Show Luo

Show Luo
Background information
Chinese name 羅志祥 (traditional)
Chinese name 罗志祥 (simplified)
Pinyin Luó Zhìxiáng (Mandarin)
Ethnicity Chinese and Amis
Born (1979-07-30) 30 July 1979
Keelung, Taiwan
Occupation Singer, dancer, and actor.
Genre(s) Mandopop , Dance
Label(s) EMI Entertainment (Taiwan) Ltd. (2014-present)
Pony Canyon (2011-present)
Years active 2000–present
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Luo.

Show Luo (simplified Chinese: 罗志祥; traditional Chinese: 羅志祥; pinyin: Luó Zhìxiáng; born July 30, 1979), sometimes credited as Show Lo, is a Taiwanese singer, actor and host. He was commonly known by his Chinese nickname Xiao Zhu (Little Pig) due to being overweight during his middle school years.[1] He was also commonly known as “Asia’s Dance King” by the Taiwanese media for his dance skills. He is well known for hosting the Taiwanese variety show 100% Entertainment.[2]

Show was born into a musical family. His father was a host and his mother was a Taiwanese Aborigine singer. Their job was holding entertainment shows for different events such as the wedding. Show started playing drums when he was three and performed onstage during his childhood. He won a silver award at a singing contest when he was only 7.[3]

In 2006, he created his own fashion brand called STAGE. Now this fashion store has branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore and succeeded in the fashion trend in Asia during the recent years.[4]

Show Luo became the spokesperson for Love Blind Charity in 2008. Next year, he was asked to become the leader of “Love Blind promise Career Starter Class”. The Love Blind Charity hope Show Luo can gathering everyone’s power to help people with vision disability find a job. Show Luo encouraged people to put the coins into the donation box instead of their wallets. This money might give people with vision disability more opportunities. Show also designed some items for charity sales.[5]

Show Luo was the second highest-paid Taiwanese celebrity of 2012. In order to celebrate the ranking, he decided to treat his mother, the employees of his management company Universes Entertainment, and his best friends the Party Boys, to a trip to the Maldives after Lunar New Year. The entire trip cost about 6.3 million TWD with a total of 35 people, which will be paid by Show. Treating his coworkers to vacations in the past years has become one of his habits. Show treated his coworkers to a vacation in Hawaii.[6]

Career

Debut (1996–2002)

In 1996, Show entered the entertainment industry by contesting in a musical competition where he impersonated Aaron Kwok. Along with 3 other contestants, they debuted as a quartet boy band in Taiwan. The boy band quickly disbanded as two members left for compulsory military service, which Show was exempted from because he has Gluteal Fibrotic Contracture (commonly known as frog extremity). Despite his athletic abilities and endurance, he also suffers from Mitral valve prolapse syndrome, so he cannot consume any foods containing caffeine. That same year, he formed the group ROMEO with Ou Di. They released two albums, but the group soon disbanded as Ou Di left for the military.

From 2000–2002 Show concentrated on hosting several variety shows, he was given the "Triple Crown" title for hosting the three most popular variety shows at that time. However, all three shows were cancelled by 2003.

Avex Taiwan (2003–2007)

In 2003, Show signed with Avex Taiwan and launched his solo career with the release of his first album ShowTime, selling over 80,000 copies.

For his second album, Expert Show, he collaborated with his co-host Xiao S on the duet "Lian Ai Da Ren". Show released his third album Hypnosis Show in 2005. He worked with Jolin Tsai for the first lead dance track "Zhen Ming Tian Zi" and filmed the MV with her.

The year after, he released his fourth album SPESHOW on November 17, 2006. The lead track, "Jing Wu Men" is a cover of "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" by Daniel Bedingfield. For the album, he sang a full length English song for the first time, "Twinkle", with Japanese singer Kumi Koda

Show released his fifth album Show Your Dance on November 16, 2007; he sang the duet "Bai Gei Ni" with Elva Hsiao.

Pony Canyon (2011–present)

In 2011, Show signed with Pony Canyon Japan. His first Japanese single "Dante" was released on February 15, 2012. This song made it to the 5th place in Japan's Oricon daily chart during its first day of release, and hit 10th place in the Oricon weekly chart.[7] This record made Show the first Taiwanese male singer to be on the Oricon chart after Teresa Teng.

On June 20, 2012, his second Japanese single "Magic" was released.

His Japanese Studio Album "The Show" was released on September 19, 2012. However, the planned trip to Japan to promote his album was not eventuated due to political uproar over the Senkaku Islands between Japan, Taiwan and China.

Gold Typhoon (2008–2013)

In 2008 Show joined forces with Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) and released his sixth album Trendy Man.

On September 19, 2009, Show represented Taiwan and performed at the 6th Asia Song Festival, held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in South Korea. "Asia Song Festival to celebrate its 6th anniversary"] Korea Herald. March 30, 2010.

