# Kelly Poon

Kelly Poon (born 11 July 1983) is a Singaporean singer, songwriter and actress who was the runner-up on the first season of the Project SuperStar singing competition held in Singapore.

## Early life

Poon attended Huamin Primary School and Yishun Town Secondary School. She later graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Maritime Transport Management in 2004.

## Career

After graduation in 2004, Poon became an air stewardess with Singapore Airlines.
She auditioned for Project SuperStar in April 2005 and was eliminated in the fourth quarter-final, but was back on stage following sufficient public votes in the revival round. She supposedly impressed both the critics and the judges with her on-stage personality and versatility, and then came in second in the Grand Finals of Project Superstar whilst securing a recording deal with Universal Music.
She released her first album Love Me, Kelly on 14 February 2006 in Singapore. Later, Poon signed a management contract with Yao Chien and released her second album In the Heart of the World in Singapore and Taiwan. Her third album, Smiling Kelly, was released on 22 October 2008 in Taiwan. By the end of 2010, she ended her contract with Yao Chien and signed with Rock Records in the same year, releasing her fourth album Super Kelly on 29 July 2011 in Taiwan and 3 August 2011 in Singapore.
In 2013, Poon hosted her first television show 女人我最大 新加坡, working with Pauline Lan.
Poon moved to Mode Entertainment in Singapore and Cosmos Entertainment in Taiwan in 2014. Her EP Miss Kelly was released in July 2014. Poon was appointed as spokesperson of casual clothing brand dENiZEN in 2015. Her most recent Album Miss Kelly was released in July 2014, consisting of her compositions too. In the same year, Kelly was awarded an Singapore Golden Melody Award and also won an award at the Global Chinese Music Awards. She then also acted in a movie with Tender Huang in 2017.

## Personal life

Poon revealed that she suffers from keloid problems, where she scars easily after a wound heals, "if a mosquito bites me, it takes very long for the bite to heal". Her mother is known to constant worry about Poon's well-being. On 24 February 2020, Poon registered her marriage to Roger Yo [zh-yue], a Taiwanese music producer-songwriter. In August 2023, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child, a boy.

## Discography
### Singles

| Single # | Single Information |
| 1 | 遺失的美好 Released: September 2005 (Singapore) From Album: 遺失的美好 Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Warner Music Genre: Mandopop |
| 1a | 被愛的女人 Released: September 2005 (Singapore) From Album: Best of 絕對Superstar Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Warner Music Genre: Mandopop |
| 2 | Shakalaka Baby Released: 2007 (Singapore) From Album: 排行榜總冠軍 Best Of #1 Hits 2007 Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Warner Music Genre: Mandopop |
| 3 | 維多利亞的愛 Released: August 2007 (Singapore) From Album: 維多利亞的愛 Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Music Nation Genre: Pop |
| 4 | 限時的遺忘 Released: August 2008 (Singapore) From Album: none Language: Mandarin Label: MusicNation Genre: Pop |
| 5 | 鳶尾花 with Yellow Lee Released: February 2009 From Album: 大國咖 Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: MusicNation Genre: Pop |
| 6 | 花非花 Odds in Love Movie theme song Released: December 2010 From Album: none Language: Mandarin Label: Warner Music Genre: Pop |

### Studio albums

| Album # | Album Information |
| 1st | Love Me, Kelly Released: 14 February 2006 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Universal Music Genre: Mandopop |
| 1st | Love Me, Kelly (Part 2: Celebration Album) Released: 24 April 2006 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Universal Music Genre: Mandopop |
| 2nd | Hello Kelly, 在世界中心 (Zai Shi Jie Zhong Xin / Center of the World) Released: 28 September 2007 (Worldwide) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Universal Music Company: URSA MAJOR Genre: Mandopop |
| 3rd | Smiling Kelly Released: 22 October 2008 (Taiwan) Released: 7 November 2008 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Universal Music Company: MUSICNATION Genre: Mandopop |
| 4th | Super Kelly 超給麗 Released: 29 July 2011 (Taiwan) Released: 3 August 2011 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Rock Records Company: Rock Records Genre: Mandopop |
| 5th | Miss Kelly 情人嘉麗 Released: July 2014 (Taiwan) Released: July 2014 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Mode Entertainment Company: Cosmos Entertainment Genre: Mandopop |
| 6th | Self titled Kelly 潘嘉麗 同名專輯 Released: Dec 2022 (Taiwan) Released: Dec 2022 (Singapore) Language: Mandarin Chinese Label: Mode Entertainment Company: Easy Time Entertainment Genre: Mandopop |

## Filmography
### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Dream Chasers (梦·拼图) | Lynn | |
| 2006 | Maggi & Me | | Guest appearance |
| 2009 | Dream Chasers (星光依旧灿烂) | Charlene | |
| 2020–2021 | Girl's Power (女力報到) | Kelly Chang | |
| 2022 | Women in Taipei | Pharmacist | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2010 | Odds in Love (愛情鬥陣) | |
| 2017 | Countdown to Marriage (結婚倒數180天) | Short film |
| 2021 | Gatao - The Last Stray (角頭—浪流連) | |

### Variety and reality show

| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
| 2013 | Lady First Singapore (女人我最大 新加坡版) | Co-host | |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Song title | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
| 2015 | "Dai Yu" (黛玉) | GJ | | |

## Awards and nominations

* Project Superstar Season 1 Female Champion – Singapore
* 最有潜力新人奖: 雪碧榜 – Shanghai
* 最有潜力新人奖: 新城國語力 – Hong Kong
* 區域傑出歌手獎 – 新加坡: 第19屆 新加坡金曲獎 – Singapore

### Star Awards

| Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
| 2017 | Best Theme Song | You Can Be an Angel 2 | Nominated |