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Chinese Million Star 1
The first season of ''Chinese Million Star'', began on July 3, 2011, is a Taiwanese televised singing competition, the last episode aired on January 8, 2012, with a special episode airing on January 15, 2012. The first season consist of 28 episodes. The first season of ''Chinese Million Star'' was won by Taiwan-American singer Sharon Kwan, while Li Qian and Malaysian Singer Nicole Lai named runner-up and third place, respectively. Lai was named the "Most Popular" singer of the season. Production Contestants Episodes Episode 1 *Contestants will each be given 30 seconds to impress the judges with their vocals. *Each of the 5 judges will vote, 3 stars and above, the contestant will advanced to the next stage. 2 stars will require the contestants to perform his/her best song to gain another vote, if not, he/she will be deemed to be failed. One star or less deemed failed the competition. *Adding on, each of the 5 judges have a 'save pass' to save one of the contestants for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Wei Jen
Yuan Wei-jen (born 24 June 1968) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and record producer. Yuan is best known for writing many hit songs for leading Mandopop artists like Na Ying, Faye Wong and S.H.E. Discography ; With Mo Fan (莫凡), as a member of the pop duet Nobody (凡人) *''Cuckoo's Dusk'' (杜鵑鳥的黃昏, 1991) *''How Should I Keep You'' (我要用什麼樣的方式留你, 1992) *''Let's Hear Me Sing a Song'' (大夥聽我唱支歌, 1993) *''Willing'' (心甘情願, 1994) *''Appeal'' (上訴, 1994) *''Unlucky Duo'' (難兄難弟, 1995) ; As a solo artist *''Yuan Wei Jen'' (2000) *''You Don't Know Me'' (你不知道的我, 2005) *''Acoustic Guitar'' (木吉他, 2014) Songs written for other artists *For Faye Wong: "Zhimi Buhui" (執迷不悔, title track of '' No Regrets''), "Guoyan Yunyan" (過眼雲煙, from '' Lovers & Strangers''), "Xuanmu" (旋木, from ''To Love'') *For Na Ying: "Zhengfu" (征服), "Meng Xing Le" (夢醒了), "Meng Yi Chang" (夢一場) *For Samm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Volo
Il Volo (; Italian for "The Flight") is an Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of baritone Gianluca Ginoble, and tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto. They describe their music as "popera". Having won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, they represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. They reached third place, but achieved first-place in the televoting. History Beginning (''Ti lascio una canzone'') (2009–10) In 2009, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble were among the teens competing in the Italian televised singing competition ''Ti lascio una canzone'', held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and broadcast by Rai 1. During the first episodes, they performed several songs as solo artists. Among the others, Gianluca Ginoble's rendition of "Il mare calmo della sera", originally by Andrea Bocelli, won the first episode of the show, and later came in first place during the final held on 2 May 2009. Director and creator of the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Million Star
''One Million Star'' () is a television singing competition in Taiwan broadcast on China Television (CTV). It debuted on 5 January 2007, filling the 10pm to midnight time slot on Friday evenings. The show is hosted by Tao Ching-Ying (陶晶瑩) and is currently shown on Sundays from 8 to 10pm. The aim of the show is to gather talented young singers and find the one who has the best qualities to become a superstar. One Million Star launched the music careers of Mandopop artists such as Yoga Lin, Aska Yang, Wong JingLun and Jam Hsiao. In its debut year the show won '' Best Variety Programme'' and ''Best Host in a Variety Programme'' for Tao at the 42nd Golden Bell Awards. Taiwan Televisio42nd Golden Bell Awards homepage (2007)Retrieved 2010-09-25 and has been nominated for both awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2011, the program branched out with another edition: Chinese Million Star, featuring contenders from Los Angeles, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan trying to make the cut for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timon And Pumbaa
Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and warthog duo introduced in Disney's 1994 animated film ''The Lion King'' and its franchise. Timon was played through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor in Broadway musical), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of the show), Bruce Lanoil in the ''Wild About Safety'' shorts and '' Kingdom Hearts II'', while Pumbaa is voiced by Ernie Sabella (in all of his traditionally animated speaking appearances), and was portrayed by Tom Alan Robbins in the original cast of the Broadway musical. In the CGI remake, the characters are portrayed by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, respectively. Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella first came to audition for the roles of the hyenas, but when the producers saw how well they worked together, they decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa. As with many characters in ''The Lion King' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Lee (Malaysian Singer)
Jess Lee Kar Wei (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Lí Kâi-vì'', born June 1, 1988 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), is a finalist and grand winner of the popular televised singing competition One Million Star (7th Season) in Taiwan. She is the first Malaysian to win in the competition and broke the record of scoring the highest mark (30) four times consecutively in the final round. She currently resides in Taiwan and has attended the National Taiwan University as an exchange student. In September 2011, Lee's first album, ''Thank You My Love'' (), was debuted under the label Warner Music Taiwan. She is a contestant on the second season of AHTV's ''Mad for Music'' (), as a part of their Hurricane Team. In 2015, she appeared in the 3rd season of ''I Am a Singer'' on China's Hunan Television. Discography *''Thank You My Love'' (2011, Warner Music Taiwan Warner Music Group's labels include the following. Flagship labels *Atlantic Records *Elektra Records *Parlophone Records *War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebe Tian
