Star Search (Singaporean season 11)

Star Search 2019 is the 11th installment of the long-running Chinese talent competition Star Search, hosted by Mediacorp, since 1988. This was the first season of Star Search since 2010, returning after a nine-year hiatus.[1] The grand prize includes a Mediacorp management contract and an Audi Q2 SUV (without Certificate of Entitlement).

Star Search
Season 11
Hosted byQuan Yi Fong (Auditions/Talent Scout)
Dasmond Koh (Talent Scout)
Irene Ang (Talent Scout)
Guo Liang(Prelude/Live shows)
Kym Ng (Live shows)
Lee Teng (Finals)
WinnerZhang Zetong
Winning mentorChristopher Lee
Runner-upHerman Keh
Release
Original networkMediaCorp Channel 8
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Original release20 September (2019-09-20) 
8 November 2019 (2019-11-08)
Season chronology

The series premiered on 20 September on Toggle and 22 September on both Channel 8 and their YouTube channel. Three live telecast episodes were streamed live on 6 and 13 October (semi-finals), and 3 November (finals). The series concluded on a clip show titled The Journey aired on 8 and 10 November, on Toggle and Channel 8, respectively.

On the finals aired 3 November, Zhang Zetong, a 26-year-old Carousell assistant manager from Malaysia who mentored by Christopher Lee, was announced the winner, while Herman Keh from Team Christopher Lee and Ye Jiayun from Team Chen Hanwei finished second and third, respectively.[2] While the top three contestants were offered a contract and won respective prizes, in an unprecedented move made on 5 November, Mediacorp announced that all 12 finalists were all offered contracts, a first in Star Search history.[3][4]

Development

The show's revival was first announced by the last season's host Quan Yi Fong and former contestants Christopher Lee and Zoe Tay during the Star Awards 2019 award ceremony held on 14 April 2019 (as part of the award's silver jubilee celebration), after featuring a walk-in showcase performance as one of the performance segments.[5] A teaser clip was first shown on-air on that night, featuring Tay that bragged the show's success, how they changed their lives in their entertainment career and gone on winning awards from Star Awards, while the narrator narrates at the closing of the clip (今天的超级红星, 来自/出自于当年的才华新秀 (lit. The All-time Favorite Artistes that came/first appeared from that year's Star Search); displayed on-screen as 红星出于新秀 (lit. The stars originated from Star Search)); the season will be billed as one of the "biggest returns in television history".[6][7][8][9]

To commemorate the franchise's return, Toggle archived the previous ten seasons of the show's grand finals.[10]

Auditions

The auditions were announced on 14 April 2019 with the open auditions held on May; other auditions not announced on-air were Talent Scout Auditions, replacing overseas auditions, which were not held for the first time since the season five. Contestants can also submit their online applications (for Open auditions) until 10 May 2019.[11] Selected contestants from the scouting or closed auditions may receive Express Pass (shaped as a chatbox with the show's hashtag) and could directly perform the talent round without having to queue. Known judges appeared in the auditions include Irene Ang, and former Star Search winners Qi Yuwu and Zoe Tay.

For the first time, augmented reality and virtual reality were used onto green screen during the acting segment in the auditions. The augmented reality version were also heavily used during the grand finals, notably the title card before and after commercial cuts, as well as the NOOOICE! guest performance.[12]

Marketing

Jean Yip Group was the only sponsor to return from the past season. New sponsors include Bee Cheng Hiang, Bonia, KFC, Mitsubishi Electric, Simmons and Win2 Crackers, who previously sponsored another reality competition SPOP Sing! last year, as well as Samsung Galaxy, Senka, PD Door, Poh Heng jewelry, official car Audi and travel agency website Trip.com.

Top 24 Meet and Greet

A meet-and-greet session was held on 21 July 2019 at Funan's The Base, with special guests and former contestants Zoe Tay, Vivian Lai, Yao Wenlong and Brandon Wong.[13] A second session was held on both locations at Gardens by the Bay and Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange on 10 August 2019. A third meet-and-greet session, which also officiated the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 in Singapore, was held on Plaza Singapura on 17 August 2019.[14] A fourth meet-and-greet session was held at Bugis+ on 15 September 2019.

