# Project SuperStar season 2

The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season.
On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up. Tan was also the first previously eliminated contestant on Project SuperStar to win the competition.
The competition also introduced to Jeremy Chan who would later become a full-time Mediacorp actor, runner-up Tan and Carrie Yeo would later form into a duo band The Freshmen, and Kelvin Soon, a prominent singer-songwriter.

## Development

Season 2 was broadcast from 8 November 2006 to 4 February 2007. When the auditions are launched in early September, over 6,000 aspirants came to audition, breaking the record of all star-searching contests in Singapore.
The finalist were announced on an unknown date. Singer-songwriter Tay Kewei was originally selected as one of the final 24 finalists, but was later disqualified due to contractual violation. She was replaced by Sheila Ou, a contestant who was originally eliminated in the round three auditions.

## 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 |
| Daren Tan 陈世维 | 23 | National serviceman | Male | Winner |
| Lydia Tan 陈迪雅 | 21 | Undergraduate | Female | Runner-up |
| Nat Tan 陈铿百 | 20 | National serviceman | Male | Category Runner-up |
| Carrie Yeo 杨佳盈 | 25 | Account executive | Female | Category Runner-up |
| Averil Chan 陈诗韵 | 22 | Undergraduate | Female | Category 3rd place |
| Kelvin Soon 孙文海 | 25 | Lead singer | Male | Category 3rd place |
| Michelle Lew 刘若雯 | 24 | Personal financial consultant | Female | Category 4th place |
| Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声 | 25 | Unemployed | Male | Category 4th place |
| Maxilian Chan 曾裕淑 | 19 | Student | Female | Category 5th place |
| Jon Toh 卓坊林 | 27 | Sales executive | Male | Category 5th place |
| Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 | 25 | Bartender | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健 | 19 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Jeremy Kwan 官镜瀚 | 23 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Charlotte Loh 罗凤仪 | 25 | Banking product controller | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Sheila Ou 欧千瑜 | 21 | Service officer | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Dawn Wong 黄川美 | 22 | Bank executive | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Anson Goh 吴幸荣 | 27 | Sales associate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱 | 24 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Lee Her Ching 李何菁 | 23 | Pharmaceutical specialist | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Kenny Lim 林道文 | 22 | Customer management executive | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊 | 19 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Jeff Teay 谢子伟 | 26 | Civil servant | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Veron Yang 杨雪妮 | 24 | Human resource executive | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Mag Yeong 杨艳宜 | 22 | Unemployed | Female | Category 9th-12th place |

## Live show details
### Week 1: Quarter-finals 1 (22/23 November)

* Theme: No Theme
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (22 November) |||||
| Averil Chan | 1 | "Fly Away" | 30.5 | Safe |
| Dawn Wong | 2 | "祝我生日快乐" | 31.5 | Safe |
| Maxilian Chan | 3 | "隐形的翅膀" | 28.0 | Safe |
| Carrie Yeo | 4 | "平常心" | 32.0 | Safe |
| Magdalene Yeo | 5 | "阴天" | 28.5 | Eliminated |
| Veron Yang | 6 | "了不起" | 37.5 | Eliminated |
| Male category (23 November) |||||
| Kenny Lim | 1 | "你记得吗" | 28.5 | Eliminated |
| Jeremy Chan | 2 | "无能为力" | 27.5 | Safe |
| Kelvin Soon | 3 | "Love Story" | 35.5 | Safe |
| Jon Toh | 4 | "你不在" | 29.0 | Safe |
| Huang Shiyu | 5 | "爱情树" | 33.0 | Eliminated |
| Jeremy Kwan | 6 | "翅膀" | 27.0 | Safe |

