The 5 Search

*The 5 Search*
The 5 Search
Hosted by	Jean Danker
Judges	Selena Tan ; Tay Ping Hui ; Bryan Wong ; Najip Ali (week 1); Irene Ang (week 2); Michelle Chong (week 3); Georgina Chang (week 4 & 8); Kumar (week 4); Chua En Lai (week 5); Terence Cao (week 6); Sebastian Tan (week 7); Eric Khoo (week 8)
Winner	Kayly Loh
Runner-up	Shrey Bhargava and Aiken Chia
Release
Original network	MediaCorp Channel 5
Original release	4 January –; 1 March 2015

Last updated January 31, 2022

The 5 Search is a Singaporean reality-acting-hosting competition programme that finds the next face of the broadcasting channel, Channel 5. It premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 4 January 2015, with judges actress and Dim Sum Dollies member Selena Tan, actor Tay Ping Hui and host Bryan Wong. Class 95FM radio personality Jean Danker was also employed as the host of the show.^[1]

Each week, there would be two segments of competition – one with regards to acting, and another for hosting – which all comes with a particular theme. The contestants on the show are required to outperform their fellow competitors in these segments to survive elimination for the week. They are also mentored by local industry veterans and get the opportunity to act or host alongside them.

On 1 March 2015, Kayly Loh was announced the winner of The 5 Search, with Shrey Bhargava and Aiken Chia as the runners-up. She received a two-year artiste management contract from MediaCorp, and a cash prize of $30,000.^[2]

Top 15 finalists

Contestant	Age at time of show	Occupation	Contestant	Age at time of show	Occupation
Kayly Loh	26	Entrepreneur	Leroy Yap	22	Freelance trainer
Shrey Bhargava	19	National serviceman	Laanya Asogan	18	Student
Aiken Chia	25	Student	Jeevan Kularetnam	22	Fitness trainer
Caryn Cheng	26	Freelance performer	Ron Teh	23	Freelance model
Michelle Wong	23	Service centre manager	Lisa Marie White	21	Freelance model
Esther Goh	27	Freelance actress	Matthew Liu	25	Student
Fadhli Abdullah	24	Freelance actor	Shehnaz Salim	21	Entrepreneur
Gina Lin	33	Marketing executive

Finals

Color key:

	Contestant won the challenge
	Contestant was placed in the top 2/3 of the challenge
	Contestant was given immunity
	Contestant was safe
	Contestant was placed in the bottom group
	Contestant was eliminated

Week 1 – Top 15

Guest judge: Najip Ali

The show kicked off with a hosting challenge, which the contestants were tasked to pitch a product that was picked out by random to the judges within one minute. The winner of this challenge received immunity and was immediately saved from elimination for the week. For the acting challenge, the contestants were split into three groups of five, and were tasked to work on a scene from the local situation comedy Spouse for House . The resident judges also acted as the mentors for the contestants.

Contestant	Order	Hosting challenge	Order	Acting challenge		Result
Contestant	Order	Pitching product (unique selling point)	Order	Original character	Mentor	Result
Caryn Cheng	1	Cardboard box (converts into a toddler's mobile playpen)	1	Jessica	Bryan Wong	Safe
Fadhli Abdullah	2	Box (holds unlimited amount of things)	1	Kok Wee	Bryan Wong	Safe
Shrey Bhargava	3	Remote massager (heals pain with remote sticker)	2	John	Selena Tan	Safe
Kayly Loh	4	Hat (promotes hair growth)	2	Soo Leng	Selena Tan	Safe
Matthew Liu	5	Chopsticks (acts as mobile phone charger)	2	Kok Wee	Selena Tan	Eliminated
Esther Goh	6	Duct tape (shapes eyebrows)	3	Soo Leng	Tay Ping Hui	Bottom 6
Aiken Chia	7	Flashlight (ability to see through walls)	3	John	Tay Ping Hui	Immuned
Michelle Wong	8	Shaver (instant tanning device)	2	Jessica	Selena Tan	Safe
Laanya Asogan	9	Mineral water (changes your voice tone)	1	Vanessa	Bryan Wong	Safe
Jeevan Kularetnam	10	Rolling pin (relieves muscle pain)	3	Vanessa	Tay Ping Hui	Bottom 6
Lisa Marie White	11	Gumballs (grants special powers)	2	Vanessa	Selena Tan	Eliminated
Leroy Yap	12	Rope (lightens objects)	1	John	Bryan Wong	Safe
Gina Lin	13	Earrings (Wi-Fi router)	1	Soo Leng	Bryan Wong	Safe
Ron Teh	14	X-ray glasses (triggers ability to read minds)	3	Kok Wee	Tay Ping Hui	Bottom 6
Shehnaz Salim	15	Plant (spouts motivational quotes)	3	Jessica	Tay Ping Hui	Eliminated