Another meet-and-greet session featuring the top 12 finalists and former contestants will be held 19 October at Wisma Atria.[15]

Screen Debut short videos

A 24 one-minute video series titled Screen Debut, each featuring a contestant pairing with guidance trained by former Star Search contestants, were uploaded on Toggle and aired as commercials starting on 30 August 2019. Each video featured different approaches and stories, and how the finalists made their debut on its first role and showcasing their talents.[16]

Prelude episodes

Two prelude episodes were uploaded on Toggle on 20 and 27 September, and televised on Channel 8 two days after. The first prelude episode focus highlights on the auditions on the first half and training sessions on the second half, including never-seen behind-the-scenes of production for Screen Debut videos. The second prelude episode features mentoring sessions by star mentors Chen Hanwei, Huang Biren and Christopher Lee; during the second half, in a format similar to The Voice and The X Factor, as well as the third Project Superstar season and its ninth season which also involved mentoring, the finalists selected his or her mentor he or she wants to work with if available, and the mentors, each with four contestants per gender, will mentor their respective contestants through the remainder of the season. Both episodes were also captioned in English subtitles.

The Journey special

A special clip show episode, titled The Journey, was uploaded on Toggle on 8 November, and broadcast on 10 November at 3.05pm, right before the re-run of the Finals. The clip show features the final 12 in their preparation for the finals, including their interviews along with their mentors and the judges about the competition and training throughout the season.[17]

Contestants

The 24 contestants was announced on 4 July 2019 in a live conference held at Gillman Barracks. On the second Prelude episode, 24 contestants were divided into three teams, with each team helmed by each mentor, who chose eight finalists (four per gender) to form a coaching team (the team names are respectively labeled in parentheses) of their own to mentor them. The final 24 finalists and their respective teams were confirmed as follows:[18][19]

Key:

Act Age(s) Occupation Gender Mentor/Team Semi-finals Result
Zhang Zetong 26 Assistant manager Male Christopher Alliance 2 Winner
Herman Keh 23 Student/Part-time Model Male Christopher Alliance 1 Runner-up
Ye Jia Yun 叶佳昀 17 Student Female Hanwei Corps 1 Third-place
Sheryl Ang 洪丽婷 20 Full-time Model Female Christopher Alliance 2 Finalist
Gini Chang 24 Primary School Teacher Female Chrisopher Alliance 1 Finalist
Vanessa Ho 何鎂琪 19 Student Female Biren Family 1 Finalist
Kiki Lim 林昭婷 17 Student Female Biren Family 2 Finalist
Zane Lim 林子颖 22 Student/Part-time Model Male Biren Family 1 Finalist
Juin Teh 郑六月 29 Self-employed Female Hanwei Corps 1 Finalist
Tyler Ten 邓伟德 23 Student/Part-time Model Male Hanwei Corps 2 Finalist
Jernelle Oh 25 Self-employed Female Hanwei Corps 1 Finalist
Zhai Siming 22 Student Male Biren Family 2 Finalist
Gail Borjiet 博乐 26 Full-time Model Female Christopher Alliance 1 Eliminated
Natasha Chandra 陈靖霞 21 Student Female Biren Family 1 Eliminated
Chin Yi Yang 陈昱仰 17 Student Male Hanwei Corps 1 Eliminated
Bryan Kok 郭奕鑫 18 Student Male Hanwei Corps 2 Eliminated
Lee Wenn Hon 李文康 24 University Graduate Male Biren Family 1 Eliminated
Kenneth Liew 廖志翔 20 Student Male Christopher Alliance 2 Eliminated
Joel Low 卢家伟 32 Theatre Actor Male Christopher Alliance 1 Eliminated
Christy Mai 麦芷琪 20 Student Female Hanwei Corps 2 Eliminated
Alyssa Peh 白苑芳 26 University Graduate Female Biren Family 2 Eliminated
Jared Soh 苏健凯 23 Student Male Hanwei Corps 1 Eliminated
Sunny Xu 徐佳訸 17 Student Female Christopher Alliance 2 Eliminated
Tan Hao Thian 陈浩天 17 Student Male Biren Family 1 Withdrew

Semifinals

The live semifinals will start on 6 October 2019 and 13 October 2019. Each week, twelve acts will perform; six will go through to the finals, and six will be eliminated.

Week 1 (6 October)

Overseas Judges: Phoebe Huang, Bowie Lam, Man Shu-sam
Media Judges: Chong Liung Man, Dasmond Koh, Marcus Wee, Ryan Lai, Terence Lim, Chloe Neo, Ang Eng Tee, Connie Chen

Tan Hao Thian withdrew prior to the semi-finals due to personal reasons; Tan was not replaced and the elimination went ahead as normal.

