Black Rose (TV series)

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.

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

Regular cast

• Guo Liang
• Quan Yi Fong
• Marcus Chin
• Dennis Chew
• Michelle Chong (did not return for season 2)
• Kym Ng
• Vivian Lai

Guests

• Dasmond Koh (Played the role of host for the whole of season 2)
• Chen Hanwei
• Lee Teng
• Henry Thia
• Ben Yeo
• Jeremy Chan
• Jeffrey Xu
• Brandon Wong

Personalities spoofed

• 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
• Fei Yu-ching
• Chow Yun-fat
• The "Na'vi" from Avatar
• Oprah Winfrey
• Jackie Chan
• Angelina Jolie
• Ris Low

Accolades

The show won several nominations at the 2011 Star Awards.

External links

• Official Website