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Daren Tan
Daren Tan Xuan Yu (born 22 February 1983) is a Singaporean singer. He was the winner of Project Superstar Season 2. He has been listed among Cleo (magazine), CLEO magazine's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors. He changed his Chinese name to Chén Xuān Yù in 2014, and this was formally announced in Project Superstar 3 live show on national TV on 25 August 2014. Discography Tan's debut album, titled ''Regardless'', was released islandwide on January 26, 2008. One of his songs, "Dou Shen", is the theme song for the popular Mediacorp drama ''Metamorphosis (TV series), Metamorphosis''. The first song in his debut album, titled "Regardless" (Bu Xu Li You) is actually a remake of Melee (band), Melee's single "Built To Last (Mêlée's song), Built To Last". Filmography Film Television Personal life Tan was educated at Bukit Panjang Pri School, Gan Eng Seng School and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Tan founded Cahoots Social Network, an influencer marketing agency in 2016. Tan married Dr. Nad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen (Singaporean TV Series)
The Queen (, previously titled The Revenge Queen) is a Singapore Mandarin police procedural which was produced by Wawa Pictures and telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, Channel 8 HD. Twenty episodes were produced, with production occurring over 108 days in 2015. It debuted Thursday, 18 February 2016. It stars Jesseca Liu, Priscelia Chan, Vivian Lai, Apple Hong & Jayley Woo as the casts of this series. Cast Revenge Queen Other cast Cameo appearances Original Soundtrack See also * List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s) This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore. The years stated in the list are the years in which the programmes were first aired on the channel. Current programmi ... * List of ''The Queen'' episodes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen, The Singapore Chinese dramas 2016 Singaporean television series debuts 2016 Singaporean television series en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Singaporean Male Singers
File:1st century collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Jesus is crucified by Roman authorities in Judaea (17th century painting). Four different men (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian) claim the title of Emperor within the span of a year; The Great Fire of Rome (18th-century painting) sees the destruction of two-thirds of the city, precipitating the empire's first persecution against Christians, who are blamed for the disaster; The Roman Colosseum is built and holds its inaugural games; Roman forces besiege Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (19th-century painting); The Trưng sisters lead a rebellion against the Chinese Han dynasty (anachronistic depiction); Boudica, queen of the British Iceni leads a rebellion against Rome (19th-century statue); Knife-shaped coin of the Xin dynasty., 335px rect 30 30 737 1077 Crucifixion of Jesus rect 767 30 1815 1077 Year of the Four Emperors rect 1846 30 3223 1077 Great Fire of Rome rect 30 1108 1106 2155 Boudican revolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean People Of Chinese Descent
Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-denominational, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the overwhelming majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also far-reaching worldwide. In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups². Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural society. It is home to people of many different ethnic, racial, religious, denominational, and national origins -- the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Sim
Alfred Sim Chee Hao (born 4 October 1981) is a Singaporean singer, athletics coach and occasional actor. He is best known for being the winner of the third season of reality singing competition ''Project SuperStar''. Career Musical Sim auditioned for the first and second seasons of ''Project Superstar'' in 2005 and 2006 respectively, but he did not make it as one of the finalists. In 2011, Sim became part of Sparkle Live Music, which was founded by singer Tay Kewei, her sister Tay Kexin, and keyboardist Lee Ein Ein, in which he performs songs at weddings. Sim also participated in ''Guinness Live'', a competition "to find the next William Scorpion", representing Team ''Firefly'', along with Howie Yeo, Willis Loye and Yee Si Ling, managed by Fatt Zhai. They were the eventual champions, winning each member a winner's single. In 2013, Sim sung the theme song of television series '' The Journey: A Voyage'', entitled 家乡 (Homeland). It was nominated as Best Drama Theme Song for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project SuperStar Season 2 (2006–07)
The second season of the Singaporean reality talent show ''Project SuperStar'' began on 8 November 2006 on MediaCorp Channel U. The show is hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. The overall winner received talent management contracts with Warner Music Singapore and MediaCorp. Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Loi, Anthony Png and Dawn Yip returned as judges for their second season. On 4 February 2007, winner of the male category Daren Tan was announced as the overall winner of the season, with female category winner Lydia Tan as the overall runner-up. Tan was also the first previously eliminated contestant on ''Project SuperStar'' to win the competition. The competition also introduced to Jeremy Chan who would later become a full-time Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project SuperStar
''Project SuperStar'' () is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24 contestants were selected to enter the Quarter Finals of the competition. For both seasons, it was hosted by Quan Yi Fong and Jeff Wang. Episodes were pre-recorded, and broadcast on Wednesday for male contestants, while episodes on Thursday feature female contestants. Season 3's Live-telecast will begin on 18 August 2014 and the finale is set to be on 26 October 2014. It is announced that Dasmond Koh, Jeremy Chan and Shane Pow will be the hosts for the third season. Format For the first two seasons, competition begins with an audition in front of an audience and judges, and through a series of rounds, judges picked 24 contestants, 12 male and 12 female, to compete in the live shows. With the exception of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Tan
Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (陈伟联, born 5 October 1981) is a Singaporean 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 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
128 Circle
''128 Circle'' is a Singaporean television series on Channel 5. It is the first multilingual drama TV series produced by Weiyu Films Pte Ltd for Mediacorp. The series started airing on October 7, 2019. Story The series tells the story of food vendors at 128 Circle food centre and their customers. They come from various ethnic backgrounds and reflect Singapore's passion for food. A drama unique to Singapore`s multiracial fabric, ''128 Circle'' is the nation’s first multilingual television drama, following the lives of a group of hawkers (street food sellers) in the fictional 128 Circle Food Centre. Season 1 saw the introduction of the hawkers as they faced their own personal challenges and collectively, the looming closure of their beloved hawker centre. In Season 2, the hawkers weather not only the storms of a global pandemic that spares no one; they must also contend with ups and downs of family, friendship and life in Singapore. Season 3 follows the hawkers struggling wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Fortune
House of Fortune () is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. Consists of 20 episodes, it stars Zhu Houren, Thomas Ong, Tong Bing Yu, Yao Wenlong, Ya Hui, Bonnie Loo, Shane Pow, Kym Ng & Xiang Yun as the casts of this series. Cast Qian Laoshi's Family * Zhu Houren as Qian Laoshi 钱老实 * Thomas Ong as Qian Renjie 钱仁杰, an advertising company creative director * Tong Bing Yu as Luo Shuping 罗舒萍, a beautician * Bonnie Loo as Qian Ningning 钱宁宁 * Yao Wenlong as Wu Guolun 吴国伦 * Kym Ng as Qian Meiling 钱美玲 * Ya Hui as Wu Xixi 吴希希 * Aden Tan 陈昱志 as Wu Jiaming 吴佳明 * Thomas Ong as Qian Renjie 钱仁杰 * Tong Bing Yu as Luo Shuping 罗舒萍 * Xiang Yun as Chen Xiulian 陈秀莲, a volunteer * Shane Pow as Bai Zhengyu 白正宇, a volunteer * Sora Ma as Hu Simin 胡思敏 * Daren Tan as Bobby * Bukoh Mary 巫许玛莉 as May * Wendy Tseng 曾晓英 as Mary Cameo appearance Accolades See also * List of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
