Star Awards for Best Newcomer

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

Star Awards for Best Newcomer
最佳新人
Current: Star Awards 2021
Awarded forBest Performance by a Newcomer
CountrySingapore
Presented byMediaCorp
First awarded1994
Currently held byJasmine Sim 沈家玉
Doppelganger 入侵者 (2019)

The category was introduced in 1994, at the 1st Star Awards ceremony as two separate awards; Yao Wenlong received the award as the Most Popular Male Newcomer award while Ivy Lee received the Most Popular Female Newcomer award and both were given in honour of a MediaCorp male and female newcomer who were deemed as the most popular among the television audience. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by MediaCorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. Between 1995 and 2006, the category eliminated the distinctions between male and female newcomers and was given as a single award under the name of Most Popular Newcomer.

From 2007, the award went through a major revamp and was renamed as Best Newcomer. It was changed from being a popularity award to a professional award, and is given in honour of a MediaCorp newcomer who has delivered an outstanding performance in their field of profession. Similar to the Most Popular Newcomer award, the nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by MediaCorp; but the winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel. Pornsak is the first winner of the newly revamped category.

The nominees for this award were selected without any reference to their respective work titles – with the exception of 1995, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021 when the newcomers were nominated together with the work titles which establish the public identity of the newcomers thereafter.

The award was not presented in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017 due to the lack of eligible nominees.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 newcomers. Jasmine Sim is the most recent winner in this category for her role in Doppelganger.

Recipients
Year Newcomer Title (role) Nominees
1994 Yao Wenlong 姚彣隆 N/A
Ivy Lee 李锦梅
1995 Fann Wong 范文芳 Chronicle of Life 缘尽今生
(Fang Ling 方玲)
  • Bernard Tan 陈传之 — Bond of Love 情网 (Song Wenhui 宋文辉)
  • Michelle Chia 谢韵仪 — Strange Encounters 3 奇缘3之灶神 (Lin Fengjie 林凤姐)
  • Thomas Ong 王沺裁 — Love at Last 真心男儿 (Huang Jiawei 黄家伟)
  • Raymond Yong 杨信权 — Chronicle of Life 缘尽今生 (Zhou Zhiheng 周志衡)
1996 Phyllis Quek 郭妃丽 N/A
1997 James Lye 赖兴祥
1998 Evelyn Tan 陈毓芸 A Place to Call Home 薯条汉堡青春豆
(He Yiwen 何依雯)
  • Jerry Chang 常铖 — The New Adventures of Wisely 卫斯理传奇 (Qi Bai 齐白 / Da Wei 大卫)
  • Henry Chong 钟应时 — Starting Point 青春列车 (Lin Tianhong 林天鸿)
  • Amanda Ho 何芸珊 — Starting Point 青春列车 (Li Zu'er 李祖儿)
  • Huang Feixiang 黄飞翔 — The Test of Time 三年零八个月 (Fu Mingyi 傅明义)
  • Huang Guoliang 黄国良 — Starting Point 青春列车 (Liu Jicheng 刘集成)
  • Andi Lim 林伟文 — Starting Point 青春列车 (Chen Kunsheng 陈坤生)
  • Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 — Starting Point 青春列车 (He Xinjie 何芯婕)
  • Michelle Liu 刘铃铃 — Starting Point 青春列车 (Zhong Yamin 钟雅敏)
  • Vincent Ng 翁清海 — Sword and Honour 铁血男儿 (Tianci 天赐)
  • Joey Swee 徐绮 — The Test of Time 三年零八个月 (Zhou Ailing 周爱菱)
  • Florence Tan 陈秀丽 — Immortal Love 不老传说 (Fang Jiawen 方嘉文 / Lu Wenyan 卢文烟 / Qiu Wenfeng 邱文凤)
  • Sean Tang 陈思恩 — A Place to Call Home 薯条汉堡青春豆 (Chen Haixing 陈海星)
  • Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 — On the Edge: Mr Personality 边缘档案之风度翩翩先生 (Lin Chunming 林春明)
1999 Nick Shen 沈炜竣 My Grandpa 公公，你的名字好难叫
(Fang Zhenhua 方振华)
  • Apple Hong 洪乙心 — P.I. Blues 乌龙档案 (Chen Anqi 陈安琪)
  • Carol Tham 谭淑君 — My Grandpa 公公，你的名字好难叫 (Xiaona 小娜)
  • Samantha Toh 卓淑怡 — P.I. Blues 乌龙档案 (Deng Jiali 邓家丽)
2000 Dasmond Koh 许振荣 N/A
2001 Fiona Xie 谢宛谕
  • Bukoh Mary 巫许玛莉
  • Gan Woan Wen 颜婉雯
  • Michelle Liow 廖莹莹
  • Pierre Png 方展发
  • John Wong 王德远
2002 Jeanette Aw 欧萱
  • Zully Le 乐瑶
  • Lim Leng Kee 林灵芝
  • Jaime Teo 赵彩聆
  • Allan Wu 吴振天
2004 Joanne Peh 白薇秀
2005 Jesseca Liu 刘子绚
  • Julian Hee 许立桦
  • Ezann Lee 李之仪
  • Christina Lin 林佩芬
  • Serene Loo 吕诗琳
2006 Kelvin Tan 陈伟联
2007 Pornsak
2009 Dai Xiangyu 戴向宇
2012 Kate Pang 庞蕾馨 A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城
(Lin Le 林乐)
2013 Ian Fang 方伟杰 Don't Stop Believin' 我们等你
(Bai Zhixiang 白志翔)
2015 Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 N/A
2018 Chantalle Ng 黄暄婷 While We Are Young Z世代
(Huang Li Bai Yun 黄李白云)
  • He Ying Ying 何盈莹 — 118 II (Xiao Dingdong 萧丁冬)
  • Richie Koh 许瑞奇 — When Duty Calls 卫国先锋 (Loke Xian Feng 陆先锋)
  • Hazelle Teo 张颖双 — Dear DJ 亲爱的九月 (Joyce He 何九月)
  • Zong Zijie 宗子杰 — While We Are Young Z世代 (Yang Xiaoshuai 杨小帅)
2019 Jasmine Sim 沈家玉[1] Doppelganger 入侵者
(Li Jiawen 李嘉文)
  • Joel Choo 朱哲伟 — A Million Dollar Dream 给我一百万 (Max)
  • Angel Lim 林汐 — Dream Walkers 梦行者 (Tang Ning 唐凝)
  • Kayly Loh 卢传瑾 — Dream Walkers 梦行者 (Bimbo姐)
  • Michelle Wong 黄怡灵 — Blessings II 祖先保佑 II (Liu Saiwen 刘赛文)
2021 TBA
  • Sheryl Ang 洪丽婷 — All Around You 回路网
  • Ke Le 阳光可乐 — Ah Gong Can Cook 阿公来做饭
  • Herman Keh 郭坤耀 — Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 (Focus)
  • Seow Sin Nee 萧歆霓 — Hawker Academy 小贩学院
  • Benjamin Tan 陈政序 — My Guardian Angels 单翼天使 (Tang Guiqiang 唐贵强)
  • Juin Teh 郑六月 — Interns' Survivor Guide 实习生的生存记 (Juliet)
  • Zhang Ze Tong 张哲通 — A Jungle Survivor 森林生存记 (Zhong Jianting 钟建廷)

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held that year.

References
  1. "Star Awards 2019 Best Newcomer Jasmine Sim Was Told She Was "Wasting Everyone's Time" On The Set Of Doppelganger".
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