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Colette Wong (born 21 May 1974) is a
Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, I ...
sports reporter, TV host, and sports anchor for
Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of St ...
and Fox Sports News Asia. She was formerly currently anchors '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' and a news correspondent for
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...
.


Life and career

Colette Wong was born in
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
on 21 May 1974. Colette graduated from
Catholic Junior College Catholic Junior College (CJC) () is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Founded in 1975, Catholic Junior College was the third j ...
in 1992 and
University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...
, where she finished Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Politics and Economics in 1996. Colette got her first job in December 1996, as a sports reporter, producer and presenter for
Television Corporation of Singapore Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prop ...
's Singapore Television Twelve, from 1996 to 2000. Colette later became the news correspondent for
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel based in Singapore. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC (Consumer News and Business Channel). Its programmes originate from Singapore. It was officially opening ceremony at ...
from 2001 to 2003. ESPN Star Sports later hired Colette in March 2004, as the anchorwoman for '' SportsCenter Asia'' with Jason Dasey, then she became the host of ''Nokia Football Crazy'' from 2005 to 2008. Colette later became one of the lead anchors of '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' when ESPN became
Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of St ...
in 2013. She was the winner of the ‘Best Sports Presenter/Commentator’ award at the 21st Asian TV Awards in 2016 and 'highly commended' in the 'Best sports presenter/commentator' section of the 18th Asian Television Awards 2013.


Personal life

Colette is married to sales manager Luigi Ferrandi. They have two children.


Filmography

* '' SportsCenter Asia'' (2004–2013) ESPN Asia * ''Nokia Football Crazy'' (2005–2008) ESPN Asia * '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' (2013–2021)
Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of St ...


See also

*
Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of St ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Colette 1974 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Singaporean television journalists Singaporean women journalists Singaporean television personalities Singaporean women television presenters Catholic Junior College alumni