You've seen veteran Mediacorp artistes Chen Hanwei, Huang Biren and Christopher Lee in various television series. Soon, they'll be playing another role in real life: As mentors to the top 24 contestants of talent show Star Search 2019.

The mentorship was announced on Thursday (Jul 4) at Gillman Barracks, along with the unveiling of the budding talents. The 24 contestants were picked from 1,200 hopefuls from Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, UK and Macau at two auditions that took place in May at Ngee Ann Civic Plaza and Bugis+. Celebrities Quan Yi Fong, Dasmond Koh and Irene Ang also hit the streets scouting for talent.