze Willows Across the Water) |
| Loon Shi Zong 伦显宗 | Trumpet | Best Actor | "划破天际 不同凡响" (An Extraordinary One that Cuts through the Sky) |
| Flame of the Forest | Tabla, Musical Keyboard and Sitar | Best Actress | "棋逢对手 惺惺相惜" (A Freemasonry Rivalry) |

## Ceremony Information
### Awards categories

* This is the first ceremony to introduce three awards, "Best Programme Host", "Best Evergreen Artiste" and the voting category "Bioskin Flawless Skin Award". The Best Programme Host was a combination of both Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Programme Host awards as both categories have a similar presentation structure.
* This is the first year all five nominations for the Best Drama Serial have the same nominations for the Best Theme Song. Coincidentally, the winning Drama Serial The Dream Makers (season 2) also won the Best Theme Song.
* This was the final ceremony until 2022 where the online Favourite award categories were held.
** Jeanette Aw was nominated again for Favourite Female Character and Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama). Initially, Aw stated that she expressed her intention to remove her name from the nominations due to her winning six voting-based awards (which include Most Popular Regional Artiste Awards, Social Media Award and Favourite Female Character award for her role in The Journey: Tumultuous Times), but Mediacorp declined her request as the awards were determined though online voting, and still requiring her to participate.
* This was the first (and to date, currently the only) ceremony in which the awards for the Top 10 Artistes were presented in separate shows instead of single show, with the female artistes awarded in show 1, and the male artistes on show 2.
** It was also the first (and to date the only) ceremony the main awards were split into two shows, each focusing on Variety/Info-ed and Drama, respectively.
** Due to none of the artiste won their ninth Top 10 Popular Artiste title at the time after the ceremony, 2018 was thus became the third ceremony, after 2007 and 2013, to not present the All-Time Favourite Artiste since its category inception in 2004.

### Nomination firsts

* First-time nominees included Bonnie Loo, Edwin Goh, Ian Fang, Romeo Tan, Sheila Sim, Jeffrey Xu and Ya Hui for the Top 10 awards.
* Aileen Tan, Chen Tianwen, Jesseca Liu, Pan Lingling, Kate Pang, Zhang Yaodong and Zhang Zhenhuan were nominated for the Top 10 awards after not nominated for the category last year.
** Chen Tianwen was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2002, marking the longest absence by any returning artiste so far at 13 years.
* Liu was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2010. Between 2010 and 2015, she left Mediacorp to join HIM International Music due to the contract expiry, but later returned to Mediacorp last year after she recently signed a new acting contract.

### Consecutive and records in award categories, first in Top 10

* The Dream Makers (season 2) set numerous records during the night's ceremony:
** The series set the largest count of nominations for a ceremony in a single year with 26, surpassing the first series's 21 from the 2014 ceremony.
** The series also set a record on winning the most awards for a ceremony in a single year with 12, surpassing both the first series and The Little Nyonya, both with nine wins.
** The series became the first drama to win every awards they were nominated for, except for Favorite Male Artiste (which was not nominated) and Top Rated Drama Series (all the dramas were eligible).
** The series became the ninth drama to have its series nominated for the Best Drama Serial multiple times, and the first (and to date, the only) drama to win in this category twice.
** The series became the second drama to earn the distinction in which the drama won all five major acting categories (which were Best Drama Serial, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Supporting Actor and Actress), with the first being 2003's drama Holland V.
* Jayley Woo, Aloysius Pang and Jeffrey Xu won the Top 10 awards for the first time, alongside Jesseca Liu, Dennis Chew, Zhang Yaodong, Zhang Zhenhuan and Zheng Geping, who neither were nominated nor won last year.
* Elvin Ng became the eighth All-Time Favourite Artiste to win the award with ten consecutive Top 10 Male Favourite Artiste wins. Ng, along with Joanne Peh and Quan Yi Fong, were conferred the said award in the following year's ceremony.
* For the first time since 2010, Star Awards ended a five-consecutive winning streak for the Best Variety Special category, losing to the first season of GeTai Challenge.

### Other trivia

* Part 1, Part 2 and Post-Show Party are the second, third and fourth 'live' variety specials in Mandarin respectively to be held at the Theatre@Mediacorp, after Lions Charity Show 2016.
* Despite being the two-part program, this was the first ceremony since 2009 the Backstage Awards were presented outside the award ceremony. This was also the last ceremony to host a two-part ceremony since its format was revamped in 2010.
* The Best Newcomer award was also suspended due to the lack of candidates, but it will return again in the 2018 ceremony, two years later.

## Star Awards 2017 nominations

Both ceremonies and the Walk-of-fame were nominated for Best Variety Special in the ceremony next year, and the second show clinched it; it was Star Awards seventh win for the award.
| Award | Accolade | Representative work | Result |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 (Walk-of-fame) 红星大奖2016 星光大道 | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 (Part 1) 红星大奖2016 上半场 | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 (Part 2) 红星大奖2016 下半场 | Won |