### Week 2: Quarter-finals 2 (29/30 November)

Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (29 November) |||||
| Charlotte Loh | 1 | "爱情旅程" | 27.5 | Safe |
| Michelle Lew | 2 | "不要骗我" | 34.5 | Safe |
| Lee Her Ching | 3 | "开始懂了" | 27.0 | Eliminated |
| Tang Ling Yi | 4 | "天边" | 37.0 | Eliminated |
| Sheila Ou | 5 | "你是我心中一句惊叹" | 27.0 | Safe |
| Lydia Tan | 6 | "讨厌" | 37.5 | Safe |
| Male category (30 November) |||||
| Chua Weijian | 1 | "我还能爱谁" | 32.0 | Safe |
| Nathaniel Tan | 2 | "流沙" | 28.5 | Safe |
| Zhang Le Sheng | 3 | "痊愈" | 36.0 | Safe |
| Anson Goh | 4 | "爱情不能作比较" | 31.5 | Eliminated |
| Jeff Teay | 5 | "Kiss Goodbye" | 31.0 | Eliminated |
| Daren Tan | 6 | "断点" | 28.5 | Safe |

### Week 3: Quarter-finals 3 (6/7 December)

* Theme: Retro Night (songs from 80s to 90s)
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (6 December) |||||
| Dawn Wong | 1 | "听说爱情回来过" | 30.0 | Eliminated |
| Michelle Lew | 2 | "我是不是你最疼爱的人" | 35.5 | Safe |
| Averil Chan | 3 | "我一个人住" | 27.5 | Safe |
| Sheila Ou | 4 | "我依然是你的情人" | 27.0 | Eliminated |
| Male category (7 December) |||||
| Zhang Le Sheng | 1 | "心碎了无痕" | 41.0 | Safe |
| Jeremy Kwan | 2 | "伤心的人更伤心" | 30.0 | Eliminated |
| Jon Toh | 3 | "用尽一生的爱" | 33.5 | Safe |
| Daren Tan | 4 | "你知不知道" | 36.5 | Eliminated |

### Week 4: Quarter-finals 4 (13/14 December)

* Theme: Retro Night (songs from 80s to 90s)
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (13 December) |||||
| Maxilian Chan | 1 | "走在阳光里" | 26.5 | Safe |
| Charlotte Loh | 2 | "一个人的我依然会微笑' | 30.0 | Eliminated |
| Lydia Tan | 3 | "难以抗拒你容颜" | 31.5 | Safe |
| Carrie Yeo | 4 | 心情 | 29.5 | Eliminated |
| Male category (14 December) |||||
| Jeremy Chan | 1 | "暗恋的代价" | 36.0 | Eliminated |
| Nathaniel Tan | 2 | "寂寞公路" | 36.0 | Safe |
| Chua Wee Jian | 3 | "祝福" | 30.0 | Eliminated |
| Kelvin Soon | 4 | "爱情傀儡" | 41.0 | Safe |

### Week 5: Wildcard Round (20/21 December)

* Theme: No theme
The eight contestants who were eliminated from the third and fourth quarter-finals returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. The contestant who received the highest combined score from either the male and female categories would be reinstated from the competition.
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (20 December) |||||
| Sheila Ou | 1 | "High High High" | 28.5 | Not Revived |
| Charlotte Loh | 2 | "我不难过" | 23.0 | Not Revived |
| Carrie Yeo | 3 | "我要快乐" | 34.5 | Revived |
| Dawn Wong | 4 | "Beautiful Love" | 40.5 | Not Revived |
| Male category (21 December) |||||
| Jeremy Kwan | 1 | "黑色幽默" | 26.0 | Not Revived |
| Chua Wee Jian | 2 | "曾经爱你永远爱你" | 30.0 | Not Revived |
| Daren Tan | 3 | "把你宠坏" | 41.5 | Revived |
| Jeremy Chan | 4 | "精舞门" | 33.0 | Not Revived |

