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Yoga Lin (also known as James Lin, Chinese: 林宥嘉) is the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 (第一季超级星光大道), a popular reality TV singing competition in Taiwan.
Nicknamed “Yoga”, Lin was born in Pingtung, Taiwan on July 1, 1987. He is currently studying at National Tung Hwa University, majoring in Sports and Leisure Studies.
During high school, Lin was the lead singer of a rock band, and was trained under a renowned Taiwanese rock singer, Pei-An Yang (杨培安). He then joined another rock band in his university and continued to perfect his singing techniques and, experimented various music genres. Having never participated in any formal singing contest before, Lin attended the Kaohsiung audition for the first season of a famous TV singing contest in Taiwan, One Million Star.
In the competition, Lin impressed the judges with his vivid interpretation of Steel Rope Walker (走钢索的人, originally by James Li or Quan Li, 李泉). His performance was then described as “enchanting”(迷幻) by the hostess of One Million Star, Matilda Tao (陶晶莹).
Despite being only in his early twenties, Lin has proven his ability to deliver a wide variety of musical performances, and he continues to experiment with new music genres and vocal styles.
The awards he has received are as follows：
2007 Winner, One Million Star Season 1 (Taiwan)
2008 HITO FM Newcomer Award (with One Million Star Season 1 finalists) (Taiwan)
2008 Metro Broadcast Co.(新城电台) Newcomer Award, Hot Idol Award, Hot Idol Group Award (Hong Kong)
2008 Asia Song Festival Newcomer Award (Korea)
2008 Singapore Hit Award, Best Producer (Mystery) Award, Newcomer Award, Annual Popular Artist Award and Annual Chart Winner
2008 YouthBox Music Award, Best New Act, Best Album of the Year(Mystery)
Lin's solo debut album titled Mystery (神秘嘉宾) was released on June 3, 2008 in Taiwan.
