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 (season 1) Kym Ng Vivian Lai (season 2)
Guests Dasmond Koh (host, 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 Chang Fei Fei Yu-ching Chow Yun-fat The "Na'vi" from Avatar Oprah Winfrey Jackie Chan Angelina Jolie Ris Low
Accolades OrganisationYear Category Nominee(s) ResultRefStar Awards2011Best Variety Show Host Guo Liang Michelle Chong Best Costume Designer Xu Yingying Favourite Male Character "Zhang Fei" (portrayed by Guo Liang) Favourite Female Character "Yao Yao" (portrayed by Quan Yi Fong) "Xie Yu Yu" (portrayed by Michelle Chong) Asian Television Awards2014Best Comedy PerformanceQuan Yi Fong Guo Liang
References
External links Official Website