Name: Alan Luo (Zhi Xiang)
Category: Entertainment & Arts - Celebrities
Description: English name: Show / Alan Luo
Birthplace: Taiwan
Nickname: Xiao Zhu (Little Pig)
Birthday: July 30, 1979
Zodiac: Goat
Blood type: O
Height: 180cm (5'10")
Weight: 68 kg (150 lbs)
Languages spoken: Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese
Favorite colors: red, black and bright colors
Good at: dancing, acting, taikantoo
Favorite sports: basketball, swimming
Favorite body part: eyes

Biography

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 Joey Yung.

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'

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.

2006: SPESHOW

On November 17, 2006, Show released his 4th album titled 'SPESHOW'. The meaning to SPESHOW is there are many specials included in this album and 'show' refers to his name. In the MV of 'The Dance Gate', Show once again proved that he can dance very well by showing different styles of dances in it. 'The Dance Gate' is a remake of the song 'James Dean (I Wanna Know)' by Daniel Bedingfield. Show also invited Ariel Lin,the Taiwanese actress to star in his MV 'Good Friends'. Mando- pop fans also get to enjoy his first attempt at an English song, 'Twinkle', a duet with Japanese singer Kumi Koda. Besides that, Simon Webbe also rapped in Show's song 'King's Game'. Last but not least, Show composed the tune for the song 'Narcissism'.

The sale of Show's new album have risen significantly since his last. Within a matter of weeks, the Taiwanese star managed to sell 400,000 copies. SPESHOW was so popular that 4 versions of it were released.

SPESHOW managed to cement Show's new image of 'Asia's Dancing King' like his good friend Jolin Tsai 's image of 'Asia's Dancing Diva'. Show's popularity around Asia and the world have increased much after the release of this album

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 Japan to learn more advanced dancing.On August 13, Show was selected to be the Mandarin spokesperson for High School Musical 2. He will be singing the Mandarin version of the theme song Bet On it called Bi Sha Ji and the song will be included in the High School Musical 2 Soundtrack (Asia Edition).

'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 will travel to other cities including Beijing, Taiwan, Singapore, Jiangsu and Hong Kong in the later part of the year till 2008. Capitol Records recently announced that he would also be reprising his tour of Sydney.


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.

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 幾分 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, (although Jacky said he personally bought the charts for a lesser known singer friend of his years ago).

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.



Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2008 篮球火 / Hot Shot 元大鷹 GTV
2007 转角＊遇到爱 / Corner With Love 秦朗 / Qing Lang CTV
2004 斗鱼2 / The Outsiders II 阿烈 / A Lie GTV
2003 嗨! 上班女郎 / Hi Working Girl 郑达伦 / Zhen Da Lun CTV
麻辣鲜师 / Spicy Hot Teacher CTS
2001 女生向前走 / Go Forward Girls 袁承烈 / Yuan Cheng Lie CTV
2001 少年梁祝 / The Youth Of Liang Shanbo And Zhu Yingtai 梁山伯 / Liang Shan Bo CTV
当我们窝在一起 / When We Are Nesting Together Public TV

Movies

* 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 (chinese , voice only) 2005
* The Bee Movie as Barry Bee Benson (Chinese)(Voice Only) (2007)

Stage Plays
* Green Apple Series