The names of the Top 20 Most Popular Male and Female Artistes contenders were revealed . Dai Xiangyu , Edwin Goh , Gurmit Singh , Justin Ang , Kate Pang , Pan Lingling , Richard Low , Yvonne Lim , Zhang Zhenhuan and Zhou Ying failed to receive nominations from the Top 10 awards , four artistes ( Carrie Wong , Jayley Woo , Shane Pow and Youyi ) were nominated for the first time , while Dasmond Koh , Felicia Chin , Lin Meijiao , Marcus Chin , Priscelia Chan , Shaun Chen , Terence Cao and Thomas Ong returned to the list after their absence last year or earlier . In particular , Marcus Chin , who would go on to be a contestant of an upcoming reality singing competition '' GeTai Challenge '' was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste since the 2009 awards . Felicia Chin , who last won the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste award in 2010 and switched to part-time acting to study for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in the NUS Business School , quit her studies and has since returned to acting . While Shaun Chen won three awards ( Rocket Award , Best Actor and Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes ) , Jeanette Aw became the biggest winner of the ceremony at seven , Most Popular Regional Artiste Awards ( three , for Malaysia , Indonesia and Cambodia ) , Social Media Award , Favourite Female Character , Favourite Onscreen Couple ( Drama ) ( with Zhang Zhenhuan , who they also won all the Favourite category awards ) and All-Time Favourite Artiste ( with Vivian Lai ) . '' The Joy Truck '' and '' The Journey : Tumultuous Times '' were the biggest winning variety and drama series , respectively . The Top 10 results saw Julie Tan , Carrie Wong , Ian Fang , Shane Pow and Shaun Chen awarded their first Top 10 artiste , along with Felicia Chin , Kym Ng , Paige Chua and Dasmond Koh , who neither were nominated nor won last year . Notable artistes , Chris Tong , Ya Hui , Dennis Chew , Desmond Tan and Zheng Geping fell short on winning their award
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