Top 40 list out already

Earlier today, there was a press conference for the Star Awards Top 40 Most Popular Artistes held at Marina Mandarin Hotel.

The Top 40 Most Popular Nominees were selected and chosen via a poll of around 1000 people (age 7 and above) conducted by a media research company. 50% of the votes came from the research survey, while the other 50% were from public voting. The Top 40 nominees were also present at a press conference this afternoon to pick their telepoll numbers. Voting lines open today, and will close on 26 April, 9.00pm.

The results of the Top 40 will be revealed during the Star Awards 2009, 26 April, 7 pm ‘Live’ on Channel 8.

Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominees
十大最受欢迎男艺人

Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城 1900-112-2001
Zhang Yao Dong 张耀栋 1900-112-2002
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 1900-112-2003
Zhu Hou Ren 朱厚任 1900-112-2004
Zheng Ge Ping 郑各评 1900-112-2005
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 1900-112-2006
Marcus Chin 陈建彬 1900-112-2007
Pierre Png 方展发 1900-112-2008
Pornsak 1900-112-2009
Henry Thia 程旭辉 1900-112-2010
Mark Lee 李国煌 1900-112-2011
Adrian Pang 彭耀顺 1900-112-2012
Gurmit Singh 葛米星 1900-112-2013
Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 1900-112-2014
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 1900-112-2015
Guo Liang 郭亮 1900-112-2016
Christopher Lee 李铭顺 1900-112-2017
Bryan Wong 王禄江 1900-112-2018
Richard Low 刘谦益 1900-112-2019
Huang Wen Yong 黄文永 1900-112-2020

Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Nominees
十大最受欢迎女艺人

Patricia Mok莫小玲 1900-112-2021
Ivy Lee 李锦梅 1900-112-2022
Hong Hui Fang 洪慧芳 1900-112-2023
Dawn Yeoh 姚懿珊 1900-112-2024
Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 1900-112-2025
Felicia Chin 陈靓瑄 1900-112-2026
Michelle Chia 谢韵仪 1900-112-2027
Jeanette Aw 欧萱 1900-112-2028
Michelle Chong 庄米雪 1900-112-2029
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 1900-112-2030
Pan Ling Ling 潘玲玲 1900-112-2031
Kym Ng 鐘琴 1900-112-2032
Rui En 瑞恩 1900-112-2033
Lin Mei Jiao 林梅娇 1900-112-2034
Jin Yin Ji 金银姬 1900-112-2035
Fiona Xie 谢宛谕 1900-112-2036
Joanne Peh 白薇秀 1900-112-2037
Xiang Yun 向云 1900-112-2038
Jesseca Liu 刘芷绚 1900-112-2039
Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 1900-112-2040

Arghhh... I not too happy with the male artistes list... I realized taht there are quite a lot veteran artistes there (those aged above 45). But I am totally cool with the female artistes list. This is who I think should be included and who should not...

SHOULD be in list: Nat Ho, Shaun Chen, Dasmond Koh
Not in list, but kinda understandable: Edmund Chen (no longer full-timer), Terence Cao, Jeff Wang
SHOULD NOT even be in list at all: Marcus Chin, Henry Thia, Gurmit Singh (sorry)

Now the "real countdown" begins... I have exactly one month to consider whether or not to request for tickets for the live show, even if the voting system may be as screwed up as always...

Link: http://community.mediacorp.com.sg/TV/CS/blogs/baguatv/archive/2009/03/27/2009-40-star-awards-2009-top-40-most-popular-nominees-revealed.aspx