award ceremonies such as the Academy Awards. The Best Theme Song award now include online voting, making it the first time a professional-judged award category incorporate public votes as the determinant of the award. Both components carries a 50% weightage. Award categories can only be presented if the quota of a minimal 10 candidates, is fulfilled. Best News Presenter, Best Current Affairs Presenter and Best Newcomer awards were suspended due to lack of eligible nominees as a result of the change. However, even though Channel 8 News & Current Affairs already had ten news presenters by the end of 2014, only the Best Newcomer returned in the following year (except 2016 and 2017), while the Best News Presenter and Best Current Affairs Presenter had not presented since 2013. In their place, the Best News Story and Best Current Affairs Story awards were given out on Show 2 instead of Show 1. Ceremony information Justin Ang is the first MediaCorp artiste to be nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Award without appearing in a Mandarin production. For the first time, there are three recipients each for the Best Variety Producer and Best Director awards. Gan Bee Khim, Mandy Tan and Lim Shiong Chiang won the Best Variety Producer award, while Wong Foong Hwee, Leong Lye Lin and Chong Liung Man won the Best Director award. Priscelia Chan is the first female winner for the Rocket Award. The past winners for the award were all males. Romeo Tan, Zhang Zhen Huan, Desmond Tan, Xu Bin, Chris Tong and Ya Hui received their first Top 10 Most Popular Artistes award this year. This was the most recent show the ceremony was held outside the MediaCorp studios, until the 2021 ceremony, which was held at the Jewel Changi Airport and on Terminal 4. Star Awards 2015 nominations The 2014 ceremony was nominated for three awards, and only won one, which was the "Best Variety Special" awarded to the second show; it was Star Awards sixth win for this category, and the fifth consecutive time on doing so. See also List of variety and infotainment programmes broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8 MediaCorp Channel 8 MediaCorp Channel U Star Awards References Star Awards