The first season of the Singaporean

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'' Project SuperStar'' began on 22 June 2005 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by

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and

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. The overall winner and runner-up received a talent management contract with

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and Universal Music Singapore respectively, together with

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. 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

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was announced as the overall winner of the season with a 64%-36% final vote, with female category winner

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as the overall runner-up. This season saw a profound success, and was introduced to a few contestants who would later become successful artistes:

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who would later become a full-time Mediacorp artiste after participating another competition, ''

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'', five years later in

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, as well as Chen Jia Xin,

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, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto and Hagen Tan, all of which became profound musicians in Singapore.

Judges and hosts

Development

Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.

Finalists

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Gender/Category runner-up : – Semi-finalist : – Category 6th-8th place (lost wildcard) : Playing card club A

– Advanced via wildcard

Live shows