Star Awards 2011
Star Awards 2011 was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U.
As like the preceding year's ceremony, this year's Star Awards were broadcast in two live-telecast shows on Channel 8, on 17 and 24 April. The first show, titled 银光闪耀 was broadcast live on 17 April 2011 at MediaCorp Studios, which primarily focuses on giving out mostly technical awards and the Favourite popularity awards which introduced since last year. The second show, titled 金碧辉映 was broadcast live on 24 April 2011 at the Grand Ballroom in Resorts World Sentosa, which was the main award ceremony, followed by a post-show party after the ceremony concluded.
The year's leading contender, Breakout, became the biggest winning drama serial of the year, clinching a total of five awards including the Best Drama Serial. Comedy satire Black Rose broke a record of having the most nominations by variety/info-ad programme in a single year with seven, but cooking documentary variety show Love On A Plate set another record of wins most awards for a Variety Programme, with four.
Programme details
Winners and nominees
Unless otherwise stated, winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. A 1 next to the nomination indicate that a representative will collect the award in place of the nominee.Show 1 (银光闪耀)
The show opened at 7.00pm with a two-and-a-half minute parody opening containing mashup of various Chinese programmes of 2010-11, and many dialogues or shots from a selected number of scenes are edited and the voices are dubbed by different artistes. When the show opens, the show hosts Dasmond Koh, Kym Ng, Bryan Wong and Pornsak were dubbed with voices of Wong, Pornsak, Koh and Ng, respectively, who then explaining the opening's disclaimer after the voices are fixed.Main category
Awards Eligible for Audience Voting
Other awards
Rocket Award
Viewership awards
Show 2 (金碧辉映)
Main category
Awards eligible for Audience Voting
This was the first ceremony in history of Star Awards the nominations for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes was not 20, as 21 artistes were shortlisted. Similar to the past awards, the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes commenced after the nominations, and voting closes until 24 April at 9pm.| Note | Description |
| Made it to top 10 in the week / Fall under the Top n category. | |
| n | How many of this awards the awardee got. |
| 10 | To be awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste in the next Star Awards. |
All Time Favourite Artiste
This award is a special achievement award given out to a veteran artiste who have achieved a maximum of 10 popularity awards over 10 years.| Xiang Yun 向云 | ||
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Post Show Party Yeah! Awards
Summary of nominations and awards (by programme genre)
Most nominations
Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work:| Drama Series | Nominations |
| Breakout 破天网 | 19 |
| The Family Court 走进走出 | 10 |
| With You 我在你左右 | 8 |
| Unriddle 最火搭档 | 7 |
| The Best Things in Life 五福到 | 5 |
| Happy Family 过好年 | 4 |
| New Beginnings 红白囍事 | 3 |
| The Illusionist 魔幻视界 | 3 |
| Your Hand in Mine 想握你的手 | 3 |
| The Little Nyonya 小娘惹 | 1 |
| The Score 无花果 | 1 |
| Precious Babes 三个女人一个宝 | 1 |
| Variety/Info-ed | Nominations |
| Black Rose 爆料黑玫瑰 | 7 |
| Love On A Plate 名厨出走记 | 5 |
| Dream Potter 梦．窑匠 | 4 |
| Food Source 食在好源头 | 4 |
| Star Search 2010 才华横溢出新秀 | 4 |
| Behind Every Job 美差事。苦差事 | 3 |
| Focus 焦点 | 3 |
| Frontline 前线追踪 | 3 |
| Gatekeepers 小兵迎大将 | 3 |
| The Activist's Journey 仁心侠旅 | 2 |
| Going Home 回家走走 | 2 |
| Home Decor Survivor 4 摆家乐4 | 2 |
| Legendary Cuisine 传说中的料理 | 2 |
| Star Awards 2010 红星大奖2010 | 2 |
| Don't Forget the Lyrics! 我要唱下去！ | 1 |
| Food Notes 上食堂 | 1 |
| Life Transformers 2 心晴大动员 2 | 1 |
| Lodge With Me 我行我宿 | 1 |
| Lunar New Year Eve Special 2010 普天同庆金虎年 | 1 |
| Money Week 财经追击 | 1 |
| Renci Charity Show 2010 仁心慈爱照万千2010 | 1 |
| Stars For A Cause 2 明星志工队2 | 1 |
| Thong Chai Charity Night 同济医院慈善夜 | 1 |
| Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show 2010 太和观 一心一德为善乐 | 1 |
| Tuesday Report 星期二特写 | 1 |
Most wins
| Drama Series | Wins |
| Breakout 破天网 | 5 |
| With You 我在你左右 | 3 |
| Happy Family 过好年 | 2 |
| The Family Court 走进走出 | 1 |
| The Little Nyonya 小娘惹 | 1 |
| Variety/Info-ed | Wins |
| Love On A Plate 名厨出走记 | 4 |
| Star Search 2010 才华横溢出新秀 | 2 |
| Life Transformers 2 心晴大动员 2 | 2 |
| Focus 焦点 | 1 |
| Star Awards 2010 红星大奖2010 | 1 |
| Tuesday Report 星期二特写 | 1 |
| The Activist's Journey 仁心侠旅 | 1 |
| Money Week 财经追击 | 1 |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.Show 1
Show 2
Trivia
Consecutive nominees and recipients
- The nominations for the "Best Current Affairs Presenter" award are the same from last year.
- Regene Lim received the "Young Talent Award" for the third consecutive year.
Firsts in top 10
- Huang Wenyong and Zhou Ying won their first Top 10 Most Popular Artiste, for the former, it was his first win after being nominated for 17 consecutive years.
- *After Zheng Geping made his speech, he went on to thank his family.
- Michelle Chong and Ann Kok received her second and sixth, respectively, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award since 2005 and 1999, respectively.
[Star Awards 2012] nominations
| Award | Accolade | Representative work | Result |
| Star Awards 2012 红星大奖2012 | Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目 | Star Awards 2011 Show 1 银光闪耀 红星大奖2011 | |
| Star Awards 2012 红星大奖2012 | Best Variety Special 最佳综艺特备节目 | Star Awards 2011 Show 2 金碧辉映 红星大奖2011 |