Guess () was a Taiwanese television variety show, hosted by

Jacky Wu Jacky Wu (; born 26 September 1962) is a Taiwanese television show host, singer, and actor. He hosts numerous variety shows, such as the long running popular Taiwanese variety show ''Guess (variety show), Guess''. Career In 1987, Wu started out b ...

and other hosts, that began on 2 November 1996 and ended its run on 18 August 2012. It was broadcast in Taiwan, weekly on Saturdays from 22:00 to 00:00 on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) and syndicated to be broadcast in Singapore weekly on Saturdays 23:30 on free-to-air MediaCorp Channel U and Malaysia's 8TV weekly on Sundays 17:00 to 18:30. The show was twice nominated for Best Variety Programme and hosts

and Aya won Best Host in a Variety Programme from two nominations, at the

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History

Guess started on 4 July 1996 as 我猜我猜我猜猜猜 (), but suffered low viewer ratings initially (apart from its pilot episode), until

took over the helm as the main male host on 21 March 1998. He has been the main host since, while his 2 female co-hosts have changed throughout the years. Former female hosts include

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(aka Da S),

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(aka Xiao S),

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( 柳翰雅),

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(

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and

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), Linda Jian ( 蝴蝶姐姐), and Yao Yao ( 郭書瑤). Wu left the show on 3 July 2010, and hosting duties was taken up by

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and

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. However, due to Selina's filming accident in October 2010,

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and

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filled in as co-hosts. Yu left the show on 28 January 2011 and the show went on a short hiatus. It relaunched with the new name on 12 March 2011, with

returning to the show as the main host and joined by

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as his new co-host. The show ended its 16-year run with more than 800 episodes on 18 August 2012. While the show was still running in Taiwan, the production and writing staff were also working on the "talk" show

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, a variety show composed of star-studded topical and comedic interviews.

Hosts

* 2 November 1996 - 14 March 1998:

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and

Dee Hsu Dee Hsu (; born 14 June 1978), also known by her stage name Little S ( zh, p=Xiǎo S, labels=no, s=小S), is a Taiwanese television host, actress, and singer. She debuted alongside her older sister Barbie Hsu (Big S) in 1994 as part of the mu ...

* 21 March 1998 - October 2000:

, Barbie Hsu and Dee Hsu * December 2000 - March 2001: Jacky Wu and

(阿雅 aka 柳翰雅) and Dee Hsu * 2 February 2002 - July 2002: Jacky Wu, Aya Liu and

* September 2002 - May 2006: Jacky Wu, Aya Liu and

* May 2006 - 27 January 2007: Jacky Wu,

and a substitute host * 3 February - 14 July 2007: Jacky Wu,

Hebe Tien Hebe Tien Fu-chen (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, '' To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. T ...

and

* 21 July - 22 September 2007: Jacky Wu and two substitute hosts * 29 September 2007 - 6 December 2008: Jacky Wu, Aya Liu and a substitute host * 13 December 2008 - 9 January 2010: Jacky Wu, Aya Liu and Linda Jian ( 蝴蝶姐姐) * 16 January 2010 - 10 April 2010: Jacky Wu, Aya Liu and

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* 17 April - 3 July: 2010: Jacky Wu and two substitute hosts * 24 July - 30 October 2010:

and Selina Jen * 5 November 2010 – 28 January 2011: Harlem Yu, Chen Han Dian (陳漢典) and

* 12 March 2011 - 18 August 2012: Jacky Wu and

- relaunched with new name

Segments

Each show usually consists of 2 segments: "The truth cannot be faked" 真的假不了 and "Do not judge a book by its cover" 人不可貌相, but occasionally, especially during festivals, there will be specially organized segments. In the first segment, "The truth cannot be faked", four people will be invited, each claiming to be able to accomplish something seemingly unbelievable. However, only three of them are telling the truth. Invited celebrities will then have to distinguish ("guess") the one who is lying; if they fail to guess correctly, they will be sprayed with

cold mist Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjectivity, subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute t ...

(dry ice). In the second segment, "Do not judge a book by its cover", there will be a mini-contest, with five people vying for a title, such as "Prettiest schoolgirl"; invited celebrities are again asked to guess which one of them will be the eventual winner. The winner is usually picked by a panel of experts. Many Taiwanese celebrities have been first "discovered" by their participation in this show, such as the winners of the mini-contests held in the segment "Do not judge a book by its cover". Some budding Taiwanese artistes have also used this show as a launching pad for their hosting or singing careers. Lastly, invited Taiwanese celebrities used the show to promote their latest albums, books, shows, etc.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
CTV Guess official homepage
(2011 to present) *
CTV Guess former official homepage
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