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Jump! (TV Series)
Jump! (跳浪) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which aired on MediaCorp Channel U in May 2012. It was aired on weekdays in the 10pm time slot. The series features Jeanette Aw, Zhang Zhenhuan, and Taiwan-based Singaporean singer Wong Jing Lun in his acting debut. Plot Xiao Chunli is a Chinese teacher at Blue Sky Secondary School, neighbourhood school notorious for its rock-bottom results and delinquency. Her efforts to help her students are hampered by Mr Yan, the school principal who cares more about KPIs than the students themselves. One of the teachers Xu Dele is a master with the skipping rope and he begins recruiting students to participate in a double Dutch competition. Much to Miss Xiao and Mr Xu's frustration, several of the more problematic students or those rejected by other CCAs are "dumped" into the team. Mr Xu and his students embark on a quest to win a medal at the competition. The students learn some valuable lessons about life and teamwork along the way. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Aw
Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider success with her leading role in acclaimed drama ''The Little Nyonya''. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2002 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis and was once managed under Hype Records. Through her television career, Aw has established herself as one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in Singapore. She has won 29 popularity and performance awards, the record number for a performer, at Singapore Mediacorp's Star Awards. Aw has published two books; ''Jeanette Aw: Definitions'' in 2012 and ''Sol's World: Somebody to Love'' in 2015. She also starred in musical '' Beauty World'' in 2015. While in college, Aw entered TV talent scouting competition ''Route to Glamour'', in which she placed first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavin Soh
Cavin Soh (, born 17 November 1970) (苏智诚/苏志诚 Su Zhi Cheng previous name) is a Singaporean actor, host, watch dealer and singer. Career Soh used to be a lead singer in the band Dreamz FM (梦飞船) and a radio deejay on MediaCorp's Chinese language station Y.E.S. 93.3FM before switching to television and acting. In 2005, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Zhou Daqiu, the antagonist, in ''Portrait of Home''. The character was also voted the Top 10 Most Memorable Villains at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. Besides acting in dramas, Soh still juggles his musical interests with television commitments. He has written and performed the theme songs of a number of drama series and was a judge on ''SuperBand'' and ''Campus SuperStar''. Personal life Soh was schooled at Maris Stella High School (Primary and Secondary). Afterwards, he graduated with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Chinese Dramas
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Facebook
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Star Awards For Best Newcomer
The Star Awards for Best Newcomer is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994. The category was introduced in 1994, at the 1st Star Awards ceremony as two separate awards; Yao Wenlong received the award as the Most Popular Male Newcomer award while Ivy Lee received the Most Popular Female Newcomer award and both were given in honour of a MediaCorp male and female newcomer who were deemed the most popular among the television audience. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by MediaCorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. Between 1995 and 2006, the category eliminated the distinctions between male and female newcomers and was given as a single award under the name of Most Popular Newcomer. From 2007, the award went through a major revamp and was renamed as Best Newcomer. It was changed from being a popularity award to a professional award, and is given in honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards For Young Talent
The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various category winners are awarded a trophy, with initial designs featuring various star shapes. The star was subsequently removed and the trophy is designed as a S shaped column, depicting the star. History The 1st Star Awards presentation was held on 26 February 1994, took place at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre, MediaCorp TV Theatre with an audience of about 500 people. There have no other pre-show and post-awards ceremony held in that year. Winners were announced during the presentation of the ceremony, the ceremony also presented a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award, respectively. The first Best Drama Serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2013
