Star Awards 2016
Star Awards 2016 is a double television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U.
This was the first Star Awards ceremony to be held on the new campus at Stars Avenue after its relocation happened in December 2015; for the first time since 2009, the technical awards were not broadcast on television.
The nominations were announced were announced on 1 February 2016 and the Most Favorite Artistes on 3 March 2016 at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, with the results announced during the ceremonies on 17 and 24 April 2016; for the first time in the ceremony's history, both shows placed emphasis for variety and drama programs, and the Top 10 Most Favorite Artists were separately awarded, respectively.
The first season of GeTai Challenge won three awards in the Info-ed category, including the Variety Program and Variety Special, and becoming the first show other than Star Awards to win the Variety Special for the first time since 2010. In drama category, the second season of The Dream Makers broke several records during the ceremony by winning an unprecedented 12 awards out of 26 nominations, and become the second drama series to sweep all five major acting categories after Holland V in 2003.
Programme details
Backstage achievement awards
These technical awards were presented in Mandarin Orchard Singapore on 21 March 2016, and snippets of it were shown on the third episode of the prelude on 15 April 2016.Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Show 1
Special awards
All-Time Favourite Artiste awards
This award is a special achievement award given out to artiste who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. Top 10 winning years the recipients were awarded together are highlighted in boldface.| Qi Yuwu | |
| Rui En |
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
The Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes are decided by telepoll and online voting, which carries a 50% weightage of the combined total score each. The telepoll lines were announced on 3 March 2015 in a press conference at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, along with the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. Voting for the Female Artistes opened from 4 March, and ended at 8:30 pm on 17 April.The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.
| Note | Description |
| Italic | New to list. |
| Bold | Top 10 winners |
| Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. | |
| n | How many of this awards the recipient got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
Show 2
The nominees and representative titles are listed in alphabetical name order, unless otherwise stated. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
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Special awards
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
Like the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes, the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes are decided by telepoll and online voting. Voting for the Male Artistes opened from 4 March, and ended at 8:30 pm on 24 April.The nominees are listed in telepoll line order. The results of the Top 10 awards are not in any rank order.
| Note | Description |
| Italic | New to list. |
| Bold | Top 10 winners |
| Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. | |
| n | How many of this awards the recipient got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
Post show party
Rui En was unable to collect the award as she left the venue after the award ceremony due to her gastric problem.
Summary of nominations and awards (by programme genre)
Most nominations
Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:| Nominations | Drama |
| 26 | The Dream Makers 志在四方II |
| 16 | The Journey: Our Homeland 信约：我们的家园 |
| 11 | 118 |
| 6 | Crescendo 起飞 |
| 6 | Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 |
| 5 | Hand in Hand 手牵手 |
| 4 | Super Senior 长辈甜心 |
| 4 | You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使 |
| 3 | Good Luck 百岁大吉 |
| 2 | A Blessed Life 吉人天相 |
| 2 | Sealed with a Kiss 吻我吧，住家男 |
| 1 | Let It Go 分手快乐 |
| Nominations | Variety/Info-ed |
| 5 | GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量 |
| 3 | Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3 |
| 3 | Star Awards 2015 红星大奖2015 |
| 2 | Face Off! 这样是怎样? |
| 2 | Focus 焦点 |
| 2 | Frontline 前线追踪 |
| 2 | SPD Charity Show 2015 真情无障爱 |
| 2 | The Games We Played 那些年，我们一起玩的游戏 |
| 2 | The Successor 锁住味道 |
| 2 | Tuesday Report 星期二特写 |
| 1 | The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递 |
Most wins
| Wins | Drama |
| 12 | The Dream Makers 志在四方II |
| 2 | Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 |
| 1 | 118 |
| 1 | Let It Go 分手快乐 |
| 1 | Super Senior 长辈甜心 |
| 1 | The Journey: Our Homeland 信约：我们的家园 |
| 1 | You Can Be an Angel Too 你也可以是天使 |
| Wins | Variety/Info-ed |
| 3 | GeTai Challenge 歌台星力量 |
| 2 | Love on the Plate 3 名厨出走记3 |
| 1 | Frontline 前线追踪 |
| 1 | The Joy Truck 3 快乐速递 |
| 1 | Tuesday Report 星期二特写 |