超級星光大道 (第二屆 One Million Star is a Taiwanese television singing competition similar
to American Idol. Here is a video of one of the contestants, Lin Yu Chun (林育羣), singing “Amazing Grace.”
Though he has an adult speaking voice, he is a counter-tenor. He was born in 1986 in Taiwan and uses
an alternate stage name of “Jimmy Lin.”
Two sites which discuss the counter-tenor singing style are presented below. The inclusion of these sites does not imply endorsement of all their statements. Counter-tenors are often natural
baritones or basses who have the ability to sing in a falsetto voice which
sounds natural though there are men whose natural voice is in the countertenor range. The countertenor part is believed to have been
developed during the Renaissance in reaction to the prohibition on women taking part in church choirs,
taking the place once occupied by the castrati.
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