Campus SuperStar is a Singaporean television music competition to find new singing talent. Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The first season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 2 January, 2006 and ended on 3 April, 2006. The original lineup of judges were Foong Wai See, Cavin Soh and Peter Tan. Li Feihui was brought in as the fourth judge in the first week of semi-final. Hong Junyang, Dasmond Koh and Sugianto hosted the show.
The male category winner, Ng Chee Yang, a sixteen-year-old student from Hwa Chong Institution, was named the inaugural winner of Campus SuperStar, with female category winner Teresa Tseng from CHIJ Katong Convent named the runner-up. Ng received a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000.
Judges and hosts The original lineup of judges for season one were Y.E.S. 93.3FM programme director Foong Wai See, actor and singer Cavin Soh as well as vocal coach Peter Tan. From the first semi-final round, singer and songwriter Li Feihui brought in as the fourth judge. MediaCorp host Dasmond Koh, as well as Project SuperStar finalists Hong Junyang and Sugianto were announced as the hosts for the show.
Selection process Applications and first auditions The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore. Auditionees must remain as a student in Singapore throughout the entire competition, from November 2005 to April 2006. Auditions in front of the judges for season 1 took place at Toa Payoh HDB Hub. The first auditions were held on the level 3 of Junction 8 Shopping Centre from 19 to 22 November. There were approximately 4,000 students applied to take part in the auditions. At the end of the first round of auditions, successful auditionees were put through by the judges to the second round of auditions.
Second auditions The second auditions took place at MediaCorp. The second auditions were held closed-door and there were five judges judging the contestants. At the end of the auditions, a small number of contestants were put through to the third and final round of the auditions.
Third auditions The third and final round of auditions were held on 13 December, 2005, once again at Junction 8 Shopping Centre. At the end of the third auditions, the judges would select 10 contestants each from the male and female categories to form the final 20. The contestants who were selected as the final 20 were put through to the live shows.
Finalists Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Gender/Category runner-up – Semi-finalist – Advanced via Wildcard
ActAge(s)SchoolGender/CategoryResultNg Chee Yang 黄智阳16Hwa Chong InstitutionMaleWinnerTeresa Tseng 曾詠霖15CHIJ Katong ConventFemaleRunner-upRenfred Ng 黄业伦15Peicai Secondary SchoolMaleCategory Runner-upGeraldine See 史心莹17ITE College WestFemaleCategory Runner-upAdriano Wong 黄俊辉17Temasek Secondary SchoolMaleCategory 3rd placeClara Tan 陈慧伶15Dunman High SchoolFemaleCategory 3rd placeHong Yu Yang 洪裕阳16Manjusri Secondary SchoolMaleCategory 4th placeNg Imm Khim 黄韵琴13East Spring Secondary SchoolFemaleCategory 4th placeChen Yi Yuan 陈义元15Presbyterian High SchoolMaleCategory 5th placeYvonne Chua 蔡嘉航16Victoria Junior CollegeFemaleCategory 5th placeChoo Siew Ping 朱秀苹15Guangyang Secondary SchoolFemaleCategory 6th-10th placeSheena Goh 吴佩思17Saint Andrew's Junior CollegeFemaleCategory 6th-10th placeShermaine Goh 吴佩音17Tampines Junior CollegeFemaleCategory 6th-10th placeHo Chee Mun 何梓文17Saint Andrew's Junior CollegeMaleCategory 6th-10th placeAlejandro Hou Lu 侯卓荣15Bendemeer Secondary SchoolMaleCategory 6th-10th placeKoh Bee Kwee 高美贵16Temasek Junior CollegeFemaleCategory 6th-10th placeLee Yin Wei 李尹维15Raffles InstitutionMaleCategory 6th-10th placeKenneth Lim 林沛荣18ITE College WestMaleCategory 6th-10th placeNg Yang Ce 黄扬策15Jurong Secondary SchoolFemaleCategory 6th-10th placeSamuel Tan 陈志龙17Nanyang Junior CollegeMaleCategory 6th-10th place
Live shows The live shows began on 2 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Monday at 8pm and the results were announced on the same night at 11.30pm. Each live show had a different theme.
The live final included performances from Nicholas Teo and Project SuperStar season one winner Kelvin Tan. Lee Shih Shiong and Lee Wei Song were brought in as guest judges during the live final as well.
