Star Search (Singaporean TV series) season 9

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Season 9
Winner Andie Chen
Runner-upJerry Yeo
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Star Search 2007 is the 9th installment of Star Search . It marked the return of the talent-search program. From May 2007, Star Search 2007 travelled to China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore in its search for new talents.

Contents

Auditions

Eager to be the next big thing, 1,500 people flocked to the auditions. Talent cuts across geographical boundaries and, as such, there is no restriction on the number to be shortlisted for each region. The numbers are broken down this way:

CountryNo. of applicants
Shanghai200
Malaysia300
Singapore800
Taiwan200

Format

Two contestants will be removed from the talent quest each week, with no chance of a revival.
There will be four weeks of preliminary rounds, two weeks of quarter finals; one week of semi-final and grand final each.

Contestant information

IndexNameChinese NameCountryDate Of EliminationStatus
F1Yap Wei Chee Tracy叶惠慈Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur28 August 2007Eliminated
F2Pan Hung Hsi Celia潘虹熹Taipei, Taiwan4 November 20072nd Runner-up
F3 Zhou Ying 周颖China, Shanghai25 September 2007Eliminated
F4Pan Pei Yun Priscilla潘姵澐Singapore28 August 2007Eliminated
F5Goh Hwee Li Jeneen吴惠丽Singapore21 October 2007Eliminated
F6Lin Peiqi Angel林佩琪China, Shanghai11 September 2007Eliminated
F7 Ya Hui 雅慧Singapore4 November 2007Runner-up
Ms Telegenic
F8 Tracy Lee 李美玲Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur21 October 2007Eliminated
F9Leow Yin Ning Jvnne廖尹宁Singapore11 September 2007Eliminated
F10Neo Wei Zhi Iren梁溦芝Singapore2 October 2007Eliminated
M1Chang Hao Yi张昊艺Taipei, Taiwan25 September 2007Eliminated
M2Chang Kay Yong Marcus张家荣Singapore4 September 2007Eliminated
M3Huan Kuan Chieh Reeve黄冠捷Taipei, Taiwan4 September 2007Eliminated
M4 Jerry Yeo 杨伟烈Singapore4 November 20071st Runner-up
Most Popular
M5 Andie Chen 陈邦鋆Singapore-CHAMPION
M6 Desmond Tan 陈泂江Singapore4 November 2007Runner-up
M7Chang Hao Ying张昊颖Taipei, Taiwan2 October 2007Eliminated
M8Tan Sia Chong Jackson陈侠中Singapore4 November 2007Runner-up
Mr Personality
M9Lin Kelun林克伦Singapore18 September 2007Eliminated
M10Khor Jia Young Raynard许嘉洋Malaysia, Penang18 September 2007Eliminated

Contestant mentors

Another new element this year is the introduction of MediaCorp artistes as mentors to the contestants. The responsibility of the artistes is to teach and they are also required to showcase the best qualities of their charges to the judges and audience. [1]

MentorFemale ContestantMale Contestant
Chen Hanwei F5 吴惠丽M6 Desmond Tan
Edmund Chen F1 叶惠慈M9 林克伦
Huang Wenyong F8 Tracy Lee M8 陈侠中
Rayson Tan F4 潘姵澐M7 张昊颖
Tay Ping Hui F2 潘虹熹M4 Jerry Yeo
Zheng Geping F9 廖尹宁M5 Andie Chen
Chen Liping F7 许雅慧M1 张昊艺
Hong Huifang F6 林佩琪M3 黄冠捷
Huang Biren F3 Zhou Ying M10 许嘉洋
Ivy Lee F10 梁溦芝M2 张家荣

Judges

In this 9th installment, the judging panel which will be made up of professionals from the industry. Moreover, this year the judges will have a 100% say over the eventual winners.

