Fish Leong steals the thunder in Sing! China

Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

MALAYSIAN singer Fish Leong’s debut on the reality TV series Sing! China became the show’s episode with the highest viewership of the day, reported Sin Chew Daily. Dressed in a pink and red pleated gown, Leong performed two songs by Li Ronghao called Ear and I Know It’s You on the episode which aired on Aug 5.

Known as the Queen of Ballads, Leong was selected for the first time to be one of the show’s mentors for Season 2022 along with Li Ronghao, Hacken Lee and Liao Changyong.

The episode which kickstarted this year’s season had a clickthrough rate online of 21.6 billion times and was the show with the highest viewership on that segment that day.

Leong, who launched her career from singing competitions, said she understood what candidates on the show were going through, adding that she hoped to help them achieve their dreams.

Sing! China began airing in 2016 and is based on the original The Voice of Holland.

It employs a panel of four mentors who critique the artists’ performances and guide their teams of selected artistes through the remainder of the season.

The winner is determined by live audience voting by SMS text and they will receive a record deal with various labels.

> Hong Kong actor Moses Chan, who offered to tutor a child actor on set, was stumped by a question on Chinese history, reported China Press.

The child’s mother posted Chan’s heartwarming gesture on social media which took place on the set of the medical drama Big White Duel II.

“Today is the final day of shooting before exams. To find time to prepare for them, (he) has been revising using the phone while waiting on set.

“What was surprising was that his senior Moses Chan came over to ask what he was reading,” she wrote.

Chan, who has a bachelor’s degree in accounting, asked the boy if he was studying science.

He added that it was one of his best subjects at school and offered to tutor him.

However, Chan was stumped when the child revealed that he was studying Chinese history, which was not Chan’s forte.

Even so, the mother wrote that they were touched by Chan’s gesture and added that they were grateful to have such a positive role model in the entertainment industry.

Chan started his acting career in 2000 and managed to win TVB’s Best Actor award in 2007 and the Best Performance of the Year award in 2010.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.