| Star Awards 2021 红星大奖2021 | |
| Sponsor: | Bioskin (Presenter) Eu Yan Sang Simmons Holistic Way Bio-Essence Ebene Mercedes-Benz (Luxury Car Sponsor) Daikin Royal Caribbean Singapore |
| Date: | 18 April 2021 |
| Location: | Jewel Changi Airport Changi Terminal 4 |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Host: | Backstage: Dennis Chew Jeremy Chan Juin Teh Hazelle TeoWalk-of-fame: Lee Teng Vivian Lai Desmond Ng Main show: Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong |
| Network: | Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U meWatch YouTube (Mediacorp Entertainment Channel) |
| Runtime: | 180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 90 mins (Walk-of-fame) |
| Most Awards: | A Quest to Heal (4) |
| Most Nominations: | A Jungle Survivor (6) |
| Award1 Type: | Best Drama Serial |
| Award2 Type: | Best Variety Show |
| Award5 Type: | Former Awards |
| Previous: | 2019 (25) |
| Next: | 2022 (27) |
| Main: | Star Awards |
Star Awards 2021 (Chinese: 红星大奖2021) is a television award ceremony that was held in Singapore on 18 April 2021. The ceremony honoured the best Singaporean television released between January 2019 and December 2020. The ceremony was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] [2]
The Star Awards 2021 is in its 26th edition, with the theme Connect (星起点). This symbolizes the role media companies and other industry partners played in engaging television audiences during the previous year's COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
Period drama A Quest to Heal won five awards including Best Drama Serial, Best Lead and Supporting Actors, Best Theme Song, and Best Director, the last of which was awarded in an unaired Backstage Achievement Award. Other winners include Zoe Tay of My Guardian Angels and Kym Ng of Daybreak, who won Best Lead and Supporting Actresses respectively, the former breaking a winning record of four wins. The drama with the most nominations, A Jungle Survivor, won only one award, with Zhang Ze Tong clinching the Best Newcomer. In the Variety category, Star Awards reclaimed a record-breaking eighth win for a Variety Special while Hear U Out became the biggest winner for a variety program with two.
In popularity awards, Dasmond Koh was named the year's All-Time Favourite Artiste. Dennis Chew and Zheng Geping won their tenth Top 10 Most Favourite Artiste, while Marcus Chin, Hong Ling and Bonnie Loo won their first Top 10.
The ceremony also drew several controversies, notably on the results for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes after Felicia Chin fell short on winning her tenth award, as well as social distancing measures leading to Mediacorp clarifying about the measures taken.
| Date | Shows | Time | Channels | Country | Remarks | |
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| 18 April 2021 | Live Commentary | 3.30 pm to 10.30 pm | meWatch | (Singapore) | Live Telecast | |
| Walk-of-fame Awards Ceremony | 5.00 to 6.30pm 7:00pm to 10:00pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 | ||||
| Mediacorp Channel U | ||||||
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| YouTube | ||||||
| Astro Channel 338 | (Malaysia) | |||||
| 25 April 2021 | 2.00pm to 3.30pm 3.30pm to 6.30pm | Mediacorp Channel 8 | (Singapore) | Repeat Telecast | ||
| 31 January 2022 | Awards Ceremony | 5.00pm | (Malaysia) | Repeat Telecast (CNY Special) |
The nominees were announced on 4 February 2021. Winners are listed first, followed by boldface.[3]
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The following Series received two or more awards and nominations:
| Multiple Nominations | |
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| Nominations | Drama Series |
| 6 | A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 |
| 5 | A Quest To Heal 我的女侠罗明依 |
| All Is Well (Singapore) 你那边怎样，我这边OK | |
| 4 | C.L.I.F. 5 |
| My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 | |
| 3 | Day Break 天空渐渐亮 |
| Hello From The Other Side 阴错阳差 | |
| Terror Within 内颤 | |
| 2 | My One In A Million 我的万里挑一 |
| Super Dad 男神不败 | |
| Happy Prince 快乐王子 | |
| How Are You? 好世谋？ | |
| After The Stars 攻星计 | |
| Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 |
The following Programmes received two or more awards and nominations:
| Multiple Nominations | |
|---|---|
| Nominations | Programmes |
| 3 | Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭 |
| 2 | King of Culinary 三把刀 |
| House Everything 家简尘除 | |
| Yi Fong and Eleanor's Kitchen 怡凤和妹妹的厨房 | |
| Be My Guest S2 我。董。你。2 | |
| The Destined One 众里寻一 2 | |
| Hear U Out 权听你说 |
Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award, alongside Best Theme Song and Best Radio Programme, are awards eligible via online voting. Voting began on 10 March and ended on 9 April at 11.59pm.
