CELEBRITY CAR WARS
29 Aug, Mondays 10pm (SIN/HK), 9pm (BKK/JKT)
29 Aug, Mondays 10pm (SIN/HK), 9pm (BKK/JKT)
28 Aug, Sundays 9pm (PH)
Celebrity
Car Wars is a
rollicking, new hour-long action reality series that is a mix of competition,
fun, rivalries and adventure.
We’ve assembled 6 of Asia’s most
famous, socially connected, articulate and gorgeous celebrities. They may be
hot but can they drive?
To help them along their 8-week road
of automotive adventure we’ve added a couple of motor racing experts to teach them
the tricks of the trade (“the brake is the one on the left”).
The most fragile substance on planet
earth is known to be the Celebrity Ego and it is sure to come under threat as
our 6 celebs undertake weekly challenges that put their driving skills to the
test, under the bemused eye of host Bobby Tonelli.
After each challenge the Celebs gain
points towards the ultimate prize: entry into the ‘Celebrity
Car Wars Hall of Fame’, a club so exclusive it has no members.
EPISODIC GUIDE
Episode 1: DON’T HIT THE
WALL
29 Aug,Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/28 Aug, Sunday 9pm(PH)
In this opening round of Celebrity Car Wars our celebs post a car
racing hot lap during their first time trial, but for one of them at least, it
all goes horribly wrong. Celebs then
complete a braking challenge by hitting a speed of 80kph, hit the brakes and
NOT hit a brick wall.
Episode
2: DON’T HIT THE ANCIENT ARCHWAY
5 Sep, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/4 Sep, Sunday 9pm(PH)
Round 1 saw Allan Wu survive the crash
but will a 16th century fortress survive Allan Wu? Celebs must
reverse a hot dog trailer though an ancient archway then race each other in the
Celebrity Car Wars Karting Showdown.
Episode
3: DON’T HIT THE FIRE HYRDRANT
12 Sep, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/11 Sep, Sunday 9pm(PH)
The dark automotive art of drifting
isn’t all smoking tyres and screeching brakes (although we admit that is
seriously cool). Our celebs discover that it requires some serious skill. Then
it’s a case of the blind leading the blind in our Pressure Parking Challenge.
Episode
4: DON’T HIT ROCK BOTTOM
19 Sep, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/18 Sep, Sunday 9pm(PH)
The Celebs think they will be racing
exotic cars, which turns out to be true (well, sort of) then it’s time to get
down and dirty as the Celebs climb into what is essentially a “Meccano” set
with a V6 engine strapped to it. Their Mission?To conquer an off road course
known simply as “Big Rock”.
Episode
5: DON’T HIT THE MALL
26 Sep, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/25 Sep, Sunday 9pm(PH)
In this round the Celebs hit a
Shopping Mall (literally) in crazy mayhem that is the “Uptown Mall Obstacle
Course”, then go head to head in the Celebrity Car Wars World Drag Race across
the mighty Sacobia River Bridge.
Episode
6: DON’T HIT THE WALL…AGAIN
3 Oct, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/2 Oct, Sunday 9pm(PH)
The Celebs return to the track to
improve their Hot Lap times (and NOT smash into a wall). One Celeb has a
meltdown and former F1 racer Alex Yoong steps up as a Mentor. The Celebs’
competitive claws come out when they are forced to team up for the Pit Stop
Challenge.
Episode
7: DON’T HIT THE REFEREE
10 Oct, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/9 Oct, Sunday 9pm(PH)
The Celebs are given a small amount of
money to go out and buy a car, bring it back to Celebrity Car Wars Headquarters
and pimp it up. They then team up for a game of Car Football. Former F1 driver
Alex Yoong steps in as Referee (and quickly wishes he hadn’t).
Episode
8: DON’T HIT YOUR LIMIT
17 Oct, Monday 10pm(SIN/HK)/16 Oct, Sunday 9pm(PH)
The Grand Finale Race of Celebrity Car
Wars where one lucky Celeb will enter the Celebrity Car Wars Hall of Fame, a
club so exclusive that, up to now, it has no members. Who will be its first?
HOST
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BOBBY TONELLI @btonelli
Bobby Tonelli takes the wheel as host of the freshest show to hit the streets – Celebrity Car Wars! The Italian-American Tonelli, who first arrived in Southeast Asia as a runway model, has made his name as one of Singapore’s most multifaceted foreign actors. He has appeared in Hollywood films (Cages, Running Red, and No Tomorrow), several Singapore and Malaysia drama series (The Little Nyonya, Fighting Spiders, Double Bonus), and was a radio DJ at Mediacorp for four years. Before he entered the entertainment limelight, Tonelli was an accomplished athlete who lived and breathed baseball.
