The Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes is 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. Initially, the awards were 10 Most Popular Artistes with five male and five female artistes receiving it. In 1997, the award winners were increased to ten female artistes from five.

History

The category was introduced in 1994, at the first Star Awards ceremony ;

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Chen Xiuhuan Chen Xiuhuan () (born 10 October 1965) is a Singaporean actress. She is a Mediacorp artiste from 1984 to 1997 and 2018 till today. Career Chen started her acting career at the age of 18 after attending the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's ...

Pan Lingling Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress. Career Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...

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Zoe Tay Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of th ...

received the award as five of the female artistes of the 10 Most Popular Artistes award. The winners are determined by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. During 1994 and 1995, the Most Popular Actress award and Most Popular Actress were also awarded. It was a separate award from the 10 Most Popular Artistes award and was given out to the female artiste who topped the votes of the latter award. Tay won the award in both 1994 and 1995. In 1996, the Most Popular Actress award was retired, making Tay the only recipient of this award. Since 1997, the number of recipients for each category were expanded to ten and the award was renamed as Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. In 2017, the award nominees were increased from 20 to 24, where four artistes were eliminated after the prelude shows while the other 20 continue to compete in the category in the week leading up to the main ceremony. In 2021, the award nominees was increased from 20 to 30 which means the competition was even more intense for the artistes, who missed out on their glamour night out when the 2020 event was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the ceremony held in 2022,

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remain as the only female artistes to have the most wins without achieving the All-Time Favourite Artiste award, with nine.

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is the first and only female artiste who had nine wins to fail to win in the year she was nominated for her tenth and final award (she eventually won her tenth and final award in 2022).

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is currently the only female artiste who holds a winning streak that is uninterrupted since her first nomination. In addition, Pan has been nominated on 24 occasions, more than any other female artiste.

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Lin Meijiao Lin Meijiao () is a Singaporean actress. Life and career Lin was educated at Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School. Lin has acted in many drama serials and is a multi-nominee for the Best Supporting Actress category at the annual Star Awards. She ...

hold the record for the most nominations without a win, with 12 (Hong eventually won her first award in 2019).

Eligibility

Before 1997, only Mediacorp actresses were eligible to be nominated for the award. This rule was removed in 1997 onwards to allow the Mediacorp female artistes from the variety sector to contest for the award. In 2018, the rules were changed to allow contracted and project-based artistes to be nominated and/or receive the award. 13 female artistes have received the award for ten times and were given the All-Time Favourite Artiste award, and are no longer eligible for the running of the award. Amongst them are

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, and Rebecca Lim who have all won in this category for ten consecutive times since their first nomination.

Recipients

Since its inception, the award has been given to 46 female artistes.

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Cynthia Koh Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. Early life Koh has one younger sister. Her father works i ...

, Rebecca Lim,

Chantalle Ng Chantalle Ng (; born 17 June 1995) is a Singaporean actress. Early life and education Ng is the daughter of Mediacorp artiste Lin Meijiao and former actor Huang Yiliang. The couple divorced in 1997 when Ng was only a few months old. Ng studied ...

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Ya Hui Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress. Early life Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...

History

Eligibility

Recipients

Award records

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