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Don't Forget The Lyrics! (Singapore)
''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' is the Singaporean version of the international game show ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!''. In Singapore, an English-language version premiered on 27 November 2008, whereas the Chinese Mandarin-language version premiered on 25 August 2009 in addition to a special celebrity episodes in 2010. English version The Singapore version of the game show, hosted by ''Singapore Idol'' host Gurmit Singh, premiered on 27 November 2008 on MediaCorp Channel 5. It airs every Thursday night at 8:00pm. Contestants will sing their way to the top prize of S$500,000. Similar to the American version, three backups were available during the game; each backup can only be used once throughout the game on any level but the final song. They were Backup Singer (二人帮), Two Words (一送一) and Three Lines (三提示). Unlike the American version, contestants/teams who chose to attempt the final song (dubbed "Half-a-Million Song", or "$500,000 song" for the Chinese version) d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurmit Singh
Gurmit Singh Virk Chainchal Singh (born 24 March 1965; pa, ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Gurmīt Siṅgh; ) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. A former artiste of Mediacorp, he is best known for his role as the titular character Phua Chu Kang in ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'', ''Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd'' and ''Phua Chu Kang The Movie'', for which he won the Asian Television Awards prize for Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy) five times, from 1998 to 2001 and in 2003 for the former. From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended prize. Life Born to a Sikh Indian father, Chainchal Singh, and an East Asian (Chinese–Japanese) mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, but converted to Christianity in 1985. Gurmit Singh studied in Outram Secondary School during his secondary school years. Gurmit is married to Melissa, a Cantonese Chinese. They have three children, Gabrielle (born 1998), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Noose (TV Series)
''The Noose'' is a Singapore comedy television series produced by Mediacorp Channel 5, the country’s English language channel. The name of the show plays on the words ''The News''. The show satirises socio-cultural and political issues in Singapore as well as newsworthy local and regional incidents involving Singapore. The show has received recognition both locally and internationally. It earned a nomination at the International Emmy Awards 2011 in the comedy category. The cast has also been nominated and won awards and commendations at the Asian Television Awards. Overview ''The Noose'' is a parody of local news programmes such as ''News 5 Tonight'', with fictional news reports and a presentation mimicking that of the actual news bulletin. For example, every episode of ''News 5 Tonight'' begins with a CGI clock indicating the time, while every episode of the first two seasons of ''The Noose'' would spoof it by displaying the time using something more mundane, such as a pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chew Sin Huey
Chew Sin Huey (Shi Xin Hui; ; born 23 June 1981), also known as Sing Chew, is a Malaysian-born former singer based in Singapore, who was one of the five popular new talents emerged from the Channel U's popular singing talent show, Project SuperStar 2005 in Singapore. Early life and education Shi studied at S.R.J.K (C) Kuo Kuang and Foon Yew High School. She then studied at National University of Singapore and majored in Chinese Studies and Political Science. Career She was also involved in campus performances and took up the lead role of a musical and also held a mini concert when she was studying at the National University of Singapore. She had also taken part in Malaysia's popular talent search contest, Astro Talent Quest in the year 2004. Shi was made popular in Singapore as the first runner-up in the female category of Project Superstar 2005, a singing-cum-talent search competition organised by Channel U of Mediacorp, Singapore. She had garnered the highest points (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Tan
Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (陈伟联, born 5 October 1981) is a Singaporean former Mandopop singer who earned a living as a busker before he won the first edition of Project SuperStar in 2005. He has released three albums, All I Want Is... (2006), i-Weilian (2007) and Moving Notes...Kelvin Tan (2009). He also had a solo concert at the Singapore Expo, lead a choir at the opening ceremony at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and singing Singapore's 2009 National Day Parade's theme song. Early life Born blind due to Leber's congenital amaurosis (which causes the retina to disintegrate), Tan grew up listening to 1980s Mandopop ballads, which inspired him to learn to play the piano and guitar. He studied at the Singapore School for the Visually Handicapped and Dunearn Secondary School.Adeline Chia, "Singing his way home", The Straits Times, 14 September 2009. After his O Levels, he worked as a massage therapist and a singer at a café. He also busked at Jurong East and Waterloo Street, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Thia
Henry Thia (; born 25 February 1952), also known as , is a Singaporean actor and comedian. Career Thia was a member of the main cast of ''Comedy Nite'' throughout its run. Although he had many roles in various sketches, his most memorable role is probably Lion King in the sketch series ''Liang Ximei''. He made a transition to English television in 2004, where he played the recurring role of Georgie Gan in ''Police & Thief''. Thia is also known to the public for his strikingly similar looks to Singaporean politician Khaw Boon Wan, a fact he often acknowledges by jokingly referring to Khaw as his twin. Filmography Film 1998 *''Money No Enough'' 1999 *'' Liang Po Po: The Movie'' *''That One No Enough'' 2002 *''I Not Stupid'' 2005 *'' I Do, I Do'' *'' One More Chance'' 2006 *''I Not Stupid Too'' *''The Vietnamese Bride'' 2007 *''Just Follow Law'' 2008 *''Money No Enough 2'' *''Folks Jump Over the Wall'' 2009 *'' Love Matters'' *''Where Got Ghost?'' 2010 *'' Old Cow vs Tender Grass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lianhe Wanbao
