Pesta Perdana Explained

Pesta Perdana (Prime Fest) is a Singaporean awards show held by Mediacorp, honouring "the best in the Malay television industry".[1] [2] It is touted as "Singapore's Malay version of the Emmys"[3] and Star Awards.[4] Airing on Mediacorp Suria, as of 2011, it is held two times in a year.

First held in 1997 as an awards show for both Malay and Tamil programmes on Prime 12, it became a Malay-language only event in 1998. Its Tamil counterpart, Pradana Vizha, started in 1999.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Pesta Perdana 11 | Suria . 2011-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110411001437/http://www1.mediacorp.sg/pp11/ . 2011-04-11 .
  2. Web site: EBuzz Events : Pesta Perdana 11 | iZone.SG - entertainment buzz! . 2011-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110504183717/http://www.izone.sg/2011/02/19/ebuzz-events-pesta-perdana-11/ . 2011-05-04 .
  3. News: Era claims her win after all... . 12 September 2024 . The New Paper . 18 February 2002.
  4. News: Meet the Malay ZOE & FANN . 12 September 2024 . The New Paper . 9 December 1997.
  5. News: Cast a vote for those cast on TV . 12 September 2024 . 25 November 1998.

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