Astro Star Quest

Astro Star Quest (Chinese: Astro新秀崛起吧), also formerly known as Astro Talent Quest and 新秀大赛 is an annual Chinese singing competition in Malaysia organized by Astro Wah Lai Toi and later Astro AEC, which was first held in 1997. The first winner in 1997 was 刘燕燕 Crystal and the most current winner in 2016 is 黄雯俐 Wengdyy. In 2017, it was temporary replaced by the Singapore-Malaysia version of 決戰好聲 The Voice and has since been went hiatus until 2025. Due to the provisions of the competition contract, starting from 2005, the winner, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up will then represent Malaysia at the TVB全球华人新秀歌唱大賽 TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship (from 1997 to 1999 and 2001, only the winner was sent to the competition. In 2000 and 2002 to 2004, the winner and 1st runner-up were sent out to the competition). Astro Star Quest is one of the most popular Chinese singing competitions in Malaysia. In 2009, the organizers of the Astro Star Quest specially joined the "Creation Competition" for the first time. The "Best Original Song Award" not only realizes the dreams of emerging singers, but also discovers local emerging talents with creative talents, contributes to the promotion of local creations, and realizes the original dreams of local creators. "2009 Astro Star Quest Creative Group", the competition attracted nearly 2,000 submissions from all over Malaysia. After screening, the conference selected the top 5 talents to enter the top 10 competition of the Astro Star Quest. This second round of the Astro Star Quest successfully attracted public attention and response.