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.

Project SuperStar
Season 1
Hosted byQuan Yi Fong
Jeff Wang
Christina Lin (guest)
JudgesBilly Koh
Lee Wei Song
Li Feihui
Anthony Png
Dawn Yip
WinnerKelvin Tan
Runner-upKelly Poon
Finals venueSingapore Indoor Stadium
Release
Original networkMediaCorp Channel U
Original release22 June (2005-06-22) –
1 September 2005 (2005-09-01)
Season chronology
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Season 2

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.[1]


Judges and hosts

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Development

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

Finalists

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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

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Live show details

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Week 1: Quarter-final 1 (22/23 June)

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  • Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result
AP FH DY WS BK Total
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)

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  • Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result
AP FH DY WS BK Total
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)

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  • Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result
AP FH DY WS BK Total
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)

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  • Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result
AP FH DY WS BK Total
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)

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  • Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Contestant Order First song (duet) Order Second song Judges' score Result
AP FH DY WS BK Total
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)

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  • 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 Result
FH DY WS AP BK Total
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)

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  • Theme: Oldies remakes
  • Group performance: "冬天里的一把火"
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
FH DY WS AP BK Total
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)

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  • 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 Result
FH DY WS AP BK Total
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)

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  • 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 Result
FH DY WS AP BK Total Average
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
3 "If You Come Back" 8.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 9.0 43.0
5 "童话" 9.0 9.5 9.0 8.0 9.0 44.5
Kelvin Tan 2 "孤单北半球" 34.0 37.0 Winner
4 "Heaven Knows" 37.0
6 "童话" 40.0
Female category (18 August)
Kelly Poon 1 "回家" 41.0 38.7 Winner
3 "What's Up?" 37.0
5 "遗失的美好" 38.0
Chew Sin Huey 2 "哭不出来" 42.0 42.5 Runner-up
4 "Beautiful" 41.5
6 "遗失的美好" 44.0

Week 10: Final prelude (24/25 August)

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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)

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  • 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 Result
FH DY WS AP BK Result
Kelvin Tan 1 "男人.海洋" 2/5 (Lost) Winner
3 "我真的受伤了"1 4/5 (Won)
5 "一千年以后" (with JJ Lin) 0/5 (Lost)
7 "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelly Poon)
9 "了解"2 1/5 (Lost)
11 "其实你不懂我的心" 0/5 (Lost)
Kelly Poon 2 "颜色" 3/5 (Won) Runner-up
4 "沙滩"3 1/5 (Lost)
6 "木乃伊" (with JJ Lin) 5/5 (Won)
8 "被风吹过的夏天" (with JJ Lin & Kelvin Tan)
10 "On My Way" 4/5 (Won)
12 "被爱的女人" 5/5 (Won)

^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.

References

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  1. ^ "MasterChef Singapore Runner-Up Leon Lim Wants To Thank Former Bullies For Shaping His Life: "I Wouldn't Be Here, If Not For Those Experiences"". 8days. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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