Introduction
Lee Teng (traditional Chinese: 李騰; simplified Chinese: 李腾; pinyin: Lǐ Téng) is a Taiwanese television host based in Singapore and on contract basis with Left Profile. Lee won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award and the Best Programme Host twice at the Star Awards. In 2017, he won an Asian Television Awards for Best Current Affairs Presenter category. Thereafter, he was nominated for awards but has not won any since.
Early life
Lee was born in Taiwan and went to Singapore in primary school. He graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a degree in accountancy.
Lee, however, did not serve his national duties in both conscription in Taiwan and National Service in Singapore despite having citizenship and permanent residency in both countries.
Career
Lee was recruited by Mediacorp after winning the first runner-up in a talent show, SuperHost. He has since appeared on various variety shows and hosted some programmes, including the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Star Awards. Also, he is occasionally a guest deejay on Chinese language radio channel Y.E.S. 93.3FM.
Lee has gotten 5 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 2013-2017 respectively.
Personal life
Lee began dating Gina Lin, a Singapore-based Taiwanese advertising executive, from October 2018, and then they were engaged on 24 March 2020. Lee announced his fiancee's pregnancy on 25 May 2020, but subsequently suffered a miscarriage.
Controversy
In 2018, Lee got into legal tussle with his business partner in court.
Compilation album
| Year | English title | Mandarin title |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 12 | 新传媒群星金龙接财神 |
| 2018 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 18 | 新传媒群星阿狗狗过好年 |
| 2019 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 19 | 新传媒群星猪饱饱欢乐迎肥年 |
| 2020 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20 | 裕鼠鼠纳福迎春了 |
Accolades
| Asian Television Awards – Hosting Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2017 | Best Current Affairs Presenter | Fixer | Won Highly Commended |
The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.
| Star Awards – Hosting Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2009 | 15th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Variety Show Host | On the Beat 3 | Nominated |
| 2010 | 16th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Variety Show Host | On the Beat 4 | Nominated |
| 2012 | 18th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Variety Show Host | Rail Thrill | Nominated |
| 18th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Info-Ed Programme Host | Let's Talk 2 | Won | |
| 2013 | 19th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Info-Ed Programme Host | Life's Big Factories | Nominated |
| 19th Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 10 | |
| 2014 | 20th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Info-Ed Programme Host | Big Factories 2: Made by Singapore! | Nominated |
| 20th Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 10 | |
| 2015 | 21st Star Awards Ceremony | Best Variety Show Host | Finding 8 | Nominated |
| 21st Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 10 | |
| 21st Star Awards Ceremony | Most Popular Regional Artiste (Malaysia) | N/A | Nominated | |
| 2016 | 22nd Star Awards Ceremony | Best Programme Host | Love on The Plate 3 | Won |
| 22nd Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 10 | |
| 2017 | 23rd Star Awards Ceremony | Best Programme Host | The 4 Chefs | Nominated |
| 23rd Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 10 | |
| 2018 | 24th Star Awards Ceremony | Best Programme Host | Fixer | Nominated |
| 24th Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 20 | |
| 2019 | 25th Star Awards Ceremony | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | N/A | Top 20 |