The first season of the Singaporean

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Project SuperStar ''Project SuperStar'' () is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled ...

'' began on 22 June 2005 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by

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and

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. The overall winner and runner-up received a talent management contract with Play Music and Universal Music Singapore respectively, together with

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. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip were employed as the judges for the season. On 1 September 2005, winner of the male category Kelvin Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season with a 64%-36% final vote, with female category winner

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as the overall runner-up. This season saw a profound success, and was introduced to a few contestants who would later become successful artistes: Darryl Yong who would later become a full-time Mediacorp artiste after participating another competition, ''

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'', five years later in

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, as well as Chen Jia Xin, Chew Sin Huey,

Derrick Hoh Derrick Hoh Wei Jian (born 17 September 1985) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter who is active in the Chinese Mandopop scene. He gained nationwide recognition after emerging as the second runner up in Channel U's ''Project SuperStar'' i ...

, Hong Jun Yang, Sugianto and Hagen Tan, all of which became profound musicians in Singapore. The season also introduced

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, who would go on to finish as runner-up in the second season of '' MasterChef Singapore'', 16 years later in 2021.

Judges and hosts

Development

Over 4,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition when it was announced.

Finalists

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Gender/Category runner-up : – Semi-finalist : – Category 6th-8th place (lost wildcard) : Playing card club A

– Advanced via wildcard

Live shows