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Project SuperStar (season 3)
The third season of the Singaporean reality talent show '' Project SuperStar'' began on 18 August 2014. It was broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U and simulcast on Toggle Live. The show was hosted by Dasmond Koh, with Jeremy Chan and Shane Pow acting as managers for the contestants. Roy Li and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their third season, and they were joined by Eric Ng who appeared as a judge for the first time. Taiwanese singer Tiger Huang and former judge Lee Wei Song served as the guest judges at the grand final. On 26 October 2014, Alfred Sim the male category winner who was mentored by Dawn Yip, was declared the overall winner of the season; with female category winner Abigail Yeo, also mentored by Dawn Yip named as the overall runner-up. Justin Chua and Tan Yan Hua, both mentored by Eric Ng, were the runners-up of their respective category. Sim received a cash prize of $15,000 and a one-year management contract with MediaCorp, while Yeo was awarded a cash prize of $10,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Li
Roy Li Fey Huei, more commonly or affectionally known as Li Fei Hui (Traditional Chinese: 黎沸揮), is a singer from Singapore. He was dubbed as one of Singapore's brightest exports in Taiwan's music industry, back in the early 1990s. For the past two decades, besides penning his own songs and producing his own albums, the musician has also been actively involved in writing and producing hit songs for many popular artistes of the region, such as Andy Lau, Jeff Chang, Jacky Cheung, Kelly Poon, Tanya Chua, A-do, etc. Currently, he is pre-occupied with the training of aspiring artistes and musical talents in his newly established music school – Imagine Music. He is also specially hand-picked by MediaCorp to participate as one of the judges in the judging panel of Singapore's biggest reality Chinese singing competitions – '' Project Superstar'' & '' Campus SuperStar''. In 2015, he acted and sung 《等你等到我心痛》 for Channel 8 drama 118. Biography Roy was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project SuperStar (season 2)
The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show '' Project SuperStar'' began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season. On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up. Tan was also the first previously eliminated contestant on ''Project SuperStar'' to win the competition. The competition also introduced to Jeremy Chan who would later become a full-time Mediacorp actor, runner-up Tan and Carrie Yeo would later form into a duo band ''The Freshmen'', and Kelvin Soon, a prominent singer-songwriter. Judges and hosts Development Season 2 was broadcast from 8 November 2006 to 4 February 2007. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahrenheit (Taiwanese Band)
Fahrenheit (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fui Lûn-hói) was a Taiwanese boy band composed of members Calvin Chen, Jiro Wang, Wu Chun, and Aaron Yan. They were formed in 2005 by Comic International Productions and HIM International Music and GMM Grammy in Thailand. Their music is distributed by WOW Music in Hong KongFahrenheit Storms Through Hong Kong 21 April 2007. Retrieved April 21, 2007 and by in Japan. Fahrenheit ware often associated with their labelmate seniors , who are also under HIM International Music. In June 2011, Wu announced his decision to leave the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tan (actor)
Desmond Tan (, born 19 August 1986) is a Singaporean actor and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Career Tan first came to prominence in the entertainment industry when he finished runner-up to Andie Chen in '' Star Search 2007''. He was awarded a contract with MediaCorp and began his part time acting career with some minor roles in various Channel 8 dramas. After almost five years in the industry, Tan won his first award, the Rocket Award, at the 2012 Star Awards for the biggest breakthrough after a critically acclaimed performance as rickshaw driver Luo Xiaoxiao in the anniversary drama '' A Song to Remember''. Tan's rising popularity also earned him the ambassadorship of Samsung's GALAXY Camera in 2012 and later, as Samsung Mobile's Lifestyle Ambassador for the GALAXY S4 in 2013. Tan has gotten 6 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively. Personal life Desmond Tan was educated at Pioneer Secondary Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Hong Mok
Wong Hong Mok (better known as Huang Hongmo 黄宏墨) is a xinyao (新谣 Singapore Chinese folk-pop) singer-songwriter, music producer and professional photographer from Singapore. He, along with Liang Wern Fook and others are seen as pioneers of the genre. His singing style has been described as bold and unrestrained but, unlike other xinyao singer-songwriters, writes about nature, and self. He has said that this comes from the time in his life when he spent a lot of time near the sea. Crediting his father for his love of music, he is a self-taught musician; his family was too poor for him to be able to take music lessons. As well as playing the guitar, he taught himself how to play the harmonica and the piano. As he grew up, he found most of the music that was around in the Chinese music scene, meaningless; however, inspired by the music of Lo Ta-Yu (罗大佑) from Taiwan, whose writings he found more meaningful, he started to write his own songs and, in 1982, wrote his fir ... [...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] |