JudgesDescription
郭令送
Kok Len Shoong
新传媒华文戏剧制作部高级副总裁
Senior Vice President (Chinese Drama Productions)
郎祖筠
Liang Zhuyun
台湾著名艺人
Acclaimed Taiwanese television/screen/stage actress-host; The 43rd Golden Horse awards judge member
万梓良
Alex Man
(Resigned on 25 September)
曾经获得金马奖影帝荣衔的资深艺人
Golden Horse Best Actor Award winner and veteran Hong Kong actor
张坚庭
Alfred Cheung
香港著名的电影电视编剧、导演、制片兼演员
A Hong Kong actor/director who has been in the entertainment industry since 1980
陈子谦
Royston Tan
Singapore's very own talented director who has directed box office movie, 881.

Judging criteria

Retaining its original format of a large-scale talent-search program, Star Search 2007 will incorporate new elements.

Quarter Finals
RoundJudging CriteriaDescription
Imaging25%
Talent Performances25%
Acting Skills50%
Semi Finals
Singing
Dancing
Imaging
30%
Q & A20%Each contestant has to answer questions posted by fellow contestants' mentors. Their ability to express themselves and their wittiness will be put under test.
Drama50%There will be two drama skits in each episode. Each Skit consist of three contestants (a mix of males and females).Several unexpected scenarios will also be planted in the drama to test the contestants’ on-the-spot reactions.

Guest artistes: Dennis Chew and Quan Yi Fong.

Awards and prizes

TitlePrizes
ChampionTrophy + $25,000 cash + $4,000 worth of products + 2-year contract
1st runner-upTrophy + $12,000 cash + $2,000 worth of products
2nd runner-upTrophy + $5,000 cash + $1,000 worth of products
Runners-upEach $1,000 cash + $1,000 worth of products
Ms Telegenic$5,000 worth of jewellery
Mr Personality$5,000 worth of jewellery
Most Popular$5,000 worth of jewellery

Ms Telegenic and Mr Personality subsidiary awards are decided by the judges.
Most Popular subsidiary award will be determined by public voting.

Episodic details

Episode 1 - Grand Debut (21 Aug 2007)

Gracing the occasion was Dr Balaji Sadasivan, the Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts。

Episode 2 - Preliminary Round 1 (28 Aug 2007)

20 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
5 female contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
3 contestants moved on to Quarter Final 1.

The talent segment will be set in a club in the 1920-30s and features MediaCorp actor Adam Chen as narrator.
The acting segment will also be set in the same era but will take place in a shopping street instead.
MediaCorp actress Ng Hui will play a wealthy girl out shopping with her curry-favouring maid.

As the LAST TWO ranking were not shown, F4 and F1 assumed to be the 4th and 5th position respectively.

IndexNameTalent SegmentActing SegmentOverall RankingStatus
F1Tracy YapDance-cum-taekwondo pieceCurry-favouring maid5Eliminated
F2Celia PanJazz performance on drumsQuick-thinking girl1IN
F3Kola ZhouSinging Yong Yuan De Wei XiaoRough and uncultured salesgirl2IN
F4Priscilla PanSalsa danceInflexible salesgirl4Eliminated
F5Jeneen GohPlay Ye Shanghai on the pianoBlur salesgirl3IN

Episode 3 - Preliminary Round 2 (4 Sept 2007)

Both talent segment and acting segment will be set in the 1920-30s.
MediaCorp veteran actor Liang Tian will be appearing in the talent segment.
As for the acting segment, the story is featuring 5 neighbors living under one roof in a building.
MediaCorp actress Pan Lingling making a guest appearance as Jerry's shrewd wife.

IndexNameTalent SegmentActing SegmentOverall RankingStatus
M1张昊艺 Chang Hao YiDancing reggaeMummy's boy1IN
M2张家荣 Marcus ChangPerforming a piece on the diziRighteous hooligan5Eliminated
M3黄冠捷 Reeve HuanSinging The Music Of The NightCynical artist4Eliminated
M4杨伟烈 Jerry YeoSinging Ai Shen De JianHen-pecked husband3IN
M5陈邦鋆 Andie ChenDancing hip-hopRich heir2IN

Episode 4 - Preliminary Round 3 (11 Sept 2007)

16 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
5 female contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
3 contestants moved on to Quarter Final 2.