Rashomon, was released in 2010, it held the number one spot on G-music, and the album sold 150,000 copies.

Show released his 8th studio album, Only You, on February 18, 2011, the album sold more than 150,000 copies.

Show's 9th album, 9ood Show was released on April 6, 2012. For this album, Show and real-life partner Rainie Yang teamed up with Tourism Australia to film a short romance film featuring tourist attractions in Melbourne, Tasmania, and Sydney.

In November 2012, Show announced his new world tour OVER THE LIMIT, starting from January 2013 in Taipei Arena.

Sony Music (2013-2014)

In August 2013 Show had joined Sony Music along with Elva Hsiao. He went on a Japanese Tour with partner Rainie Yang to make up for the cancelled tour in 2011. He also released Lion Roar, which became the fourth consecutive album to reach over 150,000 copies. In the album, he wrote the Taiwanese lyrics for the love song "You Are Mine", which is his first Taiwanese hip-hop song. In his words, the song is about the kind of love that never ends and continues beyond this life, written based on his own experience of a love as deep as that of his parents.

In December 2013, Show announced his new encore world tour of OVER THE LIMIT, DANCE SOUL RETURNS, starting from January 2014 in Kaohsiung Arena.

EMI Music Taiwan (2014-present)

In 2014, Show joined EMI Music Taiwan along with Rainie Yang and A-mei. He also has joined the famous Chinese variety show Go Fighting! with k-pop idol, Zhang Yi Xing, Sun Honglei, Huang Lei, Huang Bo and Wang Xun.

Reality Show (2015)

Show Luo’s 11th album “Reality Show” being released on Nov 20th. Show has turned his own feelings into the songs. He said his life are mixed with both ‘Reality’ and ‘Show’. Therefore, he uses his humor to deliver his observation for lives. In order to promote the first single in the album, Show has invited many celebrities to make a sentence with the phrase “Let Go”. Actually, the first single was written by Show Luo. The main meaning of the song is to use the power of music to fight against cyberbully.[8]

Studio albums

Concerts

World Tours

2007 Show Luo《Show on Stage》 World Tour Live Concert
Date Location Venue Special Guests
June 9, 2007 Shanghai, China Shanghai Grand Stage Twins – Duet: "Lian Ai Da Ren"
June 30, 2007 Nanjing, China Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Jolin Tsai
August 4, 2007 Beijing, China Beijing Chaoyang Park
December 1, 2007 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
December 18, 2007 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Wuxi New Sports Stadium
November 17, 2007 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena

Karen Mok – Dance Jolin Tsai – duet: "Tian Kong"

November 18, 2007

Rainie Yang - Dance Elva Hsiao – duet: "Bai Gei Ni"

February 23, 2008 Hong Kong West Kowloon Pop TV Arena Lollipop
February 24, 2008 Rainie Yang
December 27, 2008 Guangzhou, China Tianhe Stadium Energy – duet: "Yi Qi Zou Ba"
May 2, 2009 Macau CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao Rainie Yang – duet: "Lian Ai Da Ren"
November 26, 2009 Connecticut, USA Mohegan Sun Arena Rainie Yang – duet: "Lian Ai Da Ren"
April 24, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Shibuya-AX
2010 Show Luo «Dance Without Limits 3D World Live» World Tour Concert
Date Location Venue Special Guests
April 30, 2010 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum Stefanie Sun – duet："Di Yi Tian"
May 1, 2010 Rainie Yang – duet："In Your Eyes"
May 2, 2010 Lollipop – duet："Cheng Yao"
May 15, 2010 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena Sammi Cheng – duet："Mei Fei Se Wu"
May 16, 2010 (matinee) Elva Hsiao – duet: "WOW!"
May 16, 2010 A-Mei – duet："Xia Tian De Lang Hua"
May 22, 2010 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Wong JingLun – duet："Hu Die Xiu"
June 26, 2010 Wuhan, Hubei China Hankou Cultural Sports Centre Blue Bird & Flying Fish
August 7, 2010 Shanghai, China Hongkou Gymnasium Mayday – duet："Li Kai Di Qiu Biao Mian"
August 28, 2010 Chengdu, China Chengdu Sports Centre Jane Zhang
October 30, 2010 Macau CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao
November 5, 2010 Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China Zhejiang Huanglong Sports Center Cyndi Wang – duet："Lian Ai Da Ren"
November 13, 2010 Beijing, China Wukesong Indoor Stadium
March 5, 2011 Guangzhou, China Tianhe Stadium[9] Lollipop F – duet and dance: "Cheng Yao"
2011 Show Luo '10001st Night' Encore World Live Tour
March 19, 2011 Taichung, Taiwan National Taiwan College of Physical Education Dee Hsu – Dance
April 1, 2011 Sydney, Australia Acer Arena
April 8, 2011 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre[10]
April 16, 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil[11]
May 7, 2011 Macau CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao[12]
May 14, 2011 Singapore, Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
May 21, 2011 Shanghai, China Shanghai Arena Bibi Zhou
July 10, 2011 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum Joey Yung – duet："Lian Ai Da Ren"
July 11, 2011 Rainie Yang – duet："Ren Yi Men"

