Campus SuperStar is a Singaporean television music competition to find new singing talent. Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education. The third season began airing on MediaCorp Channel U on 4 January 2009 and ended on 12 April 2009.
Jim Lim and Li Feihui were the two judges from the previous season to return, and was joined by Xiaohan and Ken Tay, who all appeared as judges for the first time. Previous judge Jimmy Ye declined to return. Pornsak, Felicia Chin and Lee Teng hosted the show, while Yuan Shuai was employed as the online correspondent. Yoga Lin, winner of the first season of One Million Star, was invited to be the ambassador of the show.
This was the first season to have a reduced number of finalists from 20 to 12, without equal gender representation (eight female finalists and four male finalists), and this season was also notable for being the only season in which the competition have two revival rounds, the 'immunity' and 'sudden-death' eliminations during performance show, an elimination-based sing-off, a non-Chinese contestant was a part of the top 12, and one male and three females represented in the finale, as opposed to two per gender on the past two seasons (the format also happened on the fourth season in 2013).
The series was won by Jarod Lee, a 13-year-old student from Ngee Ann Secondary School, and won a two-year MediaCorp management contract and a cash prize of $2,000, beating Rachel Chua, a 14-year-old student from Anglican High School, who was also the first and only contestant to be eliminated and reinstated in the competition twice.
Judges and hosts Jim Lim was confirmed to be returning to the judging panel after judging season two of the show. Li Feihui was also announced to return for this third year as a judge. Season two judge and vocal coach Jimmy Ye declined to return as a judge for the third season. It was announced that two new judges would be brought in to replace Ye on the judging panel. Award-winning lyricist Xiaohan and singer Ken Tay were instated as the third and fourth judge.
Season two host Pornsak returned to host the show. Former season two host Dasmond Koh left the show and his position was taken over by actress Felicia Chin and SuperHost runner-up Lee Teng. U Are the One winner Yuan Shuai hosted the online streaming programme as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news.
Selection process
Applications and first auditions The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore. Auditions in front of the judges for season 3 took place in MediaCorp on 8 and 9 November 2008. Applicants are to report to the venue for the audition in their respective school uniforms. Out of 2046 applicants, 141 were put through to the second round of the auditions.
Second auditions Similar to the first auditions, the second auditions took place in MediaCorp on 15 November 2008. 107 contestants were eliminated at this stage of the competition, leaving 34 to compete in the final round of the auditions.
Third auditions 34 contestants competed at this stage of the competition on 24 November 2008. 22 contestants were eliminated and the remaining 12 were put through to the live shows as finalists. For the first time in Campus SuperStar history, the contestants do not have equal gender representation; eight females and four males advanced to the finals.
Finalists Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place – Advanced via Wildcard round 1 – Advanced via Wildcard round 2
ActAge(s)SchoolResultJarod Lee 李奕贤13Ngee Ann Secondary SchoolWinnerRachel Chua 蔡艾珈 14Anglican High SchoolRunner-upJoselin Ng 黄慧婷15Chua Chu Kang Secondary School3rd-4th placeYap Jia Min 叶嘉敏15Anglo-Chinese Junior College3rd-4th placeRidhwan Azman15Bendemeer Secondary School5th-8th placeBenita Cheng 郑琪颖15Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School5th-8th placeMavis Li Li 李李美子18Deyi Secondary School5th-8th placeRachel Lim 林瑞敏14Methodist Girls' School5th-8th placeRachael Chang 张慧诗15Jurong West Secondary School9th-12th placeAdrian Jorge 黄力生15Manjusri Secondary School9th-12th placeJeremy Teng 丁文淞14Commonwealth Secondary School9th-12th placeShelly Tsai 蔡梦真14Hwa Chong International School9th-12th place
Live shows The live shows began on 12 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Monday at 8:00pm and the results were announced on the same night at 11:30pm. As with previous seasons, each live show had a different theme. The results show often featured guest performances and sometimes a group performance by the remaining contestants.
