Campus SuperStar (season 3)

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 third season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 4 January 2009 and ended on 12 April 2009. The winner was Jarod Lee, a thirteen-year-old student from Ngee Ann Secondary School. He became the third male contestant to win in the show's history. Also he was the only male contestant to get to the final. Lee received a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000. Jim Lim and Li Feihui were the two judges from the previous season to return, and was joined by Xiaohan and Ken Tay, who all appeared as judges for the first time. Previous judge Jimmy Ye declined to return. Pornsak, Felicia Chin and Lee Teng hosted the show, while Yuan Shuai was employed as the online correspondent. Yoga Lin, winner of the first season of One Million Star, was invited to be the ambassador of the show.

Judges and hosts

Jim Lim was confirmed to be returning to the judging panel after judging season two of the show. Li Feihui was also announced to return for this third year as a judge. Season two judge and vocal coach Jimmy Ye declined to return as a judge for the third season. It was announced that two new judges would be brought in to replace Ye on the judging panel. Award winning lyricist Xiaohan and singer Ken Tay were instated as the third and fourth judge.

Season two host Pornsak returned to host the show. Former season two host Dasmond Koh left the show and his position was taken over by actress Felicia Chin and SuperHost runner-up Lee Teng. U Are the One winner Yuan Shuai hosted the online streaming programme as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news.

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. Auditions in front of the judges for season 3 took place in MediaCorp on 8 and 9 November 2008. Applicants are to report to the venue for the audition in their respective school uniforms. Out of 2046 applicants, 141 were put through to the second round of the auditions.^[1]

Second auditions

Similar to the first auditions, the second auditions took place in MediaCorp on 15 November 2008. 107 contestants were eliminated at this stage of the competition, leaving 34 to compete in the final round of the auditions.^[2]

Third auditions

34 contestants competed at this stage of the competition on 24 November 2008. 22 contestants were eliminated and the remaining 12 were put through to the live shows as finalists.

Finalists

The final 12 finalists were confirmed as follows;

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third place

Live shows

The live shows began on 12 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Monday at 8:00pm and the results were announced on the same night at 11:30pm. As with previous seasons, each live show had a different theme. The results show often featured guest performances and sometimes a group performance by the remaining contestants.

On the first live show, sixth live results show and live final, One Million Star season one winner and the show's ambassador Yoga Lin performed. The first live show also featured performances by Singaporean band Mi Lu Bing and singer Olivia Ong. The fourth live results show included performance from One Million Star season 3 fifth runner-up Wong Jing Lun while Project SuperStar season one runner-up Kelly Poon performed on the fifth results show. Project SuperStar season one female runner-up Shi Xin Hui and Malaysian singer Fish Leong performed on the seventh live result show. Project SuperStar season one male second runner-up Derrick Hoh performed on the eighth live results show, while Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth performed on the eleventh and thirteenth. The twelfth live results show and thirteenth live show included performance from Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit. The eleventh and twelfth live shows also featured performance by Singaporean singer Jocie Kwok. Singaporean singer Meixin performed on the thirteenth live show as well. One Million Star season two runner-up Rachel Liang and the winner for the first season of Project SuperStar, Kelvin Tan performed for the live final.

Guest judging roles were brought in during the eighth, twelfth and thirteenth week of the live shows. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip attended the eighth live show, and Singaporean singer Maggie Theng attended the twelfth live show. Lee Wei Song, Kelvin Tan, Wu Jia Ming and Theng attended the thirteenth live show as guest judges as well. During the twelfth week of the live shows, it was announced that judge Jim Lim was unable to present for the live shows due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei. During the week, it was announced that former judge Cavin Soh would replace him as a judge on the show.

Results summary

Colour key

Live show details

Week 1: Pre-show concert (4 January)

• Theme: Alumni duets/trios
• Group performance: "By Now"
• Special performance: "只对你有感觉" (performed by Felicia Chin, Lee Teng, Pornsak and Yuan Shuai)
• Musical guests: Season one and season two top 20 finalists featuring season three hosts and Euphoria Cheerleading Team ("CSS进行曲"), Mi Lu Bing ("世界麻烦借过一下"), Olivia Ong ("如燕") and Yoga Lin ("残酷月光" and "伯乐")

The top 12 finalists were revealed in this pre-recorded 2-hour special episode. It featured performances from the finalists together with finalists from the past seasons.

