Minutes to Fame

Minutes to Fame
Genre Game show
Starring Hong Kong celebrities and citizens
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
Production
Running time approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Television Broadcasts Limited
Original airing February 5, 2005

Minutes to Fame (Chinese: 殘酷一叮) is a game show broadcast on Hong Kong's TVB. The show is intended to be satirical and funny, since most of the contestants are unexperienced and try to get famous.

Format

On the show, regular Hong Kong citizens appear as contestants on stage to sing and perform. Their objective is to remain on stage for as long as possible, before the judges ring a bell to eliminate them. For each second the contestant remains on stage, the contestant is given HK$100. The judges are often harsh and make fun of them directly.

Though mostly a competitive show, the laugh track is heavily used instantly whenever one-liners or off-key singing was present. But sometimes it happens whenever spot-on singing happens if the contestant has an unusual appearance. Note that most Hong Kong variety shows use laugh tracks heavily for network purposes.

Judges and guest judges

The show was hosted by Hacken Lee and Joey Leung in the first two seasons. On April 1, 2007, the show was brought back on the air for a third season. It is currently hosted by Miriam Yeung and Sammy Leung. Each episode also invites a guest judge.

Season 1

1 Hacken Lee, Joey Leung
2 Andy Lau
3 Edmond Leung
4 Liza Wang
5 Twins
6 Miriam Yeung
7 Carol Cheng (鄭裕玲)
8 Nancy Sit
9 Joey Yung
10 Jade Kwan, Warren Mok
11 Eric Kwot (葛民輝)
12 Cheung Tat-ming (張達明)
13 Dicky Cheung
14 Michael Miu, Candice Yu (余安安)
15 Niki Chow, Jerry Lamb
16 Vincent Kuk (谷德昭), Bernice Liu
17 Alan Tam
Hegemony war episode Natalis Chan, Gigi Leung

Season 2

1 Eason Chan
2 Leo Ku
3 Patrick Tam, Ada Choi
4 Chin Kar-lok, Yumiko Cheng
5 Adam Cheng, Nicolas Tse
6 Denise Ho, Bosco Wong
7 Jessica Hsuan, Roger Kwok
8 Wong He, Kenix Kwok
9 David Lui (呂方)
10 Cathy Chui (徐子淇)
11 Halina Tam
12 Kelly Chen
13 Sam Lee
14 Grasshopper
15 Ekin Cheng
hegemony war episode II Jordan Chan, Dayo Wong
imperial hegemony war Aaron Kwok

Season 3

1 Leo Ku
2 David Lui (呂方)
3 Roger Kwok
4 Harlem Yu
5 Fish Leong
6 Eric Suen (孫耀威), Gia Lin (林苑)
7 Grasshopper
8 Lo Ka-ying (羅家英)
9 Ron Ng, Tavia Yeung
10 Bernice Liu, Bosco Wong
11 Andy Hui
12 Denise Ho
13 Cheung Tat-Ming (張達明)
14 Stephen Fung, Amanda S. (模特兒)
15 Ella Koon, Nancy Sit, Charles Ying
imperial hegemony war Hacken Lee, Joey Leung

Slogan

The slogan of this programme is "全城盡興,殘酷一叮!" (The whole city (Hong Kong) gets excited for the minutes to fame).

Going global

Awards

See also

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