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Pesta Perdana (Prime Fest) is a Singaporean awards show held by Mediacorp, honouring "the best in the Malay television industry". [1] [2] It is touted as "Singapore's Malay version of the Emmys" [3] and Star Awards. [4] Airing on Mediacorp Suria, as of 2011, it is held two times in a year. [1]

First held in 1997 as an awards show for both Malay and Tamil programmes on Prime 12, it became a Malay-language only event in 1998. [5] Its Tamil counterpart, Pradana Vizha [4] , started in 1999. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pesta Perdana 11 | Suria". Archived from the original on 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  2. ↑ "EBuzz Events : Pesta Perdana 11 | iZone.SG - entertainment buzz!". Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Era claims her win after all..." The New Paper. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Meet the Malay ZOE & FANN". The New Paper. 9 December 1997. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Cast a vote for those cast on TV". 25 November 1998. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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