Cruz Teng

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Cruz Teng
Born (1979-09-18) 18 September 1979 (age 45)
Singapore
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 丁志勇
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Dīng Zhìyǒng

Cruz Teng (born 18 September 1979) is a former Singaporean radio and television host. He is currently a communications professional.

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He made his radio debut in 1996 at the age of 16 and hosted radio and television programmes, as well as entertainment, trade and corporate events from 1996 to 2015. He was head of Singapore’s number one radio station YES 933 from 2013 to 2015, and a four-time winner of the Most Popular Radio Personality Award. He left Mediacorp in 2015 and ventured into the corporate world, where he held several communications positions in various companies.

Education

Teng was educated at Anderson Secondary School where he took his GCE O Levels. He completed a Diploma in Business Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1999. [1] He enrolled in a part-time bachelor's degree course at SIM University in 2009, and completed his studies in 2012 despite a term’s absence. [2] [3] In 2014, he announced that he was accepted into Nanyang Technological University, to read Master of Mass Communications. He had completed the matriculation process and scored a corporate scholarship, but had to withdraw from the course when it was decided that he would return to the morning show.

Career

Media Personality

Radio Host

  • (1996—2002)

Cruz Teng started his freelance radio career at MediaCorp YES 933 in 1996. He continued to host weekend programmes on the station during his National Service (NS). [1]

  • (2002—2013)

Upon completing NS, Cruz Teng became a full-time radio presenter and hosted the evening drive time show. He then hosted the morning show for two years, before being transferred to the night dedications show in early 2005.

He returned to the morning show by the end of 2005. He repeatedly mentioned that he was unable to adjust to the demands on the morning shift. The six-month period in the dedication show finally made him appreciate the morning programme.

The morning show [4] was relaunched in September 2005, and a new era began as "WRM" (就是万人迷, translated at "That's a total stunner!") became the most listened to morning show across all stations and languages in Singapore.

Teng remained as the constant anchor of the morning show from 2005 to 2013.

  • (2013—2015)

Teng stepped down from the morning show in 2013 after being named programme director. He went on to host a 2-hour slot from 10am to 12pm on weekdays, before making a return to the morning show in late 2014. He continued to host the morning show until his departure from the station in Nov 2015.

  • (2016)

Cruz Teng published a blog entry to mark his 20th anniversary in radio. [5] He remarked that "it was a shame he couldn't mark this occasion in the studios", and stressed that he "has every intention to go back on air sooner or later".

Television Host

Cruz Teng hosted a talkshow Mars Vs. Venus, Siau Jiahui on Channel U in 2015.

Stage Host

From an early stage in his career, Teng was picked to host several large scale award ceremonies.He has since hosted the Global Chinese Music Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, Taipei, Beijing and Singapore. He also hosted the Singapore Hit Awards Ceremony from 2005 to 2013. [6]

Music

Teng was the lyricist of "Passerby/ Lu Ren Jia". It is Hong Kong singer Justin Lo's first ever Mandarin song. [7] He has been a strong advocate of local music. In 2014, YES 933 dedicated a massive amount of air time to promote new local acts. Singapore Hit Awards 2014 also adopted a local theme.

Theatre

Teng was one of the supporting actors in Resonance, a Chinese theatre production commissioned for MediaCorp Radio's 75th anniversary. He was cast as a comedic radio presenter in the 1980s. He later appeared in the final scene in the 2000s as a middle-aged man. [8]

Endorsements

Teng became the first male celebrity spokesperson for beauty chain, Bioskin in 2008. [9] He was featured in the television commercials and print advertisements for the brand.

A year later, he was the spokesperson for Singtel AMPED, a digital music download service.

In 2015, he was named ambassador of Health Promotion Board’s anti-smoking campaign. This was after he stopped smoking in 2014.

Awards and nominations

Teng was nominated for five awards at the Golden Microphone Awards in 2004. He did not win any awards and expressed his disappointment in a newspaper interview. [10] A few months later, the Singapore Hit Awards was created. Teng refused to do any promotion, but won "Most Friendly DJ". He won "Most Popular DJ" a year later, and has since continued to hold on to the title. During this period, the Chinese media in Singapore and Johor Bahru began to refer him as "No 1 Ah Ge" of Chinese radio. [11]