Tonelli loves cars and over the years has owned two Pontiac Firebirds, a Dodge Avenger, BMW X5, Acura TL and Acura RL) and cannot wait to get behind the vehicle of some of the guest cars on Celebrity Car Wars.
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Allan Wu grew up and studied in the US but felt the call to come back to Asia. Always up for a challenge, he took on the job as a VJ for MTV Taiwan despite a limited knowledge of the local language. Ten years, many magazine features, films, and TV projects later, Wu is now settled in Singapore and is one of the most sought-after hosts in the region. The host of Amazing Race Asia and Amazing Race: China Rush, Allan is a self-proclaimed “reality show junkie” and once downed shots of blended beetles and maggots on Fear Factor.
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@andreafonseka(Malaysia)
Andrea Fonseka
was crowned Miss Malaysia Universe in 2004 and declared as the ‘World’s Sexiest
Woman’ by FHM Singapore twice in a row. In 2008, this beauty queen added
another gold leaf to her crown after graduating from NUS with a Bachelor of
Laws. Fonseka appeared on television as host of ESPN’s Score Today, as a suitcase girl in Deal or No Deal Singapore, and as co-host of the singing contest Live the Dream. She was also cast in the
TV shows ‘Housemates’ and En Bloc. She is currently the National
Director of Miss Universe Malaysia and divides her time between Malaysia,
Singapore, and Australia.
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@joeymeadking(Philippines)
Filipino-Iranian Joey Mead King wears many hats – model, runway coach, TV presenter, animal rights advocate, and wife. Joey grew up in Australia and came back to Manila in her early teens. The fashion world warmly welcomed her into its fold and she has since stomped runways and graced magazine covers all over Asia and New York. While in Hong Kong, she became the first Filipina VJ for ‘Channel V’, and was model mentor on Asia’s Next Top Model. On Celebrity Car Wars, Joey can’t wait to get onto the track and strut her stuff.
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KC MONTERO @kcmontero(Philippines)
Filipino-American
entrepreneur and media personality KC Montero broke into the scene in 1999
after winning the MTV VJ Hunt. After his stint on MTV, KC became a mainstay in
the Philippine variety shows SOP and Party Pilipinas and was a minor
character in the comedy series Beh Bote
Nga. In 2011, KC joined the Survivor
Philippines Celebrity Doubles Edition and made it to the final four. KC
hosts the interactive sports show The
GOAT on Fox Sports, the radio show The
Wildside on Wave 89.1, and runs several retail and bar businesses in
Manila.
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Marc Nelson is
a television host and model, and was most recently seen as host on Asia’s Got Talent. Marc hails from an
international background – he was born in Sydney, is of Thai, Burmese and
Australian descent, has visited 40 over countries and lived in seven of them.
Always up for an adventure, Marc joins the cast of Celebrity Car Wars, ready to get into action.
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Piyawat
Kempetch, popularly known as DJ PK, is a media personality from Thailand. He
hosts the radio show Chill FM 89 and
TV show Gotcha Gadgets. DJ PK is also
a voice artist who wormarcked on the films Bee
Movie and TMNT and is one of the
most in-demand events hosts in the country.
EXPERTS
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26 year-old
Michele Bumgarner is the first Filipino female in car racing. She won her first
karting race in 1999 at age 10 and has not slowed down since. She raced
go-karts for several years and became the first female champion of the Rock
Island Grand Prix in Rock Island, Illinois in 2008. She was awarded the ‘Golden
Wheel Driver of the Year’, ‘Karter of the Year’, and ‘Motorsports Driver of the
Year’ in the Philippines. Michele now focuses on open-wheel car racing and has
raced in Formula Toyota, Formula BMW, Formula-3 and Star Mazda. She lives in
Manila and Indianapolis.
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Gabrielle “Gaby” dela Merced is a Filipino model, TV personality, and multi-awarded Formula 3 racecar driver. She started racing at the age of 16, the year she first learned to drive. Gaby first came into the limelight as a strong racer at the Asian Formula 3 circuit and was the only Filipina who competed in the full season of the series. She is a 2004 Formula BMW Scholarship scholarship awardee and placed first runner up in the 2006 Philippine National Formula 3 Championship. In 2007, she joined the Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Editon 2 and went on to appear in several TV shows and commercials. Gaby also owns Vinyl on Vinyl, a local gallery that supports young Filipino artists.
GUEST EXPERT
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Born
in 1976, Alex Yoong is a Malaysian Chinese professional racing driver who is
credited as the first Malaysian to drive Formula One for Minardi in 2001 and
2002. He achieved three victories when racing A1 Grand Prix series from 2005 to
2008, and was Head of Driver Development at Lotus Racing and is currently
commentating on Formula Racing for
Fox Sports Asia. Alex has previously raced Formula Renault, Formula Three and
Formula Nippon, and currently races the Audi R8 LMS Ultra in Asia.
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