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
Release
Original network	Television Broadcasts Limited
Original release	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.

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.

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.

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).

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