Campus SuperStar
Season 3
Hosted byPornsak
Felicia Chin
Lee Teng
Yuan Shuai
JudgesLi Feihui
Jim Lim
Ken Tay
Xiaohan
Dawn Yip (guest)
Cavin Soh (guest)
Maggie Theng (guest)
Lee Wei Song (guest)
Kelvin Tan (guest)
Wu Jia Ming (guest)
WinnerJarod Lee
Runner-upRachel Chua
Release
Original networkMediaCorp Channel U
Original release4 January (2009-01-04) 
12 April 2009 (2009-04-12)
Season chronology

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 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.[1]

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.[2]

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 Revival
– Advanced via Ultimate revival
Act Age(s) School Result
Jarod Lee 李奕贤 13 Ngee Ann Secondary School Winner
Rachel Chua 蔡艾珈 14 Anglican High School Runner-up
Joselin Ng 黄慧婷 15 Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 3rd-4th place
Yap Jia Min 叶嘉敏 15 Anglo-Chinese Junior College 3rd-4th place
Ridhwan Azman 15 Bendemeer Secondary School 5th-8th place
Benita Cheng 郑琪颖 15 Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School 5th-8th place
Mavis Li Li 李李美子 18 Deyi Secondary School 5th-8th place
Rachel Lim 林瑞敏 14 Methodist Girls' School 5th-8th place
Rachael Chang 张慧诗 15 Jurong West Secondary School 9th-12th place
Adrian Jorge 黄力生 15 Manjusri Secondary School 9th-12th place
Jeremy Teng 丁文淞 14 Commonwealth Secondary School 9th-12th place
Shelly Tsai 蔡梦真 14 Hwa Chong International School 9th-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 Lee 1st
31.5
Safe 5th
24.5
Safe 2nd
29.5
Safe 3rd
28.5
Safe 2nd
30.0
Safe 1st
33.5
Immune 1st
121.0
Safe 1st
65.0
Winner
50.75%
Rachel Chua 2nd
29.5
Safe 3rd
26.0
5th Eliminated
(week 5)
1st
40.5
Immune 2nd
29.5
Safe 1st
30.5
Safe 2nd
32.5
2nd 1st
42.5
Immune 2nd
118.0
Safe 1st
65.0
Runner-up
49.25%
Joselin Ng 4th
25.5
Safe 1st
27.0
Safe 3rd
28.0
Safe 4th
27.5
Safe 6th
24.5
Eliminated
(week 10)
2nd
39.0
1st 4th
101.0
Bottom two Eliminated
(week 13)
Yap Jia Min 1st
30.0
Safe 1st
31.0
Safe 1st
34.5
Safe 1st
31.0
Safe 4th
27.5
Safe 3rd
29.5
1st 3rd
117.5
Bottom two Eliminated
(week 13)
Mavis Li Li 3rd
27.5
6th Eliminated
(week 3)
2nd
37.5
1st 6th
25.5
Safe 3rd
29.5
Safe 4th
28.5
Eliminated
(week 11)
Rachel Lim 3rd
26.0
Safe 3rd
25.0
Safe 1st
30.0
Safe 4th
27.5
Safe 5th
26.5
5th Eliminated
(week 10)
3rd
34.5
Bottom two Not revived
(week 12)
Ridhwan Azman 6th
24.5
Safe 1st
27.0
Safe 2nd
27.0
Safe 7th
25.0
7th Eliminated
(week 9)
Benita Cheng 2nd
29.5
Safe 3rd
26.0
Safe 3rd
26.5
Safe 8th
24.0
Eliminated
(week 9)
4th
33.0
Bottom two Not revived
(week 12)
Jeremy Teng 4th
26.5
Safe 4th
23.5
Safe 4th
24.5
4th 3rd
31.0
Bottom four Not revived
(week 8)
Rachael Chang 5th
25.0
Safe 2nd
27.0
Safe 4th
23.5
4th Eliminated
(week 6)
4th
29.5
Bottom four Not revived
(week 8)
Shelly Tsai 5th
25.5
Safe 5th
19.0
5th Eliminated
(week 4)
6th
28.0
Bottom four Not revived
(week 8)
Adrian Jorge 6th
20.5
6th Eliminated
(week 2)
5th
28.5
Bottom four Not revived
(week 8)

Live show details

Week 1: Pre-show concert (4 January)

