The Star Awards for Best Variety Show Host was an award presented annually 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 ...

, a ceremony that was established in 1994. The category was introduced in 1998, at the 5th Star Awards ceremony;

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 ...

received the award for her performance in ''City Beat'' and it is given in honour of a

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host who has delivered an outstanding performance in a variety show. The nominees were determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel. Since its inception, the award was given to seven hosts.

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is the most recent and final winner in this category for his performance in ''The Joy Truck II''.

Sharon Au Sharon Au (; born 13 August 1975) is a Singaporean former actress and host. Having joined the TCS during the mid-1990s, she won many awards as an artiste with MediaCorp before taking a sabbatical to pursue university education in 2005 on a sch ...

, Mark Lee, and

are the only hosts to win in this category four times, surpassing

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 ...

who has two wins. In addition, Lee and Ng were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other host.

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, Lee Teng, and

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hold the record for the most nominations without a win, with four. The award was discontinued from 2016 as all performances in the hosting category (variety, info-ed) were shifted to the newly formed Best Programme Host category.

Recipients

Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held that year.

Category facts

;Most wins ;Most nominations

References

External links

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