Show Luo
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| Chinese name | 羅志祥 (Traditional) | |||||
| Chinese name | 罗志祥 (Simplified) | |||||
| Pinyin | Luó Zhīxiáng (Mandarin) | |||||
| Origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |||||
| Born | July 30, 1979 |
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| Other name(s) | Alan Luo, Piggy (Chinese: 小豬; pinyin: Xiǎo Zhū) | |||||
| Occupation | Singer, dancer, host, actor | |||||
| Genre(s) | Mandopop | |||||
| Label(s) | Avex Trax (2003–2007) Capitol Records (EMI) (2007–present) |
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| Years active | 1994–present | |||||
| Associated Acts | Four Heavenly Kings (disbanded), ROMEO (disbanded) | |||||
| Official site | www.emimusic.com.tw | |||||
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Show Luo (traditional Chinese: 羅志祥; simplified Chinese: 罗志祥; pinyin: Luó Zhīxiáng; born July 30, 1979), also known as Alan Luo or Show, is a Taiwanese singer, host, dancer, and actor. He also speaks fluent Japanese.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Earlier life
Show started playing drums at the tender age of 3 and performed onstage with his parents as a child. He won a silver award at a singing contest when he was only 7. Show joined the '4 Heavenly Kings imitation concert' in 1995 and managed to clinch 1st place. In 1996, 'Four Heavenly Kings' debuted and their 1st album was released. The group was active in the following years before breaking up in 1998. In the same year, Show joined another group named 'ROMEO' and was active in it until year 2000. In 2003, Show launched his solo debut and released his 1st album 'Show Time' and has since captivated his fans with hip hop, R&B, and ballads, as well as collaborations with stars like Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou,and Vivian Hsu.
[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' and invited Barbie Hsu to star in his MV 'Self-Hypnotised' which is written by Jay Chou.
At a later part of the same year, Show held his 1st concert at Taipei Arena. He cried when he sang the song 'Strength' as it reminded him of his father who had passed away earlier that year. The concert was a success.
[edit] 2006: SPESHOW
After one full year and to everyone's anticipation, Show finally released the album 'SPESHOW' on November 17, 2006. The reason Show decided to titled this album 'SPESHOW" was because this was his fourth album with his name included. Show loves to put his celebrity name as part of the title of the album.The word SPE refers to four in Chinese followed by his name SHOW. This album was special in several ways, as Show worked with various artists from different place. However, this album was so popular that within three months, four different version of the original copy was created with few additional bonus songs.
In this album, and perhaps the most popular of all within the songs, 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 Chinese name. In this movie, he proved once again of his dancing ability along with different styles of Hip Hop and others in it. This song was so popular when it first came out that everyone can hear it everywhere in Taiwan.
In this album, Show has sang many affectionate and love songs, inviting his good friends Ariel Lin(MV Good Friend) and Koda Kumi(Feat Twinkle) to starred with him in few of his movie videos. Not only Show has showed off his skills in singing and dancing, he also proved his ability to sing English songs. This was his first attempt to sing an English song, something that was difficult for him. He admitted that he spend so many hours in trying to pronounce an English word. Show's success of completing an English song really strengthened his English confidence, and it also proved to the media that he strives to improve in many ways.
As special and popular this album brought to the music industry in Taiwan and the world, SPESHOW was sold over 400,000 copies within few weeks. Unbelievably, this album has created Show's new image and his popularity has grown so big. He is now known as the next Dancing King on Stage in Asia. After this album, Show has brought so much anticipating and eagerness to many people on his music and his talented skills.
[edit] 2007
In June 2007, Show moved from Avex Trax to EMI Capitol Records. On the day of the conference, Show was shocked but happy to receive a video from his idol Aaron Kwok, wishing him success under the new label. EMI Capitol Records plans to send Show abroad to countries such as New York,London,and Tokyo to learn more advanced dancing. 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).
[edit] SHOW YOUR DANCE
Show released the 5th album 'SHOW YOUR DANCE' on November 16,2007.