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)
Ridhwan Azman 7 "被风吹过的夏天" (with Sheena Goh & Shermaine Goh)
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" 6.0 6.0 4.5 4.0 20.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Rachel Chua 2 "第一天" 6.5 7.5 8.0 7.5 29.5 Safe
Rachel Lim 3 "I Believe" 6.0 7.0 6.5 6.5 26.0 Safe
Shelly Tsai 4 "一个人的精彩" 5.5 7.0 5.0 5.5 23.0 Sing-off/Safe
Jarod Lee 5 "I Believe" 6.5 9.5 8.5 7.0 31.5 Safe
Joselin Ng 6 "那又如何" 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 25.5 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 "我要快乐" 6.0 7.0 7.5 7.0 27.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Jeremy Teng 2 "彩虹" 6.0 6.5 6.5 7.5 26.5 Safe
Yap Jia Min 3 "灰姑娘" 7.5 8.0 8.0 6.5 30.0 Safe
Rachael Chang 4 "勇气" 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.0 25.0 Safe
Ridhwan Azman 5 "就是我" 6.0 7.0 6.5 5.0 24.5 Sing-off/Safe
Benita Cheng 6 "心动" 6.5 8.5 7.0 7.5 29.5 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" 5.5 6.0 3.5 4.0 19.0 Sing-off/Eliminated
Jeremy Teng 2 "豆浆油条" 7.0 6.5 5.0 5.0 23.5 Safe
Joselin Ng 3 "热情的沙漠" 6.0 7.0 7.5 6.5 27.0 Safe
Ridhwan Azman 4 "空秋千" 6.5 7.0 6.5 7.0 27.0 Safe
Rachel Lim 5 "月牙湾" 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.0 25.0 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" 6.0 7.5 6.5 6.0 26.0 Safe
Rachel Chua 2 "C大调" 6.5 6.5 7.0 6.0 26.0 Sing-off/Eliminated
Yap Jia Min 3 "雨天" 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 31.0 Safe
Jarod Lee 4 "听海" 6.0 7.0 6.0 5.5 24.5 Sing-off/Safe
Rachael Chang 5 "孤单北半球" 7.0 7.5 6.5 6.0 27.0 Safe

Week 6 (16 February)

  • Theme: Songs for their teachers
  • Musical guest: Yoga Lin ("分享" with Ridhwan Azman, Rachael Chang, Benita Cheng, Jarod Lee, Rachel Lim, Joselin Ng, Jeremy Teng and Yap Jia Min; "爱情是圆的" and "病态")
  • Sing-off song: "安静"
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
JL XH KT FH Total
Rachael Chang 1 "至少还有你" 6.0 6.5 5.5 5.5 23.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Benita Cheng 2 "恋之憩" 6.0 7.5 7.0 6.0 26.5 Safe
Rachel Lim 3 "Beautiful Love" 7.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 30.0 Sing-off/Safe
Ridhwan Azman 4 "翅膀" 6.5 6.5 7.0 7.0 27.0 Safe

Week 7 (23 February)

  • Theme: Songs for their teachers
  • Musical guests: Shi Xin Hui ("无能为力" and "你没想像中爱我") and Fish Leong ("没有如果")
  • Sing-off song: "记得"
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
JL XH KT FH Total
Joselin Ng 1 "我相信" 6.0 7.5 7.5 7.0 28.0 Sing-off/Safe
Jarod Lee 2 "改变自己" 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.5 29.5 Safe
Yap Jia Min 3 "有你多好" 8.0 9.0 9.0 8.5 34.5 Safe
Jeremy Teng 4 "专属天使" 6.0 6.5 6.5 5.5 24.5 Sing-off/Eliminated

Week 8: Revival round 1 (2 March)

  • Theme: Derrick Hoh's challenge (billed as "I want to challenge Derrick Hoh!")
  • Musical guest: Derrick Hoh ("咬字" and "很想你")
  • Sing-off songs: "朋友一生一起走" (remaining four singers) and "老鼠爱大米" (Chang and Li Li)

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 (above 39.0 points) would be immune from elimination (did not face the public vote) 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.

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
Jeremy Teng 1 "我可以" 31.0 Sing-off/Not revived
Mavis Li Li 2 "3-7-20-1" 37.5 Sing-off/Revived
Shelly Tsai 3 "我知道你很难过" 28.0 Sing-off/Not revived
Adrian Jorge 4 "终于说出口" 28.5 Not revived
Rachel Chua 5 "你是爱我的" 40.5 Immune/Revived
Rachael Chang 6 "我想有个家" 29.5 Sing-off/Not revived

Week 9 (9 March)

  • Theme: Motivating drama theme songs
  • Sing-off song: "遇见"

Beginning this round, individual scores from the judges are no longer shown, as the scores are shown at the end of all the performances. Two contestants were eliminated from the season eighth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score (below 26.0) 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.

