Pesta Perdana

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.[1]

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.[5] Its Tamil counterpart, Pradana Vizha,[4] started in 1999.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Pesta Perdana 11 | Suria". Archived from the original on 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  2. ^ "EBuzz Events : Pesta Perdana 11 | iZone.SG - entertainment buzz!". Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. ^ "Era claims her win after all..." The New Paper. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Meet the Malay ZOE & FANN". The New Paper. 9 December 1997. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Cast a vote for those cast on TV". 25 November 1998. Retrieved 12 September 2024.