Christopher Lee, Cynthia Koh, Chantalle Ng among Star Awards 2025 winners, Entertainment News
Christopher Lee went home with Best Actor for his role in the 2024 drama Kill Sera Sera.
This marks his third Best Actor win, with his first being in 1997 where he broke a record for being the youngest actor to win a Star Award at age 26. Best Actress
She was nominated for the category for the first time, and went home with a win.
Best Actress went to Hong Kong star Jessica Hsuan for her role in Kill Sera Sera. Best Supporting Actor
Chen Hanwei won Best Supporting Actor for the third time for his role in the 2024 drama Unforgivable.
He took home the same award in 2015 and 2018.
When AsiaOne asked him how he felt about this win, he said he suddenly thought of his mother who died July last year. "In the past, whenever I won an award, she was always the first person I would tell. But this year… I no longer have that chance. So today, I'm wearing her ring and her earrings. I hope she knows."
He said some people may wonder why he won again and spoke his piece.
"I just want to say this, I'm an actor. Acting is no longer just my profession. It's my life. It's everything to me. I've been doing this for over 30 years, and during that time, I've always been nurturing and guiding the younger generation. But acting is still my craft, and I have to give it my all," he said. Best Supporting Actress
This year marks her sixth time being nominated in this category, and her first winning it.
Cynthia Koh won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the drama Hope Afloat, and she told AsiaOne she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"After so many years of returning empty-handed, I've felt disappointed and distraught previously. So to be able to get it this time round, I'm truly very happy," said the 51-year-old.
"Honestly, perhaps due to the disappointment from previous years, yesterday I was able to fall asleep really quickly, and didn't really consider winning the award much, if at all."
Cynthia last won a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste award in 2022. Best Rising Star
Tyler Ten is this year's Best Rising Star. He won the award for his role in Unforgivable.
The 29-year-old told AsiaOne he's thinking of buying a whole cake for himself to celebrate his achievement.
"I love chocolate cake, and I've been starving myself so that I can look good on stage. I will also celebrate with my fans and treat them to a meal, because they have been working really hard these past few years and this is my first award so I would like to share [this win] with them," he said. Best Programme Host (Entertainment & Infotainment)
Best Programme Host went to Christopher Lee for his cooking show Dishing with Chris Lee S2.
He said he wants to film a third season not for the awards, but the audience: "When I go to wet markets, there are many elderly folks who ask me when season three will happen, so I know that audiences love this show. I'll work hard to secure and confirm the third season, because their love is most important." Young Talent Award
Child actor Lincoln Ang won the Young Talent Award for Born to Shine.
The series was his second drama, with his debut work being All That Glitters (2023). Best Audio Personality
Yes 933 DJ Kenneth Chung took home the Best Audio Personality award.
He was previously nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste in 2023 and 2024. Popularity Category Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Awards Ya Hui (ninth win)
Chen Ning (third win)
Denise Camillia Tan (second win)
Chantalle Ng (fourth win)
Carrie Wong (10th win)
Chen Biyu (third win)
Gao Meigui (second win)
Tasha Low (third win)
Hong Ling (fourth win)
Paige Chua (ninth win) Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste Awards Romeo Tan (10th win)
Xu Bin (sixth win)
Jeremy Chan (third win)
Jeff Goh (third win)
Benjamin Tan (second win)
Zong Zijie (first win)
Marcus Chin (fifth win)
Desmond Tan (ninth win)
Richie Koh (second win)
Guo Liang (ninth win) Most Popular Rising Stars
Most Popular Rising Stars went to three actors: Ayden Sng, Zhang Zetong and Tyler Ten. Special Awards All-Time Favourite Artiste Awards
All-Time Favourite Artiste is awarded to artistes who have won a cumulative 10 Top 10 Most Popular Artiste awards.
This year, the trophies went to actress Yvonne Lim and host Pornsak.
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The Special Achievement Award went to Christopher Lee. My Pick Awards! Favourite CP
Chantalle Ng has won My Pick Awards! Favourite CP (Couple) for the fourth time in a row, and this time it's with her Hope Afloat co-star Zhang Zetong.
She previously won the same award with Xu Bin for My Star Bride in 2022 as well as Love at First Bite in 2023 and with Desmond Tan for All That Glitters in 2024.
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My Pick Awards! The Show Stealer this year went to Jesseca Liu won for her role in Unforgivable.
She was last nominated for Best Actress in 2023 but went home empty-handed for the fifth time. Most Emotional Performance
Another Unforgivable cast member swept a trophy from My Pick Awards!.
Hong Ling won the Most Emotional Performance award for her role as Guan Lin in the drama. Awards presented by partners Bioskin Most Charismatic Award
Chantalle Ng won Bioskin's Most Charismatic Award. BYD Favourite Male Character Award
The BYD Favourite Male Character Award went to Romeo Tan for his role as Hendrix in Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting III. BYD Favourite Female Character Award
Carrie Wong won the BYD Favourite Female Character Award for her role as Lin Siyu in Coded Love. Programme Awards Best Short-form Entertainment Programme
The trophy for Best Short-form Entertainment Programme went to #JustSwipeLah, hosted by Xixi Lim, Juin Teh, Jernelle Oh and Seow Sin Nee. Best Entertainment Programme
Dishing with Chris Lee season two achieved the Best Entertainment Programme award. The other nominated shows were King of Culinary season four, Makan On Wheels, Pasar Malam Stars and Star Awards 2024 - Award Ceremony. Best Infotainment Programme
Legends of Singapore Comedy won Best Infotainment Programme over Old Taste Detective season five, Tuesday Report - Restart, Women Behind Bars and World's Unique Neighbourhoods. Best Drama Serial
The Best Drama Serial award went to Unforgivable. The other nominated dramas were Kill Sera Sera, Once Upon A New Year's Eve, To Be Loved and Born to Shine. Best Radio Programme
Best Radio Programme went to The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio (Yes 933).
DJs Hazelle Teo and Chen Qijia shared funny memories they had while on air.
Shared Hazelle, 31: "When I was really new and just entered the radio industry, I went confidently on air during my weekend shift and I said, 'Oh today is a very beautiful Sunday afternoon, I hope everyone can get to have a lan jiao (lazy nap in Mandarin but sounds like a Hokkien swear word).'
"That was such a funny mistake I made all those years ago and I will never forget it."
Qijia, also 31, recalled how she drank a matcha latte and almost blacked out during a night belt with Hazelle: "It was then that I realised I had caffeine intolerance. So I was literally talking and I almost closed my eyes and blacked out... I told Hazelle, 'Babe, I'm, gonna faint.' Then, she quickly passed me her medicated oil. I'll remember that oil for life." Best Theme Song
This year's Best Theme Song award went to Remenants (Once Upon A New Year's Eve) performed by Jim Lim.
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