Project SuperStar season 2
The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season.
On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up. Tan was also the first previously eliminated contestant on Project SuperStar to win the competition.
The competition also introduced to Jeremy Chan who would later become a full-time Mediacorp actor, runner-up Tan and Carrie Yeo would later form into a duo band The Freshmen, and Kelvin Soon, a prominent singer-songwriter.
Development
Season 2 was broadcast from 8 November 2006 to 4 February 2007. When the auditions are launched in early September, over 6,000 aspirants came to audition, breaking the record of all star-searching contests in Singapore.The finalist were announced on an unknown date. Singer-songwriter Tay Kewei was originally selected as one of the final 24 finalists, but was later disqualified due to contractual violation. She was replaced by Sheila Ou, a contestant who was originally eliminated in the round three auditions.
Finalists
Key:| Act | Age | Occupation | Gender/Category | Result |
| Daren Tan 陈世维 | 23 | National serviceman | Male | Winner |
| Lydia Tan 陈迪雅 | 21 | Undergraduate | Female | Runner-up |
| Nat Tan 陈铿百 | 20 | National serviceman | Male | Category Runner-up |
| Carrie Yeo 杨佳盈 | 25 | Account executive | Female | Category Runner-up |
| Averil Chan 陈诗韵 | 22 | Undergraduate | Female | Category 3rd place |
| Kelvin Soon 孙文海 | 25 | Lead singer | Male | Category 3rd place |
| Michelle Lew 刘若雯 | 24 | Personal financial consultant | Female | Category 4th place |
| Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声 | 25 | Unemployed | Male | Category 4th place |
| Maxilian Chan 曾裕淑 | 19 | Student | Female | Category 5th place |
| Jon Toh 卓坊林 | 27 | Sales executive | Male | Category 5th place |
| Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 | 25 | Bartender | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健 | 19 | Student | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Jeremy Kwan 官镜瀚 | 23 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 6th-8th place |
| Charlotte Loh 罗凤仪 | 25 | Banking product controller | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Sheila Ou 欧千瑜 | 21 | Service officer | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Dawn Wong 黄川美 | 22 | Bank executive | Female | Category 6th-8th place |
| Anson Goh 吴幸荣 | 27 | Sales associate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱 | 24 | Undergraduate | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Lee Her Ching 李何菁 | 23 | Pharmaceutical specialist | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Kenny Lim 林道文 | 22 | Customer management executive | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊 | 19 | Student | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Jeff Teay 谢子伟 | 26 | Civil servant | Male | Category 9th-12th place |
| Veron Yang 杨雪妮 | 24 | Human resource executive | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
| Mag Yeong 杨艳宜 | 22 | Unemployed | Female | Category 9th-12th place |
Live show details
Week 1: Quarter-finals 1 (22/23 November)
- Theme: No Theme
Week 3: Quarter-finals 3 (6/7 December)
- Theme: Retro Night
Week 4: Quarter-finals 4 (13/14 December)
- Theme: Retro Night
Week 5: Wildcard Round (20/21 December)
- Theme: No theme
Week 6: Semi-Finals 1 (4/5 January)
- Theme: Medley of slow and dance songs
Week 7: Semi-Finals 2 (11/12 January)
- Theme: Oldies night
Week 8: Semi Finals 3 (18/19 January)
- Theme: Theme songs from local dramas and films
Week 9: Category Final (25/26 January)
- Theme: Songs to get to the finals, English songs, Winner's single
Week 11: Finals (4 February)
- Theme: Unplugged song, Jazz song, Hip-hop song, Rock song, Winner's song
- Group performances:
| Contestant | Order | Songs | Judges | Score | Result |
| Daren Tan | 1 | "寂寞的季节" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 3 | "我的麦克风" | ' | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 5 | "Sway" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 7 | "你快乐所以我快乐" | — | 59% | Winner |
| Daren Tan | 9 | "靠近" | ' | 59% | Winner |
| Lydia Tan | 2 | "纸飞机" | ' | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 4 | "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" | — | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 6 | "You Make Me Wanna" | ' | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | 8 | "Get High" | 41% | Runner-Up | |
| Lydia Tan | 10 | "征服" | — | 41% | Runner-Up |
| Lydia Tan | - | - | - | - | - |