Star Search 2007

Back after a four-year hiatus and into its 9th installment, Star Search 2007 marked the return of the mother of all talent search programs. From May in 2007, Star Search 2007 traveled to China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore in its search for the next shining star.

Auditions

Eager to be the next big thing, 1500 people flocked to the auditions. Talent cuts across geographical boundaries and as such there is no restriction on the number to be shortlisted for each region.The numbers are broken down this way:

Judges

In this 9th installment, the judging panel which will be made up of professionals from the industry. Moreover, this year the judges will have a 100% say over the eventual winners.

Ms Telegenic and Mr Personality subsidiary awards are decided by the judges.
Most Popular subsidiary award will be determined by public voting.

Episodic Details

Episode 1 - Grand Debut (21 Aug 2007)

Gracing the occasion was Dr Balaji Sadasivan, the Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts。

Episode 2 - Preliminary Round 1 (28 Aug 2007)

20 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
5 female contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
3 contestants moved on to Quarter Final 1.

The talent segment will be set in a club in the 1920-30s and will feature MediaCorp actor Adam Chen in the story.
The acting segment will also be set in the same era but will take place in a shopping street instead.
MediaCorp actress Ng Hui will play a wealthy girl out shopping with her curry-favouring maid.

As the LAST TWO ranking were not shown, F4 and F1 assumed to be the 4th and 5th position respectively.

Episode 5 - Preliminary Round 4 (18 Sept 2007)

14 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
5 male contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
3 contestants moved on to Quarter Final 2.

Episode 7 - Quarter Final 2 (2 Oct 2007)

10 contestants remained in the competition at this stage.
3 female and male contestants competed in this episode.
2 will be eliminated.
4 contestants moved on to Semi Final.

This week, the remaining contestants will travel back time to the colourful time in 1970s.
Contestants will perform a song-and-dance item to the tunes of Beautiful Sunday and Qiao He which are hits songs back in 1970s.

As for the acting segment, 3 contestants will act in a skit taking place at Feng Feng Cafe.
Skit 1 involves contestants F6 Lee Mei Leng, M4 Chang Hao Ying and M6 Jackson Tan.
Quan Yifeng guest-stars as the gossipy café boss Feng Jie.
Skit 2

ee also

*Star Search 2003
*Star Search Singapore

External links

* [http://ch8.mediacorptv.com// Mediacorp Channel 8 Website]
* [http://starsearch.mediacorptv.sg// Star Search 2007 - Official Website]
* [http://forum.mediacorp.com.sg/board/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=267 Star Search 2007 - Mediacorp English Forum]
* [http://community.mediacorp.com.sg/TV/Chinese/forums/268/ShowForum.aspx Star Search 2007 - Mediacorp Chinese Forum]