After intense competition and furious voting from fans the past two months, the trio walked home with another trophy each, adding to their growing collection at home

Text: xinmsn team
Photos: Angie Ng & xinmsn team

We waited with bated breath to see if a new Favourite Female Character champion would be unveiled at this year’s Star Awards 2013 Show 1. After weeks of intense competition, the number one question on everyone’s minds was if Kimberly Chia would dethrone Rui En and upset the latter’s winning streak at the online polls.

Well, the result speaks for itself: Rui En’s still the undisputed online favourite, emerging numero uno amongst her peers to win the Favourite Female Character award for the third year running.

Dressed in a fiery red Christian Dior dress semi-cloaked by a black blazer, Rui En admitted that this year’s award felt “especially meaningful” as it was presented by Chen Liping, her friend and “partner” in showbiz. “I’m still not used to attending such functions so her presence eased things up a lot for me. It felt comfortable and it was nice to have a partner around,” she said.

Briefly touching on the intense voting between her onscreen character and Kimberly’s Don’t Stop Believin’ character, Rui En felt that it is necessary to have “newbies rise up to the occasion” in this industry.

Dedicating her third Favourite Female Character win to RBKD, her supportive fanclub, the self-proclaimed pessimist even revealed that she was “prepared to lose” her title this year.

“I was even prepared to speak to the media about it [the loss] too!” she laughed.

Never one to focus or base her work on awards, the Joys of Life star added, “What I’m worried about this time round is my fans. I know they’ve put in a lot of effort and dedication to this year’s online voting. I’m touched by their hard work and this time, I really feel happy for them [with this win].”

To top it off on an even sweeter note, Rui En brought home not one, but two trophies, having shared the Favourite Onscreen Couple award category with Elvin Ng in Unriddle 2.

Thanking fans for loving their onscreen pairing in their separate backstage interview with xinmsn, Elvin confessed, “I don’t know what kind of chemistry we have (laughs)).”

Laughing in agreement, Rui En chimed, “It’s hard to put down in words the kind of chemistry we have actually.”

With 2013 shaping up to be a busy year for both actors and no drama collaboration in sight yet, Rui En expressed her desire to work with Elvin soon. “This is like satisfying our fans ‘cos they like seeing us together as well. It is for them.”

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, 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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Text: xinmsn team

Can’t make it to the annual glitzy affair of the local entertainment scene? ‘Fret not.

Check out the stars, feel the excitement and experience the atmosphere at the ceremony with xinmsn’s special ‘live’ photo gallery updates of Star Awards 2013 Show 1 as it unfolds on television today (Apr 21)!

The first show, broadcasted ‘live’ from the MediaCorp TV Theatre, acknowledges the people and their hard work behind the cameras by presenting awards in the Professional Category.

Powered by xinmsn, the Online Voting awards are entirely determined by the public’s online votes. And tonight, after weeks of voting by the fans, the winners of awards such as Favourite Male/Female Character, Favourite Onscreen Couple and Favourite Variety Host, will finally be revealed!

Felicia Chin, Rebecca Lim, Ann Kok, Rui En

陈靓瑄、林慧玲、郭舒贤、瑞恩

Rui En & Chew Chor Meng

瑞恩、周初明

Rui En

Rui En & Elvin Ng

The well-loved pairing RuiVin bagged the Favourite Onscreen Couple award.

瑞恩和黄俊雄获得了’最喜爱荧幕情侣奖’, 这是两人连续第二次赢得这个奖项。

Nominees for the Favourite Female Character award: Kimberly Chia, Felicia Chin, Rebecca Lim, Ann Kok and Rui En

“最喜爱女角色”的五位入围者，谢静仪、陈靓瑄、林慧玲、郭舒贤及瑞恩，在等待陈莉萍公布得奖者。

The ever popular Rui En successfully retained her title as a Favourite Female Character for her role ‘Liu Yan Zhi’ in Poetic Justice.

The actress, who was delighted to receive the award from her ‘best partner’ (in Unriddle 1 and Unriddle 2), especially thanked her fan club, RBKD, while acknowledging the tough competition this year.

瑞恩凭《微笑正义》里的刘言之一角，连续三年蝉联“最喜爱女角色”。

上台领奖时，瑞恩承认今年的竞争特别激烈，并感谢她的后援会“瑞不可当”。

Source: Xinmsn English | Chinese

Categorised in EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, RBKD, Ruivin, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, Unriddle 最火搭档, xinmsn.

