Campus SuperStar season 3

Campus SuperStar is a Singaporean television music competition to find new singing talent. Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The third season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 4 January 2009 and ended on 12 April 2009.
Jim Lim and Li Feihui were the two judges from the previous season to return, and was joined by Xiaohan and Ken Tay, who all appeared as judges for the first time. Previous judge Jimmy Ye declined to return. Pornsak, Felicia Chin and Lee Teng hosted the show, while Yuan Shuai was employed as the online correspondent. Yoga Lin, winner of the first season of One Million Star, was invited to be the ambassador of the show.
This was the first season to have a reduced number of finalists from 20 to 12, without equal gender representation, and this season was also notable for being the only season in which the competition have two revival rounds, the 'immunity' and 'sudden-death' eliminations during performance show, an elimination-based sing-off, a non-Chinese contestant was a part of the top 12, and one male and three females represented in the finale, as opposed to two per gender on the past two seasons.
The series was won by Jarod Lee, a 13-year-old student from Ngee Ann Secondary School, and won a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000, beating Rachel Chua, a 14-year-old student from Anglican High School, who was also the first and only contestant to be eliminated and reinstated in the competition twice.

Judges and hosts

Jim Lim was confirmed to be returning to the judging panel after judging season two of the show. Li Feihui was also announced to return for this third year as a judge. Season two judge and vocal coach Jimmy Ye declined to return as a judge for the third season. It was announced that two new judges would be brought in to replace Ye on the judging panel. Award-winning lyricist Xiaohan and singer Ken Tay were instated as the third and fourth judge.
Season two host Pornsak returned to host the show. Former season two host Dasmond Koh left the show and his position was taken over by actress Felicia Chin and SuperHost runner-up Lee Teng. U Are the One winner Yuan Shuai hosted the online streaming programme as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news.

Selection process

Applications and first auditions

The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore. Auditions in front of the judges for season 3 took place in MediaCorp on 8 and 9 November 2008. Applicants are to report to the venue for the audition in their respective school uniforms. Out of 2046 applicants, 141 were put through to the second round of the auditions.

Second auditions

Similar to the first auditions, the second auditions took place in MediaCorp on 15 November 2008. 107 contestants were eliminated at this stage of the competition, leaving 34 to compete in the final round of the auditions.

Third auditions

34 contestants competed at this stage of the competition on 24 November 2008. 22 contestants were eliminated and the remaining 12 were put through to the live shows as finalists. For the first time in Campus SuperStar history, the contestants do not have equal gender representation; eight females and four males advanced to the finals.

Finalists

Key:

Act	Age	School	Result
Jarod Lee 李奕贤	13	Ngee Ann Secondary School	Winner
Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈	14	Anglican High School	Runner-up
Joselin Ng 黄慧婷	15	Chua Chu Kang Secondary School	3rd-4th place
Yap Jia Min 叶嘉敏	15	Anglo-Chinese Junior College	3rd-4th place
Ridhwan Azman	15	Bendemeer Secondary School	5th-8th place
Benita Cheng 郑琪颖	15	Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School	5th-8th place
Mavis Li Li 李李美子	18	Deyi Secondary School	5th-8th place
Rachel Lim 林瑞敏	14	Methodist Girls' School	5th-8th place
Rachael Chang 张慧诗	15	Jurong West Secondary School	9th-12th place
Adrian Jorge 黄力生	15	Manjusri Secondary School	9th-12th place
Jeremy Teng 丁文淞	14	Commonwealth Secondary School	9th-12th place
Shelly Tsai 蔡梦真	14	Hwa Chong International School	9th-12th place

Live shows

The live shows began on 12 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Monday at 8:00pm and the results were announced on the same night at 11:30pm. As with previous seasons, each live show had a different theme. The results show often featured guest performances and sometimes a group performance by the remaining contestants.
On the first live show, sixth live results show and live final, One Million Star season one winner and the show's ambassador Yoga Lin performed. The first live show also featured performances by Singaporean band Mi Lu Bing and singer Olivia Ong. The fourth live results show included performance from One Million Star season 3 fifth runner-up Wong Jing Lun while Project SuperStar season one runner-up Kelly Poon performed on the fifth results show. Project SuperStar season one female runner-up Shi Xin Hui and Malaysian singer Fish Leong performed on the seventh live result show. Project SuperStar season one male second runner-up Derrick Hoh performed on the eighth live results show, while Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth performed on the eleventh and thirteenth. The twelfth live results show and thirteenth live show included performance from Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit. The eleventh and twelfth live shows also featured performance by Singaporean singer Jocie Kwok. Singaporean singer Meixin performed on the thirteenth live show as well. One Million Star season two runner-up Rachel Liang and the winner for the first season of Project SuperStar, Kelvin Tan performed for the live final.
Guest judging roles were brought in during the eighth, twelfth and thirteenth week of the live shows. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip attended the eighth live show, and Singaporean singer Maggie Theng attended the twelfth live show. Lee Wei Song, Kelvin Tan, Wu Jia Ming and Theng attended the thirteenth live show as guest judges as well. During the twelfth week of the live shows, it was announced that judge Jim Lim was unable to present for the live shows due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei. During the week, it was announced that former judge Cavin Soh would replace him as a judge on the show.