[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. The tour continued on June 30, 2007 in Nanjing, with Jolin Tsai as the guest. The tour travels to other cities including Beijing, Taiwan, Singapore, Jiangsu and Hong Kong in the later part of the year till 2008.
Show Luo had been endorsing McDonalds for many years now. He also donates to Ronald McDonald's Charity house. During his concerts in Taipei, there were 10,561 people hugging at the same time, breaking the Guinness World Records of having the most pairs hugging.
[edit] Discography
達人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 (One of the best selling albums that Show has. 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: Capitol Records
- Chart position: #1 (Taiwan G-music chart)
One notable mention would be Show's hosting of a an entertainment news/variety show, 娛樂百分百 [Yu Le Bai Fen Bai] "100% Entertainment" on GTV. Show "Xiao Zhu" co-hosts this variety show with Alien "Xiao Gui" Huang Hong Sheng. Xiao Zhu's presence made the variety show very entertaining and funny. He used to adopt a persona called 驚驚 "Gia Gia," which is Show donning a cap and glasses, telling lame jokes at the end of the show.Show "Xiao Gui"and "Xiao Zhong" present as a group "Dan Fei Bi Jiao Hong" in the show,Which means debuted artist developed better than group.It was also very funny in the show. Recently, Show adopted another persona called "Mr Pig" where he acts as a 'girly' film director with funny antics and effeminate behaviour.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 2001 | 女生向前走 / Go Forward Girls | CTV | |
| 2001 | 少年梁祝 / The Youth Of Liang Shanbo And Zhu Yingtai | 梁山伯 / Liang Shan Bo | CTV |
| 當我們窩在一起 / When We Are Nesting Together | Public TV | ||
| 2003 | 嗨! 上班女郎 / Hi Working Girl | 鄭達倫 / Zhen Da Lun | CTV |
| 麻辣鮮師 / Spicy Hot Teacher | CTS | ||
| 2004 | 鬥魚2 / The Outsiders II | 阿烈/袁承烈 A Lie / Yuan Cheng Lie | GTV |
| 2007 | 轉角＊遇到愛 / Corner With Love | 秦朗 / Qin Lang | CTV |
| 2008 | 籃球火 / Hot Shot | 元大鷹 / Yuan Da Ying | GTV |
[edit] UPCOMING
- Corner With Love 2unconfirmed
- 6th Album
[edit] Movies
- 苹果咬一口 / 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 / 疯狂鸡丁, as Chicken Little (Chinese,Voice only) 2005
- The Bee Movie / 蜂电影，as Barry Bee Benson (Chinese,Voice Only) (2007)
[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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- 2008
- 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)
- 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 |
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| 2003 |
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| 2004 |
City Mandarin Music Award
The King of Powerful Song Awarding Ceremony
The Second South-East Music Awards
2004 Sprite My Choice Chinese Original Creation Music Chart
Music Pioneer Chart
TVB8 Music Awards
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| 2005 |
The Third South-East Music Awards
TVB8 Music Awards
City Music Award
City Mandarin Music Award
Channel V Chinese Music Award
MTV Super Magnificent Ceremony
TVB8 Music Awards
China Wu Xi
KKBOX Online Music Award
Taiwan Golden Bell Award
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| 2006 |
TVBS Chinese Music Awards
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| 2007 |
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Golden Melody Award
7th Annual Chinese Pop Awards 2007
HK Metro Showbiz Music Hit Awards 2007
HK Baidu Entertainment Awards
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| 2008 |
Hito Popular Music Awards
Music Radio TOP Charts
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[edit] References
- ^ (Chinese) AVEX Taiwan Inc. news. 首張個人大碟銷售八萬張 羅志祥騎著黑馬現身慶功宴 January 13 2004. Retrieved: March 15, 2007.
- ^ 第七届全球华语歌曲排行榜完全获奖名单. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
- ^ 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
[edit] External links
- Official
