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The Star (TV Series)
''The Star'' ( th, เดอะสตาร์ ค้นฟ้าคว้าดาว) is a Thai reality television singing competition produced by Exact, a GMM Grammy company, and broadcast on Modernine TV. It was first broadcast on 7 October 2003 and its fifth season aired during the first half of 2009. It is one of two such television programmes in Thailand, the other being ''Academy Fantasia''. Both feature a number of auditioned contestants competing in weekly concerts, with elimination determined by viewers' voting through SMS, but unlike the other, ''The Star'' does not feature continuous broadcasts of the contestants' lives in a common residence. A number of winners and runners-up from the contest have continued to become mainstream singers and/or actors under GMM Grammy, most notably Sukrit Wisetkaew ("Bie"), who was first runner-up in the show's third season. Patterns and rules The event begins with the recruitment of competitors from all over the country. The divisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metinee Kingpayom
Metinee Washington Kingpayome ( th, เมทินี วอชิงตัน กิ่งโพยม, , born 1972), later Metinee Kingpayome Sharples, also known as Lukkade ( th, ลูกเกด, ) is a Thai-American actress, model, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Thailand at Miss World 1992 and Miss World Asia & Oceania 1992. Biography The daughter of Thai father and American mother, Kingpayom was born in Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City. She has three younger brothers. She won the Miss Thailand World title before she represented Thailand at the Miss World 1992 pageant in South Africa. There, she was crowned Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania. Her family now has moved back to Thailand. She has since worked as a model, actress and TV presenter. She has been featured on the covers of '' Elle Thailand'' and '' Vogue Thailand''. The Bangkok Post described her as: "At the forefront of the women's liberation movement in the Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
