After five years in the show business, Mediacorp professional Benjamin Tan, 31, recently received his second Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste award.
Benjamin openly admitted to creating 10 records to vote for himself when 8days spoke with him behind after winning. Of course, that was far from adequately to maintain a gain. His fan team, Bentective FC, went all out to maintain their hero made it on stage, and Benjamin promised to “repay them for everything”.
And he paid them, too.
On May 3, Benjamin treated 11 of his followers to a meatless dining at Desker Road’s Fo You Yuan restaurant. Why a meatless dinner, you may wonder?
His supporters actually adhered to a vegetarian meal for about a month before the Star Awards, wishing him well that he would receive his first honor.
Speaking to 8days, Benjamin revealed: “ I did n’t know beforehand that they were going to do this for me. When my followers tagged me in their Instagram tales, I learned about it. First, I thought it was a one-off issue. Because The Goddess of Mercy was a vegetarians, I can recall having a vegetarian food on March 28.
“However, I found out they basically went vegetarian for a long period. On weekends when they went to the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Waterloo Street to pray for me, they furthermore tagged me on many occasions, roughly four days, according to Benjamin.
I am truly appreciative because, even for myself, all I did was worship at house and hope for the best. ”