Introduction
Jarrell Huang Jun Rong (Chinese: 黃俊融; born 14 October 2000) is a Singaporean singer, actor and songwriter.
Personal life
Huang was a student of Maha Bodhi School and Chung Cheng High School.
Career
Huang made his television debut on May 2007 in the first season of Singapore's game show The Sheng Siong Show during the singing competition segment, in which he won. Huang appeared as a guest performer again on December 8, 2018 and hosts Dasmond Koh and Kym Ng even acknowledged his previous appearances.
Huang made his first drama role in the 2009's drama Together, starting on episode 31 under the role of Lin Yixin. That drama met with universal acclaim and was named that year's Star Awards for Best Drama Serial in 2010.
In 2011, Huang became an overnight sensation when he finished ninth place on the eighth season of the Taiwanese reality talent show Chinese Million Star. At just 11 years old, he was the youngest contestant ever to make it as a Top 10 finalist.
In December 2014, he released his debut Mandarin EP, Little Prince's Adventure, distributed by Taiwan's Seed Music.
In December 15, 2017, he took part in the second edition of Sound of My Dream, but was however unable to advance to the advisors round. His episode was ran on Channel U on March 10, 2019.
In 2018, he took part and won in the first season of the Chinese singing reality competition SPOP Sing! organised by Mediacorp.
In 2020, Huang and The Celebrity Agency (TCA) artiste JJ Neo, co-wrote a song titled The Light and launched by Mediacorp on 21 February 2020, in a bid to rally Singaporeans and cheer on frontline officers amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Performances
Chinese Million Star performance list
Jarrell Huang's performance list for Chinese Million Star
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| Episode | Broadcast Date | Theme | Song Title | Original Singer | Score | Remarks | |
| 1 | 3 July 2011 | Auditions (part 1) | "我可以" | Evan Yo | 5 | Based on judge's votes | |
| 3 | 17 July 2011 | Battle Rounds 1 | "我是一隻小小鳥" | Della Ding | 25 | Won battle against Fan Renjie (24) | |
| 5 | 31 July 2011 | Duet Rounds | "I Believe I Can Fly" | R. Kelly | 17 | Duet with Andy Szu (17) | |
| 6 | 7 August 2011 | Three-way Battles | "說了再見" | Jay Chou | 13 | Lost battle to Chiam Zhiwei (14) and Huang Jie (19) Saved by judge's decision | |
| 7 | 14 August 2011 | Classics | "聽海" | A-Mei | 22 | ||
| 8 | 21 August 2011 | Liu Chia-Chang's Challenge | "敲敲門" | Fong Fei-fei | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 September 2011 | Theme Showdown | "Baby" | Justin Bieber | 23 | Won battle against Sharon Kwan (22) Part of Losing Team (145 vs 156), Non-elimination round | |
| 11 | 11 September 2011 | Own Story songs | "我期待" | Chang Yu-sheng | 25 | ||
| 12 | 18 September 2011 | Fresh Makeover songs | "陽光宅男" | Jay Chou | 20 | ||
| 13 | 25 September 2011 | Time Travel songs | "夢醒時分" | Sarah Chen | 23 | ||
| 14 | 2 October 2011 | Dance songs | "不可能錯過你" | Wang Leehom | 20 | ||
| 15 | 9 October 2011 | Campus Folk songs | "野百合也有春天" | Michelle Pan | 17 | Saved by judge's decision | |
| 16 | 16 October 2011 | Tribute to Chi Yuen Chan | "給我感覺" | A-Mei | 19 | ||
| 17 | 23 October 2011 | Lo Ta-yu's Challenge | "童年" | Sylvia Chang | 17 | Saved by judge's decision | |
| 18 | 30 October 2011 | Music Drama | "我相信" | Yang Pei-An | 27 | Duet with Jieying Tha | |
| 19 | 6 November 2011 | Alumni's duet | "少年" | Gary Chaw Michael Wong |
22 | Duet with Jin Wen Tseng | |
| 20 | 13 November 2011 | Challenger's Battle Round 1 | "天高地厚" | Shin | 25 | Lost battle to Huang Yanxin (30) Saved by judge's decision | |
| 21 | 20 November 2011 | Challenger's Battle Round 2 | "世界唯一的你" | Gary Chaw | 20 | Lost battle to Eugene Wen (24) Eliminated by judge's decision | |
SPOP Sing! performance list
Jarrell Huang's performance list for Chinese Million Star
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| Broadcast Date | Stage | Part | Song Title | Original Singer | Score | Remarks | |
| 29 June 2018 | Auditions | "假装不了" | Derrick Hoh | N/A | Taped on 16 June 2018 | ||
| 24 September 2018 | Quarter-Finals | "明知道" | Mavis Hee | 79 | First aired on Toggle on 21 September 2018 Advanced by judge's choice | ||
| 28 October 2018 | Semi-Finals | Duet Round | "让全世界起舞" | Roy Li | 8.30 | First aired on Toggle on 26 October 2018 Duet performance along with Shermaine Saw and Ally Teo Won judge's bonus in Round 1 2nd Place in overall score (8.69) | |
| Solo Round | "不潮不用花钱" | JJ Lin | N/A | ||||
| 4 November 2018 | Grand Finals | Opening solo | "代替" | Jim Lim | 89.75 | Celebrity duet with Desmond Ng Final round decided by Public Vote | |
| Celebrity's duet | "逞强" | The Freshman | 92 | ||||
| Judge's rendition | "我不难过" | Stephanie Sun | 90.75 | ||||
| Winner's song | "听说爱情回来过" | Sandy Lam | N/A | ||||
| Winner's encore | "逆风飞翔" | Hsiao Huang-chi | |||||