Star Awards 2007 () was a
television
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award ceremony held in
Singapore
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. It is part of the annual
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 ...
organised by
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 ...
for
MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The ch ...
. It was the first ''Star Awards'' ceremony to be broadcast in two weeks putting emphasis on two programmes; the first ceremony, broadcast on 9 December 2007, titled 红星大奖之戏剧情牵25 (lit. ''Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary''), commentating 25 years of drama in the
Television in Singapore
Television in Singapore began on 15 February 1963. The public broadcaster, MediaCorp TV, has a monopoly on terrestrial television channels and is fully owned by government holding company Temasek Holdings. Local pay TV operators are StarHub TV and ...
(the ceremony would later become a legacy of having a separate presentation of Professional and Technical awards, which would not happen until ''
Star Awards 2010
Star Awards 2010 ( Chinese: 红星大奖 2010) 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.
...
''). The second show, airing 16 December 2007, would be a regular ceremony.
The 2007 ceremony was notable as it was the last ceremony to be held at the end of the year (months of December). Starting on the
next ceremony of 2009, until its first exception in 2020, all the future ''Star Awards'' ceremonies would be held on the months of April (2020's ceremony however, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, resulted in the postponement of the ceremony till later date). It was also the first ceremony not to present the
All-time Favourite Artiste award since the inception of the category in
2004
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Events January
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Winners and nominees
Unless otherwise stated, the winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, or highlighted.
Prelude to Star Awards 2007
A nine-episode Prelude series, titled 星光隧道 (lit. "Starlight Tunnel"), premiered on 18 October 2007 every Thursdays 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
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as hosts. The series featuring guest artistes from MediaCorp who would will be playing games with family contestants relating to the every MediaCorp produced dramas. Charlyn Lin co-hosted the islandwide roadshows to rally for the 40 nominated artistes for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes.
Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary (红星大奖之戏剧情牵25)
The first week of the ''Star Awards 2007'' ceremony, titled ''Star Awards 25th Drama Anniversary'' (红星大奖之戏剧情牵25) was a special addition to the usual ''Star Awards'' in tribute to the 25th anniversary of Chinese MediaCorp drama production industries.
Guo Liang and
Quan Yi Fong
Quan Yi Fong (, born 1 March 1974) is a Taiwanese-born Singaporean host and actress, who has since taken up Singaporean citizenship and given up her Taiwanese citizenship.
Career
Quan joined the SBC in 1992. In 1996, she was fired by TCS ov ...
were the hosts while
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor.
Career
Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling ...
and
Michelle Chia
Michelle Chia (; born 19 September 1975) is a former Singaporean actress and television host. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1980 to 2012 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.
Career
Acting career
Chia started he ...
co-hosted for one segment. Charlyn Lin was the backstage host.
Unlike regular award ceremonies, most of the awards does not have presenters (and no handover of awards), and instead replaced by a clip show of various drama scenes.
Awards Eligible for Audience Voting
Six out of 11 categories awarded were decided by public voting; these results were all reflected on this list:
Awards decided By Professional Judges
The other five awards are determined by professional judges. The table lists only the winners, in alphabetical order.
*Xie was absent in the award ceremony, and was unable to receive his "My Favourite Actor" award.
Star Awards 2007 Awards Ceremony
The second week of ''Star Awards 2007'', broadcast on 16 December 2007, was the main ceremony.
Backstage Achievement Awards Ceremony
As like preceding ceremonies, Professional and Technical Awards were presented before the main ceremony via a clip montage due to time constraints. The lists of winners are only reflected in the table.
Main Ceremony
Viewership Awards
Popularity awards
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
25th Drama Anniversary
Main Show
Accolades
The first show (25th Drama Anniversary) was nominated for the Best Variety Special in the
2009 ceremony, but lost to ''MediaCorp 45th Anniversary Gala'' (45载光芒8方贺台庆).
External links
Star Awards 2007 Official WebsiteMediacorp Channel 8 Website
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