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
Christmas by medium past year and giving her own reflections and advice. Many long-running British soap operas have Christmas specials, usually involving a dramatic storyline developed over several weeks which culminates at Christmas. Often these stories are tragic, involving a death, divorce, a dramatic revelation or similar event. Most Christmas specials in the UK are specially commissioned separately to a production season, and many are extended from the usual episode length. For example, the 2007 "Doctor Who" Christmas special was 71 minutes as opposed to the standard 45 minutes, was broadcast six months after the third series had finished and four months before