Addy Lee
Addy Lee Eng-tat (born 2 May 1971) is a celebrities' hair stylist, known for unique styling with hairstyle. He left home in 1984, at the age of 13 to pursue a childhood dream. Biography Lee was the youngest son of a grocery shop owner. In his young mind, he had just wished to work in an air-conditioned workplace where he didn't have to sweat and with nice clothes to wear. In 1990, at the age of 19, he left his hometown in Penang, Malaysia and went to Singapore. For three years, he moved from one hair salon to another, gaining work experience in both the creative art of hairdressing and the competencies of running a hair salon business. Lee is, today a famed name in Singapore. He has worked on his portfolio on from TV, print commercials, hairshows, seminars workshops and local artistes like Michelle Chia, Joanne Peh, Quan Yi Fong, Mark Lee, Bryan Wong and more. Lee has opened salons in Singapore and Malaysia, and the Monsoon Hair Academy in January 2007 to coach trainees wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The X Factor
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), and has been adapted in various countries. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.Described as "something you can't quite put your finger on" by Cheryl Cole, a judge on the UK version of ''The X Factor'', ''The Xtra Factor'', 23 November 2009 Similar to ''Got Talent'', the franchise maintains a YouTube channel, called ''X Factor Global''. The channel uploads clips of ''X Factor'' shows from around the world. The channel currently has over 3 million subscribers. Additionally, many individual ''X Factor'' shows have their own YouTube channels such as ''X Factor India''. Format The prize is usually a recording contract, in addition to the publicity that appearance in the later stages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (TV Series)
''The Voice'' is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition ''The Voice of Holland'', which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen. It has become a rival to the '' Idols'' franchise, '' The Four'', '' Rising Star'' and ''The X Factor''. Up until 2020, the franchise was owned by Talpa Network. The current owner is ITV Studios. Originated in the Netherlands, many other countries adapted the format and began airing their own versions starting in 2010. Up till now, seven different versions of ''The Voice'' have been produced by countries/regions all around the world. Some programs still stick to the original format of the show while most of them are produced with twists of the format added. The franchise maintains official YouTube channels called ''The Voice Global'' and ''La Voz Global'' (as the Spanish version). The channels upload compilation videos of perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square 2 (shopping Mall)
Novena is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Novena is bounded by Toa Payoh to the north, Bukit Timah to the west, Tanglin to the south and Kallang to the east. While Novena is not classified as a "new town" by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), the estate of Whampoa within the subzone of Balestier constitutes part of the Kallang/Whampoa New Town. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, set up by philanthropist Tan Tock Seng in 1844, one of the oldest and busiest hospitals in Singapore, is located in this area. Etymology Novena and its associated roads, buildings and Mass Rapid Transit station are named after Novena Church (canonically the Church of Saint Alphonsus Liguori) located in the area. Balestier Road was named after Joseph Balestier, an American diplomat who served in Singapore in the 1800s. Housing Land in Novena is very expensive because of its close proximity to the Central Area. There are few HDB flats in Novena; most houses in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temasek Polytechnic
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1990, it is the only polytechnic in Singapore offering a law programme. History 1989–1995 In June 1989, Minister for Education Tony Tan announced that a third polytechnic is being considered and in April 1990, Temasek Polytechnic was established with an initial enrolment of 735 students. The polytechnic originally set up at Baharuddin Vocational Institute's premises at Stirling Road and the vacated premises of Raffles Institution at Grange Road. Due to increased enrolment and the introduction of new courses, three more campuses at Kim Seng, Bukit Merah and Portsdown Road were acquired to house the polytechnic's student population. 1995: Moving to a permanent location In September 1995, the permanent campus for Temasek Polytechnic was completed and it moved to its current location in the town of Tampines. 2012–p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