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011Singapore Radio AwardsMost Popular Radio PersonalityNominated
2010Singapore Blog AwardsBest Local Celebrity BlogNominated
2010Singapore Radio AwardsMost Popular Radio PersonalityWon
2010Singapore Entertainment AwardsBest Male DJNominated
2010Singapore Entertainment AwardsBest Radio Show [12] Nominated
2009Asia Pacific Blog AwardsBest Celebrity BlogNominated
2008Asia Pacific Radio AwardsBest Radio DramaNominated
2007Singapore Radio AwardsMost Popular Radio PersonalityWon
2006Singapore Radio AwardsMost Popular Radio PersonalityWon
2005Singapore Radio AwardsMost Popular Radio PersonalityWon
2004Singapore Radio AwardsFriendliest Radio PersonalityWon
2004Golden Microphone AwardsBest Radio HostNominated
2002Golden Microphone AwardsBest Radio HostNominated

Corporate

Mediacorp

Cruz Teng was made station head of YES 93.3FM in 2013, replacing Foong Wai See who was transferred to Love 97.2FM, another station in the MediaCorp group. During this period, he chaired the Singapore Hit Awards and Global Chinese Music Awards committees, and launched several new programmes and events, including Cycle to Supper.

NoonTalk Media & Frozen Age

Cruz Teng left YES 933 to join NoonTalk Media in November 2015. As Group Creative Director, he was to oversee the group’s creative direction and development of its products and artistes, including Dasmond Koh, Aloysius Pang, Xu Bin and Kimberly Chia. At the same time, Dasmond Koh did not renew his contract with Mediacorp when it expired in Jan 2016. Dasmond set up a new skincare line, Frozen Age, and Cruz was involved in its initial setup in Singapore and Malaysia.

SMRT

He was hired as Lead, Internal Communications at SMRT in Aug 2016. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was promoted to Lead, Corporate Relations and Internal Communications in 2018. [13] He left SMRT in Feb 2019.

Tan Chong International Ltd

Cruz Teng joined the Corporate Communications department of Tan Chong in Feb 2019.

Personal life

Teng was one of the earliest DJs to begin a blog. [14] He was nominated for Best Celebrity Blog at the 1st Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards in 2009, [15] Best Radio Personality Blog at the Singapore Radio Awards in 2010 [16] and Best Local Celebrity Blog at the omy Blog Awards 2010. [17] He was named Official Blogger for Singapore's National Day celebrations in 2009. [18]

In 2007, Teng fell into a drain and broke five bones in his left foot. He was admitted to hospital and did a surgery the following day. A week later, fellow DJ Dennis Chew also met with an accident. He fell off a bicycle and fractured his arm and suffered other injuries on his face and legs. At that time, they were the only two male DJs in the station, and the event was later ranked as one of the Top 10 Local Entertainment Headlines in Singapore that year. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Long Distance Relationship

Teng admitted to a long-distance relationship on 933TV in 2015, but declined to give further details. In 2018, he said on social media that his ex had passed away. He followed up with several posts, including flying to Taiwan for the funeral in late 2018, and subsequent visits at the columbarium in Taiwan.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cruz Teng" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "I'm quitting school. | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "The final lap | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ↑ 娱乐. "就是万人迷 – Y.E.S. 93.3FM尽在xinmsn". Entertainment.xin.msn.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Twenty years of WOOHOO!". 31 March 2016.
  6. ↑ ":: Woohoo ::". Cruzteng.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. ↑ December 2007, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  8. ↑ December 2011, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  9. ↑ "Bio Skin® | Performance, Preventative and Post-Injury Bracing". Bioskin.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  10. ↑ June 2004, TODAY, Mediacorp
  11. ↑ November 2008, Sin Chew Daily, Malaysia
  12. ↑ 电台1003"不给一口叮！" 蝉联最佳电台节目 (in Chinese). 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Cruz Teng". LinkedIn .
  14. ↑ "First One | :: WOOHOO ::". Cruzteng.com. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  15. ↑ "Congratulations to all the winners!". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Nuffnang Blog Awards
  16. ↑ "Singapore Radio Awards is back!". Archived from the original on 19 September 2010.
  17. ↑ "omy Blog Awards". Archived from the original on 21 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "More Singaporeans to get involved in NDP 09". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  19. ↑ May 2010, Lian He Wan Bao, Singapore Press Holdings
  20. ↑ May 2010, Channel News Asia, Mediacorp
  21. ↑ May 2010, Shin Min Daily News
  22. ↑ May 2010, The New Paper, Singapore Press Holdings
  23. ↑ May 2010, I Weekly, Mediacorp
Preceded by
new
 Singapore Radio Awards Most Friendly DJ
2004		Succeeded by
Bukoh Mary
Preceded by
Dennis Chew
 Singapore Radio Awards Most Popular DJ
2005–2010		Succeeded by
Dennis Chew
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