Vincent Chong Ying-Cern is a Malaysian singer, internationally known by his stage name Vince, is the first reality TV star to issue from Malaysian Akademi Fantasia.
26 Facts About Vince Chong
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Vince Chong's popularity increased internationally after he teamed up with Nikki Gil and Alicia Pan to record the theme from High School Musical, Breaking Free.
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Vince Chong's father was Chong Chen Kian, of Chinese ethnic origin, and mother Susan Ann Higgs from England.
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Vince Chong has four younger siblings: Pamela, Daniel, Ian and Sean and an older sister Vanessa.
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Vince Chong started entertaining people through singing when he was a child and was involved in several church plays, singing competitions and modelling advertisements with his sister Vanessa.
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Vince Chong once performed a solo opera at the age of 14 in front of more than 2000 people.
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Vince Chong had experience in several church plays and theatre as a director and script writer.
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Not fluent in Mandarin, Vince Chong had a challenge to learn and memorise the Mandarin songs to remain in the competition.
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Week after week Vince Chong was finally crowned the winner for Akademi Fantasia's 1st season along with Khai as 1st runner up and Azizi as 2nd runner up.
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Vince Chong received an offer to do a duet with Malaysian singer Nora a song titled Dilema'03 for her greatest hits album.
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Vince Chong made his final appearance in a group when they were performed road tour in Brunei.
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Vince Chong had decided to leave Maestro Talent to be an "independent" singer by joining EMI Malaysia to kick-off his singing career.
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Vince Chong was selected as one of the artistes to have a song in Anugerah Juara Lagu.
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In 2004 and 2005 Vince Chong's fame progressed after received several awards due to his achievement and he accepted an offer to be the lead actor for Yusof Haslam's new film Sembilu 2005.
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In 2005 his second album Janji Vince Chong was released, receiving mixed reactions from fans and critics.
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The album was said to be superior in quality compared to his first album, yet it sparked controversy when Vince Chong pronounced the Arabic word Taala in his song Berkobar-bokar.
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Vince Chong had been invited frequently to perform in private function and gospel shows, was highly on demand for Christmas performances in television.
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Vince Chong represented Malaysia to sing the special Asian release edition of the hit Breaking Free, alongside Singaporean Alicia Pan and Filipino Nikki Gil.
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In 2007, Vince Chong launched his compilation album Percayalah Sayang with features both new and old songs.
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Vince Chong has accepted offer to sing Malaysian version of You Are the Music in Me and Bahasa Melayu version entitled Kau Muzik Di Hatiku alongside another fellow Malaysian talented singer Jaclyn Victor.
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Vince Chong had been given an offer to act as Eddy The Singing Frog after he successfully undergo Frogway 2007 casting.
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Recently Vince Chong is involved in composing commercial jingles for Rakan Muda which is aired as a Malaysian local television advertisement.
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Vince Chong is focusing on television production and starting his personal company InVinceAble Tunes.
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Vince Chong launched his new album with a Christmas jingle to it.
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Vince Chong's album is available for purchase at Canaan Land Bookstore in Cheras, Bandar Utama and Menara TA; and at CzipLee Bangsar.
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Vince Chong was wheeled in to help with marketing, the promo, and pushing it as much as he can.