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SPOP Wave!
''SPOP Wave'' () is a Singaporean Chinese singing reality competition featuring eight celebrities competing live in front of the nation and facing the judges consist of various music professionals. It is a Spin-off (media), spin-off to the 2018's ''SPOP Sing! (season 1), SPOP Sing!'' due to its similarities. The competition was streamed Over-the-top media service, digitally on meLISTEN, meWatch LIVE and the Entertainment Mediacorp YouTube channel, which premiered on 2 November 2021. The competition ended on 21 December 2021 with Gao Meigui (mentored by The Freshmen) named as the winner, while Ridhwan Azman (mentored by Hong Junyang) and Sherly Devonne Ng (mentored by The Freshmen) named as runner-up and third place, respectively. Development ''SPOP Wave'' was first announced on 15 October 2021 on 8world and Mediacorp, revealing that eight celebrities would compete in eight weeks of competition to determine the best celebrity singer with several elements borrowed from other popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Chung Kun Wah
Kenneth Chung Kun Wah (born 11 July 1985), better known by his stage name Kunhua, is a Singaporean radio personality and actor. He works as a radio disk jockey for Singapore-based Chinese music station YES 933. Background Chung had previously worked part-time for YES 933 in as early as 2005. He later attended the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, where he studied arts and radio. Graduating in 2010, he joined YES 933 as a professional disk jockey that year. He is the host of his own radio show, ''Moo...ve It On'', which is targeted at school-going children. Filmography Movie / Theater *2011: Resonance 回音 *2014: Like Me.I Like 守机碍情 Television Series Compilation album Awards and nominations References 1985 births Living people Singaporean DJs Singaporean people of Hakka descent {{Singapore-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over-the-top Media Service
An over-the-top (OTT) media service is a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms: the types of companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors of such content. It has also been used to describe no-carrier cellphones, for which all communications are charged as data, avoiding monopolistic competition, or apps for phones that transmit data in this manner, including both those that replace other call methods and those that update software. The term is most synonymous with subscription-based video on demand (SVoD) services that offer access to film and television content (including existing shows and movies for which rights have been acquired from the content owner, as well as original content produced specifically for the service). OTT also encompasses a wave of "skinny" television services that offer access to live streams of linear specialty channels, similar to a traditional s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MasterChef Singapore (season 2)
The second season of '' MasterChef Singapore'' began airing on 21 February 2021 and ended on 25 April 2021 on Mediacorp Channel 5. The winner of this season was Derek Cheong, with Leon Lim as the runner-up. Top 12 Source for names, hometowns, and ages. Occupations and nicknames as given on air or stated in cites. Elimination table : (WINNER) This cook won the competition. : (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished as a runner-up in the finals. : (WIN) The cook won the individual challenge (Mystery Box Challenge, Skills Test, Pressure Test, or Elimination Test). : (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge. : (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge but didn't win. : (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge. : (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge. : (IMM) The cook didn't have to compete in that round of the competition and was safe from elimination. : (IMM) T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanglin (TV Series)
Tanglin is a Singaporean drama produced by Mediacorp. Tanglin premiered on 30 June 2015 and was broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 5 at 8:30pm every weekday with a repeat at 12am and 1.30pm the next day. The series finale aired on 28 September 2018. The repeat telecast was aired every weekday at 2pm from 8 Feb 2021 and now airs at 4pm starting 23 May 2022. The series have started special guest appearances have been made by local celebrities like Kimberly Chia, Taufik Batisah and second generation radio disc jockey Mike Kasem. Plot Tanglin is a daily drama that centres on the lives of multiracial and multigenerational families – mainly the Tongs, Bhaskars, Rahmans and Lims - residents of a middle-income neighbourhood, in the Holland Village, Tanglin, Commonwealth area; their lives reflect the joys, trials and tribulations of everyday Singaporeans. In 2016, the families are entering a new chapter of their lives – from the teens moving on to National Service and University, the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Girl In Pinafore
''That Girl in Pinafore'' () is a 2013 Singaporean comedy-musical film directed by Chai Yee Wei and starring Daren Tan, Julie Tan, Hayley Woo, Jayley Woo, Kenny Khoo, Seah Jiaqing and Kelvin Mun. Plot The story was set in the 1990s. Secondary school student, Jiaming (Daren Tan) was coping with both his O-level examinations and his parents' bar business, the Dream Boat. He and his mates Cao Gen (Seah Jiaqing), Hao Ban (Kenny Khoo) and Xiao Pang (Kelvin Mun) were studying. When a dare to get the numbers of two nearby girls, Jayley and Hayley Woo, went awry, the boys ran away. Jiaming bumped into the twins' friend, May (Julie Tan), while doing so, consequently dropping his Xinyao booklet. After receiving their O-Level results, Jiaming decided to drop out of school, having already retained for two years, while the rest of the boys moved on. Coincidentally, they were placed in the same Junior College as the three girls they had met earlier. On the first day of school, the boys started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getai