Results summary Colour key –Contestant did not perform –Contestant received the lowest judges' score –Contestant received the lowest combined total and was eliminated –Contestant received the highest judges' score or combined total
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Round 1 Round 2 PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS Ng Chee Yang2nd(B)20.5Safe(B) 3rd(B)18.5Safe(B)1st(B)21.5Safe(B) 1st(B)32.0Safe(B)2nd(B)29.0Safe(B)1st(B)35.5Safe(B)1st(B)48.51st(B)53.7%1st51.0Winner61.0% Teresa Tseng 1st(G)22.5Safe(G) 1st(G)23.0Safe(G)1st(G)22.0Safe(G) 1st(G)30.5Safe(G) 1st(G)29.5Safe(G)1st(G)34.0Safe(G)1st(G)48.51st(G)51.1%2nd45.539.0% Renfred Ng4th(B)17.5Safe(B) 4th(B)17.0Safe(B) 3rd(B)18.0Safe(B) 5th(B)22.0Safe(B)1st(B)30.0Safe(B)3rd(B)26.5Safe(B)2nd(B)41.02nd(B)46.3% Eliminated(week 12) Geraldine See1st(G)21.5Safe(G) 3rd(G)18.0Safe(G) 2nd(G)21.03rd(G) Eliminated(week 5)1st(G)21.01st(G)3rd(G)27.0Safe(G) 4th(G)24.0Safe(G)3rd(G)27.5Safe(G)2nd(G)42.52nd(G)48.9% Eliminated(week 12) Adriano Wong 1st(B)19.5Safe(B)2nd(B)19.5Safe(B) 2nd(B)18.53rd(B)1st(B)22.01st(B) 2nd(B)30.0Safe(B)4th(B)25.0Safe(B)2nd(B)30.03rd(B) Eliminated(week 11) Clara Tan 5th(G)16.5Safe(G) 4th(G)17.5Safe(G)3rd(G)18.5Safe(G) 4th(G)22.5Safe(G) 3rd(G)26.0Safe(G)2nd(G)29.03rd(G) Eliminated(week 11) Hong Yu Yang 4th(B)17.5Safe(B) 4th(B)17.0Safe(B) 3rd(B)16.5Safe(B) 3rd(B)28.0Safe(B)3rd(B)28.04th(B) Eliminated(week 10) Ng Imm Khim2nd(G)20.0Safe(G) 2nd(G)20.5Safe(G) 1st(G)21.5Safe(G) 2nd(G)29.5Safe(G) 2nd(G)29.04th(G) Eliminated(week 10) Chen Yi Yuan1st(B)21.5Safe(B) 1st(B)21.5Safe(B) 1st(B)19.5Safe(B) 4th(B)25.55th(B) Eliminated(week 9) Yvonne Chua5th(G)17.0Safe(G) 1st(G)20.0Safe(G) 2nd(G)19.0Safe(G) 5th(G)22.05th(G) Eliminated(week 8) Ng Yang Ce 4th(G)17.0Safe(G)4th(G)16.5Safe(G) 3rd(G)17.03rd(G)4th(G)17.0Bottom five(G) Not returned(week 7) Lee Yin Wei2nd(B)20.5Safe(B) 1st(B)20.5Safe(B) 2nd(B)21.03rd(B) Eliminated(week 5)3rd(B)18.0Bottom five(B) Not returned(week 7) Samuel Tan 3rd(B)18.5Safe(B) 2nd(B)19.54th(B) Eliminated(week 4)2nd(B)19.0Bottom five(B) Not returned(week 7) Sheena Goh 2nd(G)17.5Safe(G) 3rd(G)18.04th(G) Eliminated(week 4)3rd(G)18.0Bottom five(G) Not returned(week 7) Kenneth Lim 2nd(B)19.0Safe(B)3rd(B)18.54th(B) Eliminated(week 3)4th(B)16.5Bottom five(B) Not returned(week 7) Shermaine Goh4th(G)18.0Safe(G) 2nd(G)18.54th(G) Eliminated(week 3)6th(G)16.5Bottom five(G) Not returned(week 7) Alejandro Hou Lu 4th(B)17.55th(B) Eliminated(week 2)4th(B)16.5Bottom five(B) Not returned(week 7) Koh Bee Kwee 2nd(G)17.55th(G) Eliminated(week 2)2nd(G)18.5Bottom five(G) Not returned(week 7) Ho Chee Mun5th(B)17.05th(B) Eliminated(week 1)6th(B)16.0Bottom five(B) Not returned(week 7) Choo Siew Ping3rd(G)19.05th(G) Eliminated(week 1)4th(G)17.0Bottom five(G) Not returned(week 7)
Live show details Week 1: Quarter-final 1 (2 January) Theme: No theme + Contestants' performances on the first live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Ng Imm Khim 1 "爱的主打歌"6.56.07.019.5 Safe Shermaine Goh 2 "幸福的地图"6.05.56.518.0 Safe 3 "宁夏"6.06.56.519.0 Eliminated Yvonne Chua 4 "Fly Away"5.55.56.017.0 Safe Geraldine See 5 "解脱"7.07.07.521.5 Safe Male category Ng Chee Yang 1 "普通朋友"6.56.57.520.5 Safe Chen Yi Yuan 2 7.07.07.521.5 Safe Ho Chee Mun 3 "安静"5.55.06.517.0 Eliminated Lee Yin Wei 4 "简单爱"7.07.06.520.5 Safe Renfred Ng 5 "爱上未来的你"5.56.06.017.5 Safe
