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Super Idol (Taiwanese TV Series)
''Super Idol'' () is a Taiwanese music competition to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a recording contract. The show is produced by Sanlih E-Television. The series premiered on 27 October 2007 on SET Metro, and ended after nine seasons of broadcast on 7 December 2014. Hosts Regine Li hosted the first six seasons, but due to her health, 《》，27 April 2012 replacements hosted the show until 26 May 2012 when Fang Fangfang took over as the host in season seven. For season eight, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Million Star
''Chinese Million Star'' is a Taiwanese singing reality-competition based on the previous program, '' One Million Star''. The series was a Remake of ''One Million Star'' and adapting competition format based on the seven seasons. After seven seasons of '' One Million Star'', a Taiwanese televised singing competition named Chinese Million Star begins its search for a new superstar. produced by Gin Star Entertainment, and aired on CTV (China Television Company, Ltd). Most of the competition remains similar to the original counterpart of ''One Million Star'' as well as the judges. The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances, which were Yuan Wei Jen, Kay Huang, Albert Leung, James Li and David Tao. The series is hosted by Mathilda Tao, who she previously hosted ''One Million Star''. The competition is open to singers worldwide. The top prize is a cash payout of along with various prizes. The three winners were Sharon Kwan, Max Lin, and Chen Haoyu. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese Television Series
Taiwanese drama (, also known as T.W. drama) refer to dramatic programming of television programming extended stories usually dramatizing relationships through the general range of ten to forty one-hour episodes. They are produced in Taiwan and have gained increasing popularity in the Mandarin-speaking community internationally. The term "Taiwanese drama" is applied to Taiwanese miniseries in general, even including those with greater elements of comedy than of drama. Origins and range of popularity During the rapid development of the Four Asian Tigers, the success of the Hong Kong entertainment industry and its TV drama programming served as a major influence for television and entertainment programming in the other rapidly-industrializing Asian nations, most notably Taiwan and South Korea. Many of these dramas have become popular throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. Most popular Taiwanese dramas are also popular in Mainland China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Thaila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese Reality Television Series
Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan (Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, residents of Taiwan or people of Taiwanese descent * Taiwanese language (other) * Taiwanese culture * Taiwanese cuisine * Taiwanese identity Taiwanese people may be generally considered the people of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Taiwanese Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the i ... See also * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Ai
Eve Ai Yi-liang (; born 24 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. She was crowned the winner of Super Idol 5 in 2010. In 2017, she won Best Mandarin Female Singer at the 28th Golden Melody Awards. Discography Studio albums *'' If You Luv Me'' (2012) *'' Grown Love'' (2014) *'' Talk About Eve'' (2016) *''Fade to Exist'' (2018) *''How Come I Still Remember All'' (2021) Singles {, class="wikitable" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Single ! Released Date ! Note , - align="center" , Waterfall , 17/5/2017 , , - align="center" , Guess I'm Pretty Good , 27/10/2017 , 2017 TOYOTA PRIUS c Ad. Song , - align="center" , Love Sharing (2017 Special Edition) , 1/12/2017 , ft. Miss Ko , - align="center" , The Unrecognized , 4/1/2018 , , - Writing credits This list shows her works for other artists. {, class="wikitable" , - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Song ! Artist(s) ! Lyrics ! Music ! Released Date ! Album , - , What You Wanna Do? , A-mei , Eve Ai , , 4/4/2015 , AMIT2 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miu Chu
Miu Chu (; 16 December 1981 – 3 July 2022) was a Taiwanese singer. She was the winner of the third season of the Taiwanese reality television show ''Super Idol''. Chu performed at the Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ... lantern festival in a concert on 12 February 2011. She has also performed at Legacy Taipei. On 5 January 2021, while promoting her final full-length album released in late December 2020, Chu announced she was battling breast cancer. Her family confirmed via Facebook on 3 July 2022 that Chu died at the age of 40 after a two-year battle with the disease. Republished as: References External links http://weibo.com/miu1216 Miu Chu's Weibo * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chu, Miu 1981 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Taiwanese singers Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meeia Foo
