Show Luo (simplified Chinese: 罗志祥; traditional Chinese: 罗志祥; pinyin: Luó Zhīxiáng; born July 30, 1979), also known as Alan Luo or Show, is a popular Taiwanese singer, host, dancer, and actor. He is most famous for hosting an entertainment news/variety show, 娱乐百分百 [Yu Le Bai Fen Bai] "100% Entertainment" on GTV. Together, he along with Jay Chou, Leehom Wang and David Tao became Taiwan's "four heavenly kings", for they They dominated all levels of media from magazines, TV, cinema to music. (Note: Citations merely fan-made, wasn't offically confirmed).
[edit] Earlier life
Born into a musical family, Show started playing drums at the tender age of 3 and performed onstage with his parents as a child. He is famously known by his nickname, Xiao Zhu (小猪, which means 'little pig')because during his school years, he was a chubby child.
He won a silver award at a singing contest when he was only 7.[citation needed] Show also joined the '4 Heavenly Kings imitation concert' in 1995 imitating Aaron Kwok, which he managed to clinch 1st place afterwhich. Soon in 1996, Show along with other 3 contestants of the reality show, formed 'Taiwan's Four Heavenly Kings', releasing their 1st album in the same year. The group was active in the following years before breaking up in 1998. In the same year, Show along with Ou Di(who is also one of the 'Taiwan's four heavenly kings'), formed "Romeo" and was active in it until year 2000. In 2003, Show launched his solo debut and released his first album 'Show Time' and has since worked on a variety of genres including hip hop, R&B. He has also collaborated with singers like Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou, Vivian Hsu and many other celebrities. Both his parents were of the Amis tribe, in which His mother is a Taiwanese aboriginal princess of the Amis tribe. Due to his ethnic, show often refers himself as the Amis prince.
[edit] 2005: Hypnosis SHOW & 1st concert
On October 14, 2005, Show released his 3rd album "Hypnosis SHOW". He collaborated with Jolin Tsai in the song 'zhen ming tian zi' (traditional Chinese: 真命天子) and invited good friend Barbie Hsu to star in his MV 'Self-Hypnotised' (traditional Chinese: 自我催眠) which is written by Jay Chou [1]
At a later part of the same year, Show held his 1st concert at Taipei Arena.
[edit] 2006: SPESHOW
After one full year, Show finally released the album 'SPESHOW' on November 17, 2006. Show decided to titled this album 'SPESHOW" because this was his fourth album with his name included.[citation needed] This was a play on the words "special" and his name "Show". This album would certainly be special because there were many new experiences for both Show and his fans. For the first time, he sang a full English song with Kumi Koda and he also collaborated with the English singer: Simon Webbe. Show also tried his hand at composing a song.[citation needed] This album was so popular that within three months, four different version of the original copy were created with few additional bonus songs.[citation needed]
In this album, Show created his own version on one of the song by Daniel Bedingfield's 'James Dean (I Wanna Know).' Show's version of this song's name is 'The Dance Gate,' translated from the Chinese name.
In this album, Show has sang many affectionate and love songs, inviting actress Ariel Lin(MV Good Friend) and good friend Kumi Koda(Feat Twinkle) to starred with him in few of his music videos. This was his first attempt to sing an English song, something that was difficult for him.[citation needed] He admitted that he spent many hours in trying to pronounce an English word.[citation needed]
Over 400,000 copies of SPESHOW were sold within a few weeks of its release.
[edit] 2007
In June 2007, Show moved from Avex Trax to EMI Capitol Records. EMI Capitol Records plans to send Show abroad to cities such as New York, London and Tokyo to learn more advanced dancing.[citation needed] On August 13, Show was selected to be the Mandarin spokesperson for High School Musical 2 by singing the Mandarin version of the themesong Bet On it called Bi Sha Ji and the song is included in the High School Musical 2 Soundtrack (Asia Edition).[citation needed]
[edit] SHOW YOUR DANCE
Show released the 5th album 'SHOW YOUR DANCE' on November 16, 2007. Chinese: Wu Suo Bu Zai
[edit] 'Show on Stage' Concert Tour
The tour kicked off on June 9, 2007 in Shanghai. The Hong Kong girl group Twins was invited as guests and they sang 'Expert Lover' together with Show.[citation needed] The tour continued on June 30, 2007 in Nanjing, with Jolin Tsai as the guest. The tour travelled to other cities including Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Jiangsu and Hong Kong in the later part of the year till 2008.[citation needed]
Show Luo had been endorsing McDonalds for many years.[citation needed] He has also been appointed the "Love Ambassador" for McDonald’s World Children’s Day since 2005.[2][3][4] He donates to Ronald McDonald's Charity house as well.[5] During his concerts in Taipei, the Guinness World Records of "most couples hugging simultaneously" was achieved in conjunction with the World's Children Day Concert.[6] This gesture was to inform society to spread love and care to the sick children in hospitals.
