Nominees For Star Awards 2025 & How You Can Win A BYD Car By Voting

First things first: Mediacorp’s biggest hit of 2025 so far, Emerald Hill, is not nominated in any category for Star Awards 2025.

The reason? The show’s release date falls outside the official eligibility period (Jan 1 2024 – Dec 31 2024) for this year’s awards and will only be considered for nomination at next year’s Star Awards.

Now that that’s clarified… This year’s Star Awards, to be held at The Theatre at Mediacorp on July 6, marks the show’s 30th anniversary since the inaugural ceremony in 1994.

With 18 awards presented across different categories, several tweaks and updates have been made to this year’s nomination rules.

For starters, artistes nominated for the performance awards, for example, Best Actor and Actress, and with over five years of experience, will also qualify for the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste awards

Similarly, artistes who win the Most Popular Rising Star award thrice will automatically be promoted to the Top 10 Most Popular list.

Repeat nominations for Best Rising Star are now allowed if the artiste has under five years’ experience and hasn’t won an award yet.

Artistes also qualify by starring as a lead or main host in a series (with at least two episodes) or accumulating a total of at least 13 episodes across different roles, including telemovies and countdown shows.

Voting for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes, Most Popular Rising Star, and Best Theme Song kicks off today.

Fans can cast their votes here and support their favourites before the polls close on July 6.

Like last year, Star Awards 2025 will start at 330pm with a Backstage LIVE commentary marathon on mewatch or Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel

Playing fashion police at home can actually mean something

Viewers can now play a bigger role as the artistes walk the red carpet. Apart from just giving their critiques at home, this year, they will be able to vote for the Best Dressed via on-screen interactive polls.

Vote and win a BYD car. Yes, for real. 

For the first time, voting comes with a reward.

Cast your vote in the BYD Favourite Character categories and you could win and drive home a BYD Sealion 7 valued at S$94,888.

Voting will run from May 26 to June 15.

Past All-Time Favourite Award winners to reunite on stage

With Yvonne Lim and Pornsak getting inducted into the All-Time Favourite Artiste list, the group now has 30 faces. 30? Just in time for the 30th anniversary of the Star Awards, we guess.

Mediacorp has invited the past recipients of the award — only stars who have won the Top 10 Most Popular category 10 times have the award — for an on-stage reunion.

At press time, it is not confirmed who will be showing up but previous winners include Zoe Tay, Fann Wong, Christopher Lee, Li Nanxing, Jeanette Aw, and Rui En.

No Gala Night this year… but the After-Party is back

For the past two years, there was a Gala Night to celebrate the winners of the technical awards as well as Best Director, Best Drama Serial, and Best Entertainment Programme, as a precursor to the main show. 

This year, the Post-Show Party is making its return, the first time since 2019.

Look out for excited winners and backstage reactions during this 30-minute segment.

Now, who doesn’t love a good party?

Here are the nominees for the performance categories for Star Awards 2025:

Best Actor

Andie Chen – Born to Shine

Christopher Lee – Kill Sera Sera

Gavin Teo – To Be Loved

Qi Yuwu – Once Upon A New Year’s Eve

Richie Koh – Coded Love

Best Actress

Chantalle Ng – Hope Afloat

Felicia Chin – I Do, Do I?

Hong Ling – Unforgivable

Jesseca Liu – Unforgivable

Jessica Hsuan – Kill Sera Sera

Best Supporting Actor

Chen Hanwei – Unforgivable

Chen Shu Cheng – Unforgivable

Guo Liang – To Be Loved  

Pierre Png  –Moments  

Xu Bin – Kill Sera Sera

Best Supporting Actress

Cynthia Koh – Hope Afloat

Lynn Lim – Kill Sera Sera

Meixin – Born to Shine

Tasha Low – Coded Love

Ya Hui –Coded Love

Young Talent Award 

Camans Kong – Born to Shine

Charlotte Chen – Unforgivable

Elvis Shi – Unforgivable

Goh Wee Ann – Born to Shine

Lincoln Ang – Born to Shine

Best Rising Star

Herman Keh – House Everything S3

Joey Tay – YES 933 TikTok Live

Juin Teh – Unforgivable

Tyler Ten – Unforgivable

Ye Jia Yun – Uniquely Ours

Best Audio Personality 

Chen Ning – The DAKA Show

Hazelle Teo – The Shuang Kunz, Jia Trio

Pan Jia Biao – CAPITAL 958 Wake Up Call

Zhong Kun Hua – The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio

Zhu Zeliang – The Night is Young Yeah

Best Program Host (Entertainment & Infotainment)

Bryan Wong – Makan On Wheels

Christopher Lee – Dishing With Chris Lee S2

Hazelle Teo – Star Awards 2024 – Walk of Fame 红星大奖 2024

Jeremy Chan – Double J BAEcation

Joanne Peh – A Conversation with Minister

Best Drama Serial

Born to Shine

Kill Sera Sera

Once Upon A New Year’s Eve

To Be Loved

Unforgivable

Best Entertainment Programme 

Dishing With Chris Lee S2

King of Culinary 2024 三把刀 S4

Makan On Wheels

Pasar Malam Stars

Star Awards 2024 – Award Ceremony

Best Short-form Infotainment Programme 

Legends of Singapore Comedy

Old Taste Detective 5

Tuesday Report – Restart

Women Behind Bars

World’s Unique Neighbourhoods

Best Short-form Entertainment Programme

Legends of Singapore Comedy

Old Taste Detective 5

Tuesday Report – Restart

Behind Bars

World’s Unique Neighbourhoods

Best Theme Song

Born to Shine – 孺子可教也 performed by Deng Bi Yuan, Lincoln Ang , Bernice Lok, Chen Rui En

I Do, Do I? – 不同世界的你 performed by Ling Kai

Once Upon A New Year’s Eve – 残念 performed by Jim Lim

Unforgivable – 伤口 performed by Jurine Chia Xin Ni

Coded Love – 虚构 performed by Colbie Ong

Best Radio Programme 

CAPITAL 958 – CAPITAL 958 Wake Up Call

LOVE 972 – Breakfast Quartet

LOVE 972 – Mr. Zhou’s Ghost Stories

YES 933 – The DAKA Show 大咖一起来

YES 933 – The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio