Fan Pan Tae
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Fan Pan Tae is a quiz show
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 of Thailand
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On air : Friday 10.10PM - 12.10AM Royal Thai Army Radio & Television, Channel 5

Presenter : Phanya Nirunkul, Tankhun Jitissara and Ek Himsakul (Rotation: one person hosted in each episode).

Production by : Workpoint Entertainment Public Co., Ltd.

Fan Pan Tae is a knowledge-enhancing game of personal interests. The program has become talk of the town shortly since its first broadcast on 1 September 2000. The game was recognized as winner of best game or quiz programme from Asian Television Award in 2003 and 2004. In addition, the show has won multiple awards from many institutions in Thailand.

The game challenges player in all aspects of their passion such as sport, hobby, music, and famous person, etc. The question will be put to the test to see if you really are the "hard-core fan" (Sud Yord Fan Pan Tae).

Five finalists compete to be the "hard-core fan". The game challenges your memory, quick answer, and ability to solve the puzzle. The special prize, custom made for each game, makes the contest unique and precious for the winner. The weekly winner will join the year end challenge for "Fan of the year".

Your heartbeat will go up as you wait for the host to confirm whether you get to the right answer. The excitement continues throughout the whole hour of the show as challenged, and one of a kind question awaits for answers.

Fan pan tae, a knowledge-enhancing game of personal interests, challenges the contestants’ amazing ability and knowledge of their interests. The program, a phenomenon of Thailand’s quiz show, has become a talk of the town shortly since its debut in 2000. The tremendous excitement makes your breath hold whilst waiting for the host to confirm the right answer. The game is awarded the winner of the best game or quiz programme from Asian Television Awards in 2003 and 2004, including multiple awards from many institutions in Thailand. The game challenges contestants in all aspects of their passion, such as, sports, music, history, literature, famous persons, etc.

The competition will find the genuine fan, one out of the 5 contestants. The first competition involves memorization and spontaneous response in answering the question pictures within 3 seconds. The next break competes between 2 pairs to find the last two contestants by answering the question from a hint of a given qualification or jigsaw game. The final round lets the last 2 contestants answer the question from a hint of a given qualification to find the last man standing. In last break, the winner who is able to answer the special question will become “The genuine fan” and receive special unique prizes. At the end of the year, winners from each telecast will join the year end challenge for the “Fan of the Year” for the grand prize, such as land, house and a brand new car (Toyota Camry
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 in 2007), which is worth more than 4 million bahts.

Controversy

Fan Pan Tae, while popular, is repeatedly questioned about its accuracy. Internet webboard posters, such as in Pantip.com
Pantip.com
Pantip.com is a popular Thai-language website and discussion forum. As of April 2008, Pantip.com was one of the top 10 websites in Thailand, along with rival Thai portal Sanook.com...

, has proven that the show was giving wrong answers in many occasions. A more serious allegation claims that the show is giving unfairly advantages to famous contestants, especially those in the show business, over ordinary people who contest in the same topic (anyone can apply to play the game, regardless of their notability.) Another Workpoint's show, Tod Sa Gun Game
Tod Sa Gun Game
The Tod Sa Gun Game is a Thai game show produced by Workpoint Entertainment. It was the 2003 runner-up, and the 2005 winner, of the "best game or quiz show on Asian television" award....

, is also criticized of fraudulent.
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