Singapore popularity contests

Since 2004, major popularity-cum-performance contests were held and aired on television. This is a list of popularity contests.

2004

Singapore Idol Season 1 (2004)

The Singaporean version of the singing contest American Idol, Singapore Idol has the same gameplay and crowns the winner Taufik Batisah, who has released two albums.

Host(s) : Gurmit Singh

Champion : Taufik Batisah (has released 2 albums)

1st-Runner Up : Sylvester Sim (has released 1 album)

2005

Star Idol (2005-06)

The acting contest was intended to replace the original Star Search Singapore competition. Star Idol garners the most amount of viewers among all major popularity contests of 2006.

Host(s) : Bryan Wong, Kym Ng

Champion : Bryan Wong Yuan Li (has acted in 1 drama)

1st-Runner Up : Leo Lam

2nd-Runner Up : Kang Cheng Xi (has starred in 1 drama)

SuperHost (2005-06)

Singapore expands talent searching to find the best hosts of the country.

Host(s) : Quan Yi Fong

Champion : Lin Cui Fang (has hosted several variety shows)

1st-Runner Up : Lee Teng (has hosted numerous variety shows; won Best Info-Ed Host Award at the Star Awards 2012)

Project SuperStar Season 1 (2005)

This contest is a Chinese singing competition where males are separated from females to compete against one another before each winner meets each other at the grand finals.

Host(s) : Quan Yi Fong, Jeff Wang

Champion : Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (has released 1 album)

1st-Runner Up : Kelly Poon (has released 3 albums)

2006

Singapore Idol Season 2 (2006)

The quest continues with this major contest. The response during the auditions were overwhelming and this contest released two personal magazines regarding the Top 12.

Host(s) : Gurmit Singh, Daniel Ong

Champion : Hady Mirza (has released 1 album)

1st-Runner Up : Jonathan Leong

Campus SuperStar Season 1 (2006)

The first major popularity performance contest to have teenage contestants in Campus SuperStar, the school version of Project SuperStar. The only differences are of the grand finals were 4 contestants compete instead of 2.

Host(s) : Dasmond Koh, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto

Champion : Ng Chee Yang (has contributed to 1 compilation)

1st-Runner Up : Teresa Tseng (has contributed to 1 compilation)

Project SuperStar Season 2 (2006-07)

The competition is back with the second season after grooming a total of 4 celebrities out of alumni of the first season.

Host(s) : Quan Yi Fong, Jeff Wang

Champion : Daren Tan Sze Wei

1st-Runner Up : Lydia Tan Di Ya

SuperBand (2006)

Music can be performed by more than one artiste, and SuperBand is held to find the best band there could be.

Host(s) : Milk, Jeff Wang, Belinda, Lin Cui Fang

Champion : Mi Lu Bing (has released 1 album and contributed to 3 compilation)

1st-Runner Up : Soul

2007

The Dance Floor (2007)

The Dance Floor pits groups of dancers in the dance floor dancing, while only 1 will named as official champion

Host(s) : Mark Van Cuylenberg, Glenn Ong, Jade Seah

Champion : Vas & Pris

Runner up(s) : Soul Fusion, Fantasic Four, Platinum, Melvin & Sharon

Campus SuperStar Season 2 (2007)

The first major popularity performance contest to have teenage contestants in Campus SuperStar, the school version of Project SuperStar. The only differences are of the grand finals were 4 contestants compete instead of 2.

Host(s) : Dasmond Koh, Pornsak

Champion : Shawn Tok (has contributed to 1 compilation)

1st-runner up : Keely Wee (has contributed to 1 compilation)

S-pop Hurray (2007-08)

A music composition contest that will be held in November 2007.

Similarities and Differences

Commonly, all contests have the contestants performing (a song, a drama act, a hosting procedure etc.), then promoting their vote number for audiences and fans to dial.

Announcement of Results

Usually, the results of the shows are announced later on the same night of broadcast. Results for Singapore Idol are announced 24 hours later, whereas for Project SuperStar, the results are announced on the 2nd night for each week's broadcast.

This is a list of methods to announce results:

Name of Contest	Method of announcing results
Singapore Idol 1 & 2	Verbal announcement by host Gurmit Singh
Project SuperStar 1 & 2	Computerized image shuffle
Star Idol	Light Chambers (contestants enter light chambers that will flick either red or green light) Green lights represent safety.
SuperHost	'Death Cards' (fellow contestants will vote on who will be eliminated. The votes are made public by putting cards of 'death'. The votes are for either the worst-performing contestant or worst-popularity contestant.)
Campus SuperStar 1 & 2	Computerized image shuffle
SuperBand	Light Floors (band groups stand on a floor tile that shines light of red or green)

Theme Songs

In some contestants, theme songs are recorded and played during the contest. The contests are Project SuperStar 1-2, Campus SuperStar and SuperBand.