Star Awards 2006 is a television awards ceremony telecast in 2006 as part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The ceremony, alongside the Walk-of-fame and the Post-show party, were held on 10 December 2006 in Singapore and was hosted by Guo Liang and Taiwanese host Patty Hou.

Star Awards 2006
红星大奖2006
Date10 December 2006
LocationSt James Power Station
CountrySingapore
Hosted byGuo Liang (Ceremony)
Patty Hou (Ceremony)
Dasmond Koh (Prelude and Post-show)
Christina Lin (Prelude only)
Highlights
Most awardsDrama:
The Shining Star (3)
Variety/Info-ed:
Home Decor Survivor (2)
Most nominationsDrama:
The Shining Star (7)
Variety/Info-ed:
Home Decor Survivor
Property Classified (2 each)
Best DramaThe Shining Star
Best Variety ShowHome Decor Survivor
Best ActorLi Nanxing
Best ActressIvy Lee
All-time Favourite ArtisteChen Liping
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 8
MediaCorp Channel U (Post-show)
Runtime180 mins (both presentations)
60 mins (Post-show)
30 mins (Prelude)
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This year saw precedents in Star Awards history: it was the second ceremony in Star Awards history that the ceremony was held outside the Caldecott Hill since the 1996 ceremony, where it was instead held on a pub at St James Power Station (a pub near VivoCity); it was also the first Star Awards ceremony (of the only seven) to be awarded the Best Variety Special in 2007.

Winners and nominees

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Unless otherwise stated, winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Backstage Achievement Awards Ceremony

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As like preceding ceremonies, Professional and Technical Awards were presented before the main ceremony via a clip montage due to time constraints. The lists of winners are only reflected in the table.

Best Director 最佳导演
  • Chong Liung Man 张龙敏 – C.I.D.
Best Screenplay 最佳剧本
Best Variety Set Design 最佳综艺布景设计
Best Variety Clothing Design 最佳综艺服装设计
  • Annie Chua Yi Jun 蔡宜君 – Ren Ci Charity Show 2006 仁心慈爱照万千2006
Best Opening Title 最佳开场设计
Best Promotional Video 最佳宣传短片
  • Lim Swee Shia 林瑞霞 – Its Showtime! 全民创意争霸赛
Best Variety Research Writer 最佳综艺资料撰稿
Best Promotional Video 最佳宣传短片
  • Teo Kim Kee 张琴棋 – Never Say Die (Finals) 永不言败 大决赛
Best News Story 最佳新闻报道
Best Current Affairs Story 最佳时事报道
  • Focus 焦点 – Gao Xingjian Experience in Paris 高行健巴黎接触

Main Ceremony

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Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧
Best Variety Programme 最佳综艺节目
  • Home Decor Survivor 摆家乐
    • Dollar and Sense 神机妙算
    • My Star Guide 我的导游是明星
    • Property Classified 吉屋出售
    • Where the Queue Starts 排排站, 查查看
Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目
  • Ren Ci Charity Show 2006 仁心慈爱照万千2006
    • Campus SuperStar (Grand Final)
    • Its Showtime! (Grand Final) 全民创意争霸赛 大决赛
    • SuperBand (Grand Final)
    • Star Idol (Grand Final) 明星偶像 大决赛
Best Info-Ed Programme 最佳资讯节目
  • Y Do You Care! 惊叹号!
    • Art Of War 孙子智慧
    • Of Rites And Rituals 我们的大日子
    • TR Report: Good Man Good Deed 2 特写:好人好事2
    • TR Report: Heirloom Recipe V 特写:家传菜5 - 异国风味
Best Actor 最佳男主角
Best Actress 最佳女主角
Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角
Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角
Best Variety Show Host 最佳综艺主持人
  • Bryan Wong 王禄江 – Home Decor Survivor 摆家乐
    • Mark LeeProperty Classified 吉屋出售
    • Kym NgLove Bites 缘来就是你
    • Quan Yi FongWhat's Art? 什么艺思?
    • Ben YeoIt's Showtime! 全民创意争霸赛
Best News / Current Affairs Presenter 最佳新闻播报/时事主持人
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖
Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲

Special Award

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All Time Favourite Award

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This award is a special achievement award given out to artiste(s) who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. The award will not be presented in 2007, as there are no recipients with ten Top 10 Most Popular Male or Female Artistes award wins to allow the award to be presented that year.

All Time Favourite Artiste
超级红星
Chen Liping 陈莉萍 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005

Viewership Awards

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Top 10 Highest Viewership Dramas Award 十大最高收视率电视剧
  1. Love Concierge 爱的掌门人
  2. Measure of Man
  3. A Million Treasures
  4. Women of Times
  5. Love at 0 °C
  6. C.I.D.
  7. An Enchanted Life
  8. The Shining Star
  9. The Undisclosed
  10. House of Joy
Top Rated Variety Program 最高收视率综艺节目

