In 2023, the Most Popular Rising Stars award was introduced for artistes who have been in the entertainment industry for five years or less, regardless of gender.
[2] Since 1997, the number of recipients for each category were expanded to ten and the award was renamed as Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes.
This rule was removed in 1997 onwards to allow the Mediacorp male artistes from the variety sector to contest for the award.
[3] In 2023, the Most Popular Rising Stars was added, which would be presented to three artistes (regardless of gender) who have been in showbiz for five years or less.
While Ayden Sng and Zhang Zetong are the most recent winners in the Rising Stars category.