On the first live show, sixth live results show and live final, One Million Star season one winner and the show's ambassador Yoga Lin performed. The first live show also featured performances by Singaporean band Mi Lu Bing and singer Olivia Ong. The fourth live results show included performance from One Million Star season 3 fifth runner-up Wong Jing Lun while Project SuperStar season one runner-up Kelly Poon performed on the fifth results show. Project SuperStar season one female runner-up Shi Xin Hui and Malaysian singer Fish Leong performed on the seventh live result show. Project SuperStar season one male second runner-up Derrick Hoh performed on the eighth live results show, while Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth performed on the eleventh and thirteenth. The twelfth live results show and thirteenth live show included performance from Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit. The eleventh and twelfth live shows also featured performance by Singaporean singer Jocie Kwok. Singaporean singer Meixin performed on the thirteenth live show as well. One Million Star season two runner-up Rachel Liang and the winner for the first season of Project SuperStar, Kelvin Tan performed for the live final.
Guest judging roles were brought in during the eighth, twelfth and thirteenth week of the live shows. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip attended the eighth live show, and Singaporean singer Maggie Theng attended the twelfth live show. Lee Wei Song, Kelvin Tan, Wu Jia Ming and Theng attended the thirteenth live show as guest judges as well. During the twelfth week of the live shows, it was announced that judge Jim Lim was unable to present for the live shows due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei. During the week, it was announced that former judge Cavin Soh would replace him as a judge on the show.
Results summary Colour key –Contestant did not perform –Contestant received the lowest judges' score or was in the bottom two based on judges' score or failed to receive enough judges' score and was in the danger zone –Contestant received the lowest combined total or was in the bottom two and was eliminated –Contestant received the lowest judges' score and was eliminated (did not face the public vote) –Contestant did not face the public vote was immune from elimination –Contestant received the highest judges' score or combined total
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Round 1 Round 2 PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS PS RS Jarod Lee1st31.5Safe 5th24.5Safe 2nd29.5Safe 3rd28.5Safe2nd30.0Safe1st33.5Immune 1st121.0Safe1st65.0Winner50.75% Rachel Chua2nd29.5Safe 3rd26.05th Eliminated(week 5)1st40.5Immune2nd29.5Safe1st30.5Safe2nd32.52nd1st42.5Immune2nd118.0Safe1st65.049.25% Joselin Ng4th25.5Safe 1st27.0Safe 3rd28.0Safe 4th27.5Safe 6th24.5 Eliminated(week 10)2nd39.01st4th101.0Bottom two Eliminated(week 13) Yap Jia Min 1st30.0Safe 1st31.0Safe 1st34.5Safe 1st31.0Safe4th27.5Safe3rd29.51st 3rd117.5Bottom two Eliminated(week 13) Mavis Li Li 3rd27.56th Eliminated(week 3)2nd37.51st6th25.5Safe3rd29.5Safe4th28.5 Eliminated(week 11) Rachel Lim3rd26.0Safe 3rd25.0Safe 1st30.0Safe 4th27.5Safe5th26.55th Eliminated(week 10)3rd34.5Bottom two Not returned(week 12) Ridhwan Azman 6th24.5Safe1st27.0Safe 2nd27.0Safe 7th25.07th Eliminated(week 9) Benita Cheng 2nd29.5Safe 3rd26.0Safe3rd26.5Safe 8th24.0 Eliminated(week 9)4th33.0Bottom two Not returned(week 12) Jeremy Teng 4th26.5Safe4th23.5Safe 4th24.54th3rd31.0Bottom four Not returned(week 8) Rachael Chang 5th25.0Safe 2nd27.0Safe4th23.54th Eliminated(week 6)4th29.5Bottom four Not returned(week 8) Shelly Tsai5th25.5Safe 5th19.05th Eliminated(week 4)6th28.0Bottom four Not returned(week 8) Adrian Jorge6th20.56th Eliminated(week 2)5th28.5Bottom four Not returned(week 8)
Live show details
Week 1: Pre-show concert (4 January) Theme: Alumni duets/trios Group performance: "By Now" Special performance: "只对你有感觉" (performed by Felicia Chin, Lee Teng, Pornsak and Yuan Shuai) Musical guests: Season one and season two top 20 finalists featuring season three hosts and Euphoria Cheerleading Team ("CSS进行曲"), Mi Lu Bing ("世界麻烦借过一下"), Olivia Ong ("如燕") and Yoga Lin ("残酷月光" and "伯乐") The top 12 finalists were revealed in this pre-recorded 2-hour special episode, featuring performances from the finalists together with former alumnus from the past seasons.
