Some of Asia’s biggest names – including Korean actor Lee Joon Gi and Hong Kong actor Joe Ma – were in town for the inaugural StarHub Night Of Stars Awards ceremony on 22 December 2018.
The event, which was hosted by local telco StarHub, was held at Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands. The Red Carpet event held prior to the awards ceremony saw artistes such as Cosmic Girls, A.C.E., Jeong Sewoon and Lee Joon Gi – to the delight of the hundreds of fans that were gathered outside the Sans Theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars.
The evening awards ceremony was helmed by Taiwanese hosts Dennis Nieh and Lulu Huang, as well as local actress Kate Pang. The trio brought laughter to the audience with their comedic hosting throughout the night.
Korean rookie boy group A.C.E won the StarHub Best Newcomer Award. The group, which debuted in May 2017, then celebrated their win by performing Cactus and Take Me Higher.
Rising singer Jeong Sewoon, who was in Singapore for HallyuPopFest, took the StarHub Best Asian Drama OST Award. He wowed the audience with his soothing vocals as he performed Its You from popular Korean drama What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim, as well as Just U.
Sewoon’s labelmate Cosmic Girls then took the StarHub Most Charismatic Performance Award. They took the opportunity to thank their fans and company, Starship Entertainment, for their everlasting support. Member Eunseo impressed the audience with her Mandarin speech before rounding up their appearance on stage with a performance of Secret and Save Me Save You.
Proving their popularity, EXO member Kai emerged as the winner with the most votes for the category of Starhub Favourite Korean Drama Character Award. Fans voted hard on Facebook and we are just as glad that their efforts have paid off!
Korean heartthrob Lee Joon Gi took home the one of the night’s biggest award, the StarHub Best Male Asian Star Award. His performance of a gangster-turned-lawyer in Lawless Lawyer took home the much-coveted spot of being the highest rated drama in the Korea cable television history and we are sure he would be gracing our screens very soon!
Other notable winners were Chinese actress Qin Lan who bagged the StarHub Best Female Asian Star Award. Her Story Of Yanxi Palace co-star, former Singapore-based actor Lawrence Wong nabbed the StarHub Breakthrough Star Award. From Taiwan, veteran actress Chen Meifeng won the StarHub Evergreen Artiste Award while fellow veteran host Pauline Lan won the StarHub Best Host Award. Actors Derek Chang and Jasper Liu were presented with the Starhub Rising Star Award and StarHub Dazzling Star Award respectively. Proving that experience is key, Hong Kong actor Joe Ma received the StarHub Best Actor In A Lead Role Award, while fellow Hong Kong actress Rebecca Zhu took the StarHub Best TVB Drama Character Award.
We thank StarHub for having us at the StarHub Night Of Stars Awards Show!