Star Awards 2021
| Star Awards 2021 红星大奖2021 | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Bioskin (Presenter) Eu Yan Sang Simmons Holistic Way Bio-Essence Ebene Mercedes-Benz (Luxury Car Sponsor) Daikin Royal Caribbean Singapore |
| Date | 18 April 2021 |
| Location | Jewel Changi Airport Changi Terminal 4 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Hosted by | Backstage: Dennis Chew Jeremy Chan Juin Teh Hazelle Teo Walk-of-fame: Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | A Quest to Heal (4) |
| Most nominations | A Jungle Survivor (6) |
| Best Drama Serial | A Quest to Heal |
| Best Variety Show | King of Culinary |
| Former Awards | All-time Favourite Artiste: Dasmond Koh |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 Mediacorp Channel U meWatch YouTube (Mediacorp Entertainment Channel) |
| Runtime | 180 mins (Awards Ceremony) 90 mins (Walk-of-fame) |
Star Awards 2021 (Chinese: 红星大奖2021) is a television award ceremony that was held in Singapore on 18 April 2021. The ceremony honoured the best Singaporean television released between January 2019 and December 2020. The ceremony was originally scheduled for April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mediacorp announced that the ceremony would be postponed for a year until 2021.
Period drama A Quest to Heal won five awards including Best Drama Serial, Best Lead and Supporting Actors, Best Theme Song, and Best Director, the last of which was awarded in an unaired Backstage Achievement Award. Other winners include Zoe Tay of My Guardian Angels and Kym Ng of Daybreak, who won Best Lead and Supporting Actresses respectively, the former breaking a winning record of four wins. The drama with the most nominations, A Jungle Survivor, won only one award, with Zhang Ze Tong clinching the Best Newcomer. In the Variety category, Star Awards reclaimed a record-breaking eighth win for a Variety Special while Hear U Out became the biggest winner for a variety program with two.
In popularity awards, Dasmond Koh was named the year's All-Time Favourite Artiste. Dennis Chew and Zheng Geping won their tenth Top 10 Most Favourite Artiste, while Marcus Chin, Hong Ling and Bonnie Loo won their first Top 10.
The ceremony also drew several controversies, notably on the results for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes after Felicia Chin fell short on winning her tenth award, as well as social distancing measures leading to Mediacorp clarifying about the measures taken.