The Best Radio Programme was introduced in this year Star Awards to honor the best in local radio
The results are announced on the Walk-of-fame.
| Dasmond Koh | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2018 | 2019 |
The top 10 nominations were announced on 9 March 2021 with several changes, with 60 artistes (30 of each gender) compete via a popular vote for the Top 10; for the first time in Star Awards history, there will be no televoting.[4] [5]
50% of the votes are determined by online voting, while the other 50% are based on the initial polling results of 1,000 people representing a wide demographic across Singapore's population, conducted independently by an accredited market research company.
With the combination of both years of ceremonies, 2020 and 2021, scores for both years for eligible artistes will be averaged by two; if the artiste is only eligible on either 2020 or 2021, only the scores that are tabulated on the eligible year is counted; artistes who are eligible in 2020 will only have their scores in 2020 tabulated; the reverse is true for artistes eligible only in 2021.
Voting began on 10 March, 12:00pm and ended on 18 April, 8:00pm, during the ceremony. Additionally, each user was limited to one vote per day, but the restriction was lifted to allow unlimited voting during the final three hours of voting.
| Italic | New to list (not nominated the previous year) | |
| Bold | Top 10 winners | |
| n | Recipient's accumulated number of awards | |
| 10 | Recipient won his/her tenth Top 10 award and would be awarded the "All-time Favourite Artiste" on the following year's ceremony. |
| Artistes | Top 10 |
|---|---|
| Ann Kok | 9 |
| Bonnie Loo | 1 |
| Carrie Wong | 6 |
| Hong Ling | 1 |
| Jesseca Liu | 8 |
| Jin Yinji | 2 |
| Paige Chua | 6 |
| Rebecca Lim | 9 |
| Ya Hui | 5 |
| Yvonne Lim | 8 |
| Artistes | Top 10 |
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| Chen Shu Cheng | 2 |
| Dennis Chew | 10 |
| Desmond Tan | 5 |
| Guo Liang | 6 |
| Marcus Chin | 1 |
| Pierre Png | 4 |
| Pornsak | 9 |
| Romeo Tan | 6 |
| Shaun Chen | 4 |
| Zheng Ge Ping | 10 |
Awards Ceremony Hosts and their respective venue:
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw postponements in television production and Mediacorp had since suspended studio audience starting 7 February. The ceremony was first announced to be held on 26 April 2020, but in an announcement on 19 February 2020, the ceremony was delayed to the second half of the year, and that the original date falls on the period of "Circuit Breaker" (between 7 April and 1 June). On 7 August, Mediacorp announced that the ceremony will not be held in the 2020 year and delaying it to 18 April 2021, and the eligibility periods for the television series would be extended through 31 December 2020. Despite having options on conducting ceremonies virtually, Mediacorp chose to combine both the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies into a single ceremony as a 'bigger celebration', adding that the decision was to "continue to place the health and safety of our artistes, crew and guests as a top priority." This postponement resulted in 2020 being the second calendar year to not host a ceremony, after 2008 (which was postponed due to the revision of eligibility criteria).
On 6 April 2021, the show confirmed that the ceremony will take place at Changi Airport Terminal 4 and Jewel Changi Airport, and additional changes are made such as walking on a tarmac against the backdrop of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 replacing the traditional red carpet. Overseas guests are still featured but they are broadcast by teleconferencing from either Hong Kong or Taiwan due to the travel restrictions, which was also seen in several other award ceremonies globally.[7] The ceremony will also be conducted closed-doors, a first in Star Awards history without a live audience.[8] Additionally, during the ceremony, there are no handover of awards (similar to the 2007's Award (25th Drama Anniversary)), as the award is collected by the recipient itself.
See also: Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the ceremony, artistes were seen neither wearing a mask nor a face shield throughout the ceremony and took them off during broadcast, as seen on other televised live shows. However, social media and netizens began querying to Mediacorp on the safety of mask wearing, contradicting any social distancing measures, and whether or not it is safe to do so. Other netizens compared the ceremonies that held earlier this year, such as the TVB Anniversary Awards, which they do wore mask during the ceremony.
