Star Awards 2012
Star Awards 2012 was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U. Star Awards 2012 was live broadcast on Channel 8, on 22 and 29 April 2012, and the Post-Show party on Channel U after the broadcast of the second award ceremony.
Similar to the preceding ceremonies since 2010, the ceremony was split into two separate shows. The first show, titled 光辉大赏, which focused on Professional and technical awards as well as showcasing various drama skits to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Chinese Drama Serials. The second show, titled 颁奖礼, was held at the Grand Ballroom in Marina Bay Sands, which focused on main category awards honoring the television series of 2011–12. The first show were hosted by entertainment artistes Dasmond Koh, Michelle Chia, Lee Teng and Vivian Lai, while the second show were hosted by Guo Liang and Taiwanese singer-actress Bowie Tsang.
A [Tale of 2 Cities (TV series)|A Tale of 2 Cities], Love Thy Neighbour and the 2011's remake of the 1987's drama On the Fringe, the latter tying with Devotion for having the most nominations with 12, were tied with the most wins for the ceremony with three for all three series; A Tale of 2 Cities won Favourite Female Character Award on Show 1, and Best Actress and Best Newcomer on Show 2; Love Thy Neighbour won Young Talent and Top Rated Drama Programme awards in Show 1 and Best Supporting Actress in Show 2; the remake won Best Screenplay and Best Drama Editing on Show 1, and Best Drama Serial on Show 2, marking the first television remake to win the award. 20 programs winning at least one award was the largest representation for the number of winning programs in Star Awards history.
Programme details
Source:| Date | Shows | Time | Channel | Venue |
| 22 April 2012 | Star Awards 2012 Show 1 | 7:00pm to 10:00pm | MediaCorp Channel 8 | MediaCorp TV Theatre |
| 29 April 2012 | Star Awards 2012 Walk of Fame | 5:30pm to 6:30pm | MediaCorp Channel 8 | Marina Bay Sands |
| 29 April 2012 | Star Awards 2012 Show 2 | 7:00pm to 10:00pm | MediaCorp Channel 8 Astro AEC | Marina Bay Sands Sands Grand Ballroom |
| 29 April 2012 | Star Awards 2012 Post Show Party | 10:00pm to 11:00pm | MediaCorp Channel U | Marina Bay Sands |
Winners and nominees
Unless otherwise stated, the winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.Show 1
Awards eligible for voting
Online voting for the following four awards ended on 22 April at 8.30pm, while the awards ceremony was being held.
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Other awards
Rocket award
Viewership awards
Show 2
All Time Favourite Artiste
This award is a special achievement award given out to a veteran artiste who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. The award will not be presented in 2013, as there are no recipients with ten Top 10 Most Popular Male or Female Artistes award wins to allow the award to be presented that year.| Tay Ping Hui | ||
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Top 10 awards
The Top 10 Most Popular Male Artists and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artists was decided by a public vote. In a first in Star Awards history, the online voting was introduced and in addition to the traditional telepoll voting, both voting methods now accounted to a 50% weightage towards the overall final result. The voting line closed on 29 April at 9pm while the Show 2 was broadcast.| Note | Description |
| Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. | |
| n | How many of this awards the awardee got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.Summary of nominations and awards (by programme genre)
Most nominations
Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:| Drama Series | Nominations |
| Devotion 阿娣 | 12 |
| On the Fringe 边缘父子 | 12 |
| C.L.I.F. 警徽天职 | 9 |
| Love Thy Neighbour 四个门牌一个梦 | 8 |
| A Song to Remember 星洲之夜 | 8 |
| Kampong Ties 甘榜情 | 7 |
| The Oath 行医 | 7 |
