Deal or No Deal (Singapore game show) special Christmas episodes where the highest case value was doubled to S$500,000 while the S$15,000 amount was temporarily removed for the 26 December and 27 December 2007 episodes. The contestants of the two Christmas episodes rejected all nine bank offers and won only S$20 and S$150 respectively. On the 16 January 2008 and 17 January 2008 episodes of Deal or No Deal, there were 26 hunks (male models) representing the briefcases, instead of the regular 26 babes. The contestants for both episodes were females. They won S$88,000 and S$7,500 respectively. Episode 19 (23 January 2008): Joel picked case #20. His
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