By Joanna Goh, 21/04/2011

It’s the biggest award ceremony in local showbiz and time of the year again for us to look into our crystal ball and predict the eventual winners for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes for Star Awards 2011

We know we sound like a broken tape recorder repeating the same ol’ stuff, but this we must reiterate.

The Top 20 (10 from each gender) Most Popular Male and Female Artiste Award is a voting game aka high school popularity contest that is anchored by a simple mechanism — the voting hotline. With the eventual outcome based on 50% votes and 50% public surveys, we say it’s time to pick up the phone and start dialling away lest you want to end up disappointed at the outcome on Sunday night.

Judging by forces of nature, and by that we mean fan clubs (or cult followings in some cases) and general public appeal, identifying the shoo-in winners of this category is as easy as A-B-C.

While popularity’s the main driving force of this voting game, we’re not forgetting the artistes who have slowly but steadily worked their way up the ladder, and the underdogs with undeniable onscreen likability.Who’s to emerge victorious and triumphant that night? We make our guesses…

Our take on the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes:

Winning Pedestal: Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh

And then there was three. What would be of the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes ranking if it fails to include the remaining trio from the original magnificent seven of Caldecott Hill?

The hottest — though no longer the youngest — commodities on the hill, it doesn’t take much to assume that they will are shoo-in winners for this category judging by sheer size of their expanding fan clubs. Year after year, they never fail to live up to expectations; we’re not expecting this year to be any different.

With Rui En taking on drama after drama projects, you see her on the 9pm drama slot almost all the time — don’t get us wrong, we’re not complaining bout that! She’s a versatile actress with the acting chops, sufficient TV exposure and a massive fan base. And while Jeanette’s currently missing in action with overseas filming commitment in Malaysia, the omnipresence of her fans is not one to be ignored — else how would you explain her On-screen couple (drama) win with Chris Lee last week?

Of course, we can’t forget 2010’s media darling Joanne. So what if she’s only had one drama last year (Your Hand In Mine)? This tech-savvy babe needs no promotional pushing from dramas for she’s been hogging the headlines with her outspoken take on baring it all for the cameras and of course, being the globetrotting face of Jetstar.

In the Safe Zone: Quan Yi Fong, Yvonne Lim, Vivian Lai, Tiffany Leong, Michelle Chia, Lin Pei Fen, Zhou Ying

They don’t enjoy massive fame and appeal like the three above but we daresay these ladies are in a completely different league of their own.

The Underdogs: Kym Ng, Michelle Chong

Source: XinMSN

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日期: 21/04/2011 | 新闻来源: 联合晚报 | 记者: 康秀金

阿姐心中的视帝是郑斌辉，视后是瑞恩。

视帝黑马，她认为是“巧克力”黄俊雄；而瑞恩的“近身敌人”则是欧萱。

她选瑞恩的理由是：“瑞恩进步很多，还未拿过奖，是时候了。她同时轧那么多戏，还可以进步，单是这一点就要记上一功！她放心思在角色上，很用功.”

Source: Wanbao, ChinaPress

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In the last of our three-part Star Awards prediction special, xinmsn brings you our final prophecy on what this Sunday’s Star Awards ‘Best Categories’ slate will look like.

It’s Star Awards frenzy weekend once more! Will it be Rui En or Jeanette Aw for Best Actress? Or will it be like a bolt from the blue? Will it be a starry night of perennial favourites or an unexpected twist of dark horses to emerge victorious in the ‘Best Categories’?

Fans are surely crossing their fingers for the favourite nominees right now. It is, after all, the biggest star-studded annual event in our local media scene.

Best Actress Nominees: Chen Li Ping (Unriddle); Jeanette Aw (Breakout); Joanne Peh (Your Hand in Mine); Rui En (With You); Zhou Ying (Breakout)

We say: Rui En

There’s a Hokkien saying – “No horse run!”, typically used in horse racing jargon to describe a champion horse which is way ahead of the field – In this case , the versatile actress is undoubtedly the champion horse here.

Nominated for her role in With You, Rui En has once again demonstrated her fine acting chops. Proving that she’s just as good playing dramatic roles as she is with “cool” character, the talented actress known for her frosty demeanour aced the role as a grieving wife and mother-of-one who lost her husband in a road accident.

Definitely an award-winning performance hands down.

