I Want to Be a Star explained

Native Name:小咖大作战
Genre:Drama
Entertainment
Comedy
Romance
Runtime:approx. 24 minutes
Director:方傢福 Png Keh Hock
Producer:王尤红 Winnie Wong
Starring:Chew Chor Meng 周初明
Shane Pow 包勋评
Kym Ng 钟琴
Hong Ling 洪凌
Dennis Chew 周崇慶
Ya Hui 雅慧
Opentheme:路人 by Ya Hui
Endtheme:咖喱菲 by Ya Hui, Hong Ling, Dennis Chew & Shane Pow
Country:Singapore
Language:Mandarin
Network:Toggle
Num Episodes:12

I Want to Be a Star is a Toggle original series drama which is shown on Toggle. The show depicts the life of a calefare and rising to fame as actors and actresses of Mediacorp. It stars Chew Chor Meng, Shane Pow, Kym Ng, Hong Ling, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui as the main cast of the series. Channel 8 began airing the series every Sunday at 10.30pm from 25 December 2016.

Plot

Da Tian opens a calefare agency. Edgar, Fei Mei, Gao Mei, Fa Ge, and Ru Hua all start off as extras in films. Soon, Gao Mei gets her friend Mei Yi to join. Mei Yi and Di Long fall in love. Edgar starts to fall in love with Gao Mei but it is not reciprocated.

Cast

Main cast

Cast Role Description Episode Appeared
Chew Chor Meng
周初明
Zhong Da Tian
钟大天
  • Doraemon (小叮当)
  • Dad (老爸)
  • Boss of Da Tian Calefare Agency
  • Zhong Di Long's father
  • In love with Hong Baobao
1 - 6, 10 - 12
Shane Pow
包勋评
Zhong Di Long
钟狄龙
Small Boss (小老板)
  • Zhong Da Tian's son
  • Zhang Mei Yi's love interest
1 - 12
Kym Ng
钟琴
Hong Bao Bao
洪宝宝
  • Zhong Da Tian's friend and love interest
  • Calefare turned actress
4, 8, 11
Hong Ling
洪凌
Zhang Mei Yi
张美仪
  • Gao Mei's best friend
  • Dreams to be a singer
  • Zhong Di Long 's love interest
1 - 12
Dennis Chew
周崇庆
Edgar
  • Zhong Di Long's Friend
  • Comes from rich family
  • Dream to be an actor
  • Fan of Juilet & Andy
  • In love with Gao Mei
1 - 12
Ya Hui
雅慧
Gao Mei
高媚
  • Zhang Meiyi's best friend
  • Dreams to be an actress
  • Edgar's love interest
1 - 6, 8, 10 - 12

Other characters

Cast Role Description Episode Appeared
Henry Thia
程旭辉
Fa Ge
发哥
  • Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Ru Hua-jie & Ru Yu-jie friend
  • Calefare
1 - 12
Jeremy Chan
田铭耀
Jeremy
  • Assistant director of 穿越百年情
  • Become a director in the end
1 - 12
Luisa Gan
顏尔
Juliet
  • A popular and arrogant actress
  • Edgar's Idol
  • Declare a search for her watch
  • Quarrel with Edgar
4, 7, 8, 9
Priscilla Lim
林茜茜
Fei Mei
肥妹
  • Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fa Ge, Ru Hua-jie & Ru Yu-jie friend
  • Calefare
1 - 12
Yoo Ah Min
尤雅敏
Ru Yu-jie
如玉姐
  • Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Ru Hua-jie & Fa Ge friend
  • Calefare
1 - 12
Grace Chong
张翠缨
Ru Hua-jie
如花姐
  • Gao Mei, Edgar, Di Long, Meiyi, Fei Mei, Fa Ge & Ru Yu-jie friend
  • Calefare
1 - 12
Shine Koh
高慧姍
Cat
小猫
  • Assistant of 穿越百年情
  • Look down of calefare
1 - 9
Nick Teo
张鈞淯
Du Yiyang
杜一阳
  • Director of 穿越百年情
3, 5, 6, 8
刘骏宏 刘强
  • Director of 穿越百年情
1 - 2, 4, 7, 9
蔡雪婷 Felicia
  • Actress of 穿越百年情
1 - 12
陈怡淋 Jeremy Assistant
  • Jeremy Helper
1 - 12

See also

Controversy

Episodes

No. in seriesTitle Original airdate

Trivia

Music

Song TitleSong TypeLyricsComposerArrangerPerformer(s)Producer(s)
路人Theme song Pierre Zhang 乐声 Matthew Teng 邓碧源Ya Hui 雅慧Mo Ju Li 麦如丽
咖喱菲Sub-theme song Png Keh Hock 方傢福Dennis Chew 周崇庆
Shane Pow 包勋评
Ya Hui 雅慧
Hong Ling 洪凌

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mediacorp's Toggle removes Shane Pow's 'blackface' episode following outcry. hermesauto. 26 October 2016.