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 on 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 ceremony saw the first season of GeTai Challenge and The Dream Makers II, became the biggest winners of the respective ceremonies, with the records set and streaks broken. Notably, The Dream Makers II made unprecedented records during the ceremony, notably becoming the second drama in history to win to earn such distinction on winning all five major acting categories.
Programme details
Backstage achievement awards (红星大奖2016之幕后英雄颁奖礼)
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 (上半场)
Special Awards
All-Time Favourite Artistes
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 戚玉武 | | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Rui En 瑞恩 | | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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 (下半场)
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 (红星大奖2016庆功宴)
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 II 志在四方II |
| 16 | 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 II 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 | 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 |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.Show 1
Presenters
Performers
Show 2
Presenters
Performers
Video snippets
In commemoration of the first Star Awards ceremony held in the new MediaCorp campus, nomination videos shown for show 2 begin with a short 15-second snippet of a performer playing an instrument which was shot either at the Gardens by the Bay or at the new MediaCorp campus.| Name | Instrument | Associated Award For | Featured Quote |
| Li Wei Ting 李炜婷 Lin Wang Chun 林泓椿 | Flute | Best Theme Song | "正声雅音 笔下生花" |
| Seah Xi Qing 谢喜晴 Lou Linhh 陈嘉灵 | Saxophone | Young Talent Award | "含苞吐萼 初露锋芒" |
| Yvonne Tay 郑怡雯 from Ding Yi Music Company | Guzheng | Best Supporting Actress | "牡丹绿叶 初露锋芒" |
| Tan Qing Lun 陈庆伦 from Singapore Chinese Music Federation | Dizi | Best Supporting Actor | "锦花修草 蓄势待发" |
| Toh Kai Xiang 卓开祥 from Ding Yi Music Company | Hand Drum | Best Drama Serial | "春风杨柳 风行水上" |
| Loon Shi Zong 伦显宗 | Trumpet | Best Actor | "划破天际 不同凡响" |
| Flame of the Forest | Tabla, Musical Keyboard and Sitar | Best Actress | "棋逢对手 惺惺相惜" |
Ceremony Information
Awards categories
- Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Programme Host were merged into a new category of Best Programme Host, due to similar presentation style.
- This is the first ceremony to introduce the Best Evergreen Artiste, and the voting category Bioskin Flawless Skin Award.
- This is the first known year where the nominations for Best Theme Song and Best Drama Serial are the same.
- This was the final ceremony the online Favourite award categories were held.
- *Jeanette Aw was nominated again for Favourite Female Character and Favourite Onscreen Couple. Initially, Aw stated that she expressed her intention to remove her name from the nominations due to her winning six voting-based awards, but Mediacorp declined her request as the awards were determined though online voting, and still requiring her to participate.
- This was the first ceremony in which the awards for the Top 10 Artistes were presented in separate shows instead of single show, with the female artistes awarded in show 1, and the male artistes on show 2.
- *It was also the first ceremony the main awards were split into two shows, each focusing on Variety/Info-ed and Drama, respectively.
- *Due to none of the artiste won their ninth Top 10 Popular Artiste title at the time after the ceremony, 2018 was thus became the third ceremony, after 2007 and 2013, to not present the All-Time Favourite Artiste since its category inception in 2004.
Nomination firsts
- First-time nominees included Bonnie Loo, Edwin Goh, Ian Fang, Romeo Tan, Sheila Sim, Jeffrey Xu and Ya Hui for the Top 10 awards.
- Aileen Tan, Chen Tianwen, Jesseca Liu, Pan Lingling, Kate Pang, Zhang Yaodong and Zhang Zhenhuan were nominated for the Top 10 awards after not nominated for the category last year.
- *Chen Tianwen was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2002, marking the longest absence by any returning artiste so far at 13 years.
- Liu was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award for the first time since 2010. Between 2010 and 2015, she left Mediacorp to join HIM International Music due to the contract expiry, but later returned to Mediacorp last year after she recently signed a new acting contract.
Consecutive and records in award categories, first in Top 10
- The Dream Makers II set numerous records during the night's ceremony:
- *The series set the largest count of nominations for a ceremony in a single year with 26, surpassing the first series's 21 from the 2014 ceremony.
- *The series also set a record on winning the most awards for a ceremony in a single year with 12, surpassing both the first series and The Little Nyonya, both with nine wins.
- *The series became the first drama to win every awards they nominated, except for Favorite Male Artiste and Top Rated Drama Series.
- *The series became the second drama to earn the distinction in which the drama won all five major acting categories, with the first being 2003's drama Holland V.
- Jayley Woo, Aloysius Pang and Jeffrey Xu won the Top 10 awards for the first time, alongside Jesseca Liu, Dennis Chew, Zhang Yaodong, Zhang Zhenhuan and Zheng Geping, who neither were nominated nor won last year.
- Elvin Ng became the seventh All-Time Favourite Artiste to win the award with ten consecutive Top 10 Male Favourite Artiste wins. Ng, along with Joanne Peh and Quan Yi Fong, were to conferred said award in the following year's ceremony.
- For the first time since 2010, Star Awards ended a five-consecutive winning streak for the Best Variety Special category, losing to the first season of GeTai Challenge.
Other trivia
- Part 1, Part 2 and Post-Show Party are the second, third and fourth 'live' variety specials in Mandarin respectively to be held at the Theatre@Mediacorp, after Lions Charity Show 2016.
- Despite being the two-part program, this was the first ceremony since 2009 the Backstage Awards were presented outside the award ceremony. This was also the last ceremony to host a two-part ceremony since its format was revamped in 2010.
Controversy
- Professional and programme awards will only be given out when there are at least 10 candidates from 2014 onwards. Even though Channel 8 News & Current Affairs already had at least ten news presenters by the end of 2015, the Best News Presenter award, which was suspended along with the Best Current Affairs Presenter award, were still absent for the third consecutive ceremony.
- *The Best Newcomer award was also suspended due to the lack of candidates, but it will return again in the 2018 ceremony, two years later.
[Star Awards 2017] nominations
| Award | Accolade | Representative work | Result |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 红星大奖2016 星光大道 | |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 红星大奖2016 上半场 | |
| Star Awards 2017 红星大奖2017 颁奖典礼 | Best Variety Special | Star Awards 2016 红星大奖2016 下半场 |