8TV Quickie

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8TV Quickie is a 15-minute variety show that airs every night at 11.30pm, except for Wednesdays at 12.00 midnight, on 8TV.

The hosts are Phat Fabes, Marion Caunter, Rina Omar and Aishah Sinclair. Marion Caunter and Aishah Sinclair host the show on weeknights while Rina Omar and Phat Fabes host the show on weekends.

[edit] Brief History

8TV Quickie premiered on January 8, 2004, the first day 8TV started its transmission at 9.30pm. Its original timeslot was 9.30pm to 9.45pm then resume from 11.45pm to 12.00 midnight on weeknights and 10.30pm to 10.45pm then resume from 11.45pm to 12.00midnight on weekends. In 2005, after more than a year on air, 8TV shorten its two-part 15-minutes every night timeslot to only a one-part 15-minutes every night. But the 8TV Quickie will appear for about a minute after almost every show each night. The hosts will give the questions for the night to give away prizes in which viewers could call in to win them later at its 15-minutes run. Its new timeslot beginning 2005 is 11.30pm to 11.45pm every night except for Wednesdays at 12.00midnight to 12.15am. Most recently beginning September 2006, its timeslot for Sunday night has also been changed to 12.00midnight to 12.15am. This is due to the broadcast of the new series Realiti from 10.00pm to 11.00pm and new season of the American teen drama One Tree Hill from 11.00pm to 12.00midnight.

Originally, the hosts were Soo Kui Jien, Marion Caunter, Rina Omar and Phat Fabes. Soo Kui Jien, better known as just Jien, left the show in February 2004, only about after a month it went on air. Later that year, he hosted Malaysian Idol with Sharifah Aleya (2004) and Cheryl Samad (2005). Jien was replaced with Adam Carruthers who began hosting 8TV Quickie in March 2004.

In May 2006, 8TV began airing its new reality show, One In A Million in which Marion hosted along with Awal Ashaari. Since then, Marion had occasionally been replaced with Aishah Sinclair. Later in September 2006, Adam left the show and Aishah replaced him as the permanent host.