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By Han Wei Chou

The death of Singapore television icon Huang Wenyong on Saturday cast a pall over the Sunday’s “Star Awards 2013 Show 1″, which honours the best talents in Singapore Mandarin television.

Rui En and Elvin Ng won the Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) award to the cheers of their fans.

Newcomer Xu Bin picked up the Favourite Male Character award, his first award ever, with the Favourite Female Character award going to Rui En.

Source: Channelnewsasia, The Malaysian Times

Categorised in channelnewsasia.com, EN, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, The Malaysian Times, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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By Jan Lee

The usually upbeat, celebratory mood of the annual Star Awards Show 1 at the MediaCorp TV Theatre was nowhere to be felt last night.

The ceremony began on a sombre note, as colleagues of veteran actor Huang Wenyong struggled to come to terms with news of his death on Saturday.

The well-loved actor died of lymphatic cancer at age 60. Audience members in the theatre stood up and observed half a minute of silence; a two-minute video montage of his many TV appearances also played.

Actress Rui En, 32, donned a black jacket over her siren red gown out of respect to the late actor when she accepted her award for favourite on-screen couple with Elvin Ng, also 32.

(From left, front row:) Jayley Woo, Kimberly Chia, Felicia Chin, Rebecca Lim, Ann Kok, Rui En, Chew Chor Meng, and Zoe Tay, together with fellow artistes, technical crew, members of the audience and fans stand during a segment at the beginning of the Star Awards Show 1 on April 21 2013 to honour their former colleague, Huang Wen Yong.

Source: The Star, The Straits Times, The Straits Times Communities, Asiaone, Her World, Lollipop

Categorised in asiaone.com, EN, Her World, Lollipop, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, The Star, The Straits Times, The Straits Times Communities.

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Rui En wins Fave Female Character

Bump it!

Rui En is eager to receive her award from Chen Li Ping!

joanne peh congratulating rui en?

congratz to re on winning fav online female character!

re cant stop laughing at chen liping’s witty speech

粉丝们，永远的支持！

re’s reaction when they announced that liping would be giving out the fav female character award!

果然是最火搭档！ 恭喜Rui En

Rui en got 2 nominations for Fav Onscreen Couple!

Rui En is delighted that the cameraman from Unriddle 2 won!

Rui En and Chew Chor Meng

hotness~~~~~

The fans are really loud!

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in CH, EN, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, xinmsn.

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Tears flowed freely and emotions ran high at the annual Star Awards Show 1 yesterday (April 21), as celebrities at the MediaCorp TV Theatre remembered the death of veteran actor Huang Wenyong who passed away on Saturday evening.

When actress Rui En accepted her award for favourite on-screen couple with Elvin Ng, she said: “Wenyong da ge (big brother), you will be missed.”

Source: Stomp

Categorised in EN, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, Stomp.

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1. Scene & Heard Pages 18-22

Story: Jonathan Fam

Our super anonymous, super insider Star Awards prediction

We huddled in dark corners, slipped secret notes and scanned our office for bugs just to get four MediaCorp insiders to reveal who they think will go home with a Star Award this year. And boy, is it going to be a tight race.

Best Actress

Ch 8 Senior Exec: “Rui En will win. She’s already won the Asian Television Best Actress award for this role.”

Ch 8 Actor: “She may not be an A-lister but Cynthia Koh’s acting talent is undeniable. She has a lot of depth and can make the audience feel what she’s feeling.”

MediaCorp Senior Manager: “Rui En’s acting is very refreshing. This role was very intense and it showed off her range as an actress.”

Ch 8 Drama Producer: “Rui En brought this character to life.”

8 DAYS Pick: Cynthia Koh’s turn as the long-suffering wife of a gambling addict who eventually succumb to the evils of gambling too, is the most gut-wrenching, rip-your-heart-out (and thus most award-worthy) performance of the lot.

Best Drama Serial

Ch 8 Senior Exec: “Don’t Stop Believin’ is the year’s highest-rated drama and an uplifting tearjerker. It has everything the judges are looking for.”

Ch 8 Actor: “I haven’t seen a drama as good as Game Plan in a long time. From the storyline to the acting to the cinematography. It makes you feel like you’re watching a movie.”

MediaCorp Senior Manager: “Poetic Justice has beautiful people, beautiful locations and was beautifully shot. It’s nice to run away from reality a bit.”

