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Back Dorm Boys | |||||||
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| Born | |||||||
| Occupation(s) | Lip sync artists, singers | ||||||
| Years active | 2005–2011 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 後舍男生 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 后舍男生 | ||||||
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| Musical career | |||||||
| Also known as | Back Dormitory Boys Two Chinese Boys Asian Backstreet Boys Chinese Backstreet Boys Two Chinese Boys | ||||||
| Origin | Guangzhou, China | ||||||
| Genres | Mandopop | ||||||
| Members | Wei Wei Huang Yixin | ||||||
| Website | Official Site | ||||||
The Back Dorm Boys were a Chinese duo who gained fame in 2005 for their lip sync videos to songs by the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars. Their videos, captured on a low quality web cam in their college dorm room, have been viewed by Internet users within China and around the world. Many of their videos can be seen on YouTube, giving them YouTube fame. The two, Wei Wei (simplified Chinese: 韦炜; traditional Chinese: 韋煒; pinyin: Wéi Wěi) and Huang Yixin (simplified Chinese: 黄艺馨; traditional Chinese: 黃藝馨; pinyin: Huáng Yìxīn), were sculpture majors at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (simplified Chinese: 广州美术学院; traditional Chinese: 廣州美術學院; pinyin: Gǔangzhōu Měishù Xuéyuàn).
The Dormitory Boys, a blog of note on Blogger, which some believe is not maintained by the Back Dorm Boys, but written by a ghostwriter, took requests, asking fans to recommend a song they should lip sync to. In January 2006, a poll was conducted from songs picked from 427 requests received 2005, December. The Black Eyed Peas' song "My Humps" won the poll, but the Back Dorm Boys lip synced to the song "Don't Lie" by the Black Eyed Peas instead, which was a huge hit on YouTube as well as their host country.
The Back Dorm Boys have produced and starred in various dramas and films, including a Chinese sitcom-drama called Nonstop and a comedy film, Almost Perfect (2008).