Week 2 – Top 12

Guest judge: Irene Ang

This week, the hosting challenge of the show required the contestants to host under circumstances that were out of their comfort zones. They were tasked to deliver an opening link, conduct an interview with an interviewee, perform an ad-lib, as well as a closing link. They were judged based on their poise and professionalism despite the discomfort. The winner of this challenge received immunity and was immediately saved from elimination for the week. For the acting challenge, the contestants paired up with one another to act out a two-minute scene, and they were all given acting roles that were outside of their personal comfort zones.

Contestant	Order	Hosting challenge	Order	Acting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Location	Order	Character (description)	Result
Kayly Loh	1	Causes for Animals Singapore	5	Ruth (indignant wife)⁵	Safe
Jeevan Kularetnam	2	Causes for Animals Singapore	5	Henry (cheating husband)⁵	Eliminated
Caryn Cheng	3	Causes for Animals Singapore	3	Priscilla (snob)³	Safe
Gina Lin	4	Causes for Animals Singapore	2	Felicia (retrenched sister)²	Bottom 5
Aiken Chia	5	MegaZip Adventure Park	2	Richard (rich brother)²	Safe
Ron Teh	6	MegaZip Adventure Park	1	Weng Cheong (genius cop)¹	Eliminated
Michelle Wong	7	MegaZip Adventure Park	1	Rena (psychotic killer)¹	Safe
Leroy Yap	8	MegaZip Adventure Park	6	Yang (bumbling accomplice)⁶	Bottom 5
Shrey Bhargava	9	Porta Pumper	6	Remesh (accidental murderer)⁶	Immuned
Esther Goh	10	Porta Pumper	3	Suzie (Ah Lian)³	Safe
Laanya Asogan	11	Porta Pumper	4	Rebecca (tortured wife)⁴	Eliminated
Fadhli Abdullah	12	Porta Pumper	4	Justin (abusive husband)⁴	Safe

Two-minute scene titles and plots

^1 Ron Teh & Michelle Wong: The Interrogation – An intelligent cop and a psychotic killer pit their wits against each other
^2 Aiken Chia & Gina Lin: Unfilial – A retrenched factory supervisor pleads with her well-doing brother for money to support their parents
^3 Caryn Cheng & Esther Goh: Frenemies – Two former schoolmates meet and the snob treats the other with disdain
^4 Fadhli Abdullah & Laanya Asogan: Love Hurts – An abusive husband punishes his wife for scratching his car
^5 Jeevan Kularetnam & Kayly Loh: Broken Vows – A wife confronts her cheating husband about his affair
^6 Shrey Bhargava & Leroy Yap: Amateur Killers – Two bumbling friends plan to dispose a body after killing an acquaintance accidentally

Week 3 – Top 9

Guest judge: Michelle Chong
Guest mentor: Darren Foong

This week, the show started off with the acting challenge. The contestants were split into three groups of three, and required to come up with a two-minute skit on the spot in the improvisational theatre format. Unlike the previous weeks, the winners of this challenge received an advantage for the following hosting challenge, instead of an immunity. For the hosting challenge, the contestants were required to conduct an interview with one of the following local celebrities – Pierre Png, Aileen Tan, and Judee Tan, who acted as the "difficult guests" on a talk show. The winners of the acting challenge were given the opportunity to chat with their interviewees for 10 minutes, while the rest were given five minutes to get ready at the studio. As all contestants performed well during the acting challenge, the results for this week were solely based on the hosting challenge.

