Among the more creative club names on display were Elvinology (Elvin Ng), The Beckers Team (Rebecca Lim), Carrieteristic (Carrie Wong), DesTheWay (Desmond Ng), Felicity (Felicia Chin) and The Juliet Club (Romeo Tan).
Then there were fan clubs whose coordinated signs and T-shirts simply showed their idol’s name: Zoe Tay, Ya Hui, Yvonne Lim, Joanne Peh, Bonnie Loo, Lee Teng, Tyler Ten and Paige Chua, to name a few.
But like any interviewee, they were more than happy to talk about their passion. It just so happened this passion was a person, in this instance.
Olivia Lee, a first-time Star Awards attendee and new member of Elvinology, said she just discovered the fan club this year. The 38-year-old started watching Elvin Ng’s shows eight years ago, and found him “very natural”.
She has since met Ng twice in person, including once on a fan club outing to Melaka, and remembers him to be “very gentlemanly” in how he spoke.
“When you interact with him, you can feel the warmth. He’s very down-to-earth. You don’t feel like he’s a celebrity.”
If anything, it seems having no airs is why other fan clubs like their celebrity idols too. Some members of the Yverlasting Yvonne fan club – for Yvonne Lim, who else? – expressed similar reasons they were enamoured with the 48-year-old actress who took home the All-Time Favourite Artiste trophy on Sunday night.
