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Who Admires William Hong's accomplishments?
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on 2007-01-11 10:30:34 |
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ok, we all know that William Hong was funny as Hell in the American Idol, but all in all, do you somewhat admire his courage and actual attempt to do something about what he wants to achieve? He's now basically well known now so NYAH!! Anyways, what do you think of his singing ability? I think hilarious, confidential and uplifting of emotion. Y'know, like if you're sad, listen to him sing and start feeling happy type of feeling. XD  |
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on 2007-01-11 11:45:40 |
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Not everybody has the courage for doing what he did... I admire him for that... lol She bangs!!! she bangs!!!... HAHAHAHAHA HEHEHEHEHE roflmao. Awesome!!!   |
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HAHA! Agreed. Will's really something else! I ended up, "WTF.. *rotflmao*", the first time I saw the MTV. |
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on 2007-01-12 10:42:33 |
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his courage is one of a kind. XD I love his gestures when he sang that song. XD |
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on 2007-01-13 13:35:40 |
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Well i do admire his courage...because if i Knew i`m bad..i doubt i would go to a contest like that...but he is courageous...and i do admire that! Woot Woot for William! |
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| I admire his accomplishments... very entertaining stuff |
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on 2007-01-18 10:54:47 |
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While a civil engineering student at University of California, Berkeley, Hung was inspired to audition for the third season of the reality talent search program American Idol in San Francisco during September 2003 after winning a talent contest at his dormitory. The President of the Hall Association and the Publicity Director at the Clark Kerr dormitory invited Hung to sing during meetings and events, including an end-of-semester auction. American Idol producers never told him that his audition would be broadcasted, and he only found out about it when it aired four months later. His was the final audition on the January 27, 2004 installation, the coup de grâce of an hour-long episode that showcased other would-be pop stars, mostly lacking in talent. "Um, I really like music. It is very good. I want to make music my living." This was Hung's statement before he started singing Ricky Martin's "She Bangs!". As judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul tried to hold back their laughter, judge Simon Cowell dismissed Hung's performance outright: "You can't sing, you can't dance, so what do you want me to say?" Hung defended himself, stating, "Um, I already gave my best, and I have no regrets at all." Jackson and Abdul applauded his positive response, and Abdul said, "That's the best attitude yet." Hung's response to Cowell's criticism was in stark contrast to earlier contestants' often angry, confrontational rejoinders. Hung also remarked, "And you know, I have no professional training of singing and dancing," eliciting a response of mock surprise from Simon Cowell, saying, "No? Well this is the surprise of the century." Hung was not admitted to the next round. Hung rapidly gained a cult following around the world. A William Hung fan site, set up by realtor Don Chin and his wife Laura, recorded over four million hits within its first week. Hung subsequently appeared as a guest on a number of television programs including Jimmy Kimmel, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment Tonight, The Late Show With David Letterman, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Howard Stern Radio Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dateline NBC, Arrested Development and CBS's The Early Show. He was also featured in numerous magazines and newspapers nationwide and parodied on Saturday Night Live and Celebrity Deathmatch. He was reportedly invited to perform at the MTV Asia Awards held in mid-February. Remixes of his performance topped song request lists at a few radio stations. An online petition to get Hung back on the show claimed more than 100,000 signatures by late February. Hung was brought back to American Idol as part of a mid-season special titled Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented, which aired March 1, 2004. The special documented what it was like to go through the audition process and, in Hung's case, emerge as an inadvertent celebrity. There is a degree of irony in the situation, as Hung has become more prominent in the public eye and modern culture than most other previous American Idol contestants. His unconventional looks, good attitude, and eagerness gained him many fans. Hung was offered a record deal from Koch Entertainment and a surprise $25,000 check from the Fuse music channel on February 18 after reprising his rendition of "She Bangs" at a volleyball game at University of California, Berkeley. On March 8, Koch Entertainment announced that Hung had decided to sign the record deal he was offered in February. Hung's first single, a cover of The Village People's "YMCA," debuted on March 19. Hung's debut album, Inspiration, recorded over the weekend of March 6, was released on April 6 and includes covers of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" and "Shake Your Bon Bon" and Elton John's "Rocket Man," as well as a 40-minute DVD documenting the making of the album called A Day in the Life of William Hung. The album has sold 195,000 copies. To promote his album, Hung performed before nearly 20,000 fans during half-time at a Golden State Warriors game on April 6. Several of his songs reached the top 10 on Apple's iTunes charts, and his album reached #3 on Amazon.com's sales rankings. With the release of his album, Fuse also aired a half-hour special called Idol Worship: The William Hung Story, featuring Hung in his first music video, another rendition of "She Bangs". Hung released a Christmas album, Hung for the Holidays, on October 19, 2004. Hung's third album, Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung, was released July 12, 2005 and sold poorly, showing that his "15 minutes of fame" were coming to an end. Hung has appeared in commercials for the search engine Ask.com, as well as the mobile phone service provider Cingular Wireless. His first movie, a HK$10 million (US$2 million) Hong Kong period comedy called My Crazy Mother (2004), was released in January 2005. Hung played a good-natured village kid who sells Chinese pancakes to pay his mother's medical bills. The character gets discovered as a singer, and helps a woman protect her business from her jealous and scheming older sister. In this film Hung played opposite veteran Hong Kong actress Nancy Sit and parodied his own American Idol performance with the song Siu Beng (Cantonese)/Shao Bing(Mandarin) (Chinese Pancake), a deliberate allusion to the title of his American Idol audition song, She Bangs. Hung was also the subject of a documentary called William Hung: Hangin' with Hung, an hour and a half long film documenting Hung's sudden rise in fame. In February 2006, Hung played himself in an episode of the television series Arrested Development, as part of the fictional band "William Hung and his Hung Jury", the house band of the show "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold". He has also made a cameo appearance on The George Lopez Show. ((Courtesy of Wikipedia)) As you can see, William Hung was REALLY THAT INFLUENCIAL in the public view. Crazy, adn that's why I admire his stand point as a crappy, yet brave singer. XD |
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No talent at all. But his influence and courage far outweighs his lack of talent. She bangs, she bangs, oh baby oh she moves, she moves, I go crazy.....
OMG!!! THERE IS A SOS BRIGADE AT THE RP SECTION!!!!
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on 2007-01-20 00:37:21
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i like his songs ^____^ it's funny!  |
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