| A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城 | 7 |
| Bountiful Blessings 万福楼 | 4 |
| Secrets For Sale 拍。卖 | 3 |
| The In-laws 麻婆斗妇 | 3 |
| Code of Honour 正义武官 | 1 |
| Variety/Info-ed | Nominations |
| Renaissance 旧欢. 心爱 | 4 |
| Rail Thrill 铁路次文化 | 4 |
| Behind Every Job 2 美差事 苦差事 II | 3 |
| Good Morning Singapore! 早安您好! | 3 |
| Money Week 财经追击 | 3 |
| Mission Possible 小村大任务 | 2 |
| It's a Small World 2 国记交意所2 | 2 |
| Tongue Twister 巧言妙语 | 2 |
| Star Awards 2011 红星大奖2011 | 2 |
| Food Source 2 食在好源头2 | 2 |
| Chef Apprentice 名厨实习生 | 2 |
| Adventures of Chris 阿顺历险记 | 2 |
| Tuesday Report 星期二特写 | 2 |
| Focus 焦点 | 2 |
| Frontline 前线追踪 | 2 |
| Let's Talk 2 你在囧什么?! 2 | 1 |
| HDB Tai Tai 3 HDB 太太3 | 1 |
| Follow Me 跟随我 | 1 |
| Lunar New Year's Eve Special 2011 金兔呈祥喜迎春 | 1 |
| ComChest TrueHearts 2011 公益献爱心 | 1 |
| The SPD Charity Show 2011 真情无障碍 | 1 |
| Culture In A Bowl 吃出一碗文化 | 1 |
| Daddy 101 爸爸秘笈 | 1 |
| Legendary Cuisines II 传说中的料理 II | 1 |
Most wins
| Drama Series | Wins |
| A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城 | 3 |
| Love Thy Neighbour 四个门牌一个梦 | 3 |
| On the Fringe 边缘父子 | 3 |
| Bountiful Blessings 万福楼 | 2 |
| C.L.I.F. 警徽天职 | 2 |
| A Song to Remember 星洲之夜 | 1 |
| Code of Honour 正义武官 | 1 |
| Devotion 阿娣 | 1 |
| The In-laws 麻婆斗妇 | 1 |
| The Oath 行医 | 1 |
| Variety/Info-ed | Wins |
| Focus 焦点 | 2 |
| Renaissance 旧欢. 心爱 | 2 |
| Food Source 2 食在好源头2 | 1 |
| Good Morning Singapore! 早安您好! | 1 |
| It's a Small World 2 国记交意所2 | 1 |
| Let's Talk 2 你在囧什么?! 2 | 1 |
| Mission Possible 小村大任务 | 1 |
| Rail Thrill 铁路次文化 | 1 |
| Star Awards 2011 红星大奖2011 | 1 |
| Tuesday Report 星期二特写 | 1 |
''Star Awards 2012 – Blazing The Trail''
Star Awards 2012 - Blazing The Trail was a four 15-minute episode series premiered on 25 March 2012 from 10:30pm every Sundays. The series provided details of the award nominees of Star Awards 2012, leading up to the ceremony airing on 22 April.Trivia
Consecutive nominees and awardees, firsts in Top 10
- The nominees for the "Best Current Affairs Presenter" award are the same throughout three consecutive years since 2010; while the nominees for the "Best News Presenter" award are the same from last year. Each award was received by two awardees this year.
- Mark Lee received the Best Variety Show Host award after not winning one in 2011.
- The public voting awards for drama categories, Most Favourite Female Character and Most Favourite Male Character, were respectively won by Rui En and Elvin Ng for the second straight year.
- *Additionally, both aforementioned artistes went on to win the Most Favourite Onscreen Couple award.
- *The latter, Ng, won his second consecutive Systema Charming Smile Award.
- Pierre Png, Ben Yeo, Rebecca Lim and Paige Chua won the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes award for the first time, while Quan Yi Fong not being nominated for the award for the first time.
- *Cynthia Koh's second Top 10 win ended a drought of not winning a Top 10, with the last win happened in 1997.
Addition and changes of awards categories
- This year's Star Awards reintroduced the "Best Newcomer" award, which was last presented in 2009.
- The "Most Favourite Variety Onscreen Partner" was changed to "Most Favourite Variety Show Host", which reduced the number of nominees by half, this year.
30th drama anniversary
- As part of the MediaCorp Channel 8's anniversary special celebrating 30 years of Chinese language drama in Singapore, past SBC/TCS/MediaCorp stars such as Chen Xiuhuan, Yang Libing, Moses Lim, Jack Neo, Jacelyn Tay, Vincent Ng, Sharon Au and Huang Biren were invited as special guests and awards presenters.
Other trivia
- Footage of Tay Ping Hui and Bryan Wong winning the Best Actor and Favourite Host respectively were seen in a skit in Star Awards 2015 Show 1.
- Footage of Dennis Chew winning the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes was seen in a skit in Star Awards 2015 Show 1, except that he jumped for a total of four times in the footage instead of two.