Armless Pianist Wins 'China's Got Talent'
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24-year-old Liu Wei, the armless musician who stunned the world this August, by playing the piano with his feet for the audition of 'China's Got Talent', is back in the limelight - This time, for winning the inaugural season of the show.
The talented youngster, who wowed the judges with his rendition of James Blunt's 'You are beautiful', was pitted against 7-year old standup comedian, Zhang Fengx at the finals, held at the Shangai Stadium, on Sunday night.
Unlike the winners in the USA and Britain, Liu is not guaranteed a music contract. However, he did get invited to join Taiwanese artist Jolin Tsai, to perform on her world tour, which includes a three-month stint in Las Vegas.
The win, brings the young man who lost both his arms in a childhood accident, one step closer to realizing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Besides being wowed by his talent, the judges were also very impressed by his positive attitude, which can be summed up by this one sentence - 'At least I have a pair of perfect legs' - He sure does!
Sources: independent.co.uk, kpth.com
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genius1326about 10 yearscool
wildizyabout 10 yearsi couldnt understand what they were saying but it was beutiful!- Anonymousover 10 yearsamazing
- Kasiaover 10 yearsDont be sad for him be happy for him :)
nikukyuover 10 yearsWow! I can barley play with my fingers!- k.over 10 yearshe can play that with his TOES whaaaaaaaat
- poshgirlalmost 11 yearsI want to cry
rainbowunicornover 11 yearsthat is awesome, the video is all in chinese though
felicisowlabout 10 yearsIt is awesome! Uh.. the video is in Chinese because the talented pianist (Liu Wei) is from China and the show is "CHINA'S GOT TALENT"... No offense :)
- 13691215182124lalmost 12 yearsawesome
- PandaLuvr101almost 12 yearsi love this song!