The Malaysian Chinese-language

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 edition of Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...

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Chinese language

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Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

: yī zhí qiān jīn, Jyutping

Jyutping

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Ntv7

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 at 7pm every Monday and Tuesday beginning 12 March 2007. Being the first Mandarin language version of Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...

 anywhere in the world, it was initially hosted by Goh Wee Ping, who was replaced by Owen Yap in season 2. Prizes range from 10 sen to RM

Malaysian ringgit

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 100,000, hidden 2 cases each held by a "Revlon

Revlon

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 girl" (i.e. the girls' appearance is sponsored by Revlon).

The second season premiered on May 8, 2008 for 52 episodes.

Preliminary round

In each episode, six contestants join in the preliminary round in which the fastest one to answer two questions correctly progresses into the major "Deal or No Deal" stage.

If at any time the contestant answered a question wrongly , he / she will be disqualified from the game.

Second round

The contestant who won the Preliminary Round would select one out of 26 cases, hoping that the chosen case has the largest bounty. After that he/she needs to reveal six other cases before hearing the first offer.

The mysterious "Banker" communicates to Wee Ping through a phone, from which he reads out the Banker's offer to the contestant, tempting him/her with the catchphrase (pinyin

Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

:mài huò bú mài, lit. "to deal or not to deal"). As usual, if the contestant chooses not to deal he/she would have to reveal a number of unselected cases still held by the Revlon girls.

But when he/she makes the deal (by pushing a stylized red button enclosed in a glass case), or rejects the final offer with only one unselected case remaining he/she will answer an important question. If he/she answers correctly he/she gets the full amount of cash offered, otherwise he/she would only take 20% of it.

Case values

RM0.10 RM0.50 RM1 RM5 RM10 RM20 RM30 RM40 RM50 RM100 RM250 RM500 RM750

RM1,000 RM2,000 RM3,000 RM4,000 RM5,000 RM7,500 RM10,000 RM15,000 RM20,000 RM30,000 RM50,000 RM75,000 RM100,000

Models

• Case 1: Mei Fen
• Case 2: Shernny
• Case 3: Jane
• Case 4: Vivian
• Case 5: Eve
• Case 6: Nadia
• Case 7: Cassie
• Case 8: Mei Sze
• Case 9: Marina
• Case 10: Meliz
• Case 11: Melissa
• Case 12: Yaneki
• Case 13: Sharon

• Case 14: Nicole
• Case 15: Jean
• Case 16: KayLee
• Case 17: Daniella
• Case 18: Shireen
• Case 19: Jessica
• Case 20: Sonny
• Case 21: Ginny
• Case 22: Sarah
• Case 23: Penny
• Case 24: Elaine
• Case 25: Valerie
• Case 26: Riana

Statistics

• Highest Amount Won (Deal): RM 50,000 (3 times)
  • Appearance: 12 March 2007
    Cases left: 2 - RM100,000 and RM10
    Amount inside the contestant's case: lesser value
  • Appearance: 7 May 2007
    Cases left: 2 - RM100,000 and RM50
    Amount inside the contestant's case: lesser value
  • Appearance: 1 May 2007
    Cases left: 2 - RM 100,000 and RM750
    Amount inside the contestant's case: lesser value

• Highest Amount Won (No Deal): RM 50,000
  • Appearance: 31 July 2007
    Cases left: 2 - RM100,000 and RM50,000
    Amount inside the contestant's value：lesser value

• Lowest Amount Won (No Deal): RM 0.10
  Banker's Offer: RM 3 (lowest offer yet)

• Highest Potential Offer : RM 75,000 (Rejected) on 31 July 2007
• Highest Potential Offer : RM 82,500 on 2 October 2008 on 2nd Season

External links

• Deal or No Deal Malaysia—info in English and Chinese