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The Back Dorm Boys is a Chinese duo who gained fame 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. They are apparently producing a drama, according to their official blog. They are featured in one Mainland China sitcom, or drama, called Nonstop (青春进行时).
References
- 2 Chinese boys, The Associated Press http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/152096#
- China 'net stars not just for geeks, Sam Flemmings blog http://www.samflemming.com/2005/11/china-net-stars-not-just-for-geeks.html
- China's Internet Media Awards Ceremony, china.org.cn http://www.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/196567.htm
- Out of the dorm, economist.com http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6776404
- Lip-synching Duo Look Beyond YouTube Fame, by china.org.cn http://www.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/192439.htm
- A Decade of Internet Superstars: Where Are They Now?, PC World. Retrieved on April 22, 2014 http://www.pcworld.com/article/151803/internet_superstars.html
- Coleman, Beth (August 29, 2006). "Back Dorm Boys interview". Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208120649/http://www.projectgoodluck.com/blog/2006/08/back-dorm-boys-interview.php. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- Some videos are given an episode number, whereas others are not.
