The nomination lists for the main categories and popularity awards were announced on 3 February and 18 March 2010, respectively.[1]
This year Star Awards marked the first time the Professional and Technical awards (given out to backstage crew and scriptwriters) were telecast and presented in one show (first show), and was also the second year to host multiple award shows airing on two separate Sunday nights, after 2007. While the first show was still held at MediaCorp TV Theatre, the second show was, for the third time in Star Awards' history, being held on the new location of Resorts World Sentosa, after 1996 and 2006.
Also introduced this year were the six awards, Favourite Male Character, Favourite Female Character, Most Unforgettable TV Villain, Male Media Darling, Female Media Darling and Rocket Award, all of which were awarded on the first show (亮闪八方 (lit. Dazzling Awards)). The first three awards were decided by online voting that run from 1 March until 11 April with the results being announced during the first ceremony. The Rocket Award was also introduced, which mainly focuses on the artiste who contributed the most improvement throughout the past year.
Both of the ceremonies were broadcast live on 18 and 25 April 2010. The post-show was held after the second ceremony at 10pm on Channel U.
Together and Reunion Dinner each won four awards combined from both ceremonies, for the former it holds the largest nominations for the ceremony with 20 and also won the Best Drama Serial, while the biggest winner for the Variety/Info-ed category It's A Small World won two.
Programme details
Date
Shows
Time
Channel
Venue
18 April 2010
Star Awards 2010 Show 1
7pm to 10pm
MediaCorp Channel 8
MediaCorp TV Theatre
25 April 2010
Star Awards 2010 Red Carpet
5.30pm to 6.30pm
MediaCorp Channel 8
Resorts World Sentosa
25 April 2010
Star Awards 2010 Show 2
7pm to 10pm
MediaCorp Channel 8
Resorts World Sentosa
25 April 2010
Star Awards 2010 Post Show Party
10pm to 11pm
MediaCorp Channel U
Resorts World Sentosa
Winners and nominees
Unless otherwise stated, winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Chun Guek Lay 曾月丽 – Focus 焦点 – Seng Han Thong Burning Experience 成汉通的烧伤磨难
Eg Yik Fan 吴益帆 – Money Week 财经追击 – Innovator Series 创业系列
Grace Yang Hsiao Hung 杨晓红 and Ng Toh Heong 黄卓雄 – Focus 焦点 – Typhoon Morakot 莫拉克台风肆虐台湾
Leck Chye Peng 陆彩萍 and Eugene Lim 林锦成 – Frontline 前线追踪 – The aunt of textile printing 印花嫂
Awards eligible for Audience Voting
The online voting for Favourite Male & Female Character was revealed on 18 March 2010, and were closed on 18 April, at 9pm. Voting for other categories closed at 8.15pm.
The Rocket award, debuting this year, was given to the artiste with the most improvement in the performance of his/her respective field of profession for the past year.
Unlike previous awards, only the shows with the highest viewerships (for Drama Serial and Variety/Info-Ed Programmes, respectively) were listed and awarded.
This award is a special achievement award given out to artiste(s) who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years. Top 10 winning years the recipients were awarded together are highlighted in boldface.
The first show of 2010 won the Best Variety Special on the following ceremony next year; it was Star Awards second win for the Best Variety Special since the show won its first award in 2007 (for the 2006 ceremony).
‡Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of television in Singapore. For the first 14 ceremonies, the ceremony was held at the end of the year (usually December). Since the 15th ceremony held in 2009, the ceremony was held on April and the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year, hence no ceremony was held in 2008 due to a format change. No ceremony was held on 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic while nominations for the 2019 calendar year were rolled over to the next ceremony.