Ch 8 Drama Producer: “A lot of effort was put into Unriddle 2.”

8 DAYS Pick: Game Plan trumps the competition on all fronts, from story premise to production values to quality of cast.

2. Television Page 105

Star Awards 2013: Show 2

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in 8 DAYS, Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, xinmsn.

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Text: Joanna Goh

The local actor passed away on Saturday after battle with lymphoma. We look back on his most memorable TV roles

2012’s Joys of Life

“Chou Pi Ren” was another diversion from his usual Mr. Nice Guy roles as Wenyong played Rui En’s abusive father and a scrooge in this period series.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, xinmsn.

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Text: xinmsn team

As this year’s Star Awards looms near, we are one step closer to unravelling the artiste who ultimately won the hearts of online voters across the island for Favourite Male Character, Favourite Female Character, Favourite Onscreen Couple, and Favourite Host. The results will be released during Show 1 on April 21.

In the running for Favourite Onscreen Couple for the second year in a row are Elvin Ng and Rui En (fondly known as ‘Ruivin’). The twosome, whose pairing in Code of Honour garnered them the award last year, charmed audiences again with their on-screen chemistry in Unriddle 2.

While Rui En may be faring well in that area, things aren’t looking as peachy in the Favourite Female Character category. After four weeks of leading the polls, she was knocked down to second place by newcomer Kimberly Chia, who continued to reign in the rankings for the next three weeks. Can her dedicated fans, RBKD, get her back into the top spot and help her score her third consecutive accolade, or will Kimberly take home her first trophy?

As with usual practice, we put on our thinking hats to analyse each category, and place our bets for Favourite Male Character, Favourite Female Character, Favourite Onscreen Couple and Favourite Host.

Who will emerge victorious? Well, it’s entirely up to you.

Powered by xinmsn, the winners of these online awards are determined entirely by the public’s online votes.

Voting is free-of-charge and is open to all Singaporeans and Singapore residents, with a valid NRIC number. Each voter is entitled to one vote per day, for each award category.

Favourite Female Character

We say: Rui En

The ever-popular Rui En has always been a strong contender in this category, and with good reason. Her versatility has enabled her to pull off all kinds of roles, from a spoilt brat in A Tale of 2 Cities, to a headstrong journalist in Poetic Justice, the role which garnered a nod for her in this category. Her strong, supportive fan base and impressive track record also make this prediction a no-brainer for us.

Dark horse: Kimberly Chia

If there’s one nominee who can break Rui En’s winning streak, it’s Kimberly Chia, who no doubt moved viewers with her portrayal of ill-stricken Deng Yilin in Don’t Stop Believin’. The young, doe-eyed actress took over her senior’s position in the fifth week of voting, and kept her ranking for three weeks straight. Could this be the beginning of the reign of a new TV screen queen?

Favourite Onscreen Couple

We say: Rui En & Elvin Ng

Could certified hot favourite RuiVin bag a third trophy together? We believe so. The in-demand duo have been owning the rankings since week one with their rollercoaster relationship in Unriddle 2, and they’ve already proved their popularity by winning the same title twice – once at last year’s show for Code of Honour, and another in 2010 for The Dream Catchers. The odds are definitely in their favour.

Dark horse: Rui En & Alien Huang

Latching on just as firmly to the number two spot for seven weeks is another Rui En pairing – this time, with Taiwanese star Alien Huang. The twosome, who play lovers in Joys of Life, and are the only real rivals of Ruivin – a pretty impressive feat, considering this is their first on-screen pairing.

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VOTE FOR RUI EN

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1. Star Awards 2013 – Online

a. Favourite Female Character

i. Vote for Rui En for free daily at bit.ly/yanzhiSA2013

b. Favourite On-screen Couple

i. Vote for Rui En for free daily at bit.ly/voteSA13

Voting for Star Awards (Favourite Female/Couple) ends on 21 April 2013.

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2. Star Awards 2013 – Top 10

a. Vote for Rui En in “Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes” here:

i. Dial 1900-112-2032 to vote. (86c per call)

ii. Vote for Rui En for free daily at bit.ly/19001122032

Voting for Star Awards (Top 10) ends on 28 April 2013.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, Code of Honour 正义武馆, EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, RBKD, Ruivin, Star Awards, Star Awards 2013, The Dream-Catchers 未来不是梦, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, xinmsn.

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