Week 2 (12 January)

• Theme: Their representation songs

Week 3 (19 January)

• Theme: Their representation songs

Week 4 (2 February)

• Theme: Their favourite subjects
• Musical guest: Wong Jing Lun ("月光" and "缺席")

Week 5 (9 February)

• Theme: Their favourite subjects
• Musical guest: Kelly Poon ("本小姐不爱" and "限时的遗忘")

Week 6 (16 February)

• Theme: Songs for their teachers
• Musical guest: Yoga Lin ("分享" with Ridhwan Azman, Rachael Chang, Benita Cheng, Jarod Lee, Rachel Lim, Joselin Ng, Jeremy Teng and Yap Jia Min; "爱情是圆的" and "病态")

Week 7 (23 February)

• Theme: Songs for their teachers
• Musical guests: Shi Xin Hui ("无能为力" and "你没想像中爱我") and Fish Leong ("没有如果")

Week 8: Revival round 1 (2 March)

• Theme: Derrick Hoh's challenge (billed as "I want to challenge Derrick Hoh!")
• Musical guest: Derrick Hoh ("咬字" and "很想你")

Eliminated contestants from week 1 to 6 returned to the stage to perform for the revival round. Two contestants were revived from the season seventh results show. The contestant with the highest judges' score (above 39.0 points) was immediately revived without facing the public votes. The remaining five contestants then faced the public votes and the one with highest combined result (judges' score and public votes) was revived as well. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip was brought in as the guest judge.

Week 9 (9 March)

• Theme: Songs from drama series that moved them

Two contestants were eliminated from the season eighth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score (below 26.0) was immediately eliminated without facing the public votes. The remaining seven contestants then faced the public votes and the one with lowest combined result (judges' score and public votes) was eliminated as well.

Week 10 (16 March)

• Theme: Songs for their best friends

Two contestants were eliminated from the season ninth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score (below 28.0) was immediately eliminated without facing the public votes. The remaining five contestants then faced the public votes and the one with lowest combined result (judges' score and public votes) was eliminated as well.

Week 11: Semi-final (23 March)

• Theme: Transmission of love
• Musical guests: Jocie Kwok ("放了爱") and Da Mouth ("永远在身边")

Two contestants were eliminated and one contestant immediately advanced to the finals from the season tenth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score (below 30.0) was immediately eliminated without facing the public votes. The contestant with the highest judges' score (above 30.0) immediately advanced to the finals without facing the public votes as well. The remaining two contestants then faced the public votes and the one with lowest combined result (judges' score and public votes) was eliminated.

Week 12: Revival round 2 (30 March)

• Theme: Judges' choice
• Musical guests: Fahrenheit ("越来越爱" and "寂寞暴走") and Jocie Kwok ("许愿树")

Each of the judges selected one eliminated contestant from week 8 to 10 to compete in the season final revival round. Jim Lim selected Rachel Chua, Xiaohan selected Benita Cheng, Ken Tay selected Rachel Lim, and Li Feihui selected Joselin Ng. Two contestants were revived - the one with the highest judges' score was immediately revived and put through to the finals without facing the public votes. The remaining three contestants then faced the public votes and the one with highest combined result (judges' score and public votes) was revived and put through to the finals as well. Lim did not appear on the judging panel for week 12 due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei, so season one judge Cavin Soh took his place on the panel. Singer Maggie Theng was brought in as the guest judge as well.

Week 13: Final (6/12 April)

6 April (Prelude)

• Musical guests: Da Mouth ("国王皇后"), Meixin ("孤单的人总说无所谓") and Fahrenheit ("默默")

All top 12 finalists returned to the stage in this pre-recorded non-elimination performance show. It featured group performances from the finalists as well as a look-back on their journey in the competition.

12 April (Round 1)

• Themes: Alumni duets: oldies songs; contestant quartet: designated song
• Group performance: "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" (all finalists)
• Musical guests: Rachel Liang ("最幸福的事" and "可以不爱了") and Kelvin Tan ("孤单好吗")

Project SuperStar season one winner Kelvin Tan, singer Maggie Theng, music producer and composer Lee Wei Song and Wu Jia Ming were brought in as the guest judges.

12 April (Round 2)

• Theme: Winner's song
• Musical guests: Yoga Lin ("伯乐" and "慢一点")

References

External links

• Official website