You are addicted to gossip. And the Internet is your best companion. Every country has its stars and wannabes that tend to pop up with some stupid comment or …naked… in the local gossip newspapers and corresponding web pages. And there are enough people, like you, maybe not YOU but you there, who read, buy and indulge these news to make this whole industry actually quite profitable.
However, we are not in LA or Paris, we are in Singapore. Which comes with two minor problems if you count yourself to the above group.
- 1. There Are No Stars Here (besides rarely visiting artists lecturing at the local universities)
- 2. If There Are No Stars, Then There Is Nothing To Gossip About
Wrong!
Continue reading for the detailed exposure of Singapores party celebrity scene and what you should know about it
Singapores Local Camera Whores
If there are no real stars available, one creates his own. And especially in Singapore’s small country of multi culture and fashion denying people, the number of potential candidates is very limited, so chances you know one or you become one yourself are actually quite high.
The group that established itself through shameless self marketing campaigns or was lucky enough to be chosen by one of the newspapers to be their new page number nine topic for the next five years, can be split up in the following four groups:
- 1. “VIP Bloggers” (the likes of Xiaxue and Dawn Yang, mostly young and definitely not camera-shy girls with nothing to say but much skin to show off)
- 2. A bunch of local TV presenters and Sop cast actors (who’s faces will be branded into your brain after the shortest time, having zapped through the Singapore TV channels and seeing them over and over and over … again)
- 3. The infamous B and C league of simply successful businessman and rich daddies daughters jumping and giggling from one party to the other (And proudly showing off their Moet bottles in the little VIP corners of the local clubs)
- 4. More or less successful sportsmen and women. Although I have to pay my respect to this group, since they actually would be the only people really deserving the attention, but staying in the shadows pretty much and pretty successful.
And The Real Deal?
Stays pretty much away. There are occasionally pretty big names residing in Singapore shortly before they have a show at the Indoor stadium or some other big event, there are some Stars flocking in prior and during the newly established F1 racing weekend, or if there is a new flagship store of some luxury brand opening its gates, but besides that we have to be happy with what we got here.
If You are however an obsessed autograph collector or you always wanted to know how tall your favorite star really is, chances you stumble over their feet are in my opinion much bigger in Singapore then in any other gossip-ridden country. Due to its size of course.
The VIP-Clubs are very numbered (if there is anything like this at all…SupperClub? Zouk? Mimolette?) and crashing parties is actually quite easy if you know the real deal or you are simply a regular visitor to the club they are held in.
(Read: 5 Best Tactics Of How To Crash A Singapore VIP Event)
I personally sat next to Linkin Park at Clarque Quay, the day before their concert, having a beer, danced with Chacky Chan and Filippe Massa on some now closed clubs dancefloor at a watch makers F1 party last year, listened to Oliver Stone lecturing at the Tisch Media School, and so on…but unlucky for me… I did not really care and wouldnt even have recognized most of the people if my friends hadn’t pointed them out… And yes, Massa is really small :)
Satisfied?
If you feel the sudden urge to cry, I would understand, if you feel the sudden urge to hit some one, I would understand as well.
Now, you decide on your own if you start this weekend with a Sop Cast marathon, club hopping or simply Internet surfing, however, chances you end up reading the latest news about Britney Spears dropping her babys the 10th Million time, are probably much higher then meeting Leonardo Di Caprio at Zouk
So lean back, enjoy the “silence” and wait until the sound of loud howling engines announces the next F1 race … and then you might get the next real chance to see some celebrities walking through Singapore’s streets…
by an Asia experienced 26 year young expat living and surviving in Singapore since years!
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