Dasmond Koh
Singaporean host and Radio DJ

Dasmond Koh

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Singaporean host and Radio DJ
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22 February 1972
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Introduction

Dasmond Koh (Chinese: 许振荣; born 22 February 1972) is a Singaporean actor, television host, radio DJ and businessman. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1995 to 2015. In 2015, He left Mediacorp to concentrate on NoonTalk Media which he co-founded in 2011.

Career

Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Koh had been a full-time deejay with Y.E.S. 93.3FM since 1996. He was one of the RCS's most popular Chinese language deejays and was voted Friday Weekly Singapore's "Most Popular DJ" five years in a row and YES 933's most popular DJ for three consecutive years at the biennial RCS Golden Mike Awards.

In 2000 Koh joined MediaCorp while still juggling DJ duties and eventually resigned to join MediaCorp full-time several years later. Although fairly new to television, he was voted the Most Popular Newcomer at the Star Awards 2000 after starring in the sitcom Soho @ Work. He has hosted a variety of programmes ranging from travelogues to variety shows and major "live" events such as the Chingay Parade, Star Awards and SuperBand. Since crossing over to television, he has also enjoyed success as a host. He was voted the "Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes" for the tenth time at the Star Awards 2019 and has been nominated for Best Variety Show Host and Best Info-Ed Show Host several times.

In 2012 he co-directed his first film Timeless Love.

In 2015, Koh left the entertainment industry and announced that he would not renew his Mediacorp contract due to him setting up a business entity. He co-founded an anti-aging skincare and beauty products company known as FrozenAge. Currently, he is the co-host of The Sheng Siong Show, together with Kym Ng and Denise Camillia Tan.

Personal life

Koh was educated at Anglican High School and Temasek Polytechnic. In 2002, he was an Ambassador for World Vision and sponsored 2 Mongolian children. According to an interview, the misspelt name came about when it was a fad to have a Christian name. He had asked a teacher for the spelling of "Desmond".

Radio hosting

Year Title Notes
1996 Especially For You 7pm – 11pm
1997 Late Night Dedication 11pm – 2am
1998 Lunch Show 12pm – 4pm
1999 The Nite Is Still Young 11pm – 2am
2000 The Nite Is Still Young 11pm – 2am
2001 Hi 中午好 Lunch Show 12pm – 2pm
降温180 Relax 180 11pm-2am
2002 男女交叉点 FM933 Crossroad Junction 10pm-1am

Compilation album

Year English title Mandarin title
2013 MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 13 群星贺岁金蛇献祥和

Awards and nominations

Star Awards – Hosting Awards
Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result
2000 7th Star Awards Ceremony Best Newcomer N/A Won
7th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
7th Star Awards Ceremony Best Variety Show Host Celebrity Telematch Nominated
2001 8th Star Awards Ceremony Best Variety Show Host I Entertainment Nominated
2002 9th Star Awards Ceremony Best Variety Show Host The Mission Nominated
9th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2003 10th Star Awards Ceremony Best Variety Show Host The Mission Nominated
10th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2004 11th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2005 12th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 20
2006 13th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 20
2007 14th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2009 15th Star Awards Ceremony Best Info-Ed Programme Host Tourism Insiders Nominated
2010 16th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 20
2011 17th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 20
2012 18th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2013 19th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2015 21st Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2018 24th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10
2019 25th Star Awards Ceremony Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Top 10