Stella Seah (born Seah Hui Xian; 28 October 1992) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter currently signed under
Ocean Butterflies Music. She was discovered after winning
Starhub
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's first reality singing contest, ''Academy Fantasia'' in 2012. She was also a semi-finalist on
Campus Superstar
''Campus SuperStar'' is a Singaporean reality television singing competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show began on 2 January 2006 and is broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U. It is ...
in 2007. In admiration of her perseverance to pursue a career as a singer, an anonymous sponsor had also provided her with funding for her final year of studies in LASALLE's Diploma in Music programme. Seah is also a member of singing-songwriting duo StellaVee.
Biography
2007-2013: Early beginnings and Sunsilk Academy Fantasia
In 2007, Stella represented
CHIJ Katong Convent
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The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore. Katong Convent is known for prov ...
in the
second season of
Campus SuperStar
''Campus SuperStar'' is a Singaporean reality television singing competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show began on 2 January 2006 and is broadcast on MediaCorp Channel U. It is ...
under the name "Seah Hui Xian", in which she came in third in the female category. Later, she studied at LASALLE's School of Contemporary Music. She had been commended by Head of the School – Mr Timothy O'Dwyer as "a stand-out vocalists with a bright future." Mr O'Dwyer also said that while Stella is a seemingly shy girl off-stage, she has continuously brought strong performances to LASALLE's practice stage over the past academic years.
In 2012, Stella took part in
StarHub TV
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's Sunsilk Academy Fantasia, a Singaporean version of Thai singing contest
Academy Fantasia
Academy Fantasia (or ''True Academy Fantasia'', formerly ''UBC Academy Fantasia'') is a reality show held in Thailand. It is a singing contest, judged through popular votes.
True Academy Fantasia has terminated its broadcast season with season 12 ...
, in which she emerged winner. Stella has also participated in Singapore's National Day Parade 2013 as part of a premier girl band, Ricochet, at the Sing-A-Nation contest, and sung its theme song, "One Singapore".
In 2013, Stella recorded 愛不要遺憾 together with another Ocean Butterflies' singer,
Melvin Sia
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, which is the theme song of a Singaporean telemovie, "Love Shake" (心動), which starred
Fann Wong
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Zheng Geping
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Career
Zheng, a former chef and Taekwondo instruc ...
among other local stars.
2014: ''Wings of Dreams'' EP
On 10 October 2014, Stella released her debut extended play, entitled 梦想的翅膀 (Wings Of Dreams). The first single from the EP, 够 Local (Go Local), is about the daily activities and things unique to Singapore. The music video was uploaded on 28 October 2014. The second single, 我们这一班2014 (Our Class), is a remake of Dawn Gan's song of the same name, but with updated lyrics.
On 18 October, Stella was appointed to perform at the A-Nation Concert, alongside international acts like Aaron Yan and Ayumi Hamasaki. Stella was the only Singapore artiste who performed at the concert.
On 8 December 2014, Stella uploaded the music video of an original composition she wrote in 2013, 毕业之歌 (Graduation Song), for her friends in LASALLE.
2015-2017: Chinese musicals, StellaVee, ''Sing! China''
Stella has been cast as the second female lead for the third run of Singapore's first Chinese Musical "December Rains" (雨季). In this musical that will be running from 28 August to 6 September, Stella will be acting as "Meng Yu" (梦雨), the daughter of first female lead "Li Qing" (丽卿).
In 2015, Seah also took part in
TVB
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's
International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship, but failed to get into the top 3.
In 2016, she starred in Toy Factory Production's musical ''Innamorati Two'', a sequel to ''Innamorati: The Musical'', featuring original songs written by the cast.
In 2017, she teamed up with fellow Singaporean singer-songwriter Vee (易薇倪) to form the duo StellaVee. They would be releasing an EP with original songs in September 2017. Seah also participated in
the second season of ''
Sing! China
''Sing! China'' (; formerly ) is a Chinese singing competition television series broadcast on Zhejiang Television. It premiered during the summer on 15 July 2016. It is a re-branded version of '' The Voice of China'', a show based on the orig ...
'' as a contestant, and was selected to be part of
Na Ying
Na Ying (born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as ''The Voice of China''. She later transferred to the show '' Sing! China'' and remained th ...
's team.
Discography
Extended plays
* ''Wings Of Dreams'' 梦想的翅膀 (2014)
Singles
Soundtrack appearances
Theater
References
External links
- 【视频】新版《雨季》新人担正 梁文福盼观众别比较TODAY - Stella Seah: Meet Ocean Butterflies’ newest signingThe Straits Times - Rookie singer Stella Seah to perform on same stage as idol Ayumi Hamasaki联合早报 - 够LOCAL的谢慧娴明天为A-NATION开场中国报 - 謝慧嫻暗戀周董12年联合晚报 - 本地歌手谢慧娴暗恋周董12年OMY - 谢慧娴不容易爱上别人OMY - 谢慧娴发片 新歌富本地色彩Straits Times – Next Wave Singapore SingersLASALLE Scholarship for Sunsilk Academy Fantasia winner -Hui XianWinner of Academy Fantasia 2012 – Diva AsiaHui Xian on MeRadioRefinery Media reports on Hui Xian's win
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1992 births
Living people
21st-century Singaporean women singers
Singaporean Mandopop singers
Singaporean people of Teochew descent
Singaporean people of Chinese descent