Star Awards 2013 (Chinese: 红星大奖 2013) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U. Star Awards 2013 was broadcast live on Channel 8, on 21 April 2013 and 28 April 2013. The first ceremony was held at the MediaCorp TV Theatre while the second ceremony was held at the Marina Bay Sands. The ceremonies were also broadcast on 8 International and the second ceremony on Astro AEC & Astro Quan Jia HD for the first time in HD. As with the previous three years, viewers were able to catch the presentation of the Professional awards (given out to backstage crew and scriptwriters) on Channel 8. The ceremony was aired live on 21 April, while the annual Star Awards prize presentation (for performance based and popularity awards) was aired on 28 April. A post-show was held after the awards ceremony on 28 April, which was broadcast on Channe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Hui
Ng Hui (, born 22 July 1979) is a Singaporean former actress and television host. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2000 to 2012. Biography Ng attended Jin Shan Primary School, Raffles Girls' Secondary School and Hwa Chong Junior College and graduated from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) with a degree in Communication Studies. She was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumni Award by NTU in 2008. While studying in NTU, Ng went on an internship with Mediacorp to learn to be an assistant director. On the set of ''Living with Lydia'', the casting directors asked her to audition for the sitcom and was cast as Apple Lum, Lydia's daughter in the sitcom. This started her acting career with Mediacorp. In 2006, Ng appeared in her first film, ''We are family''. Ng was best known for her award-winning role as 'Tao Jie' in ''The Little Nyonya'' and has acted in more than 20 dramas and hosted a number of variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or varie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Guohua
Chen Guohua, born Tan Kok Hwa, is a Singaporean actor and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chen graduated from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation 5th Year Artiste Training Class. He was trained by veteran theatrical teachers such as Mao Wei, Li Yongxi, Zhu Bingquan and Xia Chuan. Chen was cast in his debut role in the long-running TV series ''Neighbours'' in 1986. He won the Best Supporting Actor award twice at the Star Awards The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The ... in 1998 and 2000. Filmography Film Television |
Lina Ng
Lina Ng Su Fang (; born 6 May 1974) is a Singaporean actress and host. She was a full-time Mediacorp and SPH MediaWorks artiste from 1993 to 2004 but currently continues to film on an ad-hoc basis. One of the most acclaimed actresses in Singapore, Ng is the first and only actress to win an Asian Academy Creative Award and aAsian Television Awardin Singapore. In 2021, Ng received the Asian Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a ''majie'' in the English-language series '' Last Madame''.She also runs Mustard Seeds Academy, which provides Chinese enrichment classes to childcare centres. Career Ng entered the entertainment industry after finishing 1st runner-up in the local talent-search competition Star Search 1993. Other contestants included Ann Kok and Ivy Lee, whom the former later revealed in 2009 that Ng was "openly competitive" during the competition. Ng later joined SPH MediaWorks, and left full-time acting following SPH Mediaworks' merger with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Low
Richard Low (; born 19 June 1952), also known as Liu Qianyi, is a Singaporean actor. He is best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. He also acted in some of Jack Neo's films. Career Low was a theatre actor before joining the SBC's drama training class in the 1980s and switching to television. He used to be typecast as villains or unruly gangster-like characters. He also acted as a “Siao” RSM In Zombiepura. Filmography Films *''I Not Stupid'' 小孩不笨 (2002) *''Homerun'' 跑吧！孩子 (2003) *''The Best Bet'' 突然发财 (2004) *''Avatar'' 流放化身 (2005) *''The 5Cs'' 一本难念的经 (2005) *''Singapore Dreaming'' 美满人生 (2006) *''Ah Long Pte Ltd'' 老师嫁老大 (2008) *''The Days'' 歲月 (2008) *''Where Got Ghost?'' 吓到笑 (2009) *''Happy Go Lucky'' 福星到 (2010) *''Ah Boys to Men'' 新兵正传 (2012) *'' Ah Boys to Men 2'' 新兵正传2 (2013) *''King of Mahjong'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Goh
Edwin Goh (, born July 25, 1994) is a Singaporean actor. Personal life Goh was a student of Holy Innocents' High School and LASALLE College of the Arts. Career Goh was nominated for Favourite Male Character. He gained his first nomination for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes & Most Popular Regional Artiste Award . In 2013, he was nominated for Best Newcomer. In 2015, Goh went for National Service for the Singapore Armed Forces after filming The Dream Makers II. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at Star Awards 2016. Goh made his acting debut at the age of 15 in MediaCorp Channel 5's drama ''Fighting Spiders'' in 2009. He shot to fame after starring as the estranged and rebellious teenage son of Li Nanxing's character in the crime drama ''On the Fringe 2011''. In 2018, he completed his National Service for the Singapore Armed Forces and came back to act ''A Million Dollar Dream'', ''Fifty & Fabulous'' & ''You Can Be An Angel 3'' and also a toggle original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
