# Project SuperStar season 1

The first season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 22 June 2005 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner and runner-up received a talent management contract with Play Music and Universal Music Singapore respectively, together with MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip were employed as the judges for the season.
On 1 September 2005, winner of the male category Kelvin Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season with a 64%-36% final vote, with female category winner Kelly Poon as the overall runner-up.
This season saw a profound success, and was introduced to a few contestants who would later become successful artistes: Darryl Yong who would later become a full-time Mediacorp artiste after participating another competition, Star Search, five years later in 2010, as well as Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto and Hagen Tan, all of which became profound musicians in Singapore. The season also introduced Leon Lim, who would go on to finish as runner-up in the second season of MasterChef Singapore, 16 years later in 2021.

## Development

Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.

## Finalists

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Gender/Category runner-up
    – Semi-finalist
    – Category 6th-8th place (lost wildcard)
    – Advanced via wildcard
| Act | Age(s) | Occupation | Gender/Category | Result |
| Kelvin Tan 陈伟联 | 23 | Freelance musician | Male | Winner |
| Kelly Poon 潘嘉丽 | 22 | Flight attendant | Female | Runner-up |
| Chew Sin Huey 石欣卉 | 24 | Unemployed | Female | Category Runner-up |
| Hong Jun Yang 洪俊扬 | 23 | Student | Male | Category Runner-up |
| Silver Ang 洪子惠 | 19 | Optometrist | Female | Category 3rd place |
| Derrick Hoh 何维健 | 19 | Unemployed | Male | Category 3rd place |
| Jason Tan 陈国强 | 26 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 4th place |
| Candyce Toh 杜慧萍 | 25 | Bank officer | Female | Category 4th place |
| Chia Wei Choong 谢维聪 | 21 | Unemployed | Male | Category 5th place |
| Ruth Chua 蔡诗妮 | 18 | Student | Female | Category 5th place |
| Macy Guo 郭美汐 | 24 | Financial advisor | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Lai Li Jun 黎俐君 | 21 | Undergraduate | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Sebastian Leong 梁伟强 | 18 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Leon Lim 林昱志 | 18 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chanel Pang 冯靖莹 | 19 | Unemployed | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Hagen Tan 陈孟奇 | 24 | Composer | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chen Jia Xin 陈家欣 | 22 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Raymond Chua 蔡义伟 | 26 | Manufacturing engineer | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Sugianto 潘嗣敬 | 23 | Unemployed | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Candy Tan 陈靖颖 | 21 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| William Tan 陈耀榕 | 22 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Sandra Ter 戴爱玲 | 21 | Unemployed | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Darryl Yong 杨子文 | 20 | Unemployed | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Wendy Zhuo 卓慧玲 | 23 | Marketing administrator | Female | Category 9th-12th place |

## Live shows
### Live show details
#### Week 1: Quarter-final 1 (22/23 June)

* Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | AP | FH | DY | WS | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (22 June) ||||||||||||
| Sugianto | 1 | (with Leon Lim) | 7 | "不可能错过你" | | | | | | 28.5 | Eliminated |
| Leon Lim | 2 | (with Sugianto) | 8 | "Forever Love" | | | | | | 31.0 | Safe |
| Hong Jun Yang | 3 | "冻结" (with Darryl Yong) | 9 | "江南" | | | | | | 32.5 | Safe |
| Darryl Yong | 4 | "冻结" (with Hong Jun Yang) | 10 | "爱我别走" | | | | | | 25.5 | Eliminated |
| Kelvin Tan | 5 | "掌心" (with Jason Tan) | 11 | "I Believe" | | | | | | 29.0 | Safe |
| Jason Tan | 6 | "掌心" (with Kelvin Tan) | 12 | "爱如潮水" | | | | | | 29.0 | Safe |
| Female category (23 June) ||||||||||||
| Chew Sin Huey | 1 | "High High High" (with Kelly Poon) | 7 | "炫耀" | | | | | | 29.5 | Safe |
| Kelly Poon | 2 | "High High High" (with Chew Sin Huey) | 8 | "美丽笨女人" | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 36.0 | Safe |
| Chen Jia Xin | 3 | (with Ruth Chua) | 9 | "挥着翅膀的女孩" | | | | | | 32.0 | Eliminated |
| Ruth Chua | 4 | (with Chen Jia Xin) | 10 | "奔" | | | | | | 27.0 | Safe |
| Macy Guo | 5 | (with Candy Tan) | 11 | "不哭" | | | | | | 28.5 | Safe |
| Candy Tan | 6 | (with Macy Guo) | 12 | "Baby对不起" | | | | | | 25.0 | Eliminated |

