Star Search (Singapore season 9)
| Star Search Singapore | |
|---|---|
| Season 9 | |
| Broadcaster | MediaCorp |
| Winner | |
| Andie Chen | |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Runner-up | |
| Jerry Yeo | |
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Retaining its original format of a large-scale talent-search program, Star Search 2007 will incorporate new elements.
Guest artistes: Dennis Chew and Quan Yi Fong.
Ms Telegenic and Mr Personality subsidiary awards are decided by the judges.
Most Popular subsidiary award will be determined by public voting.
Gracing the occasion was Dr Balaji Sadasivan, the Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts。
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.
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.
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