Early Life. Actor, director, producer. Born April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China. When his parents moved to Australia to find new jobs, the 7-year-old Chan was left behind to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute, a Hong Kong boarding school. For the next 10 years, Chan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing, and was subjected to stringent discipline, including corporal punishment for poor performance.
It's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.But the young singer from South Wales has the entire audience on their feet following her powerful performance of I Have Nothing.t's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.
Austrian drag artist Conchita Wurst has been named the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The singer received praise for her James Bond-esque ballad âRise Like A Phoenixâ, which she sang in a golden dress surrounded by dry ice.