Zhou Mi (singer)

Zhou Mi (born (1986-04-19)April 19, 1986) is a Chinese singer, actor, songwriter, presenter, MC and radio DJ based in South Korea and China. He is a member of the boy band Super Junior-M and S.M. Entertainment's project group S.M. The Ballad. In 2014, he made his solo debut with his first mini album Rewind. Aside from group activities, he also participates in various television variety shows, radio hostings and dramas.

Zhou Mi was born in Wuhan, China, and studied Broadcasting at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus. During high school, Zhou Mi entered national singing and entertainment competitions, winning many of them.

Zhou Mi made a name for himself in the Chinese entertainment scene by competing in competitions. While in contention for the final round of CCTV’s Challenging the Host, a televised national competition for aspiring MCs from all over China he received an offer from SM Entertainment and decided to go to Korea, in late 2006. Zhou Mi won the grand prize at the SM UCC Star Audition, through an online audition, and joined Super Junior-M, Super Junior's third official sub-unit

2008–13: Super Junior-M and Solo activities

Zhou Mi in 2013.

Zhou Mi debuted as the main vocalist of Super Junior-M in 2008. The group debuted in China on April 8, 2008, with the release of U", a Mandarin remake of Super Junior's 2006 single "U".

He also joined Super Junior-M with Henry Lau for the single "Santa U Are The One", taken from SMTown's eighth winter album, 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift, released on December 13, 2011.

Zhou Mi started his acting career in 2012. His first role was a main character in the idol drama When Love Walked In.The drama started filming in mid-January. The drama’s filming locations included Shenzhen (primary), Dongguan, Huizhou, and Haikou (in Hainan). Zhou Mi was cast as Li Shanglin, a character described in the drama info blast as “sweet-tempered" and "talented”.

In March 2013, Zhou Mi released a travel scrapbook titled Thai Perfect, which compiled and written by himself and published in Taiwan by China Field Publishing. Zhou Mi also appeared in a cameo role for Vincent Fang's film Rhythm of Rain. Zhou Mi portrayed a young man with a bright personality and was the first love of the female lead.

2014–present: SM The Ballad and Solo debut

In February 2014, Zhou Mi became a new member of the ballad group SM The Ballad, initially formed by SM Entertainment in 2010. Zhou Mi participated in the group's 2nd album, Breath, performing the Chinese version of "Blind".

On October 22 2014, Zhou Mi became an MC for season 4 of the SBS MTV's music program The Show with Park Ji-yeon (T-ara) and Hongbin (VIXX).

Zhou Mi debuted as a solo singer with his EP, Rewind on October 31, 2014.The title song "Rewind" was featured EXO-K's Chanyeol as rapper in Korean version and EXO-M's Tao in Chinese version. Tao also featured in a second track "Love Tonight". He also collaborated with f(x)'s Victoria in the song "Loving You". Zhou Mi wrote the Chinese lyrics for all the songs on the album. This album released in South Korea, China and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong version included a Cantonese version of "Lovesick" as a bonus track.

Zhou Mi appeared as the 'Talk MC' on the new season of fashion survival show "Fashion King - Secret Box", which premiered April 25th, 2015, a survival show starring top Korean and Chinese celebrities. The stars teamed with fashion designers and complete missions, competing with other celebrity-designer teams.

In 2015 Zhou Mi was cast in the Hunan TV drama "Best Couple" as the male lead character 'Hee Sung', who is described as a hardworking, Hitchcock-loving actor who faced hardships and rose to fame despite a poor family background. "Best Couple" is set in the modern day Korean entertainment industry. The series was announced to high anticipation as it is the first TV production project of China’s e-commerce company Alibaba.

In early 2016, It was confirmed that Zhou Mi will be continuing to host the 5th season of SBS MTV The Show with new co-MC, G-Friend's Yerin. He stepped down from his MC position on August 2 of that year, having hosted The Show for almost two years.

On July 12, Zhou Mi dropped a teaser video for the Chinese version of the pre-release track "Empty Room". The music video was released on July 14 at noon KST. On July 14, SM Entertainment announced that Zhoumi's second mini-album What's Your Number? would be released on July 19.He made his first comeback stage with What's Your Number? in SBS MTV The Show in the same day.

Extended Plays

• Rewind (2014)
• What's Your Number? (2016)

Movie

Television dramas

Variety shows

Hosting programs

Series

Non-series

Radio DJ

Competitions

Awards and nominations

Music Show Awards

SBS MTV The Show