Yoga Lin

Yoga Lin Youjia (born July 1, 1987) is a Taiwanese singer.

He was the winner of One Million Star, Season 1, a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan during his study at National Dong Hwa University.

During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai (蔡政霖).

However, show producers persuaded him to maintain his composure and regain his determination, attaining five rounds of perfect scores (20 & above) continuously after that – an unbeatable record up to now.

After winning first place in Season One, he was signed by HIM International Music along with three fellow contestants, Judy Chou (周定緯), Peter Pan (潘裕文) and Stanly Hsu (許仁杰).

They were dubbed the "Four Princes of Superstar Avenue" (星光四少).

In the first season finale (broadcast live and nationwide) of One Million Star on July 6, 2007, Lin performed a bold and challenging rendition of Radiohead's classic hit, Creep and he used the opportunity to declare his attitude towards music.

A perfect score of 25 was unanimously given by all five professional judges to acknowledge his sincere and stylish interpretation of the song.

Along with that, another perfect-scored performance of Eason Chan's Last Order determined him as the winner in the first season of One Million Star.

After the show, One Million Star, Lin signed a six-year contract with HIM International Music, and released two compilation albums and the soundtrack of TV series Bull Fighting (鬥牛,要不要).

In the meanwhile, he participated in many live performances as well as TV commercial shootings.

Some of his many endorsements includes the SYM MIO Scooters and a Science Fair held by National Science Council in Taiwan.

Recently, he endorsed the Hi-Chew Candy and the HeySong FIN Sports Drink in Taiwan.

In September 2007, Lin performed in Hong Kong with label mate, Tank for several live performances.

Later that year, in November and December, he went again to Hong Kong and, Singapore and Malaysia for a promotional tour.

In May–June 2008, Lin set another record in Taiwan for being the youngest singer, with a yet-to-be released debut album to hold a solo concert tour in three major cities of Taiwan.

Before the release of his debut album titled Mystery Guest in Taiwan on June 3, 2009, Lin has released two compilation albums and an Idol Drama soundtrack.

He ended his Yoga's Trick Concert Tour in Hong Kong and Singapore in early 2009 and released his second album, Senses Around on October 30, 2009.

This record would hold until 張心傑, in the fourth season (from 2009/03/06 to 2009/03/20) scored 24, 22, 23, 23, 22, totaling up 114.

Lin also earned great recognition for his abilities to perform a wide range of music genres, being able to infuse his own touch into songs as well as his unique taste in song selections.

His third studio album, Perfect Life, was released on May 6, 2011.

His fourth studio album, Fiction, was released on June 22, 2012.

He released his Jazz live performance compilation album JAZZ CHANNEL on February 5, 2013.

In June 2013, Lin and the Chinese singer Gloria Tang ( G.E.M.) had an open relationship and they both traveled together in Germany and Austria.

On August 13, 2014, he briefly left the music scene and officially enlisted in the military.

In February 2014, the two had since broke up.

In May 2014, Lin and fellow singer Kiki Ting's relationship was officially made public.

On July 22, 2015, Lin officially discharged from the army.

On January 7, 2017, Lin and Ting officially registered their marriage; on June 26, the two held a wedding banquet in Taipei.

His concert IDOL took place from December 29–30, 2018.

During high school, Lin was the lead singer of a rock band, and was trained under a renowned Taiwanese rock singer, Roger Yang.

He then joined another rock band in his university and continued to perfect his singing techniques and, experimented various music genres.

Having never participated in any formal singing contest before, Lin attended the Kaohsiung audition for the first season of One Million Star, a televised singing competition in Taiwan.

On August 3, 2018, Ting gave birth to a son, whose nickname is Kubi.

On the evening of March 27, 2020, Lin announced that Ting gave birth to their second child and their daughter's name was Pippi.

In the competition, Lin impressed the judges with his vivid interpretation of Steel Rope Walker (走鋼索的人, originally by James Li or Quan Li, 李泉).

His performance was then described as "enchanting"(迷幻) by the hostess of One Million Star, Matilda Tao (陶晶瑩), for both his distinctive, dreamy vocals and his facial expressions.

He was also complimented for the consistently good performances.

Lin earned "perfect scores" (scoring 20 and above) cumulatively for over five weeks and a grand total of nine "perfect scores" on different occasions.

His last five performances, which would count as a final result in the final match, accumulated, 17, 23, 23, 23, 25 points, which adds up to 111.