New Talent Singing Awards

New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or NTSA for short, later re-organized into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or NTSA International Finals for short), and most currently renamed TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship (Traditional Chinese: TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) is an annual singing competition organised by TVB that searches out new singers to enter the Asian music industry.

Current logo of NTSA International Finals, in use since 2005.

History

Beginning (1982–1992)

Logo of NTSA from 1982 to 1996.

Held in Hong Kong only, contestants are required to compete through multiple rounds to display their vocal talent through different genres of songs and/or vocal challenges such as singing cappellas or in a different language etc. The winner is guaranteed a recording contract with Capital Artists Recording Company.

Overseas addition (1993–1996)

With increased Hong Kong Chinese emigrated to North America, TVB opened "Overseas Contestant" category to attract contestants and held the contest in cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

International affair (1997–2004)

Logo of NTSA International Finals from 1997 to 2004.

With the emergence of several Australian, European and Asian cities like Melbourne, London, Amsterdam and Shanghai wanting to be included in the event, in 1997, TVB Hong Kong created the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Instead of having one "overseas contestant" from North America competing in the NTSA Finals ( now renamed the New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽香港區選拔賽 ), now each participating country would send regional representatives to compete in the NTSA International Finals ( much like an international beauty pageant would ). Also, due to the downsizing of Capital Artist, Emperor Entertainment Group took over organising the contest with TVB.

EEG & Mandarin dominance (2005–present)

The international finals and the Hong Kong regional finals changed their names and logos once again in 2005. Because of the heavy influence of co-organizer Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG), the Hong Kong regional finals is now simply called EEG Singing Contest 英皇新秀歌唱大賽, completely discarding the "New Talent" part of the English title . As for the International Finals, since TVB has decided to move the contest to its mandarin channel, TVB8, the international finals changed its name into TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽. Because of the move, there has been many more contestants representing different regions of Mainland China since 2005. In 2006, spots for several "Internet Region Representatives" are devoted solely to Mainland Chinese contestants who does not live in an area where a NTSA Regional contest is held.

Starting in 2009, TVB has stopped organising EEG Singing Contest and instead has its new reality-show style singing competition, The Voice 超級巨聲 select Hong Kong's representative for the International Finals. Because the 2009 NTSA International Finals was held during the run of season one of The Voice, the show selected the contestant with the highest average score thus far, Hong Kin Chan to represent Hong Kong. However, a day before the International Finals he pulled out due to sickness, marking it the first time Hong Kong was not represented in the history of the competition.

Cities hosted NTSA regional contests (past and/or present)

Past winners and notable contestants

NTSA has been the start of many Asian celebrities today. Some have stayed in the music business and have become popular performers, while some have become actors and TV presenters. Below is a list of winners as well as past contestants who have made a contribution to the entertainment business after competing in NTSA.

