Contestants are students from secondary schools, junior colleges and institutes of technical education.
[1] This season marked the first time in Campus Superstar history both the winner and runner-up were females; Loo also became the series' first female winner, and she received a two-year Mediacorp management contract, a cash prize of $5,000, and the opportunity to perform with Mandopop singer Della Ding Dang in Glass Anatomy the Musical.
The audition was opened to students studying in secondary schools, junior colleges or institutes of technical education in Singapore.
Key: *^1 Lim originally represented Yio Chu Kang Secondary School in the competition before admitting to Saint Andrew's Junior College via the Joint Admissions Exercise.
The change in the competition format was to give all finalists an opportunity to gain exposure on radio, print and television.
The results were announced on week five, with the contestant receiving the most public votes awarded with "鲜声夺人奖" sponsored by Tic Tac.
The result was announced on 16 February 2013, during a meet-and-greet session at Alexandra Retail Centre; the singer with the highest combined total was awarded "最i上镜奖".
Judges' score and public votes with gift-to-votes from the official website constituted 50% each to the combined total of the final.
The first live television show included performance from Taiwanese girl group Popu Lady.
There was no guest performer on the second live television show and footage from the audition rounds were shown instead.
On the third live television show, British Singaporean singer Ming Bridges performed.
25 March (Prelude) All top 12 finalists returned to the stage in this live non-elimination performance show.
Although Yeo Min, one of the top 12 finalists, was due to appear and perform, she was absent from the show as she was down with chickenpox.