#### Week 2: Quarter-final 2 (29/30 June)

* Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | AP | FH | DY | WS | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (29 June) ||||||||||||
| Chia Wei Choong | 1 | "找自己" (with Raymond Chua) | 7 | "流星森林雨" | | | | | | 32.0 | Safe |
| Raymond Chua | 2 | "找自己" (with Chia Wei Choong) | 8 | "断点" | | | | | | 26.5 | Eliminated |
| Derrick Hoh | 3 | "你走了" (with Sebastian Leong) | 9 | "除此之外" | | | | | | 35.0 | Safe |
| Sebastian Leong | 4 | "你走了" (with Derrick Hoh) | 10 | "我懂了她" | | | | | | 24.5 | Safe |
| William Tan | 5 | "翅膀" (with Hagen Tan) | 11 | "你不在" | | | | 8.0 | | 37.0 | Eliminated |
| Hagen Tan | 6 | "翅膀" (with William Tan) | 12 | "解脱" | | | | | | 32.0 | Safe |
| Female category (30 June) ||||||||||||
| Candyce Toh | 1 | (with Sandra Ter) | 7 | "矜持" | | | | | | 31.0 | Safe |
| Sandra Ter | 2 | (with Candyce Toh) | 8 | | | | | | | 26.5 | Eliminated |
| Wendy Zhuo | 3 | (with Lai Li Jun) | 9 | | | | | | | 24.0 | Eliminated |
| Lai Li Jun | 4 | (with Wendy Zhuo) | 10 | "你酷" | | | | | | 27.5 | Safe |
| Silver Ang | 5 | (with Chanel Pang) | 11 | | | | | | | 29.5 | Safe |
| Chanel Pang | 6 | (with Silver Ang) | 12 | "祝我生日快乐" | | | | | | 27.5 | Safe |

#### Week 3: Quarter-final 3 (6/7 July)

* Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | AP | FH | DY | WS | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (6 July) ||||||||||||
| Hong Jun Yang | 1 | (with Jason Tan) | 5 | "借口" | | | | | | 38.5 | Safe |
| Jason Tan | 2 | (with Hong Jun Yang) | 6 | | | | | | | 28.5 | Safe |
| Derrick Hoh | 3 | "爱的就是你" (with Leon Lim) | 7 | "Piano" | | | | | | 36.5 | Eliminated |
| Leon Lim | 4 | "爱的就是你" (with Derrick Hoh) | 8 | "唯一" | | | | | | 32.5 | Eliminated |
| Female category (7 July) ||||||||||||
| Ruth Chua | 1 | (with Kelly Poon) | 5 | "一个人的精彩" | | | | | | 33.0 | Safe |
| Kelly Poon | 2 | (with Ruth Chua) | 6 | "普通朋友" | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 36.0 | Eliminated |
| Lai Li Jun | 3 | "Yes or No" (with Chew Sin Huey) | 7 | "写一首歌" | | | | | | 32.5 | Eliminated |
| Chew Sin Huey | 4 | "Yes or No" (with Lai Li Jun) | 8 | "Revolution" | | | | | | 30.0 | Safe |

#### Week 4: Quarter-final 4 (13/14 July)

* Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | AP | FH | DY | WS | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (13 July) ||||||||||||
| Hagen Tan | 1 | (with Chia Wei Choong) | 5 | "就是我" | | | | | | 32.5 | Eliminated |
| Chia Wei Choong | 2 | (with Hagen Tan) | 6 | "比我幸福" | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 39.5 | Safe |
| Sebastian Leong | 3 | "忠孝东路走九遍" (with Kelvin Tan) | 7 | "心伤心痛不痛" | | | | | | 28.5 | Eliminated |
| Kelvin Tan | 4 | "忠孝东路走九遍" (with Sebastian Leong) | 8 | "远走高飞" | | | | | | 31.5 | Safe |
| Female category (14 July) ||||||||||||
| Chanel Pang | 1 | "失恋万岁" (with Candyce Toh) | 5 | "无所谓" | | | | | | 30.5 | Eliminated |
| Candyce Toh | 2 | "失恋万岁" (with Chanel Pang) | 6 | | | | | | | 28.5 | Safe |
| Macy Guo | 3 | (with Silver Ang) | 7 | | | | | | | 28.0 | Eliminated |
| Silver Ang | 4 | (with Macy Guo) | 8 | "逃亡" | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 32.5 | Safe |

