Fans willing to pay to get up close to their local TV idols.

By Kwok Kar Peng

It has become the norm in recent years to pay at least $100 for a ticket to attend the fan meet of a visiting Korean celebrity.

Now, fans of local TV stars are also willing to pay to get up close to their idols.

Last friday, more than 200 people paid $38 each to attend an event.

The event, held at iFly Singapore, was to promote their upcoming Channel 8 20-episode drama about journalism titled Poetic Justice, which debuts on Sept 11 at 9pm.

Rui En and Rebecca Lim play investigative journalists who team up with businessman (Dai Yang Tian) ane lawyer (Desmond Tan) to solve cases.

In june, a free event was held at concert venue TAB to promote drama Joys of Life.

Autographs

Participants registered online for a spot and received autographs from Taiwanese artistes Alien Huang and Cynthia Wang, and local stars Rui En, Chen Liping, Andie Chen and Kate Pang.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: The New Paper

Categorised in EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, The New Paper.