Both talent segment and acting segment will be set in the 1940-50s.
The talent segment will feature a movie company interviewing for a movie actress with Star Search alumna Priscelia Chan making a guest appearance.
The acting segment will feature 5 students going on a field trip co-starring with MediaCorp actor Zhang Wen Xiang as their teacher.

IndexNameTalent SegmentActing SegmentOverall RankingStatus
F6林佩琪 Lin PeiqiTap DancingKiasu Student4Eliminated
F7雅慧 Ya HuiChinese Satin DanceCalculative Student1IN
F8李美玲 Tracy LeeTongue Twistering Man Tian XingVain Pot Student2IN
F9廖尹宁 Jvnne LeowPlaying a CelloSlow Reacting Student5Eliminated
F10梁溦芝 Iren NeoPlaying Love Story/Yankee Doodle on YangQinBoastful Tomboy3IN

Episode 5 - Preliminary Round 4 (18 Sept 2007)

14 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
5 male contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
3 contestants moved on to Quarter Final 2.

IndexNameTalent SegmentActing SegmentOverall RankingStatus
M6陈泂江 Desmond TanBartender ShowSissy Personal Assistant1IN
M7张昊颖 Chang Hao YingLocking DanceSarcastic Reporter3IN
M8陈侠中 Jackson TanBazil WushuMain Editor2IN
M9林克伦 Lin KelunSingingTimid Assistant5Eliminated
M10许嘉洋 Raynard KhorPlay DrumsPhotographer Who Demands His Ways4Eliminated

Episode 6 - Quarter Final 1 (25 Sept 2007)

12 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
3 male and female contestants will compete in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
4 contestants moved on to Semi Final.

IndexNameSing/Dance/Image SegmentFAQ SegmentActing Segment
SkitCharacterCharacteristics
F1Kola ZhouGei Wo Yi Ge Wen
Yi Jian Ni Jiu Xiao
1Ill fated secretary
F2Celia Pan1Sassy secretary
F3Jeneen Goh2
M1Andie Chen2
M2Jerry Yeo1
M3Chang Hao Yi1Lecherous manager
IndexNameRankingStatus
Sing/Dance/Image SegmentSing/Dance/Image + FAQ SegmentOverall
F1Kola Zhou6
F2Celia Pan2
F3Jeneen Goh4
M1Andie Chen1
M2Jerry Yeo3
M3Chang Hao Yi5

Episode 7 - Quarter Final 2 (2 Oct 2007)

10 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
3 female and male contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
4 contestants moved on to Semi Final.

This week, the remaining contestants will travel back time to the colourful time in the 1970s.
Contestants will perform a song-and-dance item to the tunes of Beautiful Sunday and Qiao He which are hits songs back in the 1970s.

As for the acting segment, 3 contestants will act in a skit taking place at Feng Feng Cafe.
Skit 1 involves contestants F6 Lee Mei Leng, M4 Chang Hao Ying and M6 Jackson Tan.
Quan Yi Fong guest-stars as the gossipy café boss Feng Jie.
Skit 2

IndexNameSing/Dance/Image SegmentFAQ SegmentActing Segment
SkitCharacterCharacteristics
F4Ya HuiBeautiful Sunday
Qiao He
2WaitressA neurotic girl who fears ghosts and thinks she can see them
F5Iren Neo2Ah JiaoA charismatic nightclub singer
F6Lee Mei Leng1Ah LingAn innocent girl from a rich family born with a leg longer than the other
M4Chang Hao Ying1WaiterA young man passionate about his job
M5Desmond Tan2Da GeAn underworld lackey who wants to play big brother
M6Jackson Tan1Ah ZhongA chauvinist who relies on women to support him
IndexNameRankingStatus
Sing/Dance/Image SegmentSing/Dance/Image + FAQ SegmentOverall
F4Koh Yah Hwee131IN
F5Iren Neo34Eliminated
F6Lee Mei Leng552IN
M4Chang Hao Ying41Eliminated
M5Desmond Tan224IN
M6Jackson Tan663IN

Episode 8 - Star Search Prelude ( 9 Oct 2007)

Episode 9 - Semi Final ( 21 Oct 2007)

8 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
4 female and male contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
6 contestants moved on to Grand Final.