In a post-ceremony interview, celebrities such as Hong Ling, Bonnie Loo, Dennis Chew, Marcus Chin, and Chen Shucheng, revealed that the set has been adhered to social-distancing measures in which Mediacorp had been following with. Chen also revealed on an interview that he have wore a mask while making their way to the Walk of Fame, and removed it only when he arrived.[9]
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) replied that the ceremony did not violate any rules, including a gathering of up to 50 people in a taping venue during filming; at anytime, no more than 20 artistes are permitted not to wear masks; following the safe distancing requirements with a minimum one-meter. IMDA announced that they will not take any action.[10]
Lianhe Zaobao, who also did separate commentaries during the ceremony, separately questioned Mediacorp on three claims, on the uneven airtime of certain celebrities, the handling of results, and the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste voting system, the last of which receiving headlines following frontrunner Felicia Chin failing to win her tenth Top 10 and thus preventing her to be conferred the All-Time Favourite Artiste next year, which Dennis Chew and Zheng Ge Ping were able to do so during the ceremony. The address was issued under the guidance of Mediacorp's Chief content officer Doreen Neo.
Mediacorp first addressed on the airtime that the artistes appearing during the Walk of Fame is limited to 90 minutes (including commercials) and thus airtime are given priority to Mediacorp artistes. Mediacorp also announced that the ceremony was planned several months ago, and the list of artistes have been arranged, ending that it has no relation with the claim and will not exclude specific artists or brokerage companies.
Mediacorp also emphasized that the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste voting system was announced prior on 4 February that 50% of the vote comes from the demographic of 1,000 people while the other 50% constitutes on online voting; these voting format was first introduced in the 2018 ceremony and was intact since. Mediacorp also announced that the "unlimited voting limit" (happening within the final three hours of the voting window) was implemented to encourage audience participation, as it was previously done in their web-streaming websites meWatch and its YouTube's channel Mediacorp Entertainment.
Finally, Mediacorp revealed that the increase of nominations from five to seven to accommodate the two-year format, was meant to affirm the qualifications for candidates and programs under the qualifying period (January 2019 to December 2020). All nominations went through a qualification criteria auditing under the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) film, and a judging panel (consist of 70% of professional critics and 30% of Mediacorp personnel). All of the results are final by the judging panel itself and to ensure professionalism and transparency, and that the awards are given out in excellence on the efforts and contributions of works and its production. The opinions that put forward in the comments must be true and free with no prejudice.
Mediacorp concluded that they have dismissed the claims, ensuring that these refutes and its reports would not happen again.[11]
The following presenters were announced on 6 April 2021.[12]
| Name | Role | |
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| Lee Rongde 李荣德 | Announcer for Star Awards 2021 | |
| Jeanette Aw Fann Wong | Presented Best Newcomer Award | |
| Cavin Soh Lee Teng | Presented Young Talent Award | |
| Mark Lee Gurmit Singh | Presented Best Short Form Drama | |
| Presented Best Short Form Variety | ||
| Presented Evergreen Award | ||
| James Wen | Presented Best Supporting Actor | |
| Chung Hsin-ling 钟欣凌 | Presented Best Supporting Actress | |
| Kevin Tsai | Presented Best Infotainment Programme and Best Variety Special | |
| Presented Best Programme Host and Best Entertainment Programme | ||
| Presented Best Theme Song | ||
| Presented Best Radio Programme | ||
| Presented Best Actor | ||
| Presented Best Actress and Best Drama Series | ||
| Presented Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes and Female Artistes |
| Name | Role | Performed | |
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Mediacorp Artistes
| Opening musical performer | You are the brightest star 《最亮的光》 | |
| Joanna Dong | Performer | Moonlight in the City 《城里的月光》 | |
| Lin De Cheng 林德成 (Footage voice over) | Short footage actor and introducer | Honoring All-Time Favorite Artistes Award | |
| Zoe TayFeng Huishi 冯慧诗 Xu Bin Kym Ng Quan Yi Fong Zong Zijie | |||
| Gigi Leung | Performer | Short Hair《短发》 |
| Alt Name: | The Inner Circle |
| Native Name: | 神秘嘉宾 |
| Genre: | Talk show |
| Runtime: | approx. 46 mins |
| Presenter: | Guo Liang |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Network: | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Related: | Star Awards |
A 10-episode talkshow, The Inner Circle, was broadcast before the ceremony as a spin-off series. It premiered on 17 February 2021 from 8:00pm every Wednesdays. The series, hosted by Guo Liang, discusses the inside stories of ten All-Time Favourite Artiste recipients in Star Awards, leading up to the ceremony airing on 18 April. No episode was aired on 24 February due to the launch of Disney+ in Singapore and the launch event titled A Night of Disney+.
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