[edit] 2008
Show released his first concert live DVD 'Show On Cruel Stage' on Jul. 11, 2008 which topped the G-music charts three weeks in a row. One of the most popular parts of the DVD features Show's mother appearing on stage, moving him to tears as he hugged her and sang 几分 to much support from emotional fans.
Show's 6th album, "Trendy Man" was released on Dec. 26, 2008, the same day as Wang Leehom's album. Controversy erupted when Wang Leehom's record company Sony accused Show Luo's record company of buying the charts and inflating sales figures. S.H.E. and Fahrenheit's company joined in.[7] The dispute got bigger when prominent popstars like Jay Chou, A-Mei, Mayday, Fahrenheit backed LeeHom while several TV hosts like Jacky Wu showed their support for Show Luo.
[edit] 2009
Show won the most awards at the first Singapore Entertainment Awards, despite competition from other mandarin pop stars like JJ Lin and Stephanie Sun. He also performed as the opening act for the Asia Music Festival in Korea.
[edit] Discography
ShowTime
Released: October 9, 2003
Format: CD
Label: AVEX
Sales: TAIWAN: 100,000+ [8]
达人Show Expert Show
Released: October 22, 2004
Format: CD
Label: AVEX
Sales: TAIWAN: 100,000+ (until 2005)
催眠Show Hypnosis Show
Released: October 14, 2005
Format: CD
Label: AVEX
Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
Sales: TAIWAN: 100,000+
SPESHOW (There were 3 re-releases (total 4 versions) of this album. There was also a special premium version released only in Taiwan. It had a limited run of 10 thousand, and included a SPESHOW phone strap and the album was autographed.)
Released: November 17, 2006
Format: CD, CD+DVD
Label: AVEX
Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
Sales: TAIWAN: 120,000+
舞所不在 Show Your Dance
Released: November 16, 2007
Format: CD, CD+DVD
Label: EMI Capitol Records
Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
残酷舞台真实录LIVE DVD: Show On Cruel Stage
Released: July 11, 2008
Format: DVD
Label: EMI Capitol Records
Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
潮男正传 Trendy Man
Released: December 26, 2008
Format: CD
Label: Gold Typhoon Records
Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television series
Year Title Role Network
1998 当我们窝在一起 When We Are Nesting Together 林明宗 Lin Ming Zong Public TV
2000 女生向前走 Go Forward Girls 罗嘉西 Luo Jia Xi CTV
2001 少年梁祝 The Youth Of Liang Shanbo And Zhu Yingtai 梁山伯 Liang Shan Bo CTV
2002 麻辣鲜师 Spicy Hot Teacher 余志祥 Yu Zhi Xiang GTV
2003 嗨! 上班女郎 Hi Working Girl 郑达伦 Zheng Da Lun CTV
2004 斗鱼2 The Outsiders II 袁承烈 Yuan Cheng Lie (阿烈) Ah Lie GTV
2007 转角*遇到爱 Corner With Love 秦朗 Qin Lang CTV
2008 篮球火 Hot Shot 元大鹰 Yuan Da Ying GTV
2009 海派甜心 Hi My Sweetheart 薛海 Xue Hai (外号达浪 Da Lang) CTS/GTV
[edit] Movies
频果咬一口 / Expect A Miracle (2001)
神探两个半之学校有鬼 / Two and Half Detectives- There are Ghosts in the School's Backyard
Chicken Little / 四眼天鸡, as Chicken Little (Chinese, Voice only) (2005)
The Bee Movie / 蜂电影,as Barry Bee Benson (Chinese, Voice Only) (2007)
岁月情 (estimate: filming starts Nov 2009, release on Valentine 2010)
[edit] Stage Plays
Green Apple Series
[edit] TV shows
Cable TV
A Very Fierce Paradise (Da Di Network)
Showbiz (SET TV)
Entertainment News (ETV)
100% Entertainment (娱乐百分百) (GTV)
Wireless TV
MUCH Chart (MUCH)
An Alien Empire (TTV)
Win in The First Battle (TTV)
Variety Club (TTV)
TV Citizens (CTV)
Red and White Victory (CTV)
Joyous Fleet (TTV)
TV Delivery (TTV)
Win in The First Battle of Youth Army (TTV)
TV Three Cheap Guests (CTS)
Happy Sunday (CTS)
Taiwan Tiget is afraid of Tiger (TTV)
Great Victory on Saturday (CTS)
Variety is Funniest on This Saturday (TTV)
Variety 995 (CTV)
Exist Bus of Joyous All The Way (TTV)
Brand Power (CTV)
[edit] Endorsements
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2009
Pert (Television)
McDonalds' (Television and banner)
IMAX Chips(Television)
Pepsi Family(Television)
Semir (Television)
Big Train Jeans (Television and banner)
Rejoice (Television)
Watsons (Television)
Online Baseball game (Banner)
Blind Foundation (Television and Banner)
2008
Hot Shot (Television and banner)
Big Train Jeans(Television and banner)
Rejoice (Television)
Fantastic Rice Crackers (Magazine)
McDonalds' (Television and banner)
IMAX Chips(Television)
Pepsi Family
Quaker's Essence of Chicken (Television)
Taiwan Beer (Television)
Semir Clothing (Television and banner)
Watsons (Television)
2007
Banny Wong Electronics (Banner)
BenQ- SIEMENS EF71 (Banner)
Big Train Jeans (Banner)
FORMOSA Glasses (Television and banner)
Geneon Entertainment (Billboard)
Go Action (Television and banner)
Golden Circle (Television and banner)
Green Teahouse- Jasmine Tea (Television and banner)
HEY SONG Sarsaparilla (Television and banner)
HiNet- iSing99 (Television and banner)....