Popularity Awards

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Awards eligible for voting

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Most Popular Newcomer Award 最受欢迎新人
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Bold Top 10 winners
n Recipient's accumulated number of awards
Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category.
10 Recipient won his/her tenth Top 10 award and would be awarded the "All-time Favourite Artiste" on the following year's ceremony.
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
Artistes Top 18 Top 16 Top 14 Top 12 Top 10
Dasmond Koh
Julian Hee
Kelvin Tan 1
Gurmit Singh} 4
Edmund Chen} 6
Terence Cao
Huang Wenyong
Adrian Pang
Guo Liang
Mark Lee 8
Elvin Ng 1
Vincent Ng 1
Chen Shucheng
Dennis Chew
Qi Yuwu 3
Christopher Lee 8
Bryan Wong 4
Tay Ping Hui 6
Chen Hanwei
Marcus Chin
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
Artistes Top 18 Top 16 Top 14 Top 12 Top 10
Pan Lingling
Joanne Peh
Fiona Xie 2
Kym Ng} 3
Xiang Yun} 7
Rui En 2
Patricia Mok
Bukoh Mary 巫许玛莉
Priscelia Chan
Quan Yi Fong 2
Yvonne Lim
Jacelyn Tay
Jesseca Liu 1
Huang Biren 9
Michelle Chong
Michelle Chia 3
Jeanette Aw 4
Ivy Lee
Chew Sin Huey
Felicia Chin 1

Presenters and performers

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The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Artistes / Special guests Presented / Performed
Angie Chiu
Francis Ng
Presented Best Drama Serial
Judges of Project SuperStar:
Billy Koh 许环良
Lee Wei Song 李伟菘
Li Feihui
Anthony Png 方钟桦
Dawn Yip 叶佩芬
Presented Best Variety Show
Anthony Bao 包小松
Tino Bao 包小柏
Presented Best Variety Special
Dylan Kuo
Joe "Joseph" Cheng
Presented Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor
CEO, MediaCorp
Lucas Chow 周永强
Gave out All-Star Favourite Artiste
Mavis Hee Presented Best Newcomer
KPMG Singapore associate
李诗莹
Gave presenter result list
Hee Theng Fong 许廷芳 Presented Best News / Current Affairs Presenter
Chi-Chien Kuo 郭子乾
Tai Chih-yuan
Presented comedic skit and Best Variety Show Host
Kong Jiu 九孔 Performed "天上人间" (as Fei Yu-ching 费玉清), "心太软" (as Richie Jen 任贤齐) and "不变的心" (as Fei) as entrance performance during comedic skit
Francis Ng 吴镇宇 Presented Best Actress
Angie Chiu
Melvin Wong 黃錦燊
Presented Best Actor
Tony Sun
Zax Wang 王仁甫 (from 5566)
Presented Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
Nick Cheung
Jessica Hsuan
Presented Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes

Television spinoff

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An eight-week half-hour series, titled Star Awards Up-close premiered on Tuesdays 8:30 pm from 17 October until 5 December, focusing on the award show leading up to the actual show on 10 December, along with presentation of 'side awards' (not an actual award). The weekly popularity results for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes were announced as well. The series was hosted by Dasmond Koh and Christina Lin.

Ceremony

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Professional and Technical Awards were presented before the main ceremony via a clip montage due to time constraints. The main awards were presented during the ceremony.

Criticism

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The ceremony for Star Awards 2006 received mixed reception, however, criticisms were surfaced from the technical, camera and backstage crew, ranging from technical problems (i.e. lack of sound control, or display glitches) to management (i.e. time management and area allocation, the latter did receive complaints from the audiences watching from the mosh pit and free standing areas).

St. James Power Station, which was selected as the venue, was also criticised by viewers, citing that the venue was too small to host award ceremonies as artistes and audience were either squeezed in or forced out of the venue due to limited space. However, four other venues outside the MediaCorp Studios at Caldecott studios (1996's World Trade Centre, 2010–11's Resorts World Sentosa, 2012–13's Marina Bay Sands and 2014's Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre) were much more favourable in hosting live performances since, specifically Star Awards.

The nominations also saw controversies whereas the potential artistes, notably Aileen Tan, who had two leading roles, failed to receive nominations for both Best Actresses and the Top 10 Most Favourite artiste, in the place for singers Kelvin Tan, Candyce Toh and Chew Sin Huey, all of which were nominated for the first time. This led to outrage by Tan's detractors, who claimed that she has taken on stereotype roles, particular that of fierce, angry and constantly screaming characters too many times, which could have impacted her nomination chances.

During the award ceremony, both the acceptance speeches for Tay Ping Hui (Tay unnecessarily extended for an extended duration, causing host Bryan Wong was unable to finish his speech on time) and Huang Yiliang (Huang making remarks unsuitable for audiences) had resulted in complaints lodged by the viewers. The guest presenters were also heavily criticised in terms on jokes, leading MediaCorp to force out fans from entering the pub.

The adjustment of the ratio for the "Top 10 Most Favourite Artistes" received mixed reviews about the 50% allocation of the final results, which was done in August 2006 by a survey of about 600 Singaporeans. The reviews ranging from advantages assumed by newer artistes, but also a bit of criticism when rumours were spread on why Kelvin Tan Wei Lian lost by some votes in the weekly survey results. Despite this, the 50% allocation would later be returned in Star Awards 2018, and revised where it was done on a derivation of 1,000 votes.

Awards

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2007 Star Awards Best Entertainment Special Programme Won
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