Asia New Singer Competition

The 11th Asia New Singer Competition logo, as shown on the channel YNTV

Asia New Singer Competition (simplified Chinese: 亚洲新人歌手大赛; traditional Chinese: 亞洲新人歌手大賽) is a singing competition established by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation in Shanghai, China, featuring younger and relatively unestablished contestants from many Asian countries, although contestants from Europe and Oceania have also participated and won awards. Some participants like Siti Nurhaliza, Misha Omar and Jaclyn Victor from Malaysia and My Tam from Vietnam would go on to become superstars in their countries. Shila Amzah later rose to fame in Asia after sign a record deal in Shanghai China.

It is usually held with the Shanghai Music Festival, although recent editions have been held in Beijing and Penang, Malaysia.

Summary

Year Gold Award Silver Award Bronze Award
2010(11th)[1]Philippines Lordenn Panganiban Sri LankaUmaria SinhawansaBulgaria Dessy Dobreva Thailand Sarun KungbunpotRomaniaAlina EremiaFinland Osmo Ikonen
2008(10th)[2]MalaysiaShila AmzahHong KongVictoria Chan (陳皓恩)Philippines Casper Blancaflor China Lu Jian (陆坚)Philippines Cheenee DariaAustralia Michael Montgomery
2006(9th)[3]Philippines Maria Donna Taneo ChinaAlan Dawa DolmaPhilippines Jimmy Layo Marquez Japan Sista FiveSri LankaUmaria SinhawansaMaltaEleanor Cassar
2005(8th) MalaysiaJaclyn Victor
2004(7th)[4]China Wang Hao (王昊) PhilippinesRachelle Ann GoGeorgia (country)Anri JokhadzeSingaporeIskandar IsmailMalaysiaVince ChongSouth Korea Jung Seung-ah
2003(6th)[5]MalaysiaMisha OmarChina Jin Lin (金霖)ChinaErkin AbdullaChina Cao Huan (曹欢)Mongolia NaranKazakhstan Marzhan Arapbaeva
2002(5th) Malaysia Sharifah Hadijah Moss
2001(4th) China Wei Li (魏丽) Malaysia Liza Hanim
2000(3rd)[6]AzerbaijanManana JaparidzeChina Sang Fangfei (桑芳菲)Philippines Tintin Arnaldo South Korea Lee HeeVietnamMy TamPhilippines Mari Placencia
1999(2nd)[7]MalaysiaSiti NurhalizaChina Zhang Xin (张芯)PhilippinesCarol BanawaMongolia BatPhilippinesJeffrey HidalgoIndonesia Dea Mirella

Note: the "1st" competition in 1991 featured only Chinese singers and was simply called New Singer Competition (新人歌手大赛). Zhu Hong (朱虹) was the winner.

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