Campus SuperStar | |
---|---|
Season 1 | |
Broadcast from | 2 January | – 3 April 2006
Judges | Foong Wai See Cavin Soh Peter Tan Li Feihui Lee Shih Shiong (guest) Lee Wei Song (guest) |
Host(s) |
Hong Junyang Dasmond Koh Sugianto Christina Lin (guest) Ng Hui (guest) Cruz Teng (guest) Ben Yeo (guest) |
Broadcaster | MediaCorp Channel U |
Winner | |
Ng Chee Yang | |
Origin | Hwa Chong Institution |
Song | "一首简单的歌" |
Genre(s) | Pop |
Runner-up | |
Teresa Tseng |
Campus SuperStar is a Singaporean television music competition to find new singing talent. Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The first season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 2 January 2006 and ended on 3 April 2006. The winner was Ng Chee Yang, a sixteen-year-old student from Hwa Chong Institution. He became the first male contestant to win in the show's history. Ng received a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000. The original lineup of judges were Foong Wai See, Cavin Soh and Peter Tan. Li Feihui was brought in as the fourth judge in the first week of semi-final. Hong Junyang, Dasmond Koh and Sugianto hosted the show.
The original lineup of judges for season one were Y.E.S. 93.3FM programme director Foong Wai See, actor and singer Cavin Soh as well as vocal coach Peter Tan. From the first semi-final round, singer and songwriter Li Feihui brought in as the fourth judge. MediaCorp host Dasmond Koh, as well as Project SuperStar finalists Hong Junyang and Sugianto were announced as the hosts for the show.
The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore. Auditionees must remain as a student in Singapore throughout the entire competition, from November 2005 to April 2006. Auditions in front of the judges for season 1 took place at Toa Payoh HDB Hub. The first auditions were held on the level 3 of Junction 8 Shopping Centre from 19 November to 22 November. There were approximately 4,000 students applied to take part in the auditions. At the end of the first round of auditions, successful auditionees were put through by the judges to the second round of auditions.