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'''Xu Minghao''' (Chinese: 徐明浩; Korean: 서명호; born 7 November 1997), known by his stage name '''THE8''', also stylized as The8, is a Chinese singer, dancer and songwriter based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group [[SEVENTEEN]] under "[[Performance Team]]". In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show ''Idol Producer 2''.
 
'''Xu Minghao''' (Chinese: 徐明浩; Korean: 서명호; born 7 November 1997), known by his stage name '''THE8''', also stylized as The8, is a Chinese singer, dancer and songwriter based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group [[SEVENTEEN]] under "[[Performance Team]]". In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show ''Idol Producer 2''.
   
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== Trivia ==
 
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* '''Nickname: '''Cute King, Little Prince, Little8, Fairy, Hao, Mr.8, Xiao Ba
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* '''Family:''' Mom and dad (He’s an only child)
 
* '''Family:''' Mom and dad (He’s an only child)
 
* '''Education:'''
 
* '''Education:'''

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Template:InfoboxMember Xu Minghao (Chinese: 徐明浩; Korean: 서명호; born 7 November 1997), known by his stage name THE8, also stylized as The8, is a Chinese singer, dancer and songwriter based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group SEVENTEEN under "Performance Team". In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show Idol Producer 2.

 Profile

  • Position:
    • Lead Dancer
    • Sub Vocalist
    • Sub Rapper

Early life and education

The8 was born in Anshan, Liaoning, China on 7 November 1997. He attended Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.

Career

2008–2014: Pre-debut

He made his first appearancene on Seventeen TV in late 2014.

2015–present: Debut with Seventeen and solo activities

In 2015, The8 debuted with the South Korea boy band, Seventeen. Their first EP 17 Carat was digitally released on May 29.

After debuting with Seventeen, The8 also landed a television role in Real Class - Elementary School in 2017. On December 12, 2017, Pledis Entertainment announced that The8 would be suspending his promotional activities due to a waist injury. It was not until the release of revised album "Directors Cut" that he return to promotions.

In 2018, The8, along with his bandmate Wen Junhui, participated in the Chinese reality TV show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪). In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show Idol Producer 2.

The8 made his solo debut on 9 June 2019 with the single, "Dreams Come True". The choreography video for the single was released on Seventeen's official YouTube channel. On May 4, 2020, The8 announced the release of a second single, "Falling Down". It was released on May 8, 2020.

Filmography

 TV shows

Year Title Network Role Note
2010 Day Day Up Hunan Satellite TV Cast member
2017 Real Class - Elementary School SBS
2018 Chao Yin Zhan Ji Tencent (China) Contestant with Jun
2019 Idol Producer 2 (Qing Chun You Ni) iQiyi (China) Dance mentor
Day Day Up Hunan Satellite TV Cast member

Music shows

Year Title Network Role Note
2017 M Countdown Mnet Special MC with Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, and Jeonghan
2018 with Jun, Joshua, Vernon

Credits

= Participated

✖ = Didn't participate

SEVENTEEN Discography

Year Album Song Writing Composer Arrange
2016 Love & Letter Drift Away
Going Seventeen HIGHLIGHT
2017 Al1 My I
- My I (Chinese Ver.)
Teen, Age Without You
Flower
Campfire
2018 We Make You Highlight (Japanese ver.)
(Single) Oh My! (Chinese ver.)
2019 (Single) Home (Chinese Ver.)
An Ode 247
Network Love

 Discography as a soloist

Year Song Writing Composer Arrange
2019 Dreams Come True
2020 Falling Down

Mixtapes

Year Artist Song Writing Composer Arrange
2018 The8 Night And Rain

Discography

Chinese

Digital singles

OSTs

Mixtapes

Other releases

Trivia

  • Nickname: Cute King, Little Prince, Little8, Fairy, Hao, Mr.8, Xiao Ba, Kinghao, Thughao, King of China, Dragon8/yongpal, Eisa
  • Family: Mom and dad (He’s an only child)
  • Education:
    • Beijing International Art School (Graduated)
  • Specialty: Break dancing, Martial arts, Tumbling, B-boy
  • Hobby:  Break dancing, Martial arts, Shopping, Painting, Photography, Reading 
  • Training Period: 1 year and 5 months
  • Favorite Drinks: Milk, green tea latte, wine
  • Favorite Animals: Puppy
  • Favorite Body Parts: Eyes, hands
  • Favorite Colors: Black, White, bright colors
  • Favorite Number: 7
  • Favorite Season: Summer
  • MBTI Personality types: INFJ (Advocate)
  • He was the last member to join the group.
  • He has been practicing Chinese wushu since he was 5 years old. 
  • His role models are his parents. 
  • He is a Christian and Buddhist.  
  • He participated and won first prize at the National Children’s martial arts competition.  
  • The meaning behind his stage name is that the number 8 is a number well liked by many people in China and when the 8 is laid down, the infinite sign appears. 
  • He wanted to be a superstar since he was young. He got into an audition at school when he was in China.  
  • He did b-boying in China for 6 years.  
  • He always makes sure to eat his meals without skipping any. Even if he has to wake up at 3 AM, he would wake up 1 hour before and eat. 
  • His role model is Henry. He is Chinese and really works hard and efficient. He wants to be like him.  
  • He said he watched a lot of variety shows when he was in China and he wanted to be a superstar, so that’s why he became a singer in Korea. 
  • Between Korean food or foreign food, he prefers Chinese food. 
  • He created and is part of a group chat with other Chinese idols who work in Korea, including Jun, WayV's Kun, and Pentagon's Yanan. 

Spotify

Videos

Official Links

Gallery

Seventeen Logo gallery
To view the THE 8 gallery, click here.


References

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