[新聞] Shi shines on Star

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Shi shines on Star
STRAITS TIMES Nov 27, 2010 By jocelyn lee

'I am very happy to have made it so far, despite the fierce competition'
Shi Xujing , 24, a native of Shanghai who sings part-time at Lunar club in
Singapore -- PHOTOS: STARHUB

Local nightclub Lunar might just have brightened by one-millionth of a star.

Shi Xujing, 24, a native of Shanghai who sings part-time at the club here,
has made it to the top 14 of popular Taiwanese reality singing competition
One Million Star.

Shi, who is known for singing fast songs with energetic dance steps, says
in a telephone call from Taipei: 'I am very happy to have made it so far,
despite the fierce competition.'

'I don't think I have a very high chance of progressing too far in the
contest, but I hope the judges will like my performances,' she adds.

Three months into the intense competition and 14 contestants are left out
of an initial 88 hopefuls from Taiwan, as well as China, South Korea,
Malaysia and the United States.

Now in its seventh season, the popular talent show held auditions in
Singapore in July to pick overseas contestants. The Mandarin contest is
open to singers of all nationalities.

Eleven made the cut in July's audition here, including five Singaporeans,
Shi and three Malaysians. The five Singaporeans have since crashed out of
the contest.

One of those still in the running, Malaysian events planner Chan Yin Yin,
23, tells Life! in Mandarin: 'Everyone in the competition is very good.
I specialise in ballads, but I am going to sing more rock and fast songs
to liven up my performances and stand out.'

This is not the first time judges of One Million Star have come here to
pick overseas contestants.

In 2008, they came here to choose contestants for the third season of the
show. The breakthrough star then was Singaporean Huang Jinglun, who is now
based in Taiwan with a successful singing career.

One Million Star is the top-rated singing contest in Taiwan and has launched
the careers of many contestants, including Taiwanese singers Yoga Lin,
Jam Hsiao and Lala Hsu.

At its peak in Season 1, it had the highest rating of 7.11 per cent, meaning
that over 7 per cent of Taiwan's 23 million people watched the show.

While competitors from mainland China are widely thought to be the ones to
beat, the contestants uncovered during this year's Singapore auditions have
a multi-ethnic edge to them.

Malaysian part-time singer Chen Meijiao, 20, stands out among the final 14.
An Indian who was adopted by Chinese parents at the age of eight months, she
can sing Hokkien and Mandarin songs.

She says: 'I feel more confident, because viewers remember and recognise me.
The judges have advised me to sing more modern Mandarin songs as I've been
singing old Hokkien songs.'

Meanwhile, Malaysian student Lee Kar Wei, 22, says: 'The contestants from
China can express their emotions very well through their songs. We need to
work on that.'

However, she adds: 'We have a language advantage over our competitors. We
can sing Cantonese, Malay, English and Chinese songs and that widens our
repertoire. I hope we can stand out in that way.'

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One Million Star 7 is on E City (StarHub TV Channel 825) on Sundays at 9pm.

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