Star Awards 1996 is the third edition of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. A total of 21 awards were given out at the ceremony and saw the introduction of two new categories, namely "Top Rated Drama Serial" and "Top Rated Telemovie", while the categories "Most Popular Male Artiste" and "Most Popular Female Artiste" were discontinued.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special Achievement AwardBai Yan Best Drama Serial Best TelemovieTofu Street Morning Express The Last Rhythm The Teochew Family The Golden PillowHeart of the Family Ace Cops Cupid Love Somewhere in Time To Madam With Love Top Rated Drama Serial Top Rated TelemovieThe Golden PillowLove Knows No Bound Best Actor Best ActressXie Shaoguang − The Last Rhythm as Senchun Junxiong Chen Hanwei — Morning Express as Fang Ansheng Chew Chor Meng — The Teochew Family as Hong San Huang Yiliang — Ace Cops as Wu Xifa Li Nanxing — Somewhere in Time as Li XiongZoe Tay − The Golden Pillow as Zhou Xiaodan Cynthia Koh — Tofu Street as Liang Simei Aileen Tan — Ace Cops as Yao Jingjing Fann Wong — The Unbroken Cycle as Ye Qin / Zhu Zhiyue / Li Xiangmei Zeng Huifen — Dr Justice 2 as Shen Xishuang Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressXie Shaoguang − The Golden Pillow as Sai Wei Ang Puay Heng — Dr Justice 2 as He Yongli Zhang Xinxiang — The Golden Pillow as Zhou Hongsheng Zheng Geping — Tofu Street as Wang A-xiong Zhu Houren — The Teochew Family as Fu Guobing Zeng Huifen − The Teochew Family as Cai Chuning Chen Huihui — Tofu Street as Auntie Wonton Hong Huifang — The Teochew Family as Sun Fengyu Li Yinzhu — Waves of Courage as Liang Peiyun Yang Libing — The Golden Pillow as Jinqiu Top 5 Most Popular Male Artistes Top 5 Most Popular Female ArtistesLi Nanxing Chen Hanwei Thomas Ong Chew Chor Meng Xie ShaoguangZoe Tay Chen Liping Fann Wong Lina Ng Ann Kok Most Popular Newcomer Most Popular Theme or Interlude SongPhyllis Quek Christopher Lee Ziozio Lim Ix Shen Jacelyn Tay"Moonlight in the City 城里的月光" (from Tofu Street); Performed by: Mavis Hee

References

External links Star Awards 1996 @ Xinmsn