Uudam Sonam, also Wudamu (; Уудам in
Mongolian Cyrillic
The Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet ( Mongolian: , or , ) is the writing system used for the standard dialect of the Mongolian language in the modern state of Mongolia. It has a largely phonemic orthography, meaning that there is a fair degree ...
; born September 9, 1999) is a Chinese singer of
Mongol
The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member of ...
ethnicity, who participated in the 2011 season of ''
China's Got Talent
''China's Got Talent ''() was a Chinese reality television series on Dragon TV and a part of the ''Got Talent'' franchise, hosted by Cheng Lei. It is a talent show that features all different kinds of performances of all ages competing for perfor ...
''. He is also a former member of the Hulunbuir Children's Choir.
Background
Uudam was born on September 9, 1999,
in
Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir or Hulun Buir ( mn, , ''Kölün buyir'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Хөлөнбуйр, ''Khölönbuir''; zh, s=呼伦贝尔, ''Hūlúnbèi'ěr'') is a region that is governed as a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. ...
in
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
(Autonomous Region in northern China). His mother died in a road accident when he was eight years old. A few years later when he was eleven his father also died in another car accident. He was then fostered by
Buren Bayaer, the director of the Hulunbuir Children's Choir which Uudam was part of and a noted Chinese singer.
(Quintessenso Choir
).
Buren and Wurina have two daughters, Nurma (alternately, Norma, Nurman, or Norman) and Enigma. Uudam also has a biological older sister named Sue Neil, who is around three years older than him.
Uudam attended
Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia)
Delta Secondary is a public high school in Ladner, British Columbia, Canada. DSS is located in the historic village of Ladner, B.C. With a student enrolment of approximately 1,150 students (grades 8 to 12), it is the third-largest school in Scho ...
in Delta, Canada for two years until 2017.
Uudam goes by Kevin as his English name and also went by Michael for a few years. He now attends university in Canada.
''China's Got Talent''
Uudam participated as a contestant in the 2011 season of ''China's Got Talent''. Performing in his native
Mongolian language
Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and both the most widely spoken and best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residen ...
, he sang the song, "Mother in the Dream". He also performed a song with his adoptive parents, Buren and Wurina Bayaer. He appeared in the background of Buren Bayaer's video, "Take Me To The Prairie" .
Discography
* 2011: "Mother far away" (
chin. 梦中的额吉, "Meng zhong de eji" ) – Guangdong Audio B006G79YT4, CD (5 titles) + DVD (music video "Mother in the Dream")
The cover photo of this album
http://ent.southcn.com/8/images/attachement/jpg/site4/20111125/0016ec7d751a103941d448.jpg
Including 5 songs:Mother in the dream(梦中的额吉)
The running horse(奔驰的马)
A song dedicated to father(献给父亲的歌)
Uncle Bateer(巴特尔舅舅)
Taryat Miden (Thousand-Mile Express/Thousand-Kilometer Horse)(塔力雅图麦丹)
*In 2015 he sang a new song,"Old mother(苍老的母亲)"on China's Got Talent's stage during Chinese Spring Festival.
* (Music video "Mother in the Dream" (梦中的额吉)
(梦中的额吉)
Filmography
* 2011: ''
The Men with Blue Dots
The Men with Blue Dots ( mon. ''Хөх толбот хүмүүс'', latin script "Hoh Tolbot Humuus") is a Mongolian 2011 movie drama directed by Dorjsuren Shadav.
Plot
The film tells the story of a young man who has decided to go abroad to F ...
'' (蓝斑人)(
mong. Хөх толбот хүмүүс, "Hoh Tolbot Humuus")
– as child Ganbaa
* 2012: ''Night Blooming'' (
chin. 隔窗有眼) (horror movie)
– as the leading actor in the role of 小虎 (Xiao Hu, “Little Tiger”)
* 2013: ''Uudam Charity Mini Movie "Spring-Bound School Bus"'' (开往春天的校车)(short movie)
References
External links
*
乌达木Michael on Twitter乌达木Michael on Weibo乌达木Kevin on Instagram(official)
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1999 births
People from Hulunbuir
Living people
Chinese child singers
Singers from Inner Mongolia
Chinese people of Mongolian descent
21st-century Chinese male singers