Lianhe Wanbao (; literally Joint Evening News) was a Singapore Chinese afternoon newspaper published daily by SPH Media Trust from 16 March 1983 after the merger between ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' and '' Sin Chew Jit Poh''. ''Lianhe Wanbao'' focused mainly on local and entertainment news with minimal international coverage. As such it was in competition with another SPH paper ''Shin Min Daily News''. Amongst Singapore readers ''Lianhe Wanbao'' was often regarded more of a tabloid published in broadsheet form, and the veracity of some reports (mostly reproduced from tabloids or gossip magazines from Hong Kong or Taiwan) was sometimes questioned. In 2021, ''Lianhe Wanbao'' merged into ''Shin Min Daily News'', and published its last edition on 24 December. History The newspaper was started along with ''Lianhe Zaobao'' (Joint Morning News) in March 1983 as part of the ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' and '' Sin Chew Jit Poh'' merger. It had 40,000 subscribers at launch, which grew to 100,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's population) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be variants of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered separate languages in a family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin (with about 800 million speakers, or 66%), followed by Min (75 million, e.g. Southern Min), Wu (74 million, e.g. Shangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baey Yam Keng
Baey Yam Keng ( zh, s=马炎庆, p=Mǎ Yánqìng; born 31 August 1970) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment since 2022 and Ministry of Transport (Singapore), Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport since 2018. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Parliament of Singapore, Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines, Tampines North division of Tampines Group Representation Constituency, Tampines GRC since 2011. Before entering politics, Baey had worked in the public and corporate sectors in various organisations, including the Economic Development Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Communications and Information, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, National Arts Council, Singapore, National Arts Council, CapitaLand and Hill+Knowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maliki Osman
Mohamad Maliki bin Osman ( Jawi: مالكي عثمان; born 1965) is a Singaporean politician and former assistant professor who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Siglap division of East Coast GRC since 2011. Before entering politics in the 2001 general election, Maliki was an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Department of Social Work and Psychology. After he was elected, he served in various positions at the Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs, and National Development before he became a full minister in 2020. Education Maliki attended Duchess Primary School, Dunearn Secondary Technical School and First Toa Payoh Secondary School before graduating from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Arts de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Is Mine (song)
"The Boy Is Mine" is a 1998 duet by American singers Brandy and Monica. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and Brandy, while production was helmed by Jerkins, Brandy, and Dallas Austin. It was released as the lead single from both singers' second albums from 1998, '' Never Say Never'' by Brandy and '' The Boy Is Mine'' by Monica. Inspired by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine", the lyrics of the mid-tempo R&B track revolve around two women fighting over a man. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics and was the first number-one pop hit for both artists, in the US and internationally. Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, "The Boy Is Mine" became the best-selling song of the year in the US, selling 2.6 million copies, and spent 13 weeks at the top of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It became the second song in the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Fonseka
Andrea Fonseka (born 29 August 1984) is a Filipino-Malaysian model, television presenter, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2004. As an actress, she is currently working predominantly in Malaysia and Singapore. Personal life Andrea Fonseka was born in Penang, Malaysia, on 29 August 1984. She is of mixed ethnic heritage. Her father is of Sinhalese (Sri Lankan), Portuguese, Spanish, and Filipino descent, while her mother is of Chinese descent. She is the youngest of four daughters and currently lives and works between Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. She studied at SMK(P) Taman Petaling (Taman Petaling Girls' National Secondary School) in Petaling Jaya during her secondary school years. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. Fonseka married an Australian lawyer Paul Dewar on 31 July 2010, in Kuala Lumpur. Career Fonseka first came to the public's attention when she hosted the first season of Xfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Seah
Jade Seah (, born on 6 April 1983) is a Singaporean model, host and actress, of mixed Chinese Peranakan and Eurasian parentage. Career Seah was a model before going into acting. She was 1st runner-up at the Miss Singapore Universe 2006 pageant and signed a contract with MediaCorp soon after the pageant. She is now the new face of Nivea Visage. She was a host in the Singaporean reality television show, ''The Dance Floor'', with co-hosts Glenn Ong and Mark Van Cuylenberg. She had reported in ''Today in Beijing'' on Channel 5, on the day's highlights of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 2008 Olympics Controversy While hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics' program ''Today in Beijing'' on Channel 5, Seah was reportedly heard uttering a profanity live on air after wrongly pronouncing the name of a Chinese athlete. The scene shifted from the studio to a recorded clip of a basketball match when the vulgarity was heard. The scene was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. It had led to plen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