IndexNameSing/Image
Segment
Martial Arts SegmentFAQ SegmentActing Segment
SkitCharacterCharacteristics
S1Jeneen Goh
2
S2Tracy Lee1
S3Ya Hui1
S4Desmond Tan1
S5Andie Chen2
S6Celia Pan2
S7Jerry Yeo1
S8Jackson Tan2
IndexNameRankingStatus
Sing/Dance/ImageSing/Dance/Image + Martial ArtsSing/Dance/Image +
Martial Arts + FAQ
Overall
S1Jeneen Goh355-Eliminated
S2Lee Mei Leng--6-Eliminated
S3Koh Yah Hwee4222IN
S4Desmond Tan6335IN
S5Andie Chen1111IN
S6Celia Pan56-6IN
S7Jerry Yeo---3IN
S8Jackson Tan2444IN

Episode 10 - Grand Final (4 Nov 2007)

6 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
2 female and 4 male contestants competed in the final.
5 will be eliminated.
1 will be crowned the champion.

Apart from the 10 mentors Zheng Geping, Huang Wenyong, Chen Liping, Chen Hanwei, Tay Ping Hui, Huang Biren, Ivy Lee, Hong Huifang, Edmund Chen and Rayson Tan, Star Search alumni Zoe Tay, Chew Chor Meng, Ix Shen, Felicia Chin, Vivian Lai, Yao Wenlong, Florence Tan, Jeff Wang, Aileen Tan, Brandon Wong, Chen Tianwen, Dennis Chew, Patricia Mok, Bryan Wong and Kym Ng attended the Grand Final. In addition, Taiwanese band Energy made a special guest appearance.

In this critical stage of the competition, the current panel will increase to a total of 6 judges. Besides the 3 resident judges, Taiwanese artiste Lang Tzu-yun, Hong Kong director Alfred Cheung and Senior Vice President of Chinese Drama Kok Len Shoong, Hong Kong actor Kenny Bee, local artiste Fann Wong and Deputy Group CEO (TV) Chang Long Jong will also be accessing the finalists in their performances.

There will also be three subsidiary awards for the six Finalists to compete in: Ms Telegenic Award, Mr Personality Award, and Most Popular Award

IndexNameImaging SegmentSpecial Talent
Segment
Eloquence SegmentActing Segment
SkitCharacterCharacteristics
S1Jerry YeoThai King
Finalists are outfitted
in Japanese fireman style
performing both individual
and team challenges
on a ladder.

This round will be
a test of the contestants'
verbal wit and spontaneity.
The invigilators for this round
will be MediaCorp’s
variety show hosts and the
finalists will only know who they
are sparring
with on the
very night itself.
1Ah WeiA talented but impecunious musician infatuated with Anna
S2Celia PanEmpress1AnnaA kind-hearted and gentle singer/dancer
S3Jackson TanWarrior2Older Brother Yue RenA melancholic escaping reality because of love
S4Andie ChenWilly Wonka2Yue’ErAn honest man also with his own relationship problems
S5Koh Yah HweeElf Princess3Shan ShanA very angry lady who later became a Power Ranger
S6Desmond TanPirate3Ah QiA seemingly flippant young man but is actually very devoted
PositionRanking
Imaging SegmentSpecial Talent SegmentEloquence Segment
GoldAndie ChenJackson TanAndie Chen
SilverDesmond TanAndie ChenDesmond Tan
BronzeJackson TanKoh Yah HweeKoh Yah Hwee
Overall Results
AwardsIndexName姓名
ChampionS4Andie Chen陈邦鋆
1st runner-upS1Jerry Yeo杨伟烈
2nd runner-upS2Celia Pan潘虹熹
Runner-upS3Jackson Tan陈侠中
Runner-upS5Koh Yah Hwee许雅慧
Runner-upS6Desmond Tan陈泂江
Ms TelegenicS5Koh Yah Hwee许雅慧
Mr PersonalityS3Jackson Tan陈侠中
Most PopularS1Jerry Yeo杨伟烈

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