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Every April, we dig deep into the recesses of our memories and scrutinise 2012’s TV dramas and variety shows to arrive at a consensus on who we think should take home top accolades at the annual Star Awards ceremony. Based on a variety of reasons – that range from emotional performances to the role’s depth – coupled with rounds of analytics arguments, we’ve arrived at a possible list of actors who may walk away victorious this Sunday.

Read on for our take on this year’s Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Variety Show Host, Best Info-Ed Programme Host and Best Newcomer award.

Best Actress nominees: Cynthia Koh (Show Hand), Joanne Peh (Pillow Talk), Kym Ng (It Takes Two), Rebecca Lim (Unriddle 2), Rui En (Unriddle 2)

We say: Cynthia Koh
This was a tough decision to make and the team was torn between Cynthia Koh’s realistic performance and Rebecca Lim’s riveting one. Both were good in their own ways but we eventually decided – after studying trends based on past years’ winners – that Cynthia is in a better position for winning top honours this weekend.

Kudos to Cynthia for her believable portrayal as a troubled and longsuffering gambling addict’s wife – and for going on TV with a bare face. No stranger to this award category, having previously nailed her first win in 1999 for Stepping Out (she was also nominated in 1996 for Tofu Street), Cynthia’s a method actress who never fails to live up to expectations.

While this may not be her first housewife role, it’s her best so far – thanks to her character’s sob story background and the premises’ unpredictable twist. First she’s a forsaken wife who chops her finger off to repay her husband’s gambling debts, then a helpless mother who has to deal with two rebellious teens, and before you know it, she’s a gambling addict in-the-making. And if this character transformation doesn’t warrant a Best Actress win, we don’t know what will.

Dark horse: Rebecca Lim and Kym Ng
Rebecca has enjoyed a relatively good year overall with her screen presence on the rise on TV and online – a trend that will continue well into the year.

Out of three major TV roles in 2012, her most unforgettable performance has to be as Gao Zhi Jie, a psychopathic doctor in Unriddle 2. Rebecca stepped out of her usual girl-next-door roles to embrace her dark side in the thriller series and – surprise, surprise! – we never knew she had it in her to play such a badass creep.

Kym Ng may play a seemingly ordinary housewife-hawker character in It Takes Two, but the actress took to her role like a fish to water. As a repressed Luo Na, it’s not hard to see how the actress managed to connect with TV audience through her natural and performance.

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