Round 1 and 2: Dance Round and WeMovie Acting Segment

The Dance round, along with the introduction dance, carries a 10% weightage towards the overall score. Following the segment, the finalists portrayed dramas segments of WeMovie He is 21 (他21岁) with the order of performance from the dance round played for the corresponding episodes. The acting segment weighs 40% towards the overall score.

Team Performance Description
Order Dance Description Acting Description
Christopher Alliance 1 Performed a jazz-step dance to the instrumental version of "Feel It Still". A university student Fong Chi-Wai was killed due to an overdose with sleeping pills. The coroner visited Fong's family and inquire the answers of Fong's death.

(Cast: Chang Hio Cheng as Mei-Yi (Fong's older sister), Jeff Wang as the coroner, Herman Keh as Chi-Hao (Fong's younger brother), Joel Low as Bo-En (Fong's future in-law), Gail Borjiet as Jia-Jia (Fong's neighbor))

Hanwei Corps 2 Performed a K-pop rendition. Continuing from the first episode, the coroner visited Fong's campus (taped at Singapore Polytechnic) and asked their friends of Fong to inquire about the cause of his death.

(Cast: Jernelle Oh as Li-Ling (Fong's girlfriend), Jeff Wang as the coroner, Chin Yi Yang as Yi-Fan (Fong's best friend), Jared Soh as Ming-Jie (Fong's best friend), Juin Teh as Shuang (Fong's best friend))

Biren Family 3 Performed an instrumental version of Bruno Mars's "Treasure". Continuing from the second episode, the coroner tried many ways to identify Fong's cause of death, using various evidences provided by eyewitness including an uploaded video.

(Cast: Zane Lim as Song-Pin (reporter), Jeff Wang as the coroner, Natasha Chandra as Si-Ting (eyewitness), Vanessa Ho as Mei-Fang (eyewitness who uploaded the video), Tan Hao Thian as assistant (uncredited in video))

Round 3: Media Charisma

Media Charisma carries a 30% weightage towards the overall score. At the end of each segment, the show will reveal the act with a current higher score based on the preferences by the Media judges. The results are as follows:

Segment Results
(Team)
Episode 1 Chang Hio Cheng
(Christopher Alliance)
Episode 2
Episode 3

Round 4: Spontaneous Act

The fourth and final round, Spontaneous Act, carrying a 20% score, involve acts performing scenarios with a question given from the producers. Teams have one minute to discuss their order of performance, and each act had 25 seconds to present forth their answers.

Team Name Order Question Acting Environment Overall Result
Christopher Alliance Joel Low 1 My car broke down. You called me to help but it's no use. I know how to fix motorcycles, not vehicles! Roadside Eliminated
Hanwei Corps Juin Teh 2 Mediacorp Campus Advanced
Biren Family Zane Lim 3 Durian Stall Advanced
Hanwei Corps Jared Soh 4 Have you taken your medicine? Why are you so disobedient? You must take your medicine regularly. Come, take it. School Hall Eliminated
Biren Family Natasha Chandra 5 Office Eliminated
Christopher Alliance Herman Keh 6 Park Advanced
Biren Family Vanessa Ho 7 How are you feeling? I feel good... today's weather was good. Night Store Advanced
Christopher Alliance Gail Borjiet 8 Streets Eliminated
Hanwei Corps Chin Yi Yang 9 Shopping Centre outside Singapore Eliminated
Christopher Alliance Chang Hio Cheng 10 Hey boss, are those black things on my mee siam burnt garlic? Does garlic have legs? Home Advanced
Hanwei Corps Jernelle Oh 11 Wardrobe Room Advanced

Week 2 (13 October)

Overseas judges: Phoebe Huang, Bobby Au-yeung, Man Shu-sam
Media judges: Jeremy Tan, Mervin Wee, Irene Ang, Ryan Lai, Terence Lim, Connie Chen, Ang Eng Tee, Chong Liung Man

Round 1 and 2: Dance Round and WeMovie Acting Segment

Similar to Week 1, the 12 acts performed a dance and WeDrama Turning Chair (回转椅子) during the two segments, with the episode corresponding to the performance order during the dance round; both components weigh 10% and 40% towards the overall scores, respectively.

