Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge 2005

 Can Farang (westerners) ever be Thai? Billed as Thailand’s funniest cross cultural game show – The Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge, hosted by Worathep na Banglampu, hits the road this November and December in search of the answer.

The Challenge

The Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge is a hilarious game show that puts tourists and foreign residents in the Kingdom (in a most gentle way) through a series of typically Thai activities such as speaking, dancing, eating, drinking and even boxing like Thais. The aim is to find the Farang kon Thai or person most likely to have the best time in the Land of Smiles. And smiles are what this energetic event is all about as the multi-cultural audience are invited to play judge and jury.

Live Music

T-Bone: Top Thai Reggae/Ska Combo recently back from a skanking debut at Glastonbury Festival in the UK.

Futon: Electro Kuture Klash from these MTV Darlings, sparking from their own European and Japanese tour.

Shazam: Eclectic electric violin from Steve Cipollone with his flamboyant dancing troupe – they’ll get your feet tapping.

flow: Good old rock – the boys are hot off their whirlwind tour of their mates bars in Bangkok. 

DJ Joeki: Unadulterated hedonism for the City of Angels.

Galactic Soul: The gifted ear of deep funky tech house.

Singha Taste of Thailand Tour Dates

The Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge kicks off with the first show at the wackiest venue in town – the Shell Pump near Khasoan Road on Friday November 25, before hitting the road in a custom made 10-Wheel stage truck that will hydraulically morph into a spectacular light and sound show at the Hard Rock Café in Pattaya, Soi Bangla in Phuket and the Bungy Jump in Samui.

Friday 25 November – Shell Pump, Khaosan Rd, Bangkok

Featuring: T-Bone, Futon and Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge

Sunday 27 November – Hard Rock Café – Pattaya

Featuring: T-Bone, Shazam and Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge

Saturday 3 Dec – Shell Pump, Khaosan Rd, Bangkok

Featuring: DJ Joeki, DJ Galactic Soul and Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge

Friday 9 December – Soi Bangla, Phuket

Featuring: T-Bone, Flow and Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge

Sunday 11 December – Bungy Jump, Chaweng, Koh Samui

Featuring: T-Bone, Flow and Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge

Times:

All events 8pm-12am, Entrance is FREE

The Organiser:  Worathep na Banglampu (Good ol' Bob)

Host of the Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge event, Worathep na Banglampu (the farang formally known as Bobby McBlain) was one of the founders of FARANG Magazine, and originally devised the challenge as a fun way to celebrate the magazine’s first anniversary back in 2002. With FARANG Magazine now re-launching as Untamed Travel, Worathep decided to repackage the event and take the show on the road with his new company Creative Exchange.

“Even though it has been a difficult year for Thailand the Thai spirit and sense of sanook has helped heal much of the hardship and the welcome is warmer than ever. A few friends and I thought it would be sanook to take a 10-Wheel truck full of stage, light and sound gear round to visit our friends old and new around the country,” said Worathep. “Thanks to the kind support of Boonrawd Trading we will be able to have a fun with our buddies in Pattaya, Phuket and Samui as well as our homeboys in Bangkok and show the world through our international and local media partners that Thailand is always a pretty cool place to visit,” he added.

The Sponsor

“As one of the leading Thai brands, Boonrawd is always happy to support activities that benefit our country,” said Amornpon Lerdhirunpaiboon, marketing executive at Boonrawd Trading. “Having worked with Worathep on previous events we were pleased when he approached us with his concept for this tour. The Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge brings both Thais and visitors to Thailand together in a fun and imaginative way that also helps to promote tourism,” he added.

The Media

In addition to the live performances, Capital TV will be filming the events and broadcasting an edited version on their Travel Asia & Beyond show that airs in over 60 countries via the Star TV network. Respect also goes to the crew at Guru Magazine and the guys upstairs at The Bangkok Post for supporting the event and also Metro Magazine, Samui Channel and Virgin Radio for allowing the organisers to air their sauciest radio ad yet :)

For more contact: bobby@worathep.com

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