The Star Awards for Best Variety Programme is an award presented annually at the

Star Awards Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various ca ...

, a ceremony that was established in 1994. The category was introduced in 1998, at the 5th Star Awards ceremony; ''Comedy Night'' received the award and it is given in honour of a

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variety programme which has delivered an outstanding overall performance. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel. Since its inception, the award has been given to 22 variety programmes. ''Foodie Trio'' is the most recent winner in this category. Since the ceremony held in 2019, ''City Beat'', ''The Joy Truck'', ''Say It If You Dare'' and ''

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'' remain as the only four variety programmes to win in this category twice. In addition, ''City Beat'' has been nominated on five occasions, more than any other variety programme. ''Food Source'' holds the record for most nominations without a win, with three.

Recipients

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, ''Comedy Night'' 搞笑行动 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, ''City Beat'' 城人杂志 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, ''City Beat'' 城人杂志 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, ''The Mission'' 创业无敌手 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, ''Innocent Moment'' 小小儿戏 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, ''Creatively Mine'' 我是创新王 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, ''Say It If You Dare'' 有话好好说 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, ''Home Decor Survivor'' 摆家乐 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, ''Say It If You Dare 3'' 有话好好说3 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, ''Life Transformers'' 心晴大动员 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, ''It's A Small World'' 国记交意所 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, ''Love On A Plate'' 名厨出走记 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, ''Renaissance'' 旧欢.心爱 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, ''Body SOS'' 小毛病大问题 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, ''The Joy Truck'' 快乐速递 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, ''The Joy Truck'' 快乐速递 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, ''Ge Tai Challenge'' 歌台星力量 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, ''Hearts & Hugs'' 爱心72小时 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, ''Ah Ma Can Cook'' 阿嫲来做饭 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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'' 歌台星力量兴旺发 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, ''King of Culinary'' 三把刀 , , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, ''The Inner Circle'' 神秘嘉宾 , {{smalldiv, * ''Creme De La Creme'' 糖朝冠冕 *''Curious City'' 小岛国大发现 *''Hear U Out S2'' 权听你说 2 *''Towkay, Take a Break'' 街坊请关照 , , - , style="text-align:center;",

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

, Dishing with Chris Lee 阿顺有煮意 , {{smalldiv, *''A Night Under The Stars'' 陪你看星星 *''Hear U Out S3'' 权听你说 3 *''House Everything? S2'' 家简尘除2 *''King Of Culinary'' 三把刀 , {{Cite web , title=Star Awards 2023: Your World In Mine wins Best Drama Serial and Best Theme Song , url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/star-awards-2023-winners-your-world-mine-best-drama-353651 , access-date=2023-04-01 , website=CNA Lifestyle , language=en , - , style="text-align:center;",

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

, ''Foodie Trio'' 三吃客 , {{smalldiv, * ''Battle of the Buskers - Grand Final'' 游走的歌王-大决赛 *''Hear U Out S4'' 权听你说 4 *''The Reunion'' 小团剧 *''The Star Athlete'' 星牌运动员 , , - ^{{{note, 1, }} Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held that year.

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''Going Home''
''The Joy Truck''
''Love On A Plate''
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