From: Sharon Lee

Missed Unriddle 2? The 2012 psycho-thriller is now back on television.

The gritty 20-part crime drama starring Rui En, Chen Liping, Rebecca Lim, Tay Ping Hui and Elvin Ng won plaudits from critics and snagged Rui En a Best Actress award at the recent Asian Television Awards.

Rui En, Chen, Tay and Ng star as CID officers out to solve a series of cases. As they delve deeper, they soon realise things aren’t as simple as they seem. Lim plays a psychiatrist and Rui En’s good friend but is she as innocent as she looks?

The nail-biting drama caught my attention when it first aired last year. It was also the only Channel 8 drama that I watched faithfully every night. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one as the finale attracted 1.047 million viewers.

Unlike most run-of-the-mill MediaCorp dramas featuring everyday characters centred around home affairs, Unriddle 2 stands out with its suspenseful storylines and high production values.

The characters, in particular Rui En’s Xiaoman and Chen Liping’s Zhengyi, also displayed good chemistry together.

Unriddle 2 airs on weekdays at midnight on MediaCorp’s Channel 8.

Source: Straits Times Communities

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Ratings 节目收视率, The Straits Times, The Straits Times Communities, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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1. 封面 Coverstory Page 16

2012狮城风波 Recap回顾

文：李秀文

RBKD: We have blurred the text of Terence Cao’s part as we see no need to help publicise what is ultimately, his personal affair.

C.L.I.F 2 警徽天职 2 debuts 18 February 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, C.L.I.F. 2 警徽天职 2, CH, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, RBKD, Star Awards, Star Awards 2012, U-Weekly, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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Babe, me?

She may have been calm and cool about her nomination, but her second Babe Of The Year win – with a record-breaking 6,405 votes – made actress Rui En “flabbergasted”.

In an email to The New Paper, the 31-year old said she was “bewildered” when she first heard the news about how many votes she had received this year.

She beat Jeanette Aw, who received 804 votes, and YouTube star Munah Bagharib, who received 183 votes.

“My fans… I have no words for how incredibly committed they are,” she said.

“Truly, any and all awards actually belong to RBKD, all my fans and them alone.”

RBKD, the moniker for Rui En’s fan club, was also responsible for her first Flame Awards trophy, also for Babe Of The Year, back in early 2009.

Then, she was up against this year’s nominee, Jeanette Aw, as well as Joanne Peh, both of whom had shined in blockbuster drama The Little Nyonya.

She had also been nonchalant about her chances then, saying it would be “The Little Nyonya year”.

Up against Aw again this year, as well as hot newcomer Munah Bagharib, Rui En declined to talk about her chances.

Now that she has won again, she is somewhat amused.

“I really am the sort to head down to the kopi tiam in shorts and slippers. Highly un-babe-like…” she said.

She had a few stern words for The New Paper about the title, too.

“I…have to be honest. Babe is really not one of the most favourite words of mine. To me, ‘babe’ means swaddled in pastel blankets and also had a lot of very strong Christmas connotations,” she said.

All right, we hear you. A name change may be in order. Who are we to argue with someone who has had such a great year in showbiz?

Her Babe Of The Year win caps a year of trophies, including Favourite Female Character at the Star Awards for her role in A Tale of 2 Cities, and Best Actress at the recent Asian Television Awards for her role in Unriddle 2.

All, one must note, without seemingly overly eager and overexposed or the opposite of completely catty or cold.

It is her refreshing “real-ness” that endears her to her fans, who “stretched” themselves this year to make sure she took home the Babe Of The Year title again.

RBKD fan club president Peh Xin Yi, 25 told The New Paper that this year, they heeded Rui En’s advice to “vote within their means”, but they strategised to ensure their idol would emerge tops.

“Our fan club has more than 90 members, but we posted about the Babe Of The Year voting through Facebook (where Rui En has more than 116,000 fans) and Twitter,” said the club president.

“We had one member who wanted to set aside $100 to vote for her (each SMS costs 20 cents), but we stopped her as we don’t believe in having one person vote excessively.

“That’s why we promoted it online.

“Flame Awards was one of the first we got for her (RBKD was formed in Nov 2008).

“It’s a great way to end the year.”