Dark Horse: Jeanette Aw

Will the schizophrenic psycho Yang Nianqing in Breakout propel Best Actress nominee Jeanette Aw to Caldecott Hill’s most coveted throne? After all, this isn’t the first time the actress has been nominated.

As much as we’d like to place our last dollar on Rui En, Jeanette Aw’s conniving smirks and goosebumps- inducing rhythmic slurs in her multiple personality disorder character was certainly no child’s play, and exceptionally memorable. So, can the pretty-face princess Jeanette give ice queen princess Rui En a run for her money?

We say it’s a 50-50 chance.

Source: Xinmsn

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瑞恩过去一年角色最多面

瑞恩在最佳女主角方面最受认同，主要因为过去一年角色最多面。李秀文认为如果瑞恩获奖，看得出是新传媒过去一年为她铺排上位之路。

尽管瑞恩过去一年接到最多、最到元的角色，但不是每家媒体认为新传媒暗捧她上位。钟雁龄说，白薇秀才是被捧，只是没人料到长篇剧 《想握你的手》 上演滑铁卢。

Source: Zaobao

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1. Scene & Heard Page 20 & 24

And the Award goes to…

BEST ACTRESS
CHEN LIPING Unriddle
JEANETTE AW Breakout
ZHOU YING Breakout
JOANNE PEH Your Hand in Mine
RUI EN With You

MediaCorp Studios senior manager: “RUI EN shows her versatility and this show is so tough-there are so many crying scenes.”

Ch 8 senior exec: “ ZHOU YING, ‘cos unlike Jeanette Aw, no one hated her character. She’s the safest and most refreshing choice.”

Ch 8 drama producer: “ RUI EN has shown that she’s not only good at playing ‘cool’ characters- she’s just as adept at dramatic roles.”

Ch 8 actress: “ RUI EN. It was a very emotional role which required her to dig deep. An award-winning performance.”

8DAYS’ PICK!
We may be alone on this, but we think it’s finally JEANETTE AW’s year to take home the trophy. Hopefully, the judges schizophrenic psycho chicks with singsong voices as much as we do.

BEST DRAMA SERIAL
Breakout
New Beginnings
The Family Court
Unriddle
With you

MediaCorp Studios senior manager: “Unriddle” is not your typical Ch 8 drama and it had very good reviews. I’m also rooting for it ‘cos Paul Yuen (the show’s executive producer) is the cutest EP in MediaCorp.”

Ch 8 senior exec: “Breakout. It may not have rated well, but it was written by Ang Eng tee-his dramas have won this award every year, and 2011 will be no exception.”

Ch 8 drama producer: “With You. It’s very different ‘cos it deals with the afterlife in a very touching way. And it’s also the highest-rated show of the year.”

Ch 8 actress: “Unriddle. I applaud the crew for creating a cinematic feel to this drama-it’s a real breakthrough for local television.”

8DAYS’ PICK!
There’s no front-runner this year, so we’re going with Unriddle– it’s been a long time since Ch 8 produced a crime procedural and a good one at that.

2. Star Awards Advertisement Pages 62 – 65

3. Star Awards Show II Advertisement Page 117

4. TV Synopses

The In-Laws Pages 129-130

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瑞恩：我不适合露

瑞恩一身帅气西装打扮，只露锁骨。

她笑说：”我一直都是包得密密的，我不适合露。我也很怕穿裙子，因为无论走或坐都要很小心。 不过这个星期的颁奖典礼，我的服装可能会让大家惊喜，我自己非常喜欢!”

Source: MyPaper

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Current Top 10 Female Artistes are Ann Kok, Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh, Zhou Ying, Michelle Chia, Quan Yi Fong, Rui En, Tiffany Leong, Vivian Lai and Yvonne Lim.

暂时领先的女艺人（排名不分先后）
郭舒贤
欧萱
白薇秀
谢韵仪
权怡凤
瑞恩
梁丽芳
赖怡伶
林湘萍
周颖

Source: Xinmsn English | Chinese, Bagua8

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瑞恩获最喜爱女角色奖，她说原以为劲敌《破天网》的欧萱会得奖，因为对方的粉丝很可怕。欧萱输掉个人奖，却与李铭顺夺组合奖，她说相信是因为观众被他们剧中纯真的爱情感动。

Source: Zaobao

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红星大奖 李铭顺 欧萱 性格出位?

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