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Contestant Order Song Drama series Judges' score Result
Yap Jia Min 1 "如燕" The Little Nyonya 31.0 Safe
Mavis Li Li 2 "不见不散" Be There or Be Square 25.5 Sing-off/Safe
Jarod Lee 3 "拥有" Homerun 28.5 Safe
Rachel Lim 4 "自己" Mulan 27.5 Safe
Benita Cheng 5 "你没想像中爱我" Perfect Cut 24.0 Eliminated immediately
Rachel Chua 6 "曾经太年轻" The Hospital 29.5 Safe
Ridhwan Azman 7 "从开始到现在" Winter Sonata 25.0 Sing-off/Eliminated
Joselin Ng 8 "你要的爱" Meteor Garden 27.5 Safe

Week 10 (16 March)

  • Theme: Songs for their best friends
  • Sing-off song: "当你孤单你会想起谁"

Two contestants were eliminated from the season ninth live and result shows. The contestant with the lowest judges' score (below 28.0) 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. Beginning this round, the altered pitch during the sing-off is adjusted to a higher pitch.

Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
Jarod Lee 1 "隐形的翅膀" 30.0 Safe
Rachel Chua 2 "Dear Friend" 30.5 Safe
Rachel Lim 3 "启程" 26.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Joselin Ng 4 "爱" 24.5 Eliminated immediately
Yap Jia Min 5 "飞向你飞向我" 27.5 Sing-off/Safe
Mavis Li Li 6 "姐妹" 29.5 Safe

Week 11: Semi-final (23 March)

  • Theme: Transmission of love
  • Musical guests: Jocie Kwok ("放了爱") and Da Mouth ("永远在身边")
  • Sing-off song: "勇气"

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 (below 30.0) would be immediately eliminated without facing the public votes, while the contestant receiving the highest judges' score (above 30.0) 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.

Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
Mavis Li Li 1 "庆幸有你爱我" / "Love Love Love" 28.5 Eliminated immediately
Jarod Lee 2 "走出黑暗的世界" / "完美世界" 33.5 Immune/Advanced
Rachel Chua 3 "牵手" / "你的微笑" 32.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Yap Jia Min 4 "海阔天空" / "一个像夏天一个像秋天" 29.5 Sing-off/Safe

At the end of the results, each of the judges select one eliminated contestant from week 8 to 10 to compete in the Ultimate Revival Round next week; Li Li and Ridzwan were not chosen to compete round and both were permanently eliminated.

Week 12: Ultimate Revival Round 2 (30 March)

  • Theme: Judges' choice
  • Musical guests: Fahrenheit ("越来越爱" and "寂寞暴走") and Jocie Kwok ("许愿树")
  • Sing-off song: "我无所谓"

The contestant with the highest judges' score would be immune from elimination (did not face the public vote) 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.

Contestants' performances on the twelfth live show
Contestant Order Song Chosen by Judges' score Result
Rachel Lim 1 "我不难过" Ken Tay 34.5 Sing-off/Eliminated
Joselin Ng 2 "失恋无罪" Li Feihui 39.0 Sing-off/Revived
Benita Cheng 3 "一笑而过" Xiaohan 33.0 Not revived
Rachel Chua 4 "Open Your Eyes" Jim Lim 42.5 Immune/Revived

Week 13: Final (6/12 April)

6 April (Prelude)

  • Musical guests: Da Mouth ("国王皇后"), Meixin ("孤单的人总说无所谓") and Fahrenheit ("默默")

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.

Contestants' performances on the thirteenth pre-recorded show
Contestant Order Song
Rachael Chang, Mavis Li Li & Shelly Tsai 1 "特务J"
Benita Cheng, Rachel Lim & Mavis Li Li 2 "站在高岗上"
Ridhwan Azman, Rachael Chang, Benita Cheng & Jeremy Teng 3 "小酒窝"
Ridhwan Azman, Adrian Jorge & Jeremy Teng 4 "失恋阵线联盟"

12 April (Round 1)

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.

Contestants' performances on the fourteenth live show: round one
Contestant Order First song (duet) / Second song (quartet) Judges' score Result
Jarod Lee 1 "千言万语" / "小薇" (with Lydia Tan) 64.0 121.0 Safe
5 "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Joselin Ng & Yap Jia Min) 57.0
Rachel Chua 2 "情人的眼泪" / "Stand by Me" (with Juz-B) 58.5 118.0 Safe
6 "月光" (with Jarod Lee, Joselin Ng & Yap Jia Min) 59.5
Yap Jia Min 3 "红豆词2000" (with Teresa Tseng) 59.0 117.5 Third/fourth place
7 "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Jarod Lee & Joselin Ng) 58.5
Joselin Ng 4 "梦醒时分" (with Da Feng Chui) 52.5 101.0 Third/fourth place
8 "月光" (with Rachel Chua, Jarod Lee & Yap Jia Min) 48.5

12 April (Round 2)

  • Theme: Winner's song
  • Musical guests: Yoga Lin ("伯乐" and "慢一点")
  • Sing-off song: "Super Star"
Contestants' performances on the fourteenth live show: round two
Contestant Order Song Judges' score Result
Jarod Lee 1 "下一个天亮" 65.0 Winner
Rachel Chua 2 "星星 (I’m Not a Star)" 65.0 Runner-up

References

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  2. "34 contestants pit against each other to get into the Final 12". Mediacorp. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
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