Johnny Chan Muffin Company (Television and banner)
Libra (Television)
McDonalds' (Television and banner)
Nissan (Magazine)
Pacific Magazines (Magazine)
PEPSI- Soy Drink (Xin Yi Dai) (Television and banner)
SPC (Television)
Wendy's (Magazine)
2006
Big Train Jeans (Banner)
McDonalds' (Television and banner)
Watsons- The Most Intimate Good Friend Series (Television and banner)
2005
Ochean Tea (Television and banner)
Unsorted
CATCH Chocolate Stick
CHA CAH 50 Motorcycle
CHA CAH 90 Motorcycle
Golden Hydroxide Peroxide- Contact Lens Sanitary Fluid
Kuo-Nong Fresh Milk
MEIKE Sport Shoes
[edit] Awards
Years Awards
2003 New Singer Chart Sell Champion (SHOW TIME)
2004 City Mandarin Music Award
City Mandarin Leap Forward Singer
City Mandarin New Influence Male Singer
The King of Powerful Song Awarding Ceremony
The King of Powerful Song All-Round Artist Award
The Best 10 Songs Award
Taiwan The Fullest Future New Singer Award
Taiwan Outstanding Youth Singer Award
The Second South-East Music Awards
Hong Kong and Taiwan Area, The Fullest Future New Singer Award
2004 Sprite My Choice Chinese Original Creation Music Chart
Golden Melody - Hong Kong and Taiwan
Music Pioneer Chart
Taiwan The Most Popular New Male Singer Award - Golden Award
TVB8 Music Awards
The Best 10 Songs
2005 The Third South-East Music Awards
Successor of Great King
The Best 10 Songs of Hong Kong and Taiwan
TVB8 Music Awards
The Best 10 Songs
The Interior Audiences Favorite Male Singer Award
City Music Award
Dancing and Singing Singer Award
Mandarin Singer Award
City Mandarin Music Award
City Mandarin Song
City Mandarin Dancing and Singing Singer
City Mandarin Asian Popular Idol
Channel V Chinese Music Award
The Most Popular Song of Year Award (Love Expert)
MTV Super Magnificent Ceremony
Full Style Artist Award
TVB8 Music Awards
The First Season Selected
China Wu Xi
Colorful Music Award
KKBOX Online Music Award
The Best 10 Songs of Karaoke of Year (Self-Hypnotised)
The Best 10 Artists of Year
Taiwan Golden Bell Award
Nominated for The Best Main Actor Award
2006 TVBS Chinese Music Awards
The Best Leap Forward Singer
The Best Stage Modeling Award
The Most Popular Omni-Bearing Male Singer
2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Nominated for Best Buzz Asia in Taiwan
Golden Melody Award
The Most Popular Male Artist Award
7th Annual Chinese Pop Awards 2007
Most Outstanding Taiwanese Artist
Top 20 Songs of the Year (Jing Wu Men - Dance Gate)
Best Stage Performer
Top 5 Favorite Male Artists [9]
HK Metro Showbiz Music Hit Awards 2007
Best Mandarin Songs Awards (一支独秀-One Man Show) [10]
Best Dancing Artist
Best Mandarin Singer
HK Baidu Entertainment Awards
Top 10 songs of the Year (Ending theme song from Corner With Love - Love's Corner)
2008 Hito Popular Music Awards
Hito's Most Popular/Favorite Male Artist
Hito Top 10 Songs of the Year - 一支独秀 (One Man Show)
iSing99 Karaoke Song of the Year - 我不会唱歌 (I Won't Sing)
Music Radio TOP Charts
Taiwan/Hong Kong Most Popular/Favorite Male Artist
Taiwan/Hong Kong Best Stage Performer of the Year
MTV Asia Awards
Favorite Artist of Taiwan [11]
8th Annual Chinese Pop Awards 2008
Favorite Male Singer
Top 20 Songs of the Year (Defeating Love)
Best Stage Performer
2009 Singapore Entertainment Awards
Most Popular Male Singer
Most Stylish Hunk
SPH Media Award- Best Artiste Of The Year (All-Round)
6th Annual Global Chinese Music Awards Ceremony [12]
The Title of Pop
Pop King Almighty Artist
Hit Award by Arab Media
Metro Awards 2009
Metro Song Award
Metro Mandarin Male Singer Award
Metro Asia Dance-Sing Singer Award
Metro Globe Extreme Stage Singer Award
Taiwan Golden Bell Award
Nominated for Best Male Actor