Star Awards for Best Programme Host

The Star Awards for Best Programme Host is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.

Star Awards for Best Programme Host 最佳综艺及资讯节目主持人
Awarded for	Best Performance by a Host for a Programme
Country	Singapore
Presented by	Mediacorp
First awarded	2016
Most recent winner	Quan Yi Fong / Hear U Out S4 (2024)
Most awards	Quan Yi Fong (5)
Most nominations	Quan Yi Fong (9)

The category was introduced in 2016, at the 22nd Star Awards ceremony; Lee Teng received the award for his performance in Love on the Plate 3 and it is given in honour of a Mediacorp host who has delivered an outstanding performance in a variety show, info-ed or infotainment programme. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.

The award combined the previous categories for Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Programme Host. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the award ceremony organising committee's wish to eliminate the distinctions between variety and info-ed programme hosting performances.

Since its inception, the award has been given to three hosts. Quan Yi Fong is the most recent winner in this category for her performance in Hear U Out S4. Since the ceremony held in 2022, Quan remains as the only host to win in this category five times. In addition, Quan has been nominated nine times (with a double nomination in 2021), more than any other host. Guo Liang holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with six.

Recipients

Year	Host	Work title	Nominees
2016	Lee Teng	Love on the Plate 3	Guo Liang — What Your School Doesn't Teach You Kate Pang — Face Off! Pornsak — Ge Tai Challenge Quan Yi Fong — Celeb's Curated Collections
2017	Quan Yi Fong	Markets in Asia	Guo Liang — Your Thoughts, Please Lee Teng — The 4 Chefs Desmond Ng — BENGpire Bryan Wong — Hear Me Out 2
2018		Unique Lodging	Felicia Chin — Going Miles, Spreading Smiles Guo Liang — Voices Lee Teng — Fixer Kym Ng — Ah Ma Can Cook
2019		Fixer 2	Chen Hanwei — Away with My BFF Dennis Chew — Dennis Uncovers Desmond Ng — Thrift Hunters Bryan Wong — Hear Me Out 4
2021		Hear U Out	Chen Hanwei — House Everything? Guo Liang — The Destined One 2 Kym Ng — Ah Gong Can Cook Quan Yi Fong — YiFong & Eleanor's Kitchen Cavin Soh — King of Culinary 2 Tung Soo Hua — Be My Guest 2
2022		Hear U Out S2	Guo Liang — The Inner Circle Ke Le — Curious City Desmond Ng — Curious City Kym Ng — Old Taste Detective 2
2023	Christopher Lee	Dishing with Chris Lee	Dennis Chew — Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories @ Singapore Sightings Darren Lim — A Night Under the Stars Quan Yi Fong — Hear U Out 3 Bryan Wong — Old Taste Detective 3
2024	Quan Yi Fong	Hear U Out S4	Chen Shucheng — Foodie Trio Guo Liang — The Zoe and Liang Show Darren Lim — Fixer 4 Kym Ng — Old Taste Detective 4

Nominees distribution chart

Colour key

	Host won the award
	Host was nominated for the award
	Host was not nominated for the award
	Host is currently nominated for the award

Host	Year								Wins	Noms
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024
Quan Yi Fong	N	1	2	3	4	5	N	6	6	9
Lee Teng	1	N	N						1	3
Christopher Lee							1		1	1
Guo Liang	N	N	N		N	N		N	0	6
Kym Ng			N		N	N		N	0	4
Desmond Ng		N		N		N			0	3
Bryan Wong		N		N			N		0	3
Chen Hanwei				N	N				0	2
Dennis Chew				N			N		0	2
Darren Lim							N	N	0	2
Kate Pang	N								0	1
Pornsak	N								0	1
Felicia Chin			N						0	1
Cavin Soh					N				0	1
Tung Soo Hua					N				0	1
Ke Le						N			0	1
Chen Shucheng								N	0	1

Award records

Record	Host	Count	Remarks
Most wins	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	6 wins	2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Most nominations		9 nominations	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Longest gap between wins		2 years	2019–2021
Shortest gap between wins (consecutive wins)		1 year	2017–2018 2018—2019 2021—2022
Most nominations before first award		1 nomination	Won first award (2nd nomination) in 2017
Most nominations without a win	Guo Liang 郭亮	6 nominations	2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Longest gap between nominations	Dennis Chew 周崇庆	4 years	2019–2023
	Bryan Wong 王禄江
Most consecutive nominations	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	9 nominations	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Won at first nomination	Lee Teng 李腾	2 hosts	2016
	Christopher Lee 李铭顺		2023
Nominated twice in the same year	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	1 host	2021
Won Best Variety Show Host and Best Programme Host			2005, 2014 (Best Variety Show Host) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (Best Programme Host)
Won Best Info-Ed Programme Host and Best Programme Host	Lee Teng 李腾	2 hosts	2012 (Best Info-Ed Programme Host) 2016 (Best Programme Host)
	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤		2015 (Best Info-Ed Programme Host) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (Best Programme Host)
Nominated for Best Newcomer/Rising Star and Best Programme Host in the same year	—
Received All-Time Favourite Artiste and won Best Programme Host in the same year	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	1 host	2017
Nominated for Evergreen Artiste and Best Programme Host in the same year	—

Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals received two or more Best Programme Host awards:

Wins	Host	Nominations
6	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤	9

The following individuals received two or more Best Programme Host nominations:

Nominations	Host
9	Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤
6	Guo Liang 郭亮
4	Kym Ng 鐘琴
3	Lee Teng 李腾
	Desmond Ng 黄振隆
	Bryan Wong 王禄江
2	Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮
	Dennis Chew 周崇庆
	Darren Lim 林明伦