Spouse for House

Spouse for House
GenreSitcom
Written bySoo Hian Foo, Wei Lyn Tan, Joanne Teo, Lillian Wang
Directed byAaron Tan Mien Shawn, Lee Chew Yen, Ong Kuo Sin
Starring
Country of originSingapore
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12 for both seasons
Production
Production locationSingapore
Production companyMediacorp
Original release
NetworkMediacorp Channel 5
ReleaseFebruary 11, 2014 (2014-02-11)

Spouse for House was a television sitcom on Mediacorp Channel 5 in Singapore. It is about a couple after their marriage.[1][2]

Cast

  • Selena Lee as Jessica Tan
  • Alaric Tay as John Tan
  • Rebecca Spykerman as Vanessa De Souza, Jessica's best friend
  • Desmond Tan as Tan Kai Lan (Kai), John Tan's elder brother
  • Irene Ang as Tan Soo Leng (Kitty), mother of John and Kai
  • Richard Low as Tan Kok Wee, father of John and Kai
  • Carrie Wong as Sarah Toh, former girlfriend of Kai
  • Sue Tan as Doris Lee, mother of Jessica
  • Chen Tianwen as Eric Kwek.

Reception

In 2015, as part of an episode, Chen's parody music video titled "Unbelievable", was "lauded" for the nonsensical line "I so stunned like vegetable" [sic], drawing the attention of Time magazine.[3][4] A second parody music video, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which Irene Ang also starred, did not become as popular as the previous one. Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer Huang Qing Yuan.[3] The "Unbelievable" music video was top of YouTube's list of the top trending (non-music) videos in Singapore for 2015.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Selena Li: Singapore sitcom spoils me". The Straits Times. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Spouse For House: Selena Li and Alaric Tay rate each other's kissing skills". MeRadio. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Giam, Sarah (14 April 2015). "Actor Chen Tianwen's cheesy love song Unbelievable goes viral". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  4. ^ Regan, Helen (16 April 2015). "'I So Stunned Like Vegetable' Could Become a Thing After This Video". Time.
  5. ^ "Un-un-unbelievable: Chen Tianwen video is tops on YouTube in S'pore this year". CNA. Retrieved 4 March 2026.