Star Awards 2025: Sean Lau among over 200 artistes to attend, Chantalle Ng to make hosting debut, Entertainment News
Mediacorp announced today (June 18) that award-winning Hong Kong actor Sean Lau, 61, will be attending the ceremony. This will be his second time at the event after more than two decades since his first in 2000, where he presented the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award with his wife, former actress Amy Kwok.
Star Awards 2025 will be presented on July 6 at The Theatre at Mediacorp by veteran local host Guo Liang, 54, who will host the show for the 16th time. Local actress Chantalle Ng, 30, who is nominated Best Actress for her performance in Hope Afloat (2024), will also be making her hosting debut at the show.
Singaporean singer Kit Chan, 52, who has three Star Awards Best Theme Songs win to her name, will also be taking the stage that evening, where she would be singing the soundtracks to memorable series over the years.
The red-carpet event will be presented by local hosts Dennis Chew, Herman Keh, Hazelle Teo and Denise Camillia Tan and they will speak to artistes on their pre-show nerves and experiences. Beauty publications Icon and Nuyou's fashion editors will also be giving live commentaries on the red-carpet styles.
The action continues backstage as well with a livestream show with Yes 933 The Daka Show's DJs Jeff Goh, Chen Ning and Gao Meigui, where they will give audiences access to behind-the-scenes and unscripted moments as the artistes prepare for the evening.
On July 6, Backstage Live will be presented from 3.30pm to 10.30pm, Walk of Fame from 5pm to 6.30pm, and the awards show from 7pm to 10pm and Post-Party from 10pm to 10.30pm.
The awards show and Walk of Fame will air on Channel 8, Channel U, Mewatch and the Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube channel, Post-Party will air on Channel U, Mewatch and the Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube channel, while Backstage Live will air on the latter two platforms.
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