Danny Yeo

For the Singaporean swimmer, see Danny Yeo (swimmer).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeo .

Danny Yeo
Born	1972or1973(age 51–52) [1] Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Other names	Yang Junwei
Alma mater	National University of Singapore
Occupations	Host theatre director writer lecturer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楊君偉
Simplified Chinese	杨君伟
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáng Jūnwěi

Danny Yeo (born 1972 or 1973) is a television host, theatre director, published author and studio potter. He has hosted events and travelogue documentaries, as well as written books on culture, social issues and psychology. He is also a World Vision goodwill ambassador in Singapore. In 2010, he was nominated for the "Best Director" award in The Straits Times' theatre awards. ^[2] He won Best Current Affairs Presenter (Asia) at the 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards.

Early life

Yeo's Chinese-educated parents encouraged him to be interested in Chinese culture and language, which he studied along with the English language. ^[3] After he graduated secondary school and junior college, Yeo studied science at the National University of Singapore and pursued a mass communications degree in the United States. ^[4]

Career and achievements

From the 1990s to the early 2000s, Yeo hosted the morning drive-time show on YES 933 Mandarin radio station and certain variety shows on Mediacorp Channel 8. He won the founder of Pure Talents award for his experience in various fields, Top 20 Most Popular Male Artistes in Star Awards 2000, and the most creative DJ Golden Mic Award in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he crossed over to television with SPH MediaWorks and helped to operate 2 television channels, Mediacorp Channel U and former Channel i, as well as hosting on UFM100.3, a Mandarin radio station. At the end of 2004, both stations merged, which ended Yeo's career in this area. He then taught at Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore Management University. In 2004, the Singapore Media Academy twice honoured him at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic academic awards for his excellence in teaching. ^[5] In 2010, he co-wrote the screenplay of the drama film Love Cuts , and in 2014, he co-wrote the screenplay of the basketball film Meeting the Giant . In 2015, he returned to TV on Channel U as host of the popular talk show Face Off! and a lifestyle documentary show about child labour; Innocence Lost (2016) and Innocence Lost II (2017). ^[6]

Awards and nominations

The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result
2000	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2023	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated

References

1. "'I was fully prepared to be chased away': Danny Yeo recalls reuniting woman with father after 30 years of estrangement". AsiaOne. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. Artiste-E (15 January 2012). "Male Emcee Singapore "Danny Yeo"". Artiste Entertainment.
3. "杨君伟 伟所欲为 Danny Yeo doing it Chin up my Wei". blog.omy.sg.
4. VENESSA LEE. "Being bilingual helped his career". Asia One. The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
5. "Danny Yeo Pure Talent". Pure Talents. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
6. Akshita Nanda (10 October 2016). "The Life Interview with Danny Yeo: Danny of all trades". SPH Websites. The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.