Star Idol (Chinese: 明星偶像) was a Singaporean televised acting competition held in 2005 and aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 8.
When the official announcement for Star Idol was made via Internet, an article posted asked for suggestions of the mascot.
It was later decided that a large red gorilla that resembled King Kong would become the official mascot for Star Idol.
To be eligible for Star Idol, contestants must be either a Singaporean citizen or permanent resident and belong to the age range of 16 and 35.
Participants had to memorize dialogues from five scripts given, one of which would be randomly chosen by the panel of judges to be performed during the actual audition.
Alicia Neo, Jacqueline Sue, Leann Koh, Lilian Lai, Bryan Wang, Kang Cheng Xi, Lincoln Khoo and Leo Lam became the eight Semi-finalists of Star Idol and had to compete in an interactive television drama titled Who Is It?.
The contestant with the fewest votes is eliminated from Star Idol and is identified in the next episode of the interactive drama as the character who goes missing.
An episode featured the four eliminated contestants where they were chased by an assassin to the sea shore of a remote island and managed to find a raft.
The original production was replaced by a drama consisting of three acting segments that depicted Wang and Lam competing to become an actor.
Jacqueline drugged and attempted to rape Cheng Xi prior to her character "disappearing" from the television show.
Kang's first role was the second male lead after Li Nan Xing as Ma Lu in A Million Treasures.
Leann has a larger role and plays Ma Lu's (Cheng Xi) first love interest who cheats on him.