#### Week 5: Wildcard round (20/21 July)

* Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song (duet) | Order | Second song | AP | FH | DY | WS | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (20 July) ||||||||||||
| Derrick Hoh | 1 | "爱转动" (with Leon Lim) | 5 | "很想你" | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 39.0 | Revived |
| Leon Lim | 2 | "爱转动" (with Derrick Hoh) | 6 | "爱我还是他" | | | | | | 38.5 | Not revived |
| Sebastian Leong | 3 | (with Hagen Tan) | 7 | ”当你孤单你会想起谁“ | | | | | | 26.0 | Not revived |
| Hagen Tan | 4 | (with Sebastian Leong) | 8 | "听海" | | | | | | 30.0 | Not revived |
| Female category (21 July) ||||||||||||
| Macy Guo | 1 | (with Lai Li Jun) | 5 | "舍不得你" | | | | | | 31.5 | Not revived |
| Lai Li Jun | 2 | (with Macy Guo) | 6 | "一个人生活" | | | | | | 31.0 | Not revived |
| Chanel Pang | 3 | "假惺惺" (with Kelly Poon) | 7 | "一个人跳舞" | | | | | | 31.0 | Not revived |
| Kelly Poon | 4 | "假惺惺" (with Chanel Pang) | 8 | "Open Your Eyes" | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 40.5 | Revived |

#### Week 6: Semi-final 1 (27/28 July)

* Themes: "Slow" song; "fast" song
* Group performance: "C'est Si Bon"
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song | Second song | FH | DY | WS | AP | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (27 July) |||||||||||
| Jason Tan | 1 | "痴心绝对" | "Come On" | | 7.5 | | 8.0 | | 31.0 | Safe |
| Chia Wei Choong | 2 | "我还能爱谁" | "Wu Ha" | | | | 8.5 | | 35.5 | Eliminated |
| Hong Jun Yang | 3 | "末日之恋" | "第二天堂" | | | | | | 39.0 | Safe |
| Derrick Hoh | 4 | "记得" | "完美" | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 38.0 | Safe |
| Kelvin Tan | 5 | "孤单的夜里我不孤单" | "情非得已" | | | | | | 36.5 | Safe |
| Female category (28 July) |||||||||||
| Silver Ang | 1 | "很好" | "说爱你" | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 31.0 | Safe |
| Chew Sin Huey | 2 | "地狱天使" | "幸福的地图" | | | | | | 33.5 | Safe |
| Ruth Chua | 3 | "话题" | "爱的主打歌" | | | | | | 28.5 | Eliminated |
| Candyce Toh | 4 | "爱多少 早知道" | "好心情" | | | | | | 30.0 | Safe |
| Kelly Poon | 5 | "自己" | "孤单芭蕾" | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 39.5 | Safe |

#### Week 7: Semi-final 2 (3/4 August)

* Theme: Oldies remakes
* Group performance: "冬天里的一把火"
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | Song | FH | DY | WS | AP | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (3 August) ||||||||||
| Derrick Hoh | 1 | "月亮代表我的心" | | | | | | 36.5 | Safe |
| Jason Tan | 2 | "热情的沙漠" | | | | 8.0 | | 31.5 | Eliminated |
| Kelvin Tan | 3 | "草原之夜" | | | | | | 28.5 | Safe |
| Hong Jun Yang | 4 | "流水年华" | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 41.5 | Safe |
| Female category (4 August) ||||||||||
| Chew Sin Huey | 1 | "康定情歌" | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 38.5 | Safe |
| Candyce Toh | 2 | "我只在乎你" | | | | | | 33.0 | Eliminated |
| Kelly Poon | 3 | "可爱的玫瑰花" | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 39.5 | Safe |
| Silver Ang | 4 | "爱神" | | | | | | 29.0 | Safe |

#### Week 8: Semi-final 3 (10/11 August)

* Theme: Songs from local drama series; songs by local artist
* Group performance: "一起走到"
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song | Drama series | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | First song | Drama series | Order | Second song | FH | DY | WS | AP | BK | Total | Result |
| Male category (10 August) |||||||||||||
| Kelvin Tan | 1 | "我的生活在这里" | Five Foot Way | 4 | "走出黑暗的世界吧！朋友" | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 39.5 | Safe |
| Hong Jun Yang | 2 | "遗忘过去" | Kopi-O | 5 | "他一定很爱你" | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 38.0 | Safe |
| Derrick Hoh | 3 | "关怀方式" | Cupid Love | 6 | "你是我最深爱的人" | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 35.5 | Eliminated |
| Female category (11 August) |||||||||||||
| Silver Ang | 1 | "都是夜归人" | Living by Night | 4 | "爱情字典" | | | | | | 31.0 | Eliminated |
| Chew Sin Huey | 2 | "温柔的夜" | The Last Applause | 5 | "心痛" | | | | | | 41.5 | Safe |
| Kelly Poon | 3 | "城里的月光" | Tofu Street | 6 | "担心" | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 38.5 | Safe |

