Danny Yeo (born 1972 or 1973) is a television host, theatre director, published author and studio potter. He has hosted events and travelogue documentaries, as well as written books on culture, social issues and psychology. He is also a World Vision goodwill ambassador in Singapore. In 2010, he was nominated for the "Best Director" award in

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' theatre awards. He won Best Current Affairs Presenter (Asia) at the 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards.

Early life

Yeo's Chinese-educated parents encouraged him to be interested in Chinese culture and language, which he studied along with the English language. After he graduated secondary school and

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, Yeo studied science at the

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and pursued a mass communications degree in the United States.

Career and achievements

From the 1990s to the early 2000s, Yeo hosted the morning drive-time show on

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Mandarin radio station and certain variety shows on

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. He won the founder of ''Pure Talents'' award for his experience in various fields, Top 20 Most Popular Male Artistes in Star Awards 2000, and the most creative DJ Golden Mic Award in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he crossed over to television with

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and helped to operate 2 television channels, Mediacorp Channel U and former Channel i, as well as hosting on UFM100.3, a Mandarin radio station. At the end of 2004, both stations merged, which ended Yeo's career in this area. He then taught at

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and

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. In 2004, the Singapore Media Academy twice honoured him at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic academic awards for his excellence in teaching. In 2010, he co-wrote the screenplay of the drama film ''

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'', and in 2014, he co-wrote the screenplay of the basketball film '' Meeting the Giant''. In 2015, he returned to TV on Channel U as host of the popular talk show ''

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'' and a lifestyle documentary show about

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; '' Innocence Lost (2016)'' and '' Innocence Lost II (2017)''.

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeo, Danny Living people Singaporean television personalities Singaporean male film actors Singaporean male stage actors Singaporean DJs Singaporean people of Chinese descent Anglo-Chinese School alumni National University of Singapore alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 1970s births