Juliana June Rasul

Source: The New Paper, Asiaone

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, asiaone.com, EN, Flame Awards, Flame Awards 2009, Flame Awards 2012, RBKD, Star Awards, Star Awards 2012, The New Paper, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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文:黄慧君

今年演艺圈真热闹，女艺人纷纷结婚、生子，不过也有令人惋惜的分手、离婚个案。

值得鼓舞的是本地艺人瑞恩勇夺《亚洲电视大奖》的最佳女主角，演技受到肯定。

xinmsn为大家整理10位2012年最出位的女艺人，分享他们的喜悦与忧愁。

瑞恩 － 戏剧曝光率最出位

图：《花样人间》韩咏咏造型

瑞恩今年雄霸多部重头新加坡电视剧的女主角地位，同时，在《亚洲电视大奖》中更获得’最佳女主角’的头衔，成为亚 洲视后。

瑞恩正如她的粉丝会名称一样’瑞（锐）不可当’，今年是唯一在3部重头电视剧担当女主角的演员：《最火搭档2》的胡小曼、《花样人间》的韩咏咏、以及《微笑正义》的刘言之，宜古宜今，是一位百变的艺人。

图:《微笑正义》的刘言之造型

至于明年的《红星大奖》能否脱颖而出，获得’最佳女主角’，就要看评审的眼光。

至于能否透过网络投选而获得’最喜爱女角色’，就要看网民的投选。

图:《最火搭档2》的胡小曼造型

11月于本地举行的《亚洲电视大奖》中，瑞恩凭《最火搭档2》中胡小曼角色首次入围《亚洲电视大 奖》，最后顺利击败白薇秀和郭舒贤等，赢得该奖项。

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, CH, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, xinmsn.

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Kudos, Accolades & Awards

Congratulations to all the Singapore winners at the recently concluded 17th Asian Television Awards 2012 red carpet event, held on 6 Dec in Singapore!

Amongst the winners were local production companies:
– ThreeSixZero Productions (“Let’s Talk 2” and “Extraordinary Asian: Episode 1 – Angel Mums”),
– The Moving Visuals Company (“Junkie Monastery”),
– Scrawl Studios Pte Ltd (“Guess How Much I Love You”),
– Tiny Island Productions and partners (“Ben 10: Destory All Aliens”),
– Refinery Media Company (“Supermodel Me Season 3”),
and their respective broadcasters.

MediaCorp was “Highly Commended” in the category for Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year.

Actresses Michelle Chong (“The Noose” Season 5) and Rui En (“Unriddle II”) were the winners for Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress and Best Actress in a Leading Role, respectively, and actor Devarajan Varadarajan (“Point of Entry” Season 2) was Highly Commended. Meanwhile, Galen Yeo & Ian White (“Junkie Monastery”) won Best Direction.

Source: MediaExchange

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Infocomm Media Development Authority, MediaExchange, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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1. Scene & Heard Page 28

Story: Tan Yi Hui

Wanna win?
Don’t Show up

Missing in action: The biggest local winners Rui En (Best Actress in a Leading Role for Unriddle II) and Noose star Michelle Chong (Best Comedy Performancce) were no-shows ‘cos of work commitments.

Categorised in 8 DAYS, Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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I read about the recent Asian Television Awards 2012 (Honours for Asia TV’s Best, Life!, Dec 8) with keen interest.

It used to be Channel 5 actors overshadowing the Chinese drama actors at the Asian Television Awards.

However, at the recent Asian Television Awards 2012, local Chinese drama actors scored a total of nine acting nominations. My heartiest congratulations to Rui En for winning Best Actress In A Leading Role at the awards.

Her role in Unriddle 2 as female cop Hu Xiaoman was a breath of fresh air. We seldom see such controversial roles in local Chinese dramas. And it is uncommon, even in overseas productions, for an actress to attempt such a character in the usually male-dominated crime thrillers.

Peh Xinyi

Source: The Straits Times

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, The Straits Times, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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1. 星光 Starbuzz Page 24

惊与喜

文：佘婉瑜

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, CH, I-Weekly.

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Asian Television Awards 2012 Page 23

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Rui En has acted in numerous memorable roles in her 10 years of acting. In 2011, three dramas she starred in were among the Top 6 most-watch dramas on MediaCorp Channel 8. A Tale of Two Cities debuted with a record more than 1 million in viewership and Rui En’s fresh approach of a princessy character won further praise and conviction from the audience. The role earned Rui En a nomination for Best Actress at Star Awards 2012. Her scorching popularity has further been affirmed when she was recently voted into the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste for the 7th consecutive year at Star Awards 2012, as well as the Singapore E-Awards 2012 Most Popular TV Artiste for the third year in a row.

“Thank you to the production team for giving me the opportunity and space to bring out the extremities of the role.”Hu Xiao Man” would not have existed without EP Paul Yuen and script writer Phang Kai Yee. “Hu Xiao Man” will always remain significant to me. Thank you, ATA.” – Rui En

WINNER	Rui En Unriddle II MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 8 Singapore
Highly Commended	Debbie Goh The Descendant Media Prima, ntv7 Malaysia Produced by Juita Entertainment

Source: Asian Television Awards, Television Asia Plus

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Omy SG E Awards 新加坡 E乐大赏, Omy SG E Awards 新加坡 E乐大赏 2010, Omy SG E Awards 新加坡 E乐大赏 2011, Omy SG E Awards 新加坡 E乐大赏 2012, Star Awards, Star Awards 2012, Television Asia Plus, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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