Project SuperStar season 1
The first season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 22 June 2005 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner and runner-up received a talent management contract with Play Music and Universal Music Singapore respectively, together with MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip were employed as the judges for the season.
On 1 September 2005, winner of the male category Kelvin Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season with a 64%-36% final vote, with female category winner Kelly Poon as the overall runner-up.
This season saw a profound success, and was introduced to a few contestants who would later become successful artistes: Darryl Yong who would later become a full-time Mediacorp artiste after participating another competition, Star Search, five years later in 2010, as well as Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Derrick Hoh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto and Hagen Tan, all of which became profound musicians in Singapore. The season also introduced Leon Lim, who would go on to finish as runner-up in the second season of MasterChef Singapore, 16 years later in 2021.
Development
Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.Finalists
Key:| Act | Age | Occupation | Gender/Category | Result |
| Kelvin Tan 陈伟联 | 23 | Freelance musician | Male | Winner |
| Kelly Poon 潘嘉丽 | 22 | Flight attendant | Female | Runner-up |
| Chew Sin Huey 石欣卉 | 24 | Unemployed | Female | Category Runner-up |
| Hong Jun Yang 洪俊扬 | 23 | Student | Male | Category Runner-up |
| Silver Ang 洪子惠 | 19 | Optometrist | Female | Category 3rd place |
| Derrick Hoh 何维健 | 19 | Unemployed | Male | Category 3rd place |
| Jason Tan 陈国强 | 26 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 4th place |
| Candyce Toh 杜慧萍 | 25 | Bank officer | Female | Category 4th place |
| Chia Wei Choong 谢维聪 | 21 | Unemployed | Male | Category 5th place |
| Ruth Chua 蔡诗妮 | 18 | Student | Female | Category 5th place |
| Macy Guo 郭美汐 | 24 | Financial advisor | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Lai Li Jun 黎俐君 | 21 | Undergraduate | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Sebastian Leong 梁伟强 | 18 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Leon Lim 林昱志 | 18 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chanel Pang 冯靖莹 | 19 | Unemployed | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Hagen Tan 陈孟奇 | 24 | Composer | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chen Jia Xin 陈家欣 | 22 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Raymond Chua 蔡义伟 | 26 | Manufacturing engineer | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Sugianto 潘嗣敬 | 23 | Unemployed | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Candy Tan 陈靖颖 | 21 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| William Tan 陈耀榕 | 22 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Sandra Ter 戴爱玲 | 21 | Unemployed | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Darryl Yong 杨子文 | 20 | Unemployed | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Wendy Zhuo 卓慧玲 | 23 | Marketing administrator | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
Live shows
Live show details
Week 1: Quarter-final 1 (22/23 June)
- Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Week 2: Quarter-final 2 (29/30 June)
- Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Week 3: Quarter-final 3 (6/7 July)
- Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Week 4: Quarter-final 4 (13/14 July)
- Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Week 5: Wildcard round (20/21 July)
- Themes: Contestant duets; no theme
Week 6: Semi-final 1 (27/28 July)
- Themes: "Slow" song; "fast" song
- Group performance: "C'est Si Bon"
Week 7: Semi-final 2 (3/4 August)
- Theme: Oldies remakes
- Group performance: "冬天里的一把火"
Week 8: Semi-final 3 (10/11 August)
- Theme: Songs from local drama series; songs by local artist
- Group performance: "一起走到"
Week 9: Category final (17/18 August)
- Themes: "Slow-to-fast transition" songs; English songs; winner's single
- Group performance: "制造浪漫"
Week 10: Final prelude (24/25 August)
Note: For some unknown reason, Candy Tan was absent from the show.Week 11: Final (1 September)
- Themes: "Crowd control" songs; unplugged songs; JJ Lin duets; newly penned songs; winner's song
- Group performances: "Super Star", "风云变色" / "野蛮游戏" / "爱的Bubble", "Guardian Angel", "感谢你用心爱我", "屋顶", "My Anata" / "808" / "痛快"
- Musical guest: JJ Lin
The song was later re-released as 下雪, with the same tune but different lyrics, and is sung by A-do.
The performance featured backing vocals from Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey, Chanel Pang, Sandra Ter, and Candyce Toh.