Melody Tan Yong Xin (born February 10, 1993), is a

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n singer who rose to fame after becoming a contestant in the third season of ''

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'' in 2014.

Biography

Tan was born in 1993 in

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, and at the age of three, she followed her parents to live in

. In 2013, she studied at the College of Music at

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, and won an intra-school competition. In the same year, she took part in Guangxi Television's reality show ''Challenge the Champion'', in which she imitated

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. She also sang in a hotel, and received a higher pay than others as she is from Malaysia. In 2014, Tan took part in the third season of ''

'', and sang

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's "The Things You Don't Know" (你不知道的事) during the blind auditions. She was admitted to

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's team, where she made it to second place in his team, after Yu Feng.

Personal life

In July 2014, Melody revealed that she had a boyfriend. In September 2014, she was rumored to be in a relationship with fellow contestant Liu Ke, after singing

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's "If The Clouds Know" (如果云知道) during the battle round and embracing each other for 20 seconds.(Melody herself said that this is a false rumor)

Filmography

MV

Discography

Singles

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Melody 1993 births Living people Citizens of Malaysia through descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent 21st-century Malaysian women singers The Voice of China contestants