Year Contestant Representing Region (1997 Onwards) Placement
1982Anita Mui (梅艷芳)---Winner
1982Rita Carpio (韋綺姍)---First runner-up
1983David Lui (呂方)---Winner
1983Deric Wan (溫兆倫)---Finalist
1984Dicky Cheung (張衛健)---Winner
1984Gallen Lo (羅嘉良)---Finalist
1985Alex To (杜德偉)---Winner
1985William So (蘇永康)---First runner-up
1985Gina Lam (林楚麒)---Second runner-up
1985Grasshopper (草蜢)---Finalist
1985Eddie Ng (吳國敬)---Finalist
1985Elvina Kong (江欣燕)---Finalist
1985Hacken Lee (李克勤)---Semi-finalist
1985Vivian Chow (周慧敏)---Semi-finalist
1985Derek Kok (郭政鴻)---Semi-finalist
1985 Sarah Wong (黃寶欣)
1986Pui Ling Man (文佩玲)---Winner
1986Andy Hui (許志安)---First runner-up
1986Leon Lai (黎明)---Second runner-up
1986Shirley Kwan (關淑怡)---Finalist
1987Hui Hong Fong (方曉紅)---Winner
1987Canti Lau (劉錫明)---First runner-up
1988Patrick Tam (譚耀文)---Winner
1988Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文)---Second runner-up
1988 Ekin Cheng (鄭伊健) --- Finalist
1988 Bondy Chiu (趙學而) --- Finalist
1989Mei Kwan Tong (湯美君)---Winner
1989Edmond Leung (梁漢文)---Finalist
1990Chun Tung Tsui (徐鎮東)---Winner
1991Lee Ka Keung (李家強)---Winner
1991Karen Tong (湯寶如)---Top 5 Finalist
1992Stephanie Che (車婉婉)---Winner
1993Andrew Cheung (張崇基), Peter Cheung (張崇德)---Winner
1993Coco Lee (李玟)---First runner-up
1994Gabriel Harrison (海俊傑)---Winner
1995Eason Chan (陳奕迅)---Winner
1995Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅)---First runner-up
1995Joyce Tang (滕麗名)---Finalist
1996Denise Ho (何韻詩)---Winner
1996Cindy Au (歐倩怡)---Second runner-up
1996Patrick Tang (鄧健泓)Overseas Contestant ( Calgary, Alberta, Canada )Finalist
1997Wilfred Lau (劉浩龍)Hong KongWinner
1998Jacky Chu (祝釩剛)Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFirst runner-up
1999Noella Choi (蔡瑋瑜)Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFinalist
1999Jade Kwan (關心妍)Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBest Potential Newcomer
1999Emma YiuLondon, EnglandFinalist
2000Kit Wan Liu (廖潔韻)New York City, USAWinner
2001Ling Xia Kuo (郭凌霞)Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2002BE4Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2002Deep Ng (吳浩康)Hong KongSecond runner-up
2003Nga Ming Tong (唐雅明)San Francisco, USAWinner
2003William Chan (陳偉霆)Hong KongFinalist
2004Ming Li Wang (王明麗)Johor, MalaysiaWinner
2004Keith Wong (王琪) (王凱駿)Hong KongSecond runner-up
2004Dennis Mak (麥子豪)Hong KongFinalist of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2005Wei Liu (劉維)Shanghai, ChinaWinner
2005Lorretta Chow (周美欣)Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaTrendy Image Award
2005Sherman Chung (鍾舒漫)Hong KongFinalist
2005Vincy Chan (陳家欣(泳兒))Hong KongFirst runner-up of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2006Andrew Tan (陳世安)Penang, MalaysiaWinner
2006Ken Hung (洪卓立)Hong KongFirst runner-up of Hong Kong Regional Contest
2006Laiying Wang (王來穎)Rotterdam, The NetherlandsBest Stage Performance Award
2007Hau Yian Or (柯皓燃)Zhejiang, ChinaWinner
2008Xu Pan (潘旭)Jilin, ChinaWinner
2008Celia Liang (梁曉珺)Sydney, AustraliaFirst runner-up
2009Keat Yoke, Chen (曾洁钰)Pahang, MalaysiaWinner
2009Melissa Seow (蕭麗施)Melbourne, AustraliaFirst runner-up
2010Hubert Wu (胡鴻鈞)Hong KongWinner
2010Peace Teo (張詒博)Johor, MalaysiaFirst runner-up
2011James Li (利健森)Brisbane, AustraliaWinner
2011Rachel Chua (蔡艾珈)SingaporeFirst runner-up
2011Jerry Liu (廖仲謙)Hong KongSecond runner-up
2012Sheldon Lo (羅孝勇)Hong KongWinner
2012YingLong Wang (王應龍)Sichuan, ChinaFirst runner-up
2012Emily Hui (許家欣)Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSecond runner-up
2013Zheng Xinqi (郑兴琦)Sichuan, ChinaWinner
2014Uriah See (徐凯)Johor, MalaysiaWinner
2015Jacqueline Ng (黄裔媁)Penang, MalaysiaWinner
2016Brian Chew (周奕斌)Penang, MalaysiaWinner

See also

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