Results summary

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Live show details

Week 1: Pre-show concert (4 January)

Theme: Alumni duets/trios
Group performance: "By Now"
Special performance: "只对你有感觉"
Musical guests: Season one and season two top 20 finalists featuring season three hosts and Euphoria Cheerleading Team, Mi Lu Bing, Olivia Ong and Yoga Lin

The top 12 finalists were revealed in this pre-recorded 2-hour special episode, featuring performances from the finalists together with former alumnus from the past seasons.

Contestant	Order	Song
Mavis Li Li	1	"给我感觉"
Jeremy Teng	2	"天天夜夜"
Benita Cheng	3	"你最珍贵"
Yap Jia Min	4	"傻瓜"
Shelly Tsai	5	"热带雨林"
Adrian Jorge	6	"记得爱"
	7
Joselin Ng	8	"爱什么稀罕"
Rachel Lim	9	"一眼瞬间"
Rachel Chua	10	"痛快"
Rachael Chang	11	"恋爱达人"
Jarod Lee	12	"新不了情"

Week 2 (12 January)

Theme: Their representation songs
Sing-off song: "童话"

For the first six weeks of competition, contestants are split into two groups competing in one of the two weeks. This week's sing-off is the only time the elimination is decided by muting one of the microphones.

Week 3 (19 January)

Theme: Their representation songs
Sing-off song: "遗失的美好"

Similar to week 2, contestants compete in one of two groups performing the same theme. Beginning this week, the sing-off eliminates the contestant when their pitch was altered to a lowered pitch.

Week 4 (2 February)

Theme: Their favourite subjects
Musical guest: Wong Jing Lun
Sing-off song: "天黑黑"

Week 5 (9 February)

Theme: Their favourite subjects
Musical guest: Kelly Poon
Sing-off song: "城里的月光"

Week 6 (16 February)

Theme: Songs for their teachers
Musical guest: Yoga Lin
Sing-off song: "安静"

Week 7 (23 February)

Theme: Songs for their teachers
Musical guests: Shi Xin Hui and Fish Leong
Sing-off song: "记得"

Week 8: Wildcard round 1 (2 March)

Theme: Derrick Hoh's challenge
Musical guest: Derrick Hoh
Sing-off songs: "朋友一生一起走" and "老鼠爱大米"

The six singers who were eliminated from the first six live shows returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. Beginning this round, individual scores from the judges are no longer shown, as the scores are shown at the end of all the performances; a scoring quota is also imposed from this round onward, which determines the safety of each of the contestants; one contestant with a higher or lower score will be exempt from the public vote that week. The scoring quota this week is set at 39.0 points. Two contestants will be reinstated from the competition, one with a higher judges' score above the quota, and a second with a higher combined total from the remaining contestants. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip was brought in as the guest judge.
The results show is the only one where two Sing-off songs were decided and a computerized elimination for one singer.

Week 9 (9 March)

Theme: Motivating drama theme songs
Sing-off song: "遇见"

For the next three weeks, two contestants were eliminated from each week of the shows. The quota for the week is 26.
During the live results, Lee and Chai advanced to the next round via a sing-off instead of the traditional computerized result.

Week 10 (16 March)

Theme: Songs for their best friends
Sing-off song: "当你孤单你会想起谁"

The quota for this week is 28. Beginning this round, the altered pitch during the sing-off is adjusted to a higher pitch.
Also during the live results, Chai was chosen via the computerized system, while the rest advanced via the sing-off method.

Week 11: Semi-final (23 March)

Theme: Transmission of love
Musical guests: Jocie Kwok and Da Mouth
Sing-off song: "勇气"

The target quota for this week is 30. The contestant with the lowest score below the quota will face immediate elimination, or the highest score above the quota will be immune from public vote and immediately advance to the finals. Of the two remaining contestants, the combined total determined which singer will advance to the final, and which singer was eliminated.

Week 12: Wildcard Round 2 (30 March)

Theme: Judges' choice
Musical guests: Fahrenheit and Jocie Kwok
Sing-off song: "我无所谓"

At the end of the results show on the previous week, each of the four judges select one eliminated contestant from week 8 to 10 to compete in the second Wildcard Round next week; ultimately, Li Li and Ridzwan were not chosen to compete this round and faced permanent elimination.
The contestant with the highest judges' score would be immune from elimination and was immediately reinstated from the competition; of the remaining three contestants, the contestant with a higher combined total would also be reinstated from the competition. Lim did not appear on the judging panel for week 12 due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei; season one judge Cavin Soh took his place on the panel. Singer Maggie Theng was brought in as the guest judge as well.

Week 13: Final (6/12 April)

6 April

Musical guests: Da Mouth, Meixin and Fahrenheit

All top 12 finalists returned to the stage in this pre-recorded non-elimination performance show. It featured group performances from the finalists as well as a look-back on their journey in the competition.

Contestant	Order	Song
Rachael Chang, Mavis Li Li & Shelly Tsai	1	"特务J"
Benita Cheng, Rachel Lim & Mavis Li Li	2	"站在高岗上"
	3	"小酒窝"
Ridhwan Azman, Adrian Jorge & Jeremy Teng	4

12 April

Themes: Alumni duets: oldies songs; contestant quartet: designated song
Group performance: "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)"
Musical guests: Rachel Liang and Kelvin Tan

Project SuperStar season one winner Kelvin Tan, singer Maggie Theng, music producer and composer Lee Wei Song and Wu Jia Ming were brought in as the guest judges.
12 April

Theme: Winner's song
Musical guests: Yoga Lin
Sing-off song: "Super Star"