August 16, 2006

Jay Chou, Mayday, Vivian Hsu, Jolin Tsai To Perform At MTV Mandarin Awards

By News Desk

Jay Chou, Mayday, Vivian Hsu, Nicholas Teo, Jolin Tsai, TANK, TWINS and Cyndi Wang have joined the biggest names in Mando-pop scene as live performers at the MTV Mandarin Awards @ Taiwan to take place at Taipei Chung-Shan Football Stadium on September 2 in Taipei.

Jay Chou is known for his innovative musical style mixing Mando-pop with Western Hip Hop/ R&B and lyrics that resonates and touches millions of young Asian fans. The multiple winning of Favourite Artist Taiwan at MTV Asia Awards over the last few years is a strong proof of his popularity and his followers will be rewarded with a debut live performance of new single extracting out from his upcoming album at the MTV Mandarin Awards @ Taiwan.

Taiwan homegrown rock sensation Mayday, who has just finished their audience record breaking world tour, is sure to receive a rapturous welcome by their frenetic fans set to be in the 30000 strong live audience. The pretty Vivian Hsu is not only a face of good look. Besides her modeling, acting and singing carrier, her lyric-writing talent gained serious notice when she completed several hits songs for Jay Chou. Vivian's musical work covers a great range of genres including love ballads, R&B, hard rock, and J-pop; when combine with her language skills, the versatile artist is guaranteed to set the stage alight with her soulful performance. Malaysia born karaoke prince Nicolas Teo kicked off his career as singer after his winning of a talent contest in 2002. His great voice and easy-singing songs will be warmly welcomed by the live audience on 2 September.

Eye-candy pop queen Jolin Tsai is always ready to treat fans with her ever changing image. With her recent winning of the prestigious Style Award and a sexy performance of the popular rendition of "Dancing Diva" at the MTV Asia Awards 2006, Jolin has ascertained herself as Taiwan's best dancing queen.

TANK has broke through into the mainstream of Mando-pop scene with his debut album "Fighting, The Law of Living" and is promised to be the next big thing after David Tao, Wang Leehom and Jay Chou with his talents in composing songs, singing and dancing. Hong Kong born pop duo TWINS has become hugely popular with hit singles staying at the top of various pop charts for weeks. Crowned as Favourite Artist Hong Kong at this year's MTV Asia Awards, the girls are hailed as one of the most favorite Mando-pop artists and continue to take Greater China's music scene by storm. Cyndi Wang has not only released five top selling albums, she is also making a great deal of effort to boost her acting career and starred in several popular drama series. By appearing at the concert, Cyndi will wow her fans with her singing talent and the dancing skills she gained from her advance studies in Japan at the Taipei Chung-Shan Football Stadium.

Jay Chou, Mayday, Vivian Hsu, Nicholas Teo, Jolin Tsai, TANK, TWINS and Cyndi Wang join A*Mei, F.I.R., Fish Leong, JJ Lin, Show Lo, Machi, Nan Quan Mama, Wilber Pan, S.H.E., w-inds., Michael Wong, Kenji Wu and Rannie Yan as performers at the concert -- which promise to be the biggest outdoor musical event in Taipei to date.

MTV viewers can win themselves an all-expense-paid trip to Taiwan to experience the MTV Mandarin Awards @ Taiwan. Grab you chance by visiting MTV's websites www.mtvasia.com (in Singapore and Malaysia) or http://hk.mtvchina.com (in Hong Kong) between 2 August to 29 August 2006, answer one simple question and get yourself ready for the spectacular show in Taipei. You can also visit www.goto-taiwan.net for more information on how to get free tickets to the show.

Filmed before a live audience of over 30000 music fans, the show will premiere on MTV Mandarin on 9 September and will be broadcast on MTV SAM and MTV China 24-Hrs Channel on 23 September.

Taiwan Tourism Bureau (TTB) is the proud presenting sponsor of the MTV Mandarin Awards @ Taiwan in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and is supporting the event for the first time.