[13]

July 12, 2011 Sandra Ng – duet： "Xiang Lian Ke Bi Ceng Xiang Ren"
August 13, 2011 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung Arena 4 Heavenly Kings – "Cha Cha Wu Chi"
September 5, 2011 New Jersey Borgata Hotel and Casino
September 10, 2011 Indio, California Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
September 11, 2011 San Jose, California San Jose State University Event Center
October 13, 2011 Quanzhou, China
Show 2013 (Over the limit) World Live Tour
Date Location Venue Special Guests
January 4, 2013 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena
January 5, 2013 Elva Hsiao – duet: "WOW!"
January 6, 2013(matinee) Pauline Lan
January 6, 2013 Jolin Tsai
January 18, 2013 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum Jimmy Lin
January 19, 2013 Alex To
January 20, 2013 Vivian Chow – duet："Lian Ai Da Ren"
January 21, 2013 Alan Tam
March 1, 2013 Singapore, Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
April 13, 2013 Shanghai, China Mercedes-Benz Arena
April 20, 2013 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou Gymnasium
May 3, 2013 Malaysia Arena of Stars
May 4, 2013
May 11, 2013 Beijing, China MasterCard Center
May 25, 2013 Chengdu, China
September 1, 2013 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
October 5, 2013 Macau CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao
October 26, 2013 Toronto, Canada Hershey Centre
October 29, 2013 Vancouver, Canada Rogers Arena
2014 Show Luo 'Dance Soul Returns' Encore World Live Tour
January 25, 2014 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung Arena
May 3, 2014 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
May 10, 2014 Shanghai, China Mercedes-Benz Arena
June 14, 2014 Beijing, China MasterCard Arena (formerly the Wukesong Arena )
November 27/28，2014 Connecticut, USA Mohegan Sun Arena
November 29，2014 LasVegas，USA （The Colosseum at Caesars Palace）
December 13，2014 Macau，China Cotai Strip CotaiArena
March 28，2015 Genting Highlands，Malaysia Arena of Stars

2016 CRAZY WORLD TOUR | May 2016 China, Bei Jing, Guang Zhou, Shang hai | July 29 Taiwan, Tai Pei, |July 30 Taiwan, Taipei | July 31 Taiwan,Taipei

Filmography

TV Drama Series

Films

Featured Films

Short Film

Books

Awards and nominations

Endorsement

  • Wechat with Rainie Yang (Taiwan)
  • Chando Men's (China)
  • Cotton USA (Taiwan)
  • Watsons (Taiwan)
  • Pert with Alice Tzeng (Taiwan, HK, China)
  • Dico's (China)
  • YiLi Ice Cream with Angelababy (China)
  • Horien Eyeware (China)
  • MORRIS K Watches (Taiwan)

References

  1. ↑ VIKI. "Show Luo". VIKI. VIKI. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Channel Manager. / "100% Entertainment/100 Percent Entertainment" Check |url= value (help). VIKI. VIKI. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ pinkpopsicle (Apr 2, 2012). / "Show Luo" Check |url= value (help). Last.fm. Last.fm. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ ilovestage. / "Stage" Check |url= value (help). ilovestage. ilovestage. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ jazlynnyee (Jul 28, 2009). / "Show Luo Assists Charity for People with Vision Disability" Check |url= value (help). dramaasian. dramaasian. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Syahida, Kamarudin (Jan 22, 2013). "Show Luo treats employees to Maldives". Yahoo News. Yahoos News. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Show Luo's new Japanese Single "Dante" places 10th in Japan Oricon Charts" February 23. 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Show Lo（羅志祥）Releases New Album "Reality Show?（真人秀？）". Yelling "Let Go（夠了）" to Cyberbully.=Sophia". Taiwanbeats. Taiwanbeats. Oct 30, 2015. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ (Chinese) "罗志祥2011舞法舞天广州演唱会" March 5, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-12
  10. ↑ (Chinese) "舞法舞天 罗志祥世界巡回演唱会 墨尔本站" Retrieved 2011-03-04
  11. ↑ "Show Luo (Dance Without Limits 3D) Concert 16 April 2011" Retrieved 2011-02-28
  12. ↑ "羅志祥舞法舞天之一萬零一夜演唱會 澳門站" Retrieved 2011-03-30
  13. ↑ (Chinese) "Rainie Yang special guest at Show Luo concert Hong Kong" Now News. July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-18
  14. ↑ Channel Manager. / "Once More heartbeat" Check |url= value (help). VIkI. VIKi. Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ Show Luo becomes an author and gets some motherly advice" November 30, 2010. Retrieved 05-03-2013.
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