Contestant	Order	Acting challenge	Order	Hosting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Character	Order	Talk show guest	Result
Shrey Bhargava	1	Real estate agent¹	6	Pierre Png	Bottom 3
Aiken Chia	1	Newlywed husband¹	3	Aileen Tan	Bottom 3
Kayly Loh	1	Newlywed wife¹	5	Pierre Png	Safe
Caryn Cheng	2	Female elderly²	1	Aileen Tan	Safe
Esther Goh	2	Lost traveller²	4	Pierre Png	Safe
Leroy Yap	2	Male elderly²	7	Judee Tan	Eliminated
Fadhli Abdullah	3	Son³	9	Judee Tan	Safe
Gina Lin	3	Daughter³	2	Aileen Tan	Safe
Michelle Wong	3	Mother-turned-vampire³	8	Judee Tan	Safe

Two-minute improvisational theatre skit plot

^1 Shrey is an overeager real estate agent who is trying to sell a haunted house to newlyweds Aiken and Kayly.
^2 Esther is a lost traveller who has been invited into the home of an elderly couple played by Leroy and Caryn, and they want to eat her.
^3 Fadhli and Gina are mourning the loss of their mother, played by Michelle, when she rises from the dead as a vampire.

Week 4 – Top 8

Guest judges: Georgina Chang and Kumar
Guest mentor: Robb Weller

This week, the show commenced with the hosting challenge. The contestants were required to host in pairs on a food show, and were assessed on their adaptability to new elements and last-minute changes in the course of their hosting. The winner of the hosting challenge was given the opportunity to join the hosts of the morning show on 987FM on the following day. For the acting challenge, the contestants were paired up once again and were tasked to act on the set of long-running drama series 118 . The winners of the acting challenge were given the chance to watch and meet the casts of the musical Cats .

Bryan Wong did not appear on the judging panel due to work commitments with a travel show and was replaced by MediaCorp Radio's vice-president for English programming Georgina Chang.

Contestant	Order	Hosting challenge	Order	Acting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Location	Order	Character (title)	Result
Aiken Chia	1	Rasa Istimewa Waterfront Restaurant	1	Sam (Blind Date)	Safe
Kayly Loh	1	Rasa Istimewa Waterfront Restaurant	2	Alex (You're Fired)	Safe
Fadhli Abdullah	2	Rasa Istimewa Waterfront Restaurant	2	Robert (You're Fired)	Bottom 2
Michelle Wong	2	Rasa Istimewa Waterfront Restaurant	1	Jo (Blind Date)	Bottom 4
Shrey Bhargava	3	Dancing Crab	4	Husband (Tough Luck)	Bottom 4
Caryn Cheng	3	Dancing Crab	3	Maggie (Denial)	Safe
Esther Goh	4	Dancing Crab	4	Wife (Tough Luck)	Safe
Gina Lin	4	Dancing Crab	3	Jenny (Denial)	Eliminated

Week 5 – Top 7

Guest judge: Chua En Lai

This week, the show commenced with the acting challenge. The contestants were required to work with the creative and executive producer of comedy television series The Noose Prem Anand to create a "noose-worthy" comedy character. They were required to perform their own research on the possible characters that they would like to play, and later pitch their ideas to Anand who then assisted them in the scripting and developing of their characters The winner of the challenge was given the opportunity to appear in one episode of the upcoming season of The Noose. For the hosting challenge, the contestants were tasked to host an entertainment segment about the Celebrate SG50 event. They were given 24 hours to research about the event, and the celebrities that they were going to hold the backstage interviews with. They were judged based on their prep work, quality of the interview question, interaction with the celebrity interviewees, and ability to convey the sense of excitement and party atmosphere to the television audience.