A getai (literally song stage) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: 歌台) is a usually boisterous live stage performance held during the Ghost Festival commonly held in Singapore, Malaysia and some parts of Indonesia (mainly in Riau, Riau Islands and North Sumatra), in contrast to the generally solemn mood of the festival. However the performance is also routinely played at other Chinese festivals. The stage setup is usually composed of temporary structures and situated in the suburbs of the city in any empty field or even in parking spaces or housing estate. In the past, live performances at festivals were usually of Chinese operas or puppet shows. The performances are meant to be for the spirits but also for people during the seventh month. With the decline of Chinese opera and traditional puppet shows as popular entertainment, these public performances evolved to become what is known today as Getai. The backdrop of the stage is usually made of cardboard and cloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel During The COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic, many countries and regions imposed quarantines, entry bans, or other travel restrictions for citizens of or recent travelers to the most affected areas. Some countries and regions imposed global restrictions that apply to all foreign countries and territories, or prevent their own citizens from travelling overseas. Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus, but because they were first implemented after community spread was established in multiple countries in different regions of the world, they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of people infected. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of the pandemic. The travel restrictions brought a significant Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic cost to the global tourism industry through lost income and Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social harm to people who were unable to travel internationally. When the trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teleconferencing
A teleconference is the live exchange of information among several people remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system. Terms such as audio conferencing, telephone conferencing and phone conferencing are also sometimes used to refer to teleconferencing. The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing one or more of the following: audio, video, and/or data services by one or more means, such as telephone, computer, telegraph, teletypewriter, radio, and television. Telcon is used as an abbreviation for both "telephone conference" and "telephone conversation". Internet teleconferencing Internet teleconferencing includes internet telephone conferencing, videotelephony, web conferencing, and augmented reality conferencing. Internet telephony involves conducting a teleconference over the Internet or a wide area network. One key technology in this area is Voice over Internet Protocol Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKBox
KKBox, stylized as KKBOX is a music streaming service developed in 2005 by KKBox Inc., a software company in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a part of Japanese Telecom Group, KDDI. The service mainly targets the music markets of East and Southeast Asia, focusing on regions including: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. Working on a freemium basis, both paid and free members can listen to over 20 million tunes on smartphones, TVs, media centers and computers. As a Taiwan-based music streaming software, KKBox caters mainly to Mandarin-speaking users by collaborating with record companies in the Taiwanese music industry. KKBox also has close links with Taiwanese artists, and mainstream Mandopop artists like Jay Chou, Eric Chou and Bii. Development After launching KKBox in Taiwan, the company expanded the music streaming service to Hong Kong and Macau in 2009, Japan in 2011, Malaysia, and Singapore in 2013. Starting from 2011, KKBox received investment from KDDI Corporation, a J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmons Bedding Company
The Simmons Bedding Company is an American major manufacturer of mattresses and related bedding products, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was founded in 1870, and is one of the oldest companies of its kind in the United States. Simmons' flagship brand is ''Beautyrest''. In addition to operating 18 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico, the company licenses its products internationally. According to a Simmons press release, net sales for 2005 were $855 million, and its revenue was $1.13 billion in 2007 and $1.228 billion in 2013. As of 2011, Simmons ranked in third place among U.S. mattress manufacturers, with a 15.7 percent market share. In 2012, Simmons and its sister company Serta International were acquired by American private equity company Advent International. As of 2022, Simmons is a subsidiary of the American company Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC of Doraville, Georgia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osim International
OSIM International Pte Ltd () is a Singapore-based company that manufactures wellness technology and lifestyle products such as well being chairs, massage chairs and sofas, slimming belts, and pulse massagers. The company also recently ventured to manufacturing gaming chairs and electronic products related to gaming, virtual reality and beauty and fitness. Company History In 1980, Singaporean entrepreneur Ron Sim founded R Sim trading, a company dedicated to the sale of home goods, kitchen utensils, wooden massagers and reflexology rollers in Singapore. In 1983, the company opened its first store. Subsequently, the company expanded its operations to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. In 1993, the company officially launched the brand name OSIM, a combination of Sim, the surname of its founder, and 'O' which stands for the globe. After rebranding, OSIM focused on health and lifestyle products and continued to expand across Asia. OSIM was listed on the Singapore Exchange in July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
