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, occupation = Hosting, Singing, Acting, Dancing & Deejay , years_active = 1997–Present , agent = , awards =

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: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

: Best Newcomer
Star Awards 2007: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
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: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

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: All-Time Favourite Artiste , module = , module2 = Dasmond Koh (; born 22 February 1972) is a Singaporean actor, television host, radio DJ and businessman. He was a full-time

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artiste from 1995 to 2015. In 2015, He left Mediacorp to concentrate on NoonTalk Media which he co-founded in 2011.

Career

Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Koh had been a full-time deejay with

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since 1996. He was one of the

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's most popular Chinese language deejays and was voted '' Friday Weekly Singapores "Most Popular DJ" five years in a row and YES 933's most popular DJ for three consecutive years at the biennial RCS Golden Mike Awards. In 2000 Koh joined

MediaCorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

while still juggling DJ duties and eventually resigned to join MediaCorp full-time several years later. Although fairly new to television, he was voted the Most Popular Newcomer at the

after starring in the sitcom ''Soho @ Work''. He has hosted a variety of programmes ranging from travelogues to variety shows and major "live" events such as the Chingay Parade,

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and ''

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''. Since crossing over to television, he has also enjoyed success as a host. He was voted the "Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes" for the tenth time at the

and has been nominated for Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Show Host several times. In 2012 he co-directed his first film '' Timeless Love''. In 2015, Koh left the entertainment industry and announced that he would not renew his Mediacorp contract due to him setting up a business entity. He co-founded an anti-aging skincare and beauty products company known as FrozenAge. Currently, he is the co-host of ''The Sheng Siong Show'', together with

Kym Ng Ng Kwee Khim (; born 1 July 1967), best known by her stage name Kym Ng (), is a Singaporean television host and actress. She is known as one of Mediacorp’s Variety Ah Jies (综艺阿姐). Ng has received numerous accolades locally and regio ...

and Seow Sin Nee.

Personal life

Koh was educated at Anglican High School and

. In 2002, he was an Ambassador for

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and sponsored 2 Mongolian children.

Filmography

Television

Film

Variety show

Radio hosting

Compilation album

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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on LinkedIn {{DEFAULTSORT:Koh, Dasmond Singaporean television personalities Singaporean DJs 1972 births Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean businesspeople