Contestant	Order	Acting challenge	Order	Hosting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Character (description)	Order	Celebrity interviewees	Result
Caryn Cheng	1	Maia Boom Khrong (Thai fashion designer)	4	Vernon Cornelius & The Muttons	Safe
Aiken Chia	2	Goh Ying Jim (multiple pageant winner)	3	Rahimah Rahim, Pam Oei & Denise Tan	Safe
Michelle Wong	3	Hally Yu (Kim So Hyot's "wife")	6	Benjamin Kheng, Narelle Kheng & Fauzie Laily	Bottom 3
Kayly Loh	4	Marthalia Suharto-No Gudman (billionaire's wife)	2	Trick, Tabitha Nauser & John Molina	Safe
Esther Goh	5	Ai Pang Chan (carpark attendant)	5	Desmond Tan, Romeo Tan, Shigga Shay & Ann Hussein	Bottom 3
Shrey Bhargava	6	Osayang Been Loving (peace correspondent)	7	Alfred Sim, Tay Kewei, Miguel Antonio & Suhaimi Yusof	Safe
Fadhli Abdullah	7	Si Mee #?@! (founder of National Ah Beng Education Institute)	1	Yasminne Cheng, Shane Pow, Julie Tan & Max Surin	Eliminated

Week 6 – Top 6 (first week)

Guest judge: Terence Cao
Guest mentor: Sunny Pang

This week, the show commenced with the acting challenge. The contestants were required to work with MediaCorp actor Terence Cao on an acting sequence, and they were all given the same script and scenes to act. The winner of the challenge was given the opportunity to attend a-week-long of action classes conducted by Sunny Pang to perfect their skills. For the hosting challenge, the contestants were required to work in pairs together with a charity organisation. Each pair had to present a story, and helping their respective charity organisation with their day-to-day operations.

Contestant	Order	Acting challenge	Order	Hosting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Character	Order	Charity organisation	Result
Esther Goh	1	Undercover agent	3	Singapore Buddhist Lodge	Safe
Caryn Cheng	2	Undercover agent	1	The Food Bank Singapore	Safe
Shrey Bhargava	3	Undercover agent	2	SWAMI Home	Safe
Kayly Loh	4	Undercover agent	2	SWAMI Home	Safe
Michelle Wong	5	Undercover agent	3	Singapore Buddhist Lodge	Bottom 2
Aiken Chia	6	Undercover agent	1	The Food Bank Singapore	Bottom 2

It was revealed that Aiken Chia and Michelle Wong were in the bottom 2. However, the two contestants were then declared safe by Bryan Wong, who stated that there was no elimination for the week.

Week 7 – Top 6 (second week)

Guest judge: Sebastian Tan
Guest mentor: Dim Sum Dollies

This week, the show commenced with the hosting challenge. The contestants were required to hold a live interview with various celebrity interviewees on the set of The 5 Show. The winner of the challenge was given the opportunity to host a video segment on The 5 Show. For the acting challenge, the contestants were required to work in pairs, and reinterpret local musical numbers.

Contestant	Order	Hosting challenge	Order	Acting challenge	Result
Contestant	Order	Celebrity interviewees	Order	Character (song – musical)	Result
Esther Goh	1	Alaric Tay & Juliet Tay	3	Alice ("One Step at a Time" – A Twist of Fate)	Eliminated
Michelle Wong	2	Alaric Tay & Juliet Tay	1	Kat ("Samsui Women" – The History of Singapore Part 1)	Safe
Aiken Chia	3	Alaric Tay & Juliet Tay	3	Jeremy ("One Step at a Time" – A Twist of Fate)	Bottom 3
Caryn Cheng	4	Rosalyn Lee & Justin Vanderstraaten	1	Lexie ("Samsui Women" – The History of Singapore Part 1)	Bottom 3
Kayly Loh	5	Rosalyn Lee & Justin Vanderstraaten	2	Sister ("Another World" – Beauty World)	Safe
Shrey Bhargava	6	Rosalyn Lee & Justin Vanderstraaten	2	Brother ("Another World" – Beauty World)	Safe

