Alan Luo
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 | |
| 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.
Biography
[edit] Earlier life
Show started playing drums at the tender age of 3 and performed onstage with his parents as a child.[citation needed] He won a silver award at a singing contest when he was only 7.[citation needed] Show joined the ’4 Heavenly Kings imitation concert’ in 1995 and managed to clinch 1st place.[citation needed] 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 worked on a plethora of genres including 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 good friend Barbie Hsu to star in his MV ‘Self-Hypnotised’ which is written by Jay Chou.[citation needed]
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] The word SPE refers to four in Chinese followed by his name SHOW. Show worked with various artists from different place.[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 Chinese name.
In this album, Show has sang many affectionate and love songs, inviting actress Ariel Lin(MV Good Friend) and good friend Koda Kumi(Feat Twinkle) to starred with him in few of his movie 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.[citation needed]
[edit] 2007
In June 2007, Show moved from Avex Trax to EMI Capitol Records. EMI Capitol Records plans to send Show abroad to countries 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 also donates to Ronald McDonald’s Charity house.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
[edit] 2008
Show released his first concert live DVD ‘Show On Cruel Stage’on July 11,2008.
[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 (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)
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.[citation needed] Show “Xiao Zhu” co-hosts this variety show with Alien “Xiao Gui” Huang Hong Sheng. 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Recently, Show adopted another persona called “Mr Pig” where he acts as a ‘girly’ film director with funny antics and effeminate behaviour.[citation needed]
[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
- 6th Album
- Corner With Love 2
- Somedays in Hong Kong
[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)
- 岁月情 (2009)
[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
- 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)
- 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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| 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
MTV Asia Awards
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