Singapore @ Home runs for six hours and will feature performances by Singaporean entertainers and musicians like Kumar, Irene Ang, and Taufik Batisah.

The show premiers at 10 am Singapore time on Saturday and will be available on-demand until National Day on Aug 9. It was organised by the Singapore Global Network (SGN), a branch of the Economic Development Board which seeks to connect Singaporeans living overseas.

Lee told The Straits Times he will be talking about his own experiences as a Singaporean living overseas, during which time he wrote the National Day song Home. He will also perform it.

Lee said he also used that experience to “bring Singapore” to those living overseas, having directed one of the first Singapore Days in Melbourne in 2014.

Singapore Day is a yearly celebration held in countries like Australia, the United States, and China. Homesick Singaporeans as well as residents of those countries get to watch Singapore artists and eat Singapore food by hawkers, flown in specially for the event.

While SGN has not been able to organise a Singapore Day for the past two years due to the pandemic, its director Karen Leo said the virtual show will bring viewers into the city instead, adding that the show took about six months to develop.

She said: “The idea of home and homesickness has come up very strongly and how much they miss their family and friends, and not being able to travel back.”

The show will give viewers a virtual tour of local attractions. These were picked by overseas Singaporeans who voted through Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube in July. Short films will also show how the landscape has changed over the years.

According to Straits Times