Project SuperStar

Live shows were held at the then-Mediacorp campus (left), while the finals for the first two seasons were held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (right).

For the first two seasons, competition begins with an audition in front of an audience and judges, and through a series of rounds, judges picked 24 contestants, 12 male and 12 female, to compete in the live shows. With the exception of the finals, contestants compete at the MediaCorp studios while the finals were held at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

In each week, contestants perform in weekly shows in front of a panel of judges, who assessed their performances based on their singing technique, body language, and overall presentation, and each judge gave a score out of a maximum 10 with intervals of 0.5. Contestants also faced the public vote which opened on the start of the performances and closes hours later. The scoring weightage for judges and public vote were 70% and 30% respectively, and the contestants with the lowest scores for the particular gender that week faces elimination.

The competition was divided into three phases, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals. Quarterfinals held for four weeks and compete in two out of four weeks, one on the first half (Top 24) and one on the later half (Top 16). In the Top 16 rounds, the top two highest scoring contestants per each gender moves on to the semifinals, while the bottom two will participate in a fifth week, entitled Revival round, vying for a fifth spot in the semifinals.

In the semifinals, contestants compete in four weeks of shows, each with a different theme with the same scoring ratio. Contestants who earned the lowest overall score for each gender were progressively eliminated each week until only one contestant remain, which then be named as a category winner. In a first for a Singaporean competition, the final four must also make studio recording of a winning single prior to the start of the semifinals.

In the finals, two category winners compete head-to-head with each other where the outcome is decided solely by public vote. The judges are also allowed though they could only give their opinions to the contestants and vote on deciding who performed better for this song. In addition to the voting, purchases of contestant performances counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to 30% of the final scores, and the contestant with a higher score is crowned the overall winner.

Season three saw many changes in the competition format by reducing the number of contestants to 12 (six per gender) with similar elimination rules including the removal of the Revival round, and a coaching format identical to The X Factor and The Voice. Public voting mechanics were also changed with viewers now using the Toggle Now app to cast their votes, promoting television interactivity, and judges scores now factored in the grand finals, now held at the studios instead.

To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.

  Contestant in male category
  Contestant in female category

Notes

Malaysia produced their own version, Project SuperStar Malaysia, which was broadcast on 8TV (Malaysia). Its first season premiered in 2006, while its third and recent season premiered on 9 February 2008 and ended on 3 May 2008.

• "Project SuperStar season 1 official website". Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
• "Project SuperStar season 2 official website". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
• "Project SuperStar season 3 official website". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.