Reality TV Figure William Hung

A 21-year-old Asian aspiring performer named William Hung found brief celebrity on the show American Idol in 2006.

Young Mr. Hung had a most unusual appeal. He was sort of an Asian nebbish, had strange hair and acted rather like Pee Wee Herman in that he seemed a sort of child-man. This engineering student took time off from his studies to sing and dance with an earnestness matched only by a Hollywood Elvis impersonator who calls himself Thai Elvis.

Hung emigrated from Hong Kong to Los Angeles when he was a boy.