Star Awards 2025 celebrates 30th anniversary with every All-Time Favourite Artiste reuniting on stage, Entertainment News
Themed Walking Through Time Together, this year's awards show celebrates its 30th anniversary and is banking on nostalgia.
In a press conference today (May 20), Mediacorp announced it has invited all winners of the All-Time Favourite Artiste award for a grand on-stage reunion. The award is given to celebrities who have won the Top 10 Most Popular category 10 times, and recipients include Chew Chor Meng, Li Nanxing, Zoe Tay and Xie Shaoguang. Actress Yvonne Lim and host Pornsak will be inducted this year.
Another highlight would be the Walk of Fame, where viewers will get to play fashion police as they vote for the evening's Best Dressed through interactive on-screen polls.
The celebrations will spill over to the Backstage Live Commentary Marathon and the Post-Show Party, which will be making its return since 2019.
Voting for this year's Star Awards begins today. Below are some categories and the nominees. Best Actor Andie Chen Born to Shine Christopher Lee Kill Sera Sera Gavin Teo To Be Loved Qi Yuwu
Once Upon A New Year's Eve Richie Koh Coded Love Chantalle Ng Hope Afloat Felicia Chin I Do, Do I? Hong Ling Unforgivable Jesseca Liu Unforgivable Jessica Hsuan Kill Sera Sera Chen Hanwei Unforgivable Chen Shucheng Unforgivable Guo Liang To Be Loved Pierre Png Moments Xu Bin Kill Sera Sera Cynthia Koh Hope Afloat Lynn Lim Kill Sera Sera Meixin Born to Shine Tasha Low Coded Love Ya Hui Coded Love Herman Keh House Everything S3 Joey Tay Yes 933 TikTok Live Juin Teh Unforgivable Tyler Ten Unforgivable Ye Jia Yun Uniquely Ours Chen Ning The Daka Show Hazelle Teo The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio Pan Jia Biao Capital 958 Wake Up Call Kenneth Chung The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio Zhu Zeliang The Night is Young Yeah Born to Shine Kill Sera Sera Once Upon a New Year's Eve To Be Loved Unforgivable
The My Pick Awards! segment includes six categories, including The Show Stealer, Favourite CP and Most Emotional Character.
Among the six are three new ones presented by the award show's partners, including the Bioskin Most Charismatic Award, BYD Favourite Male Character Award and BYD Favourite Female Character Award.
Voting for the My Pick Awards! will be from May 26 to June 15. Favourite CP Chantalle Ng and Zhang Zetong Hope Afloat Xu Tianqing and Cheng Changfeng Ferlyn Wong and Tyler Ten I Do, Do I? Jiang Yihua and Ma Jiabao Paige Chua and Desmond Tan Moments Gu Yuexin and Zhan Hefeng Jesseca Liu and Qi Yuwu Once Upon a New Year's Eve Zhou Chenxi / Yuan Jie and Cai Yiren Xixi Lim and James Seah The Blockbusters Bree and YY The Show Stealer Richie Koh Coded Love Lu Xiaoming Chantalle Ng Hope Afloat Xu Tianqing Qi Yuwu Once Upon a New Year's Eve Cai Yiren Jesseca Liu Unforgivable Gao Shuya Hong Ling Unforgivable Guan Lin Most Emotional Performance Cheryl Chou Furever Yours Zhang Wenyu Qi Yuwu Once Upon a New Year's Eve Cai Yiren Liu Ling Ling To Be Loved Liu Junhong Jesseca Liu Unforgivable Gao Shuya Hong Ling Unforgivable Guan Lin Bioskin Most Charismatic Award Chantalle Ng He Ying Ying James Seah Jeremy Chan Zhang Zetong
For the BYD Favourite Male Character Award, some of the 35 nominees include Andie Chen for his role in Born to Shine, Desmond Tan in Moments, Jeffrey Xu in Coded Love, Romeo Tan in Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting III and Shane Pow in Unforgivable.
For the BYD Favourite Female Character Award, some of the 31 nominees include Carrie Wong for her role in Coded Love, Paige Chua in both Moments and Furever Yours, Sheryl Ang in To Be Loved and Tay Ying in The Blockbusters.
Fans voting for the BYD awards may emerge as winners themselves too, standing a chance to win a BYD Sealion 7 valued at S$94,888.
The winner will be be selected via an electronic draw witnessed by independent auditors.
Star Awards 2025 will be broadcast live on Channel 8, Channel U, Mewatch and the Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel on July 6. Backstage Live begins at 3.30pm, Walk of Fame at 5pm, the award ceremony at 7pm, and the Post-Party at 10pm.
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