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| Birth Name: | Xu Minghao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1997 11, df=yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Anshan, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alias: | Myeong-ho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xu Minghao (; Korean: 서명호; born 7 November 1997), known professionally as The8, is a Chinese singer and dancer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Seventeen and its subunit Performance Team. In 2019, he had his official solo debut and served as one of the two dance mentors in the Chinese survival show Youth With You.
The8 was born in Haicheng, Liaoning, China on 7 November 1997. He attended Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.[1]
In 2008, The8 appeared on the Chinese program CCTV Variety Show. Later on, he appeared on the Chinese program Day Day Up. In 2012, The8 participated in the 6th Shanghai World Dance Competition held from 27 to 30 April. He placed in the top 8. This is how he earned his nickname.[2]
He made his first appearance on Seventeen TV in late 2014.[3] The8 debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen with their first extended play 17 Carat on 29 May 2015.[4] After debuting with Seventeen, The8 also landed a television role in Real Class - Elementary School in 2017. On 12 December 2017, Pledis Entertainment announced that The8 would be suspending his promotional activities due to a waist injury.[5] It was not until the release of Seventeen's special album Directors Cut that he returned to promotions.
In 2018, The8 participated in the Chinese reality television show Chao Yin Zhan Ji alongside bandmate Wen Junhui. In 2019, he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show Youth With You.[6] [7] The8 made his solo debut on 9 June 2019 with the single "Dreams Come True".[8] On 4 May 2020, The8 announced the release of a second single, "Falling Down". It was released on 8 May 2020.[9]
On 8 April 2021, The8 announced the release of his third single "Side by Side". It was released on April 13, 2021 in both Chinese and Korean.[10] On 4 May 2021, The8 released a single called "Mom's Missed Call" along with bandmate Wen Junhui. All copyright proceeds will be donated to help children left behind in China. The single is a part of the Dandelion Philanthropy Music Project for the Chinese Children’s Charity Association. On 18 March 2022, The8 released the Chinese single "Hai Cheng" (海城).[11]
See main article: Seventeen discography.
| Title | Details | |
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| "Night and Rain" |
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| "Dreams Come True" |
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| "Falling Down" |
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| "Side By Side" |
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| "Hai Cheng" (海城) |
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| "A Bite of Summer" (嘗一口夏天) |
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| Title | Year | Album | |
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| "Brothers for One Time"[12] | 2019 | Seven Days OST | |
| "Maze"[13] | 2020 | Chinese version OST | |
| "Hide" (藏)[14] | 2021 | Who is the Murderer (谁是凶手) OST |
Released on the Chinese digital music platforms QQ Music, KuGou Music and Kuwo Music unless otherwise specified.
| Year | Title | Role | |
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| 2010 | Day Day Up | Cast member | |
| 2017 | Real Class - Elementary School | ||
| 2018 | Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音戰紀) | ||
| 2019 | Youth With You | Dance mentor | |
| 2021 | Dancing Millennium | Cast member | |
| 2023 | All-Star Street Dancing Show | Cast member | |
| Youth Periplous Season 4 | Cast member | ||
| 2024 | Youth Periplous Season 5 | Cast member |
All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.[16]
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Lyrics | Music | |||
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| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||||
| 2016 | Seventeen | Highlight | Going Seventeen | |||||
| 2017 | My I | Al1 | ||||||
| Without You (모자를 눌러 쓰고) | Teen, Age | |||||||
| Flower | l | |||||||
| Campfire (캠프파이어) | ||||||||
| 2018 | The8 | Night and Rain | ||||||
| Seventeen | Oh My! (怎麼辦) | |||||||
| 2019 | The8 | Dreams Come True | ||||||
| Seventeen | 247 | An Ode | ||||||
| Network Love | ||||||||
| 2020 | The8 | Falling Down | ||||||
| Seventeen | Hey Buddy | Semicolon | ||||||
| 2021 | The8 | Side By Side | ||||||
| Seventeen | Wave | Your Choice | ||||||
| 2022 | The8 | Hai Cheng | ||||||
| 2024 | Seventeen | Spell | 17 Is Right Here | , Dino | ||||