Project SuperStar (season 2)
| Project SuperStar | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Broadcast from | 8 November 2006 – 4 February 2007 |
| Judges |
Billy Koh Lee Wei Song Roy Loi Anthony Png Dawn Yip |
| Host(s) |
Quan Yi Fong Jeff Wang |
| Broadcaster | MediaCorp Channel U |
| Finals venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Winner | |
| Daren Tan | |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Song | "靠近" |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Runner-up | |
| Lydia Tan | |
The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show Project SuperStar began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season.
On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up.
Development
Season 2 was broadcast from 8 November 2006 to 4 February 2007. When the auditions are launched in early September, over 6000 aspirants came to audition, breaking the record of all star-searching contests in Singapore.
Finalists
The final 24 finalists were confirmed as follows;
Key:
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| Category | Contestants | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | |||
| Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 25, Bartender |
Chua Wee Jian 蔡伟健 19, Student |
Anson Goh 吴幸荣 27, Sales associate | |
| Huang Shi Yu 黄仕昱 24, Undergraduate |
Jeremy Kwan 官镜瀚 23, Undergraduate |
Kenny Lim 林道文 22, Customer relations management executive | |
| Kelvin Soon 孙文海 25, Pub live band lead singer |
Daren Tan 陈世维 23, National serviceman |
Nat Tan 陈铿百 20, National serviceman | |
| Jeff Teay 谢子伟 26, Civil servant |
Jon Toh 卓坊林 27, Sales executive |
Zhang Le Sheng 张乐声 25, Unemployed | |
| Female | |||
| Averil Chan 陈诗韵 22, Undergraduate |
Maxilian Chan 曾裕淑 19, Student |
Lee Her Ching 李何菁 23, Medical product specialist | |
| Michelle Lew 刘若雯 24, Personal financial consultant |
Charlotte Loh 罗凤仪 25, Banking product controller |
Sheila Ou 欧千瑜 21, Customer service officer | |
| Lydia Tan 陈迪雅 21, Undergraduate |
Tang Ling Yi 汤灵伊 19, Student |
Dawn Wong 黄川美 22, Bank executive | |
| Veron Yang 杨雪妮 24, Human resource executive |
Carrie Yeo 杨佳盈 25, Account executive |
Mag Yeong 杨艳宜 22, Unemployed | |
- Note: Singer-songwriter Tay Kewei was originally selected as one of the final 24 finalists, but was later disqualified due to contractual violation. She was replaced by Sheila Ou, a contestant who was originally eliminated in the round three auditions.
Live shows
- Top 16 : Retro Night: The 1980s to 1990s
- Top 10 : A slow song and a dance item
- Top 8 : Oldies Night: The 1940s to 1970s
- Top 6 : Theme song of a local drama
- Top 6 : Theme song of a movie
- Top 4 : One English song of their choice
- Top 4 : One Chinese song of their choice
- Top 4 : Productions choice, same song, different rendition
- Top 2 : One rock song (will require the finalist to dance, live band will be accompanied)
- Top 2 : One unplugged song (live band will be accompanied)
- Top 2 : One hip-hop song (will require the finalist to dance)
- Top 2 : One jazz/bossa nova song (live band will be accompanied)
- Top 2 : One personally selected pop song (live band will be accompanied)
On 18 January 2007, the 4 finalists competed. Lydia Tan Di Ya emerged as the female champion, with a higher overall score of public votes and judges score, accounting 62.1% as compared to Carrie Yeo's 37.9%. It was a tougher fight for the males, with Daren Tan Sze Wei, the male champion, accounting for 52.72% as compared to Nathaniel Tan's 47.28%. Unlike the 1st season, a contract is only limited to the overall champion, while the rest of the contestants have to wait for recording companies to sign them up.
Daren started off the night with a 60-40 lead in CD single sales. Out of the 5 round of singing, Diya won 3 rounds while Daren won 2 rounds in the hearts of the judges.
Daren won the title of the 2nd season's Singapore Project Superstar with the margin of 59% to Diya's 41%, the closest margin in any star searching competitions held in Singapore at this moment. Previous competition had margins of 61 to 39, 62 to 38, 65 to 35, 64 to 36 and 70 to 30.
