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Are you Singaporean enough for "We Are Singaporeans"?

Singapore funny man Hossan Leong will be hosting "We Are Singaporeans", a new game show on Channel 5 that will test the contestants’ knowledge of Singapore.

"We Are Singaporeans", which will run for 15 weeks from April 6, sees contestants answering questions about anything and everything Singaporean, from its history to its unique culture, in order to win a chance to take home a cool S$10,000 every week.

If the title sounds familiar, it is probably because the show shares the same name with a segment from popular news parody show "The Noose".


In that segment "The Noose" production team members would ask ordinary Singaporeans some trivia questions about Singapore like "What is the name of the new hospital in Yishun?", frequently getting some hilarious responses.

But Julie Sim, Executive Producer, Content Creation Divison, MediaCorp TV, who is in charge of the show, said that there will are some major differences between the two, though she admitted that it was indeed inspired by "The Noose".

"It is no coincidence. We adapted the idea from the 'We are Singaporeans' segment in 'The Noose'. 

"[However] we cooked it, added spices like game play [mechanics] and rules, brewed it with the essence of Hossan Leong in a stock of celebrities and local icons," said Sim in an e-mail interview last week.

Local icons like Auntie Lucy and Jacques Ooi from "The Noose" will join in the fun while special themed episodes like the "Taxi Driver's Special" will be aired throughout the show's run.

"It's got an original format never seen before. The show is bursting with Singapore facts and trivia, humour as well as Singaporean contestants all ready to show off their knowledge of the sunny island."

Sim pointed out that, unlike the show's namesake segment in "The Noose", "We Are Singaporeans" not only appeals to Singaporeans' love for a good laugh but also their love for a little extra cash in their wallets.

"There is also a home viewers contest where we give away S$500 weekly [to a lucky viewer],

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