Danny Yeo
Danny Yeo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52)[1] |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Other names | Yang Junwei |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| Occupations |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 楊君偉 |
| Simplified Chinese | 杨君伟 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Jūnwěi |
Danny Yeo (born 1972 or 1973) is a Singaporean host, theatre director, writer and lecturer. He has over a decade of experience in hosting TV, as well as being a former radio DJ, and writing books regarding topics such as culture, youth and psychology. He is also a World Vision goodwill ambassador in Singapore. In the year 2010, he was nominated for the "Best Director" award in The Straits Times' theatre awards.[2]
Early life
[edit]Yeo's Chinese-educated parents encouraged him to be interested in Chinese culture and language, which he studied along with the English language, achieving a high level of proficiency in both languages.[3] After he graduated secondary school and junior college, Yeo studied science at the National University of Singapore and decided to pursue a mass communications degree in the United States.[4]
Career and achievements
[edit]From the 1990s to the early 2000s, Yeo hosted the morning drive-time show on YES 933 Mandarin radio station and certain variety shows on Mediacorp Channel 8. Danny Yeo has won the founder of Pure Talents award for his years of rich experience in various fields, Top 20 Most Popular Male Artistes in Star Awards 2000, and the most creative DJ Golden Mic Award in the year 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he crossed over to television with SPH MediaWorks and helped to operate 2 television channels, Mediacorp Channel U and former Channel i, as well as hosting on UFM100.3, a Mandarin radio station. At the end of 2004, both stations decided to merge, which ended Yeo's career in this area. He then taught at institutions such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore Management University. In 2004, the Singapore Media Academy twice honoured him at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic academic awards for his excellence in teaching.[5] In 2010, he co-wrote the screenplay of the drama film Love Cuts, and in 2014, he co-wrote the screenplay of the basketball film Meeting the Giant. In 2015, he returned to TV on Channel U as host of the popular talk show Face Off! and a lifestyle documentary show about child labour; Innocence Lost (2016) and Innocence Lost II (2017).[6]
Awards and nominations
[edit]The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Star Awards 2000 | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | — | Nominated |
| 2023 | Star Awards 2023 | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | — | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "'I was fully prepared to be chased away': Danny Yeo recalls reuniting woman with father after 30 years of estrangement". AsiaOne. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Artiste-E (15 January 2012). "Male Emcee Singapore "Danny Yeo"". Artiste Entertainment.
- ^ "杨君伟 伟所欲为 Danny Yeo doing it Chin up my Wei". blog.omy.sg.
- ^ VENESSA LEE. "Being bilingual helped his career". Asia One. The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Danny Yeo Pure Talent". Pure Talents. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Akshita Nanda (10 October 2016). "The Life Interview with Danny Yeo: Danny of all trades". SPH Websites. The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.