# 12 year old Taiwanese boy that sings just like Whitney Houston - Amazing performance! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400 "2010-04-08T13:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/1 "2010-04-08T13:07:37Z")
[Video here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-tOsM6F4Y&feature=player_embedded) He’d be great on Karaoke night! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/2 "2010-04-08T13:59:20Z")
I knew the other thread needed a better title. 🙂 [Suboy?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558822) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/3 "2010-04-08T14:02:59Z")
Correction…he sings the way Whitney _used_ to sound. Before she swapped her pipes for a crack pipe. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/4 "2010-04-08T14:38:35Z")
Wow he did a great job. I wonder if his voice has changed yet. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/5 "2010-04-08T14:45:55Z")
12? [This](http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/lin-yu-chun-i-will-always-love-you-and-amazing-grace-video-2602273.html) and [this](http://www.celebriday.com/2010/04/08/lin-yu-chun-singing-whitney-houston-video/) article state his age as 24. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/6 "2010-04-08T14:55:26Z")
Wow. It was hard to imagine hearing that voice coming from that person…but there it was! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/7 "2010-04-08T15:43:32Z")
Out of curiosity, is this guy more appealing to ladies because of his voice? Guys, is Susan Boyle more attractive after knowing she has a singing talent? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/8 "2010-04-08T15:55:17Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Guys, is Susan Boyle more attractive after knowing she has a singing talent? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/9 "2010-04-08T22:39:17Z")
This video made me happier. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/10 "2010-04-08T22:40:05Z")
Get this young man an American citizenship, bring him over, and get him on this year’s American Idol. He’s better than all of this year’s people combined. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/11 "2010-04-08T22:57:42Z")
Damn you **astro** you could have let us know that it was that horrible horrible song. I’ll now have it in my brain for a week. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/12 "2010-04-09T01:00:49Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Out of curiosity, is this guy more appealing to ladies because of his voice? Guys, is Susan Boyle more attractive after knowing she has a singing talent? My experience is that it doesn’t work well for countertenors, but tenors and baritones seem to get a lot more love. Countertenors usually seem to only benefit from the fame angle. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/13 "2010-04-09T23:48:05Z")
Amazing! I love that these people come out of nowhere with such huge talents! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-taiwanese-boy-that-sings-just-like-whitney-houston-amazing-performance/535400/14 "2010-04-10T00:04:54Z")
And just in time, too – Wayne Newton can finally retire now! 😃