Show Lo

Show Lo Chih Hsiang (born July 30, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, actor, television host, and dancer.

He is commonly known by his nickname Hsiao Chu (Little Pig).

Lo is recognized for his trademark dance music and comedic talent.

Show Lo debuted as a member of Taiwanese boy group in 1996 after winning a singing and dancing competition, and began his solo music career in 2003 when he released his first studio album Show Time. His successive albums were commercially successful; he achieved best-selling album of the year in Taiwan for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013.

In 1996, Show entered and won a singing and dancing competition, impersonating Aaron Kwok.

He debuted as member of boy group Four Heavenly Kings with three other contestants who impersonated the other Hong Kong Four Heavenly Kings.

The boy group disbanded in 1998 as two members left for compulsory military service, which Show was exempted from because he has Gluteal Fibrotic Contracture.

He also suffers from Mitral insufficiency and hence cannot consume food containing caffeine.

That same year, he formed a new boy group Romeo with Ou Di.

They released two albums, but the group soon disbanded too.

From 2000 to 2002, Show's singing career was stalled by a lawsuit with his former management company.

He was forced to transit from a teen idol to a variety show entertainer, performing gags on variety shows.

His transition into hosting comedy game shows was successful, and he earned the "Triple Crown" title for hosting the three most popular variety shows at one point in time.

He has been hosting 100% Entertainment since 2001.

He holds many records in the Taiwanese music industry, including being the first pop singer to hold a concert in Taipei Arena in 2005, and the first pop singer to hold three concerts within twenty-four hours in Taipei Arena in 2010.

In 2006, Show Lo created fashion brand STAGE which currently has branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

STAGE sponsors clothing for many Taiwanese entertainers, and the brand is often seen on Taiwanese variety shows.

Show Lo was born in Keelung City, Taiwan.

His father is Han Taiwanese and his mother is Amis of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples.

He is an only child, and his parents held multiple odd jobs to support the family when he was growing up.

They primarily put up entertainment shows for grassroots events such as weddings, in which his father hosted and his mother sang.

Show participated in these entertainment shows as a child, playing the drums onstage when he was just three.

Show is nicknamed Xiao Zhu (Little Pig) because he was really chubby when he was young, weighing over 100 kilogram.

He was bullied by his classmates for his weight, which made him determined to slim down.

During the summer break of his first year in middle school, Show swam and played basketball everyday, shedding weight and reaching 80 kilogram within two months.

Show picked up street dance when he was in middle school and was a member of a street dance group, participating in many dancing competitions in Taiwan.

He auditioned successfully for Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, but was only enrolled there for one school term as his family was unable to afford the school fees.

He returned to Keelung and enrolled in Pei De high school's media production course.

His 2010 舞法舞天 (Dance without Limits) World Tour ran for two-and-a-half years, visiting forty-two cities and attracting 600,000 spectators.

The song clinched 5th place in Japan's Oricon daily charts on its first day of release and remained at 10th place in the Oricon weekly charts, making him the first Taiwanese male singer to place on the chart.

Besides his singing career, Show Lo is a successful television host and entertainer.

Lo is fluent in Japanese and released his first Japanese single EP Dante in 2012.

In 2013, Lo was handpicked by director Stephen Chow to play the guest role of Prince Important in the movie Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, which broke Chinese box office records.

Chow cast Lo again in a supporting role, Octopus, in his 2016 movie The Mermaid, likening his comedic talent onscreen to a formidable explosive.

The movie once again broke existing Chinese box office records.

In 2017, he won the Best Host for a Variety Show Award in the 52nd Golden Bell Awards for 100% Entertainment, with co-host Linda Chien.

He is also recognized as a member of the cast for the popular Chinese reality show, Go Fighting!, and as a judge on China's Produce 101 and Street Dance of China.

Show Lo was nominated thrice for Best Male Actor in the Golden Bell Awards.

He has over 50 million followers on Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo as of June 2018.

As of May 2018, he has gone on four world tours.