Team Performance Description
Order Dance Description Acting Description
Hanwei Corps 1 Performed a zumba street dance routine. Fong Zhiwei sit on the chair from an antique shop to return in time to their barbecue party to prevent an accident that caused Jiajia's eye to be burnt, but the events transpired into another disaster where Zhiwei was involved in a car accident; later, Fong's friends visited the shop and discussed who would sit on the chair to change the events.

(Cast: Tyler Ten as Fong Zhiwei, Florence Tan as the shopkeeper, Bryan Kok as Bo-en (Zhiwei's best friend), Christy Mai as Meiyi (Zhiwei's girlfriend), Ye Jia Yun as Jiajia (Meiyi's best friend))

Biren Family 2 Performed an electro step dance. Lin Yifan and his wife Liling visited the antique shop to change the events of perpetrator over the car accident case (which occurred on the first episode) and her runaway, respectively.

(Cast: Lee Wenn Hon as Lin Yifan, Florence Tan as the shopkeeper, Alyssa Peh as Liling (Yifan's wife), Zhai Si Ming as Ming-jie (Liling's brother), Kiki Lim as Shuang (Liling's sister), Priscelia Chan as the reporter)

Christopher Alliance 3 Performed a contemporary dance. Songpin and Siting visited the antique shop to change the events of Meifen's suicide. However their truth of both Songpin and Siting were revealed along the way, including a planned marriage and a family reunion.

(Cast: Florence Tan as the shopkeeper, Sunny Xu as Siting (shopkeeper's daughter), Teoh Ze Tong as Songpin (Meifen's boyfriend), Sheryl Ang as Meifen (Songpin's girlfriend), Kenneth Liew as Siyang (shopkeeper's son & Siting's brother))

Round 3: Media Charisma

Media Charisma carries a 30% weightage towards the overall score. The results for the Charisma was revealed after each segment of the Acting round. The results are as follows:

Segment Results
(Team)
Episode 1 Christy Mai
(Hanwei Corps)
Episode 2 Kiki Lim
(Biren Family)
Episode 3 Sheryl Ang
(Christopher Alliance)

Round 4: Spontaneous Act

The fourth and final round, Spontaneous Act, carrying a 20% score, involve acts performing scenarios with a question given from the producers. Teams have one minute to discuss their order of performance, and each act had 25 seconds to present forth their answers.

Team Name Order Question Acting Environment Overall Result
Hanwei Corps Tyler Ten 1 I've been meeting those weird people lately; am I that weird? I bet you're a weirdo too! Toilet Advanced
Biren Family Lee Wenn Hon 2 Park Eliminated
Christopher Alliance Sunny Xu 3 Palace Grounds Eliminated
Biren Family Zhai Si Ming 4 Hello...? Who are you? Is that really you? Is what you are saying real? Wet Market Advanced
Christopher Alliance Teoh Ze Tong 5 Mountain Advanced
Hannwei Corps Bryan Kok 6 Construction Site Eliminated
Christopher Alliance Sheryl Ang 7 We must not be selfish, we must help each other out! Friend's house Advanced
Hanwei Corps Christy Mai 8 Mediacorp Campus Eliminated
Biren Family Kiki Lim 9 Office Advanced
Hanwei Corps Ye Jia Yun 10 I want a black coffee, exactly 96 °C just nice, or else it would burn! Amusement Park Advanced
Biren Family Alyssa Peh 11 Hospital Eliminated
Christopher Alliance Kenneth Liew 12 Home Eliminated

Finals

The final performances took place on 3 November. During the end of the second semifinals, the hosts announced that the Samsung Galaxy's Most Photogenic Breakthrough Award (a cash prize of $10,000 and a trip to Seoul, South Korea) will be given out during the show, with the three mentors voting for the winner with the most improvements made throughout the season. The award went to Vanessa Ho of Team Huang Biren.
Guest judges: Doreen Neo, Stephen Fung, Simon Yam, Carina Lau, Man Shu-sam
Guest performers: Desmond Tan, Romeo Tan, Jeremy Chan, Jeffrey Xu, NOOOICE!

Round 1 & 2: X-Factor and Viral Dance segment

The X-Factor and Viral Dance segments carries 20% and 10% weightage towards the final scores respectively. The order is performed by the contestants for the respective genders.

