Star Awards 1996

Star Awards 1996 is the 3rd edition of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. A total of 21 awards were given out at the ceremony and saw the introduction of two new categories, namely "Top Rated Drama Serial" and "Top Rated Telemovie", while the categories "Most Popular Male Artiste" and "Most Popular Female Artiste" were discontinued.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.