Star Awards 2025

The 30th installment of Star Awards, Star Awards 2025, honoured the best in Singaporean Mandarin television programming in 2024. The ceremony was held on 6 July 2025 with Channel 8, Channel U airing the show and simulcast on mewatch and YouTube. The ceremony was the first to be held outside April since the revision of the nomination period in 2008, as it was announced to be postponed to 6 July on its initial announcement on 11 February; it was planned to be scheduled in July for this special occasion.^[2]

Star Awards 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the annual Singaporean television awards ceremony, themed "Walking Through Time Together." The event celebrated three decades of local entertainment, reflecting on past milestones, present achievements, and future aspirations. This milestone edition highlighted the enduring bond between Mediacorp and its audiences, featuring a star-studded lineup of local and international artistes who came together to honour the contributions of Singapore's media professionals.^[3]

As with previous ceremonies, the Walk of Fame was aired first at 5pm, before the ceremony commenced at 7pm. The Backstage Live ran concurrently on MeWatch and YouTube, with the ceremony starting at 3.30pm until the ceremony ended. For the first time since 2018, a half-hour Post Party ceremony was held after the ceremony ended.^[3]

With BYD joining as a new presenter for Star Awards 2025, two fan-voted categories — Favourite Male and Female Character — were revealed during the Red Carpet show on 6 July 2025. Voting officially closed on 15 June 2025.

On 18 June 2025, it was announced that Chantalle Ng would co-host the ceremony along with Guo Liang. This was her debut hosting role.^[4][5]

From the moment the Star Awards began its illustrious journey in 1994, the Special Achievement Award has emerged as a timeless honour — bestowed each year to celebrate those whose unwavering brilliance has illuminated the path through decades of excellence.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the drama or programme.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

This award is given to celebrities who have won the Top 10 Most Popular category 10 times.^[12]

• Pornsak – for wins spanning 2009, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017–2021, and 2024.
• Yvonne Lim – for wins spanning 1998, 2009–2014, 2021, 2022, and 2024.

Three voting categories were also included in this ceremony, the Top 10 Most Popular Male/Female Artistes and Most Popular Rising Stars (eligible for amateur and fresh celebrities), first introduced in 2023. There were 43 artistes eligible for Rising Star, and 60 Male and 62 Female artistes for the Top 10 awards. A new rule was also introduced from this ceremony where artistes who win the Rising Stars Award thrice will automatically be promoted to the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes list; as usual, artistes who win the Most Popular Artiste Award ten times (including up to 3 Rising Star Awards) will automatically be conferred the All-Time Favourite Artiste (which also permanently disqualifies the All-Time Favourite Artiste recipient from being nominated for the Top 10 during future ceremonies).

Public voting was done via a registered meConnect account. Depending on the award category, the public may be entitled to one, three or ten votes and may submit an unlimited number of votes on 6 July depending on the award category. The public voting period for all awards with public voting ended on 15 June 2025 except for the Top 10 Most Popular Artiste and the Most Popular Rising Stars awards which ended on 6 July 2025.^[3][13][14]

The My Pick awards segment at Star Awards 2025 featured 6 fan-voted categories, including The Show Stealer, Favourite CP, and Most Emotional Character. Three new categories presented by sponsors include the Bioskin Most Charismatic Award, BYD Favourite Male Character, and BYD Favourite Female Character.^[15]

BYD Favourite Male & Female Character awards
The winners of the BYD Favourite Male and Female Character Awards were determined entirely by public voting. Winners were announced during the Star Awards 2025 – Walk Of Fame event.

During the live broadcast of the Star Awards on 6 July, viewers were able to participate in interactive segments, including live call-ins through Backstage Live, voting for the night's "Best Dressed" celebrities, and engaging in real-time polls. These interactive features were accessible via QR codes shown on Channel 8 and Channel U, on-screen prompts on meWATCH, and announcements made by the programme hosts.

Winning category obtained are marked with bold.

All programmes commissioned and/or produced by Mediacorp for at least one of the following:

Mediacorp-owned and operated platforms, and/or Mediacorp-operated third-party platforms, such as:

• Television: Channel 8, Channel U
• Radio: CAPITAL 958, LOVE 972, YES 933
• Digital: meWATCH, meLISTEN
• Music streaming: Mediacorp channels on Spotify and Apple Music
• Online video: Mediacorp YouTube channels

The qualifying period was from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, with programmes released during this period considered eligible for Star Awards 2025. ^[16]

Zhang Yaodong, who was previously embroiled in a personal scandal, made headlines by securing nominations in two categories: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes and BYD Favourite Male Character Award. His inclusion had sparked public discussion, with some netizens questioning the eligibility of foreign artistes and expressing concern over fairness to local talents. However, since Zhang performed in an eligible programme within the qualifying period, he remained a valid nominee for public voting categories.^[17]