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:
ActAgeOccupationGender/CategoryResult
Daren Tan 陈世维23National servicemanMaleWinner
Lydia Tan 陈迪雅21UndergraduateFemaleRunner-up
Nat Tan 陈铿百20National servicemanMaleCategory Runner-up
Carrie Yeo 杨佳盈25Account executiveFemaleCategory Runner-up
Averil Chan 陈诗韵22UndergraduateFemaleCategory 3rd place
Kelvin Soon 孙文海25Lead singerMaleCategory 3rd place
Michelle Lew 刘若雯24Personal financial consultantFemaleCategory 4th place
Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声25UnemployedMaleCategory 4th place
Maxilian Chan 曾裕淑19StudentFemaleCategory 5th place
Jon Toh 卓坊林27Sales executiveMaleCategory 5th place
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀25BartenderMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健19StudentMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Jeremy Kwan 官镜瀚23UndergraduateMaleCategory 6th-8th place
Charlotte Loh 罗凤仪25Banking product controllerFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Sheila Ou 欧千瑜21Service officerFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Dawn Wong 黄川美22Bank executiveFemaleCategory 6th-8th place
Anson Goh 吴幸荣27Sales associateMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱24UndergraduateMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Lee Her Ching 李何菁23Pharmaceutical specialistFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Kenny Lim 林道文22Customer management executiveMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊19StudentFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Jeff Teay 谢子伟26Civil servantMaleCategory 9th-12th place
Veron Yang 杨雪妮24Human resource executiveFemaleCategory 9th-12th place
Mag Yeong 杨艳宜22UnemployedFemaleCategory 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
The eight contestants who were eliminated from the third and fourth quarter-finals returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. The contestant who received the highest combined score from either the male and female categories would be reinstated from the competition.

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)

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:
ContestantOrderSongsJudgesScoreResult
Daren Tan1"寂寞的季节"59%Winner
Daren Tan3"我的麦克风"'59%Winner
Daren Tan5"Sway"59%Winner
Daren Tan7"你快乐所以我快乐"59%Winner
Daren Tan9"靠近"'59%Winner
Lydia Tan2"纸飞机"'41%Runner-Up
Lydia Tan4"Dream A Little Dream Of Me"41%Runner-Up
Lydia Tan6"You Make Me Wanna"'41%Runner-Up
Lydia Tan8"Get High"41%Runner-Up
Lydia Tan10"征服"41%Runner-Up
Lydia Tan-----