Hebe Tien (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, '' To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. Tien's song "A Little Happiness", the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film ''Our Times'', was a major hit in most Mandarin-speaking parts of Asia. Early life Tian Fuzhen was born in Xinfeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan on 30 March 1983. Her father is a civil servant, her mother is a housewife, and her older brother used to own an American-Mexican restaurant in Zhubei. She graduated from Hukou High School in Hsinchu. Tien once said that if she had not been a singer, she would have been a civil servant like her father after university. In 1999, at age sixteen, Tien made her debut on television by participating in the 'Ridiculous Beauty' segment of the CTV variety show ''Guess'' where she played flute and another show ''TV Citizen'' where she showcased her si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aska Yang
Aska Yang (, Born April 4, 1978 in Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. Education He graduated from the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), with a major in Guidance and Counseling. During his study at NCUE, he attended singing contests and won some prizes. He is now studying a master's degree program in the Sports Psychology Department at the National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU). Music career One Million Star (2007) Aska Yang debut in Taiwan as a contestant on season one of Taiwanese TV singing contest One Million Star. He sang songs such as "再見我的愛人" (Goodbye My Love), "人質" (Hostage), "背叛" (Betrayal), "新不了情" (New Endless Love). Nevertheless, the final ten contestants, including Yang, had released two compilation albums, ''Stars Reunion'' (星光同學會-超級星光大道10強紀念合輯) and ''Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow'' (愛.星光精選-昨天 今天 明天) in June and October respecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Jia Chang
Steven Liu Chia-chang (; born 13 April 1940 or 13 April 1943) is a former songwriter, singer, screenwriter, director and actor from the Republic of China (Taiwan). Background Discography Liu wrote songs such as "Ode to the Republic of China" and "The Plum Blossom", and collaborated with famous singers such as Fei Yu-ching () and Teresa Teng (). Filmography Liu wrote and directed ''Feng shui er shi nian'' (1983), a Hong Kong-Taiwanese film alternately titled in English, ''The Lost Generation'', and titled worldwide in English, ''Women in Love''. Personal life Liu married actress Chiang Ching () in 1966 and later had a son Liu Ji-chen (), who would later be renamed to Liu Ji-peng (). Liu and Chiang divorced in 1970. In 1978, Liu married Zhen Zhen (), an actress and former wife of Patrick Tse Patrick Tse Yin (born Tse Ka-yuk; 9 August 1936) is a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema. Biography Patrick Tse began his acting career in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda Tao
Matilda Tao Ching-ying (; born 29 October 1969) is a Taiwanese singer, television host and author. Tao graduated from National Chengchi University. In 2005, she married Taiwanese actor Lee Lee-zen. 网易娱乐 September 12, 2008 Filmography Hosting Variety show Award ceremonies Awards and nominations , - , 1999 , ''Love Lecture'' , Best Host in a Television Programme , , - , 2001 , ''Entertainment News'' , rowspan=5, Best Host in a Variety Programme , , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Huang
The name Kay is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name (for example in India, the Netherlands, and Sweden). The alternative spelling of Kaye is encountered as a surname, but also occasionally as a given name: for instance, actress Kaye Ballard. Name Female * Kay Armen (1915–2011), stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer * Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat * Kay (singer) (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter * Kay Burley (born 1960), Sky News founder and presenter * Kay Copland, Scottish sport shooter * Kay Elson (born 1947), Australian politician * Kay Francis (1905–1968), American actress * Kay Hagan (1953–2019), American politician * Kay Hull (born 1954), Australian politician * Kay Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanness Wu
Vanness Wu (; born August 7, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American singer and actor. He is a member of the Taiwanese boyband F4 and the Korean Mandopop duo Kangta & Vanness. Early life Wu was born in Santa Monica, California. He learned to breakdance as a teenager and competed in numerous dance competitions throughout the 90s. Career Early career with F4 Wu starred as Mei Zuo (美作), one of the F4 members, in the Taiwanese drama series ''Meteor Garden'' and its sequel, ''Meteor Garden II''. At the conclusion of the series, they continued to perform together and released three studio albums as the boy band F4. In 2002, Wu became the second F4 member, after Vic Chou, to release his debut solo album, ''Body Will Sing.'' The track, "I Hate Myself" is listed at number 95 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart for 2002. The album was awarded as one of the "Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" at the 2002 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Television
China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; ) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) is a television broadcasting company based in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) of the Republic of China. The party owned the majority stake of the network. Trial broadcast started on October 9, 1969, and the channel formally started broadcasting on October 31 the same year. It was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island. On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed broadcasting company on the island. In 2006, due to effects borne by the media reform law in Taiwan requiring all political parties to divest their control in radio and television companies, 90% of CTV shares were sold to the China Times media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