Act X-Factor Viral Dance
Team Name Order Description Order Description
Hanwei Corps Juin Teh 1 Performed a piano piece 13 Performed street dance "I Wanna Be A Celeb" by Celeb Five, a K-Pop group from South Korea.
Jernelle Oh 2 Performed fencing
Ye Jia Yun 3 Performed softball
Christopher Alliance Chang Hio Cheng 4 Performed Chinese Fan Dancing
Sheryl Ang 5 Performed Stilt walking
Biren Family Vanessa Ho 6 Performed DJ
Kiki Lim 7 Performed acoustic guitar
Hanwei Corps Tyler Ten 8 Performed Muay Thai 14 Performed flash mob robot dance
Christopher Alliance Herman Keh 9 Performed Street dancing
Teoh Ze Tong 10 Performed vigorous exercises
Biren Family Zane Lim 11 Performed soccer
Zhai Si Ming 12 Performed basketball

Round 3: Eloquence Round

This round carries 20% weightage towards the final score. For this round, mentors and their contestants ballot on questions issued by each celebrity (acting as respective characters in selected scenes). Contestants have 25 seconds to present their answers for the scenarios.

Act Order Eloquence Question
Team Name Celebrity Narrator Question Selected Scene
Hanwei Corps Ye Jia Yun 1 Qi Yuwu Lee Teng as Stephen Chow It is the first day you are filming and an idol celebrity slapped you; would you be slapped or you slap back? Star Search 1999
Tyler Ten 2 Lee Teng as Gordon Lam When you receive your award and while you are making an acceptance speech, what would you do if the microphone becomes faulty? Star Awards 2011
Jernelle Oh 3 Lee Teng as Tang Yaojia When you fall in love with an actress from the same drama, would you publicly confess your romance? C.L.I.F. 2
Juin Teh 4 Lee Teng as Mona "Salah" You have already figured out the truth, so would you spread the word to your friends? N/A
Christopher Alliance Chang Hio Cheng 5 Chen Hanwei Kym Ng as Chen Hanwei's mother Would you rather become a mother or go for acting career? Star Search 1988
Sheryl Ang 6 Kym Ng as a fan of Fang Ansheng If you happened to see your idol slack off, would you pretend not to watch or go and watch? Morning Express
Herman Keh 7 Kym Ng as Bobo If your rival keep spitting saliva at you, would you bear the grudge or inform someone? The Best Things in Life
Teoh Ze Tong 8 Kym Ng as Chen Hanwei's black rose If your friend request to borrow your lucky charm, would you do so? Star Awards
Biren Family Kiki Lim 9 Christopher Lee Jeremy Chan as Yan Fei How would you react if your zipper pants opens? Star Search 1995
Zane Lim 10 Jeremy Chan as a condor If you were given a choice, would you portray as a protagonist, an antagonist, or a condor? The Return of the Condor Heroes
Zhai Si Ming 11 Jeremy Chan as a golden clock If the presenter incorrectly announces your name and happens you are not the recipient of the award, how would you react from the gaffe? Golden Bell Awards
Vanessa Ho 12 Jeremy Chan as Zed Lee Should Zed Zed be listening to his father or mother's advice? Zed Lee

Round 4: Acting Round

The fourth and final round carries a 50% score towards the final score. Contestants from each team will pair with a former Star Search finalist on a rendition of a previously aired Singaporean drama with a role played by the respective mentor.

Team Order Acting Description
Drama Guest Actor Description
Hanwei Corps 1 A Song to Remember Desmond Tan (Cast: Tyler Ten as Xu Kun, Ye Jia Yun as Yu Hong, Juin Teh as Song Qiao-Er, Jernelle Oh as Liu Jiumei, Desmond Tan as Luo Xiaoxiao)
Christopher Alliance 2 The Guest People Jeffrey Xu (Cast: Chang Hio Cheng as Woo Jin-yan, Sheryl Ang as Loo Ju-Xiang, Herman Keh as Zhang Jing-hong, Jeffrey Xu as Sun Shi-zhong, Teoh Ze Tong as Zhang Zong-Zhi)
Biren Family 3 My Lucky Charm Romeo Tan (Cast: Kiki Lim as Lucky, Zhai Si Ming as Zhang Fenshou, Romeo Tan as Lim Tianming, Vanessa Ho as Fang Yingying, Zane Lim as Chen Jinfang)

Overall result

Award Result
Samsung Galaxy's Most Photogenic Breakthrough Vanessa Ho
(Biren Family)
Third Place Ye Jiayun
(Hanwei Corps)
Runner-up Herman Keh
(Christopher Alliance)
Winner Zhang Zetong
(Christopher Alliance)

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