Week 2: Quarter-final 2 (9 January) Theme: No theme + Contestants' performances on the second live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Sheena Goh 1 "理想情人"6.05.56.017.5 Safe Koh Bee Kwee 2 "燕尾蝶"6.05.56.017.5 Eliminated Clara Tan 3 "最熟悉的陌生人"5.54.56.516.5 Safe Teresa Tseng 4 "灰姑娘"7.07.58.022.5 Safe Ng Yang Ce 5 "Cappuccino"6.05.06.017.0 Safe Male category Kenneth Lim 1 "我还能爱谁"6.56.06.519.0 Safe Samuel Tan 2 "Piano"6.06.56.018.5 Safe Adriano Wong 3 7.06.06.519.5 Safe Hong Yu Yang 4 "爱的就是你"5.55.56.517.5 Safe Alejandro Hou Lu 5 "找自己"5.06.56.017.5 Eliminated
Week 3: Quarter-final 3 (16 January) Theme: No theme + Contestants' performances on the third live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Geraldine See 1 "真实"5.55.57.018.0 Safe 2 "你的微笑"6.06.06.518.5 Eliminated Ng Yang Ce 3 "依然是朋友"5.54.56.516.5 Safe Yvonne Chua 4 "再一次拥有"7.06.56.520.0 Safe Male category Lee Yin Wei 1 "借口"6.07.07.520.5 Safe Kenneth Lim 2 5.56.07.018.5 Eliminated Renfred Ng 3 "花香"5.06.06.017.0 Safe Adriano Wong 4 "凌晨三点钟"7.06.06.519.5 Safe
Week 4: Quarter-final 4 (23 January) Theme: No theme + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Clara Tan 1 "海滩"6.05.06.517.5 Safe Ng Imm Khim 2 "心动"7.06.57.020.5 Safe Sheena Goh 3 "Don't Stop"5.56.06.518.0 Eliminated Teresa Tseng 4 "路"8.07.57.523.0 Safe Male category Samuel Tan 1 "翅膀"6.06.57.019.5 Eliminated Hong Yu Yang 2 "爱我还是他"5.55.06.517.0 Safe Chen Yi Yuan 3 "除此之外"7.07.07.521.5 Safe 4 6.06.06.518.5 Safe
Week 5: Quarter-final 5 (6 February) Theme: No theme Group performances: "不想长大" (performed by Geraldine See, Clara Tan and Teresa Tseng) and "爱的初体验" (performed by Lee Yin Wei, Ng Chee Yang and Renfred Ng) + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Teresa Tseng 1 "暧昧"7.57.57.022.0 Safe Clara Tan 2 6.06.06.518.5 Safe Geraldine See 3 "舍得"7.07.07.021.0 Eliminated Male category Lee Yin Wei 1 "男人.海洋"6.57.57.021.0 Eliminated Renfred Ng 2 "星晴"6.06.06.018.0 Safe 3 "二十二"7.57.07.021.5 Safe
Week 6: Quarter-final 6 (13 February) Theme: No theme Group performances: "野蛮游戏" (performed by Yvonne Chua, Ng Imm Khim and Ng Yang Ce) and "C'est Si Bon" (performed by Chen Yi Yuan, Hong Yu Yang and Adriano Wong) + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category Ng Yang Ce 1 5.55.06.517.0 Eliminated Yvonne Chua 2 "幸德瑞拉"7.55.56.019.0 Safe Ng Imm Khim 3 "他和她的故事"7.57.07.021.5 Safe Male category Chen Yi Yuan 1 "幸福车站"6.56.07.019.5 Safe Adriano Wong 2 "你不在"6.56.06.018.5 Eliminated Hong Yu Yang 3 "很想你"5.55.06.016.5 Safe
Week 7: Wildcard round (20 February) Theme: No theme Group performances: "天灰" (performed by Choo Siew Ping, Sheena Goh, Shermaine Goh, Koh Bee Kwee, Ng Yang Ce and Geraldine See) and "眼泪的味道" (performed by Ho Chee Mun, Alejandro Hou Lu, Adriano Wong, Lee Yin Wei, Kenneth Lim and Samuel Tan) The first twelve contestants who were eliminated from the first six live shows returned to the stage to perform for the Wildcard round. The contestant who received the highest combined score from either the male and female categories would be reinstated from the competition. + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result CS PT WS Total Female category 1 6.05.55.517.0 Koh Bee Kwee 2 "丝路"7.06.55.018.5 Not revived Shermaine Goh 3 "你快乐吗"5.55.06.016.5 Not revived Sheena Goh 4 "不想让你知道"6.05.56.518.0 Not revived Geraldine See 5 "High High High"7.07.07.021.0 Revived Ng Yang Ce 6 "当你"6.05.06.017.0 Not revived Male category Ho Chee Mun 1 "手放开"5.05.55.516.0 Not revived Alejandro Hou Lu 2 "爱很简单"5.06.05.516.5 Not revived Kenneth Lim 3 "疯狂世界"6.05.55.016.5 Not revived Samuel Tan 4 "恋爱ING"6.56.56.019.0 Not revived Lee Yin Wei 5 "孙悟空"6.06.55.518.0 Not revived Adriano Wong 6 "嫁给我"7.58.06.522.0 Revived
Week 8: Semi-final 1 (27 February) Theme: No theme