Week 8 – Final: Top 5

Guest judges: Georgina Chang and Eric Khoo
Group performance: "Wishing on a Star" / "Superstar" / "Starships"
Musical guest: Secondhand Serenade ("Heart Stops (By the Way)" with Veronica Ballestrini and "Fall for You")
Prize presenter: Rebecca Lim

There were four challenges during the final – drama acting challenge, comedy acting challenge, pre-recorded hosting challenge and live hosting challenge. In the drama acting challenge, the contestants all acted in a pre-recorded short skit together with MediaCorp actress Priscelia Chan. In the comedy acting challenge, each of the contestants collaborated with a comedy actor and put up a live comedy sketch. In the pre-recorded hosting challenge, each of the contestants hosted their own show that came with a celebrity guest appearance. For the live hosting challenge, the contestants paired up with Jean Danker and presented their fellow contestants and celebrities who appeared in the comedy acting challenge.

The judges' scores made up 50% of the overall results, and the remaining 50% were determined by public votes via the Toggle Now application or text messaging.

Contestant	Order	Drama acting challenge	Order	Live hosting challenge	Order	Comedy acting challenge	Order	Pre-recorded hosting challenge		Result
Contestant	Order	Character (description)	Order	Presented	Order	Collaborated with	Order	Programme name	Guest appearance by	Result
Shrey Bhargava	1	Ricky (the wealthy playboy)	1	Kayly Loh and Michelle Chong	4	Judee Tan	5	Urban Escapes	Kelly Latimer	Runner-up/Third place
Caryn Cheng	2	Ching (Ricky's stepsister)	2	Michelle Wong and Chua En Lai	5	Alaric Tay	1	Fashion Forward	Seraph Sun	Fourth/fifth place
Kayly Loh	3	Kara (the other woman)	3	Aiken Chia and Suhaimi Yusof	1	Michelle Chong	2	Something Old Something New	Koh Chieng Mun	Winner
Michelle Wong	4	Selena (the spoilt girlfriend)	4	Shrey Bhargava and Judee Tan	2	Chua En Lai	3	The Sweet Life	Nat Ho	Fourth/fifth place
Aiken Chia	5	Adam (jealous best friend)	5	Caryn Cheng and Alaric Tay	3	Suhaimi Yusof	4	Staycation Nation	Jade Seah	Runner-up/Third place

Elimination chart

Females

Males

Top 15

Winner

Safe

Safe First

Safe Last

Eliminated

Immuned

Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Finals
Week:		4/1	11/1	18/1	25/1	1/2	8/2	15/2	1/3
1	Kayly Loh								Winner
2–3	Shrey Bhargava		Immuned	Bottom 3	Bottom 4				Runner-up / Third place
2–3	Aiken Chia	Immuned		Bottom 3			Bottom 2	Bottom 3	Runner-up / Third place
4–5	Caryn Cheng							Bottom 3	Elim
4–5	Michelle Wong				Bottom 4	Bottom 3	Bottom 2		Elim
6	Esther Goh	Bottom 6				Bottom 3		Elim
7	Fadhli Abdullah				Bottom 2	Elim
8	Gina Lin		Bottom 5		Elim
9	Leroy Yap		Bottom 5	Elim
10–12	Laanya Asogan		Elim
	Jeevan Kularetnam	Bottom 6
	Ron Teh	Bottom 6
13–15	Lisa Marie White	Elim
	Matthew Liu
	Shehnaz Salim

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