Hung....(the goof from American Idol)
 

Who needs "American Idol"? William Hung doesn't — he already has a recording contract.

The singer, who became a fan favorite — but not a judges' favorite — during open auditions for the Fox series with his spirited version of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs," has signed a deal with Fuse Music Network and Koch Records.

His debut album, tentatively titled "The True Idol," is scheduled for release April 6, it was announced Monday.

It will contain "She Bangs," along with another Martin hit, "Shake Your Bon Bon," and a cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man," which Hung sang recently on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

And for those of you hankering for more Hung, the disc will include a 40-minute DVD with behind-the-scenes footage from his studio recording sessions and fan questions and answers.

"He may not be the next American Idol, but he is definitely a star and inspiration to everyone who sings in the shower," said Marc Juris, president of Fuse, which will exclusively air his "She Bangs" video.

Koch Records general manager Alan Grunblatt was even more effusive: "He is the new Elvis!"

Hung, a 21-year-old Hong Kong native and civil engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley, has inspired fan clubs and Web sites that sing his praises.

Meanwhile, back at "American Idol," eight of the 12 finalists have been chosen. The remaining four will be announced this week when "wild card" singers — those who didn't get enough votes the first time — come back for a second chance.

Link:
http://entertainment.msn.com/music/a...px?news=151939

wow... he's getting his 15 minutes and then some...

Just goes to show ya ANYONE can become famous.

True...true. You just have to be either good enough...or bad enough.

Very true, you just need an audience that is dumb enough.

I think he's pretty darn great at being himself.

As his success is demonstrating, this is such a rare quality these days, it makes him seem very unusual, fascinating, and even quite unique.

True. As I watch the making of the Kanye West video, it seems that everyone on tv is out to either outdo someone else, or buy enough of something to fit into the genre they represent. In this case it seems to be cars, crystal, bitches and bling. Oh well.

i feel sorry for him. he's only famous because he sucks at singing and either doesn't know or doesn't care.

i suck. i wish i could be famous.

That makes me fuckin' sick.

The record company is using him to make money. They know everyone will buy his CD either as a gag or to support him. But in all truthfulness most of the money will go to other people and four years from now Hung will be just another handicap person that got taken advantage of. People are fuckin' sick. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to get all the attention he is getting but he doesn't need to be making an album. He doesn't have the mental strength to understand what's goin' on and no one in Hollywood will ever tell him the truth. That's fuckin' wrong... very fuckin' wrong.

Uh, I don't think he's handicapped at all but then again I don't bother to follow him, or American Idol, at all either. Nonetheless....

That's what gets me about this. If he's fully aware how terrible he is and knows that people are really laughing AT him and not with him and is merely using that to his advantage, then that's cool and I'm all for that. But if, as I suspect, he doesn't grasp how terrible he is and thinks that people are really enjoying him for him rather than to boost their own egos, then I feel bad for him because people are getting pleasure at his expense and he's not even aware.

I agree with you, but I think record companies will often times "use" a group's/individual's talent (or lack thereof) for their own gain.

I wasn't aware he was handicapped. If he indeed is, then it is really sick. Is there any information on this assertion?

I think he's great. He has a great attitude and really tries hard to make people happy. And the first time I heard his She Bang's rendition, it had me and my buddys laughing and impersonating him for a week.

The whole thing just makes me upset, but mostly for him. I honestly think he belives that he is really good. If he knew he was awful, and used that in a comedic way, then whatever, people who are into that could buy his album. But he's very sincere, he thinks he's a great singer / performer, and everyone is laughing at how awful he is while he's oblivious.
Very sad, and proves just how pitiful the recording industry is becoming. It gives me more resolve to continue in my pursuit of live performance where this kind of crap never happens. :)

Is he really hanicapped?? He looks handicapped but I'm not sure if he really is, I mean he's an engeneer student...Go to his site and go to the marry me will section, I'm trying to figure out if those letters are jokes or are the people being serious

yeah, i watched the little clip they had on the site, NOT FUNNY AT ALL.

all they are doing with this guy is pretty much releasing a Japanese Karoke CD with him singing all these dumb songs. its just his little accent that makes it entertaining.

i think this is awesome.

he's getting what he wants, even if the record company is just smelling the $$$.

the guy is not handicapped. he's from china, and has been in the states like 3 years studying over at UC-Berkeley if i remember correctly.

the guy is smart as shit, knows he sucks by standards, but has said he's okay with it, because "he tried his best".

this guy has one of the best attitudes i've ever seen.

he loves to sing, knows that people find him entertaining now, and he's getting to record an album.

i think he's using the record company as much as their using him. without having been on "idol", he'd never had had this chance.

I didn't think his singing was that bad. /shrug, he just looks like a bad dork and that spreads into his whole image.

the bottom line is money. corporations don't care about the quality they produce as long as they profit.

i for one though support this guy because it gives other that aren't too talented some hope they they'll be discovered...

Amen. Oh, and I had this sig way before this thread, or before he had the recording deal.

i hope this guy doesn't quit his day job...or drop his major for this.
he'd just better know what he's doing for his own sake.

I hope his album goes platinum. Sure he has no talent but that never stopped half the bands in the top 40 :lol:

The whole AI show disgusts me. The people who win the show don't deserve record contracts. There are thousands of talented bands slaving away living on the edge of eviction writing original music just trying to get noticed and they make a show where some pretty dickhead with a pretty voice who can sing someone else's songs gets a contract with a major label. The album and tour gets promoted like crazy. In the early rounds they make a mockery of people who suck but don't know that they suck because everyone they know is too afraid to tell them so.

What the hell did they do that makes them deserve it over the bands that play every shitty club gig they can get for shit money?

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welcome to pop music

ahahha yea the luckiest man alive. I heard he has down syndrome

That's exactly why I listen to metal.

They really do need to make something like Amercian Rock Band or something similar. I for one would love to hear some new sounds from bands that have been trying so hard to earn their meal ticket.

Heh, that dude got a contract, demonstrates the moral and musical decay of the industry. He seems like a nice, passionate guy - but he can't sing, therefore he shouldn't have a contract, it is supremely unfair to the hordes of talented musicians out there, not to mention unfair to Hung himself - who is being ridiculed, not rewarded.

He's a star? HAHAHAHA. Damn....I can sing better than he can. Kinda sad that someone that bad can be made rich.

It's already in the works ...you can bet on that.

I don't watch this AI show but whith all this hoopla abouth this guy that can't sing you can sure bet that next season there will be more people making fools of themselves on purpose.

Oh...and this DICKHEAD Simon....I've met the PRICK...and he is a fucking ASSHOLE in everyday life...BIGTIME...HUGE FUCKIN EGO!

I certainly don't feel sorry for him.
I just hope the record company loses their ass on the C.D. and anyone who actually purchases it is a moron.

I would like to think that I have too much pride in myself than to sell myself out so I can be laughed at just for a little fame.

I'd hate that also. It would end up being a bunch of Linkin Park, Disturbed, and other shitty band clones. Besides, a band that makes it like that never lasts.

Artist development should stay in the local club scenes. Up close and personal music by airtists touring across the country. It worked for almost the entire 1900's. Why change it now?