### Week 6: Semi-Finals 1 (4/5 January)

* Theme: Medley of slow and dance songs
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (4 January) |||||
| Averil Chan | 1 | "不想让你知道"/"So Crazy" | 28.0 | Safe |
| Michelle Lew | 2 | "等爱降落"/"情人的关怀" | 29.0 | Safe |
| Maxilian Chan | 3 | "月光"/"爱是你眼里的一首情歌" | 26.0 | Eliminated |
| Lydia Tan | 4 | "了解"/"你的微笑" | 39.0 | Safe |
| Carrie Yeo | 5 | "接受"/"神奇" | 31.0 | Safe |
| Male category (5 January) |||||
| Jon Toh | 1 | "Piano"/"编号 89757" | 29.5 | Eliminated |
| Kelvin Soon | 2 | "最近"/"天亮以后说分手" | 38.0 | Safe |
| Zhang Le Sheng | 3 | "中箭"/"龙的传人" | 34.5 | Safe |
| Nathaniel Tan | 4 | "世界唯一的你"/"波间带" | 42.0 | Safe |
| Daren Tan | 5 | "白色风车"/"呛司呛司" | 43.0 | Safe |

### Week 7: Semi-Finals 2 (11/12 January)

* Theme: Oldies night (Songs from 40s to 70s)
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (11 January) |||||
| Michelle Lew | 1 | "情人的关怀" | 27.5 | Eliminated |
| Lydia Tan | 2 | "巧合" | 36.5 | Safe |
| Carrie Yeo | 3 | "我要你的爱" | 29.0 | Safe |
| Averil Chan | 4 | "橄榄树" | 28.0 | Safe |
| Male category (12 January) |||||
| Zhang Le Sheng | 1 | "我只在乎你" | 32.5 | Eliminated |
| Daren Tan | 2 | "若是你在我身边" | 44.0 | Safe |
| Kelvin Soon | 3 | "爱你一万年" | 38.5 | Safe |
| Nathaniel Tan | 4 | "大眼睛" | 37.0 | Safe |

### Week 8: Semi Finals 3 (18/19 January)

* Theme: Theme songs from local dramas and films
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Judges' score | Result |
| Female category (18 January) |||||||
| Averil Chan | 1 | "如何对你说" | 4 | "月光爱人" | 26.0 | Eliminated |
| Lydia Tan | 2 | "新不了情" | 5 | "福满人间" | 35.5 | Safe |
| Carrie Yeo | 3 | "心动" | 6 | "我无所谓" | 38.5 | Safe |
| Male category (19 January) |||||||
| Kelvin Soon | 1 | "如果.爱" | 4 | "微尘" | 40.0 | Eliminated |
| Nathaniel Tan | 2 | "生命过客" | 5 | "都是你" | 38.5 | Safe |
| Daren Tan | 3 | "菊花台" | 6 | "天天好心情" | 40.5 | Safe |

### Week 9: Category Final (25/26 January)

* Theme: Songs to get to the finals (no theme), English songs, Winner's single
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Contestant | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Judges' score | Overall result | Result |
| Female category (25 January) ||||||||||
| Lydia Tan | 1 | "枫" | 3 | "Angles Brought Me Here" | 5 | "触摸" | 37.5 | 62.1% | Winner |
| Carrie Yeo | 2 | "写一首歌" | 4 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | 6 | "触摸" | 39.7 | 37.9% | Runner-up |
| Male category (26 January) ||||||||||
| Daren Tan | 1 | "只因为你" | 3 | "This Love" | 5 | "I Believe" | 39.0 | 52.72% | Winner |
| Nathaniel Tan | 2 | "嫁给我" | 4 | "Uptown Girl" | 6 | "I Believe" | 37.0 | 47.28% | Runner-up |

### Week 11: Finals (4 February)

* Theme: Unplugged song, Jazz song, Hip-hop song, Rock song, Winner's song
* Group performances:
Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show :
| Contestant | Order | Songs | Judges | Score | Result |
| Daren Tan | 1 | "寂寞的季节" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 3 | "我的麦克风" | ✔ | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 5 | "Sway" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 7 | "你快乐所以我快乐" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 9 | "靠近" | ✔ | 59% | Winner |
| Lydia Tan | 2 | "纸飞机" | ✔ | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 4 | "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" | — | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 6 | "You Make Me Wanna" | ✔ | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 8 | "Get High" | ✔ | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 10 | "征服" | — | 41% | Runner-Up |