Live show details
Quarter-finals 1A
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Kenny Lim | 你记得吗 | 28.5 | OUT |
| M2 | Jeremy Chan | 无能为力 | 27.5 | |
| M3 | Kelvin Soon | Love Story | 35.5 | |
| M4 | Jon Toh | 你不在 | 29.0 | |
| M5 | Huang Shiyu | 爱情树 | 33.0 | OUT |
| M6 | Jeremy Kwan | 翅膀 | 27.0 | |
| F1 | Averil Chan | Fly Away | 30.5 | |
| F2 | Dawn Wong | 祝我生日快乐 | 31.5 | |
| F3 | Maxilian Chan | 隐形的翅膀 | 28.0 | |
| F4 | Carrie Yeo | 平常心 | 32.0 | |
| F5 | Magdalene Yeo | 阴天 | 28.5 | OUT |
| F6 | Veron Yang | 了不起 | 37.5 | OUT |
Quarter-finals 1B
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Chua Weijian | 我还能爱谁 | 32.0 | |
| M2 | Nathaniel Tan | 流沙 | 28.5 | |
| M3 | Zhang Le Sheng | 痊愈 | 36.0 | |
| M4 | Anson Goh | 爱情不能作比较 | 31.5 | OUT |
| M5 | Jeff Teay | Kiss Goodbye | 31.0 | OUT |
| M6 | Daren Tan | 断点 | 28.5 | |
| F1 | Charlotte Loh | 爱情旅程 | 27.5 | |
| F2 | Michelle Lew | 不要骗我 | 34.5 | |
| F3 | Lee Her Ching | 开始懂了 | 27.0 | OUT |
| F4 | Tang Ling Yi | 天边 | 37.0 | OUT |
| F5 | Sheila Ou | 你是我心中一句惊叹 | 27.0 | |
| F6 | Lydia Tan | 讨厌 | 37.5 | |
Quarter-finals 2A
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Zhang Le Sheng | 心碎了无痕 | 41 | |
| M2 | Jeremy Kwan | 伤心的人更伤心 | 30 | OUT |
| M3 | Jon Toh | 用尽一生的爱 | 33.5 | |
| M4 | Daren Tan | 你知不知道 | 36.5 | OUT |
| F1 | Dawn Wong | 听说爱情回来过 | 30 | OUT |
| F2 | Michelle Lew | 我是不是你最疼爱的人 | 35.5 | |
| F3 | Averil Chan | 我一个人住 | 27.5 | |
| F4 | Sheila Ou | 我依然是你的情人 | 27 | OUT |
Quarter Finals 2B
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Jeremy Chan | 暗恋的代价 | 36 | OUT |
| M2 | Nathaniel Tan | 寂寞公路 | 36 | |
| M3 | Chua Wee Jian | 祝福 | 30 | OUT |
| M4 | Kelvin Soon | 爱情傀儡 | 41 | |
| F1 | Maxilian Chan | 走在阳光里 | 26.5 | |
| F2 | Charlotte Loh | 一个人的我依然会微笑 | 30 | OUT |
| F3 | Lydia Tan | 难以抗拒你容颜 | 31.5 | |
| F4 | Carrie Yeo | 心情 | 29.5 | OUT |
Revival Round
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Jeremy Kwan | 黑色幽默 | 26 | |
| M2 | Chua Wee Jian | 曾经爱你永远爱你 | 30 | |
| M3 | Daren Tan | 把你宠坏 | 41.5 | REVIVED |
| M4 | Jeremy Chan | 精舞门 | 33 | |
| F1 | Sheila Ou | High High High | 28.5 | |
| F2 | Charlotte Loh | 我不难过 | 23 | |
| F3 | Carrie Yeo | 我要快乐 | 34.5 | REVIVED |
| F4 | Dawn Wong | Beautiful Love | 40.5 |
Semi-Final 1
| Index | Name | Song 1 | Song 2 | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Jon Toh | Piano | 编号 89757 | 29.5 | OUT |
| M2 | Kelvin Soon | 最近 | 天亮以后说分手 | 38 | |
| M3 | Zhang Le Sheng | 中箭 | 龙的传人 | 34.5 | |
| M4 | Nathaniel Tan | 世界唯一的你 | 波间带 | 42 | |
| M5 | Daren Tan | 白色风车 | 呛司呛司 | 43 | |
| F1 | Averil Chan | 不想让你知道 | So Crazy | 28 | |
| F2 | Michelle Lew | 等爱降落 | 情人的关怀 | 29 | |
| F3 | Maxilian Chan | 月光 | 爱是你眼里的一首情歌 | 26 | OUT |
| F4 | Lydia Tan | 了解 | 你的微笑 | 39 | |
| F5 | Carrie Yeo | 接受 | 神奇 | 31 |
Semi-Final 2
| Index | Name | Song | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Zhang Le Sheng | 我只在乎你 | 32.5 | OUT |
| M2 | Daren Tan | 若是你在我身边 | 44 | |
| M3 | Kelvin Soon | 爱你一万年 | 38.5 | |
| M4 | Nathaniel Tan | 大眼睛 | 37 | |
| F1 | Michelle Lew | 情人的关怀 | 27.5 | OUT |
| F2 | Lydia Tan | 巧合 | 36.5 | |
| F3 | Carrie Yeo | 我要你的爱 | 29 | |
| F4 | Averil Chan | 橄榄树 | 28 |
Semi-Final 3
| Index | Name | Song 1 | Song 2 | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Kelvin Soon | 如果.爱 | 微尘 | 40 | OUT |
| M2 | Nathaniel Tan | 生命过客 | 都是你 | 38.5 | |
| M3 | Daren Tan | 菊花台 | 天天好心情 | 40.5 | |
| F1 | Averil Chan | 如何对你说 | 月光爱人 | 26 | OUT |
| F2 | Lydia Tan | 新不了情 | 福满人间 | 35.5 | |
| F3 | Carrie Yeo | 心动 | 我无所谓 | 38.5 |
Semi-Final 4
| Index | Name | Song 1 | Song 2 | Song 3 | Score | Percentage | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Daren Tan | 只因为你 | This Love | I Believe | 39 | 52.72% | Male Winner |
| M2 | Nathaniel Tan | 嫁给我 | Uptown Girl | I Believe | 37 | 47.28% | OUT |
| F1 | Lydia Tan | 枫 | Angles Brought Me Here | 触摸 | 37.5 | 62.1% | Female Winner |
| F2 | Carrie Yeo | 写一首歌 | Can't Take My Eyes Off You | 触摸 | 39.7 | 37.9% | OUT |
Finale
| Index | Name | Song 1 | Song 2 | Song 3 | Song 4 | Song 5 | Judges' Vote (Unaffected) | Percentage | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Daren Tan Sze Wei | 寂寞的季节 | 我的麦克风 | Sway | 你快乐所以我快乐 | 靠近 | 2 | 59% | Champion |
| S2 | Lydia Tan Diya | 纸飞机 | Dream A Little Dream Of Me | You Make Me Wanna | Get High | 征服 | 3 | 41% | Runner-up |