+ Contestants' performances on the first pre-recorded show Contestant Order Song (duet/trio) Mavis Li Li 1 "给我感觉" (with Keely Wee) Jeremy Teng 2 "天天夜夜" (with Joanna Teo) Benita Cheng 3 "你最珍贵" (with Chen Yi Yuan) Yap Jia Min 4 "傻瓜" (with Seah Hui Xian) Shelly Tsai 5 "热带雨林" (with Clara Tan) Adrian Jorge 6 "记得爱" (with Goh Fu Kuan & Wan Choon Keat) 7 Joselin Ng 8 "爱什么稀罕" (with Geraldine See) Rachel Lim 9 "一眼瞬间" (with Benjamin Hum) Rachel Chua 10 "痛快" (with Agnes Low) Rachael Chang 11 "恋爱达人" (with Hong Yu Yang) Jarod Lee 12 "新不了情" (with Shawn Tok)
Week 2 (12 January) Theme: Their representation songs Sing-off song: "童话" For the first six weeks of competition, contestants are split into two groups competing in one of the two weeks. This week's sing-off is the only time the elimination is decided by muting one of the microphones. + Contestants' performances on the second live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result JL XH KT FH Total Adrian Jorge 1 "不完美"6.06.04.54.020.5 2 "第一天"6.57.58.07.529.5 Safe Rachel Lim 3 "I Believe"6.07.06.56.526.0 Safe Shelly Tsai 4 5.57.05.05.523.0 Sing-off/Safe Jarod Lee 5 "I Believe"6.59.58.57.031.5 Safe Joselin Ng 6 "那又如何"6.06.56.56.525.5 Safe
Week 3 (19 January) Theme: Their representation songs Sing-off song: "遗失的美好" Similar to week 2, contestants compete in one of two groups performing the same theme. Beginning this week, the sing-off eliminates the contestant when their pitch was altered to a lowered pitch. + Contestants' performances on the third live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result JL XH KT FH Total Mavis Li Li 1 6.07.07.57.027.5 Jeremy Teng 2 "彩虹"6.06.56.57.526.5 Safe Yap Jia Min 3 "灰姑娘"7.58.08.06.530.0 Safe Rachael Chang 4 "勇气"6.56.56.06.025.0 Safe 5 "就是我"6.07.06.55.024.5 Sing-off/Safe Benita Cheng 6 "心动"6.58.57.07.529.5 Safe
Week 4 (2 February) Theme: Their favourite subjects Musical guest: Wong Jing Lun ("月光" and "缺席") Sing-off song: "天黑黑" + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result JL XH KT FH Total Shelly Tsai 1 "星光"5.56.03.54.019.0 Jeremy Teng 2 "豆浆油条"7.06.55.05.023.5 Safe Joselin Ng 3 6.07.07.56.527.0 Safe 4 "空秋千"6.57.06.57.027.0 Safe Rachel Lim 5 "月牙湾"6.06.56.56.025.0 Sing-off/Safe
Week 5 (9 February) Theme: Their favourite subjects Musical guest: Kelly Poon ("本小姐不爱" and "限时的遗忘") Sing-off song: "城里的月光" + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result JL XH KT FH Total Benita Cheng 1 "蓝天"6.07.56.56.026.0 Safe Rachel Chua 2 "C大调"6.56.57.06.026.0 Yap Jia Min 3 "雨天"7.08.08.08.031.0 Safe Jarod Lee 4 "听海"6.07.06.05.524.5 Sing-off/Safe 5 7.07.56.56.027.0 Safe
Week 6 (16 February) Theme: Songs for their teachers