Meeia Foo (), is a Taiwan-based Malaysian singer who rose to fame after participating in "Super Idol" (超級偶像), a Taiwanese singing competition. Performances in main singing competitions * 2004 Malaysian Idol I (大馬偶像I) – Top 33 * 2005 Astro Star Quest ( Astro Talent Quest/Astro新秀大赛)- runner-up * 2005 TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship (TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽)- runner-up, perfect sound awards * 2008 Super Idol I (超級偶像I) * 2009 Super Idol II (超級偶像II) -runner-up * 2009 Super Idol III (超級偶像III) * 2010 I Am The One (非同凡響) 2004 Malaysian Idol Season 1 ''~held in Malaysia'' {, class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" , - bgcolor="#efefef" !Date !!Song!!Results!!Note , - , 20040625#3, , - , , Advanced, , Week 3: Johor Audition,Successful Candidates (15 persons) , - , 20040709#5, , - , , Advanced, , Theatre Elimination，Top 33 are born , - , 20040730#8, , Broken Vow／ Lara Fabian, , Fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Typhoon
Gold Typhoon Group is a Chinese entertainment company. Gold Label was founded in 2004 in Hong Kong, launched with the support of EMI, and acquired EMI Music Taiwan / EMI Music China (Typhoon Records) in 2008, reforming to Gold Typhoon. On 1 January 2011, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Global Management Asia (PGMA) under the leadership of Chairman Louis Pong. Gold Typhoon represents many Chinese and international artists, and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Taipei and Hong Kong. In 2004, former Go East Entertainment CEO Paco Wong decided to not work with the parent company of Go East, Universal Group Hong Kong, but to instead work for EMI Hong Kong as they promised to launch a new label. Paco Wong was to have total control of the new label which became Gold Label Entertainment. The company was acquired by Warner Music Group in April 2014. History In 2004, former Go East Entertainment CEO Paco Wong decided to not work with the parent compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Wen-hsing
Huang Wen-hsing (; born 2 June 1979) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer and actor. He was named the Best Taiwanese Male Singer at the 2011 Golden Melody Awards. He has appeared in several television series, including ''Love or Bread ''Love or Bread'' () is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. It was produced by Gala Television and directed by Lin He-long. This marks the third drama that Cheng and Lin have co-starred together, after '' It Started with a Kis ...'' (2008), '' Monga Yao Hui'' (2011), and '' In The Family'' (2017). References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Wen-hsing 1979 births Living people Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers 21st-century Taiwanese male actors People from Pingtung County 21st-century Taiwanese male singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jing Chang
Jing Chang () is a Taiwanese singer. Early life Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 September 1983. Her birth name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters (張芸菁). She studied graphic design and graduated from Song Shan High School of Commerce. Before entering Super Idol, she was a graphic design artist. She is familiar with many instruments such as guitar, drums, and ''yueqin'' (a traditional Chinese musical instrument). Chang has been noted for her androgynous style and looks. She states that she has not had long hair since preschool. She is also known for her deep voice, quite similar to that of Shirley Owens, who was the lead singer of The Shirelles, and with likes of English pop singer, Dusty Springfield: not only can she handle deep, low notes but she is also able to hit very high notes. She has always been interested in music, and even created her own band called Pensauce (筆醬). Career Chang made her debut in 2007 as a singer after winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (franchise)
''The Voice'' is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition ''The Voice of Holland'', which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen. It has become a rival to the '' Idols'' franchise, '' The Four'', '' Rising Star'' and ''The X Factor''. Up until 2020, the franchise was owned by Talpa Network. The current owner is ITV Studios. Originated in the Netherlands, many other countries adapted the format and began airing their own versions starting in 2010. Up till now, seven different versions of ''The Voice'' have been produced by countries/regions all around the world. Some programs still stick to the original format of the show while most of them are produced with twists of the format added. The franchise maintains official YouTube channels called ''The Voice Global'' and ''La Voz Global'' (as the Spanish version). The channels upload compilation videos of performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