#### Week 9: Category final (17/18 August)

* Themes: "Slow-to-fast transition" songs; English songs; winner's single
* Group performance: "制造浪漫"
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show :
| Contestant | Order | Songs | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Result |
| Contestant | Order | Songs | FH | DY | WS | AP | BK | Total | Average | Result |
| Male category (17 August) |||||||||||
| Hong Jun Yang | 1 | "爱很简单" | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 34.5 | 40.7 | Runner-up |
| Hong Jun Yang | 3 | "If You Come Back" | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 43.0 | 40.7 | Runner-up |
| Hong Jun Yang | 5 | "童话" | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 44.5 | 40.7 | Runner-up |
| Kelvin Tan | 2 | "孤单北半球" | | | | | | 34.0 | 37.0 | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 4 | "Heaven Knows" | | | | | | 37.0 | 37.0 | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 6 | "童话" | | | | | | 40.0 | 37.0 | Winner |
| Female category (18 August) |||||||||||
| Kelly Poon | 1 | "回家" | | | | | | 41.0 | 38.7 | Winner |
| Kelly Poon | 3 | "What's Up?" | | | | | | 37.0 | 38.7 | Winner |
| Kelly Poon | 5 | "遗失的美好" | | | | | | 38.0 | 38.7 | Winner |
| Chew Sin Huey | 2 | "哭不出来" | | | | | | 42.0 | 42.5 | Runner-up |
| Chew Sin Huey | 4 | "Beautiful" | | | | | | 41.5 | 42.5 | Runner-up |
| Chew Sin Huey | 6 | "遗失的美好" | | | | | | 44.0 | 42.5 | Runner-up |

#### Week 10: Final prelude (24/25 August)

Contestants' performances on the tenth live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song |
| Male category (24 August) |||
| Derrick Hoh | 1 | "了解" |
| Jason Tan | 2 | "掌心" (featuring Kelvin Tan) |
| William Tan | 3 | "小镇姑娘" |
| Chia Wei Choong | 4 | "天空" |
| Hong Jun Yang | 5 | "晴天" |
| Kelvin Tan | 6 | "孤单的夜里我不孤单" |
| Female category (25 August) |||
| Chew Sin Huey | 1 | "我恨我爱你" |
| Chanel Pang | 2 | "烦" |
| Chen Jia Xin | 3 | "至少还有你" |
| Candyce Toh | 4 | "勇气" |
| Ruth Chua | 5 | "超快感" (featuring Chanel Pang) |
| Kelly Poon | 6 | "美丽笨女人" |
Note: For some unknown reason, Candy Tan was absent from the show.

#### Week 11: Final (1 September)

* Themes: "Crowd control" songs; unplugged songs; JJ Lin duets; newly penned songs; winner's song
* Group performances: "Super Star" (all finalists except Hagen Tan and Candy Tan), "风云变色" / "野蛮游戏" / "爱的Bubble" (Finalists eliminated in the quarter-finals except Hagen Tan and Candy Tan), "Guardian Angel" (performed by Hong Jun Yang), "感谢你用心爱我" (performed by Chew Sin Huey), "屋顶" (performed by Chew Sin Huey and Hong Jun Yang), "My Anata" / "808" / "痛快" (Finalists eliminated in the semi-finals)
* Musical guest: JJ Lin ("简简单单" / "豆浆油条" / "编号89757")
Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show :
| Contestant | Order | Songs | Judges' votes | Judges' votes | Judges' votes | Judges' votes | Judges' votes | Judges' votes | Result |
| Contestant | Order | Songs | FH | DY | WS | AP | BK | Result | Result |
| Kelvin Tan | 1 | "男人.海洋" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ | — | 2/5 (Lost) | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 3 | "我真的受伤了" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4/5 (Won) | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 5 | "一千年以后" (with JJ Lin) | — | — | — | — | — | 0/5 (Lost) | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 7 | "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelly Poon) | — | — | — | — | — | 0/5 (Lost) | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 9 | "了解" | — | — | — | ✔ | — | 1/5 (Lost) | Winner |
| Kelvin Tan | 11 | "其实你不懂我的心" | — | — | — | — | — | 0/5 (Lost) | Winner |
| Kelly Poon | 2 | "颜色" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ | 3/5 (Won) | Runner-up |
| Kelly Poon | 4 | "沙滩" | ✔ | — | — | — | — | 1/5 (Lost) | Runner-up |
| Kelly Poon | 6 | "木乃伊" (with JJ Lin) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5/5 (Won) | Runner-up |
| Kelly Poon | 8 | "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelvin Tan) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5/5 (Won) | Runner-up |
| Kelly Poon | 10 | "On My Way" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ | 4/5 (Won) | Runner-up |
| Kelly Poon | 12 | "被爱的女人" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5/5 (Won) | Runner-up |
^1 The performance featured backing vocals from Leon Lim, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto, and William Tan. ^2 The song was later re-released as 下雪, with the same tune but different lyrics, and is sung by A-do. ^3 The performance featured backing vocals from Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Chanel Pang, Sandra Ter, and Candyce Toh.