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Anthony Neely (born May 20, 1986) is an American-Taiwanese singer and actor. His father is of Euro-American descent and his mother is Taiwanese. In 2009, Neely participated in Taiwanese singing competition ''
One Million Star ''One Million Star'' () is a television singing competition in Taiwan broadcast on China Television (CTV). It debuted on 5 January 2007, filling the 10pm to midnight time slot on Friday evenings. The show is hosted by Tao Ching-Ying (陶晶瑩) ...
'' (Season 5) as a PK (Player Kill) challenger. His performances created sensations after receiving full marks of 25 points on three occasions, and also being the first in the reality show's history to score a record 33 out of 25 points.


Early years

Neely double-majored in
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
and
theatre studies Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also enco ...
at the
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(UCSD). He is
bilingual Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolin ...
in English and
Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...
. Neely grew up in the
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in a small suburb,
Millbrae, California Millbrae is a city located in northern San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County, California, United States. To the northeast is San Francisco International Airport; San Bruno, California, San Bruno is to the northwest, and Burlingame, Cal ...
. He graduated from Burlingame High School in 2004.


Career

Neely performed
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's "You Are My Eyes" (你是我的眼) during his first performance in
One Million Star ''One Million Star'' () is a television singing competition in Taiwan broadcast on China Television (CTV). It debuted on 5 January 2007, filling the 10pm to midnight time slot on Friday evenings. The show is hosted by Tao Ching-Ying (陶晶瑩) ...
. He said that he did not really understand the meaning behind the lyrics of the song, but was touched by the melody and performed it according to his own feelings. One of the judges of the competition,
Phil Chang Phil Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Yí, born 30 April 1967) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. Education and career By the time he graduated from Feng Chia University in financial services, he was already known ...
, was greatly touched by the performance, and praised Neely's rendition for "having a different style from the original singer." Among his many performances during the singing competition, one stood out: an acoustic version of
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’s "The Blower's Daughter". Host Matilda Tao then announced to the judges that if the given five points were not enough, they could raise up one hand to represent one point or stand up to represent ten points. Judge Kay Huang stood up, while judges
Phil Chang Phil Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Yí, born 30 April 1967) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. Education and career By the time he graduated from Feng Chia University in financial services, he was already known ...
and Roger raised both hands and one hand respectively, giving Neely a total of 33 marks out of the original 25 points any contestant can get.


Personal life

Neely's mother is from
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. His maternal grandparents are from
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, China. In September 2014, Neely revealed that he had married in 2010 and that his wife, Vivi Li, had given birth to a daughter the year after. The news was revealed in a YouTube video titled "Anthony Neely's True Confession", which was uploaded to his personal YouTube profile on his daughter's third birthday. Over one year after he admitted to infidelity, he and his wife were officially divorced in March 2018. In March 2022, Neely revealed that he married his mistress, Kris Kuan 5 years after cheating on his then-wife with her.


Discography


Studio albums

*'' Lesson One'' (2010) *'' Wake Up'' (2012) *''
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'' (2013)


Singles


Theatre


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neely, Anthony 1986 births Living people American male actors of Chinese descent American male actors of Taiwanese descent American musicians of Chinese descent American musicians of Taiwanese descent People from Millbrae, California One Million Star contestants Taiwanese male singer-songwriters Taiwanese singer-songwriters 21st-century Taiwanese male singers 21st-century Taiwanese singers 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese male stage actors Taiwanese people of American descent American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors 21st-century American male actors 21st-century American musicians 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from California