Black Rose (爆料黑玫瑰) is a MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese language comedy-satire variety show. It is a remake of the Taiwanese show Celebrity Imitated Show (全民最大黨) and features various MediaCorp artistes acting as different characters with parodic mannerisms and names. Personalities and characters spoofed are often well-known figures in the Chinese language entertainment industry.
| Black Rose | |
|---|---|
| 爆料黑玫瑰 | |
| Genre | Comedy-satire |
| Starring | Guo Liang Quan Yi Fong Michelle Chong Dennis Chew Marcus Chin Kym Ng |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 2 March 2010 – 30 June 2014 |
The show takes the format of a talk show, with one of the regular cast members or a guest star taking the role as host. The host holds a black rose and introduces the six other personalities one by one.
Five cast members made a guest appearance at the Star Search 2010 Grand Finals during the Q & A segment. It was hosted by Chew Chor Meng and featured some of their well-known characters.
The show returned for a second season on 7 April 2014. Michelle Chong did not return in this season, and her place was taken over by Vivian Lai.
Cast
editRegular cast
edit- Guo Liang
- Quan Yi Fong
- Marcus Chin
- Dennis Chew
- Michelle Chong (season 1)
- Kym Ng
- Vivian Lai (season 2)
Guests
edit- Dasmond Koh (host, season 2)
- Chen Hanwei
- Lee Teng
- Henry Thia
- Ben Yeo
- Jeremy Chan
- Jeffrey Xu
- Brandon Wong
Personalities spoofed
edit- Edison Chen and the 2008 photo scandal
- Kym Ng
- Rui En
- Chen Hanwei
- Kumar
- Yueniang (Jeanette Aw) and Liu Yidao (Yao Wenlong) from The Little Nyonya
- Genie (Fiona Xie) from My Genie
- Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh)
- Confucius
- Nezha
- S.H.E
- Pauline Lan
- Tsai Chin
- The Little Tigers
- Chang Fei
- Fei Yu-ching
- Chow Yun-fat
- The "Na'vi" from Avatar
- Oprah Winfrey
- Jackie Chan
- Angelina Jolie
- Ris Low
Accolades
editThe show won several nominations at the 2011 Star Awards.
| Award | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Best Variety Show Host | Guo Liang | Nominated |
| Michelle Chong | Nominated | |
| Best Costume Designer | Xu Yingying | Nominated |
| Favourite Male Character | "Zhang Fei" (portrayed by Guo Liang) |
Nominated |
| Favourite Female Character | "Yao Yao" (portrayed by Quan Yi Fong) |
Nominated |
| "Xie Yu Yu" (portrayed by Michelle Chong) |
Nominated |