New Talent Singing Awards


New Talent Singing Awards or NTSA for short, later re-organized into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals, and most currently renamed TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship is an annual singing competition organised by TVB that searches out new singers to enter the Asian music industry.

History

Beginning (1982–1992)

Held in Hong Kong only, contestants are required to compete through multiple rounds to display their vocal talent through different genres of songs and/or vocal challenges such as singing cappellas or in a different language etc. The winner is guaranteed a recording contract with Capital Artists Recording Company.

Overseas addition (1993–1996)

With increased Hong Kong Chinese emigrated to North America, TVB opened "Overseas Contestant" category to attract contestants and held the contest in cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

International affair (1997–2004)

With the emergence of several Australian, European and Asian cities like Melbourne, London, Amsterdam and Shanghai wanting to be included in the event, in 1997, TVB Hong Kong created the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Instead of having one "overseas contestant" from North America competing in the NTSA Finals, now each participating country would send regional representatives to compete in the NTSA International Finals. Also, due to the downsizing of Capital Artist, Emperor Entertainment Group took over organising the contest with TVB.

EEG & Mandarin dominance (2005–present)

The international finals and the Hong Kong regional finals changed their names and logos once again in 2005. Because of the heavy influence of co-organizer Emperor Entertainment Group, the Hong Kong regional finals is now simply called EEG Singing Contest 英皇新秀歌唱大賽, completely discarding the "New Talent" part of the English title. As for the International Finals, since TVB has decided to move the contest to its mandarin channel, TVB8, the international finals changed its name into TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Because of the move, there has been many more contestants representing different regions of Mainland China since 2005. In 2006, spots for several "Internet Region Representatives" are devoted solely to Mainland Chinese contestants who does not live in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is held.
Starting in 2009, TVB has stopped organising EEG Singing Contest and instead has its new reality-show style singing competition, The Voice 超級巨聲 select Hong Kong's representative for the International Finals. Because the 2009 NTSA International Finals was held during the run of season one of The Voice, the show selected the contestant with the highest average score thus far, Hong Kin Chan to represent Hong Kong. However, a day before the International Finals he pulled out due to sickness, marking it the first time Hong Kong was not represented in the history of the competition.

Cities hosted NTSA regional contests (past and/or present)

NTSA has been the start of many Asian celebrities today. Some have stayed in the music business and have become popular performers, while some have become actors and TV presenters. Below is a list of winners as well as past contestants who have made a contribution to the entertainment business after competing in NTSA.
YearContestantRepresenting Region Placement
1982Anita Mui ---Winner
1982Rita Carpio ---First runner-up
1983David Lui ---Winner
1983Deric Wan ---Finalist
1984Dicky Cheung ---Winner
1984Gallen Lo ---Finalist
1985Alex To ---Winner
1985William So ---First runner-up
1985Gina Lam ---Second runner-up
1985Grasshopper ---Finalist
1985Eddie Ng ---Finalist
1985Elvina Kong ---Finalist
1985Hacken Lee ---Semi-finalist
1985Vivian Chow ---Semi-finalist
1985Derek Kok ---Semi-finalist
1985Sarah Wong
1986Pui Ling Man ---Winner
1986Andy Hui ---First runner-up
1986Leon Lai ---Second runner-up
1986Shirley Kwan ---Finalist
1987Hui Hong Fong ---Winner
1987Canti Lau ---First runner-up
1988Patrick Tam ---Winner
1988Sammi Cheng ---Second runner-up
1988Ekin Cheng ---Finalist
1988Bondy Chiu ---Finalist
1989Mei Kwan Tong ---Winner
1989Edmond Leung ---Finalist
1990Chun Tung Tsui ---Winner
1991Lee Ka Keung ---Winner
1991Karen Tong ---Top 5 Finalist
1992Stephanie Che ---Winner
1993Andrew Cheung, Peter Cheung ---Winner
1993Coco Lee ---First runner-up
1994Gabriel Harrison ---Winner
1995Eason Chan ---Winner
1995Miriam Yeung ---First runner-up
1995Joyce Tang ---Finalist
1996Denise Ho ---Winner
1996Cindy Au ---Second runner-up
1996Patrick Tang Overseas Contestant Finalist
1997Wilfred Lau Hong KongWinner
1998Jacky Chu Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFirst runner-up
1999Noella Choi Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFinalist
1999Jade Kwan Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBest Potential Newcomer
1999Emma YiuLondon, EnglandFinalist
2000Kit Wan Liu New York City, USAWinner
2001Ling Xia Kuo Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2002BE4Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2002Deep Ng Hong KongSecond runner-up
2003Nga Ming Tong San Francisco, USAWinner
2003William Chan Hong KongFinalist
2004Ming Li Wang Johor, MalaysiaWinner
2004Keith Wong Hong KongSecond runner-up
2004Dennis Mak Hong KongFinalist of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2005Wei Liu Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2005Lorretta Chow Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaTrendy Image Award
2005Sherman Chung Hong KongFinalist
2005Vincy Chan Hong KongFirst runner-up of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2006Andrew Tan Penang, MalaysiaWinner
2006Ken Hung Hong KongFirst runner-up of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2006Laiying Wang Rotterdam, The NetherlandsBest Stage Performance Award
2007Hau Yian Or Zhejiang, ChinaWinner
2008Xu Pan Jilin, ChinaWinner
2008Celia Liang Sydney, AustraliaFirst runner-up
2009Keat Yoke, Chen Pahang, MalaysiaWinner
2009Melissa Seow Melbourne, AustraliaFirst runner-up
2010Hubert Wu Hong KongWinner
2010Peace Teo Johor, MalaysiaFirst runner-up
2011James Li Brisbane, AustraliaWinner
2011Rachel Chua SingaporeFirst runner-up
2011Jerry Liu Hong KongSecond runner-up
2012Sheldon Lo Hong KongWinner
2012YingLong Wang Sichuan, ChinaFirst runner-up
2012Emily Hui Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSecond runner-up
2013Zheng Xinqi Sichuan, ChinaWinner
2014Uriah See Johor, MalaysiaWinner
2015Jacqueline Ng Penang, MalaysiaWinner
2016Brian Chew Penang, MalaysiaWinner