In drama category, the second season of The Dream Makers broke several records during the ceremony by winning an unprecedented 12 awards out of 26 nominations (including nominations of all but two awards), and become the second drama series to sweep all five major acting categories after Holland V in 2003.
These technical awards were presented in Mandarin Orchard Singapore on 21 March 2016, and snippets of it were shown on the third episode of the prelude on 15 April 2016.
The Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes are decided by telepoll and online voting, which carries a 50% weightage of the combined total score each.
The telepoll lines were announced on 3 March 2015 in a press conference at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, along with the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes.
[5][6] In commemoration of the first Star Awards ceremony held in the new MediaCorp campus, nomination videos shown for show 2 begin with a short 15-second snippet of a performer playing an instrument which was shot either at the Gardens by the Bay (first five listed) or at the new MediaCorp campus.