Campus SuperStar (season 3)


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, 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 series was won by Jarod Lee, a thirteen-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 fourteen-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

The final 12 finalists were confirmed as follows;
Key:
Ridhwan Azman
15, Bendemeer Secondary School		Rachael Chang 张慧诗
15, Jurong West Secondary School		Benita Cheng 郑琪颖
15, Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School
Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈
14, Anglican High School		Adrian Jorge 黄力生
15, Manjusri Secondary School		Jarod Lee 李奕贤
13, Ngee Ann Secondary School
Mavis Li Li 李李美子
18, Deyi Secondary School		Rachel Lim 林瑞敏
14, Methodist Girls' School		Joselin Ng 黄慧婷
Jeremy Teng 丁文淞
Shelly Tsai 蔡梦真
Yap Jia Min 叶嘉敏
15, Anglo-Chinese Junior College

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

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Live show details

Week 1: Pre-show concert (4 January)

The top 12 finalists were revealed in this pre-recorded 2-hour special episode. It featured performances from the finalists together with finalists from the past seasons.
ContestantOrderSong
Mavis Li Li1"给我感觉"
Jeremy Teng2"天天夜夜"
Benita Cheng3"你最珍贵"
Yap Jia Min4"傻瓜"
Shelly Tsai5"热带雨林"
Adrian Jorge6"记得爱"
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Joselin Ng8"爱什么稀罕"
Rachel Lim9"一眼瞬间"
Rachel Chua10"痛快"
Rachael Chang11"恋爱达人"
Jarod Lee12"新不了情"

Week 2 (12 January)

The six singers who were eliminated from the first six live shows returned to the stage to perform for the revival round. The contestant with the highest judges' score would be immune from elimination and was immediately reinstated from the competition. Of the remaining five contestants, the contestant with a higher combined total would also be reinstated from the competition. Former Project SuperStar judge Dawn Yip was brought in as the guest judge.

Week 9 (9 March)

Two contestants were eliminated from the season eighth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score would be immediately eliminated without facing the public votes. Of the remaining seven contestants, the contestant with a lower combined total will also be eliminated.

Week 10 (16 March)

Two contestants were eliminated from the season ninth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score would be immediately eliminated without facing the public votes. Of the remaining five contestants, the contestant with a lower combined total will also be eliminated.

Week 11: Semi-final (23 March)

Two contestants were eliminated and one contestant would immediately advance to the finals from the season tenth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score would be immediately eliminated without facing the public votes, while the contestant receiving the highest judges' score would be immune to elimination and immediately advanced to the finals. Of the two remaining contestants, the combined total determined which singer will advance to the final, and which singer was eliminated.

Week 12: Ultimate Revival Round 2 (30 March)

Each of the judges select one eliminated contestant from week 8 to 10 to compete in the Ultimate Revival Round. Jim Lim selected Rachel Chua, Xiaohan selected Benita Cheng, Ken Tay selected Rachel Lim, and Li Feihui selected Joselin Ng. The contestant with the highest judges' score would be immune from elimination and was immediately reinstated from the competition; of the remaining three contestants, the contestant with a higher combined total would also be reinstated from the competition. Lim did not appear on the judging panel for week 12 due to work commitments in Taiwan with singer A-mei; season one judge Cavin Soh took his place on the panel. Singer Maggie Theng was brought in as the guest judge as well.

Week 13: Final (6/12 April)

6 April
All top 12 finalists returned to the stage in this pre-recorded non-elimination performance show. It featured group performances from the finalists as well as a look-back on their journey in the competition.
ContestantOrderSong
Rachael Chang, Mavis Li Li & Shelly Tsai1"特务J"
Benita Cheng, Rachel Lim & Mavis Li Li2"站在高岗上"
3"小酒窝"
Ridhwan Azman, Adrian Jorge & Jeremy Teng4

12 April
Project SuperStar season one winner Kelvin Tan, singer Maggie Theng, music producer and composer Lee Wei Song and Wu Jia Ming were brought in as the guest judges.
12 April