Mediacorp Subaru Challenge
Have you heard of the Mediacorp Subaru Challenge? Well, it is back and they are into its 9th year.
The contestants are once again at Ngee Ann Civic Plaza, with 400 contestants from across the region competing to be the last one standing in the endurance challenge.
With no sleep, food, water or shelter and with just their right hand on the car, the contestants are gunning to last the longest on their feet, all in the hopes of winning a brand new car, a Subaru Impreza 2.5 MT Sedan.
Well, we brought the kids down to Takashimaya to check out the competition. With its 9th year – this can surely classify as one of the most “Bo-Liao” events in Singapore! 🙂
When the kids first saw the adults putting their hands on the cars, they had tons of questions!
“Why are they doing this?”
“How do they go to the toilet?”
“Why is the uncle swaying left and right?”
“Is it only the skinny people will win?”
As you can see (from the clock at the background), the contestants have already been at it for 52 hours, and they are given a 5 min break only after every 6 hours! Siong man!
Anyway, the kids were so amused by it, that when we went home and had our own Subaru challenge!
Nathan and Nadine lasted two more seconds and they were out!
But Nicole took on the challenge and tried for 5 mins.
This was her face after 3 mins!
Well…she made it! 5 mins!
And today, she has a new understanding how long 5 mins is! 🙂
And we gave her the Ikea Yellow Table instead of a Car! 🙂
If you want to catch the Subaru Challenge event, they are still there…
the all-time record for the MediaCorp Subaru Impreza Challenge stands at 81 hours 32 minutes (set by Singaporean George Lee in 2008)