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| image = Heroes_backstreet.png|250x194px
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| caption = Two karaoke singers are dressed in basketball jerseys reference a popular internet fad.
| caption = Two karaoke singers dressed in basketball jerseys reference a popular internet fad.
| first = [[Episode:In His Own Image|In His Own Image]] / [[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]
| first = Genesis
| wikilink = Chinese_students_lipsync
| wikilink = Back_Dorm_Boys
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'''Two young Asian men lip synch''' at a karaoke bar in [[Tokyo]].
'''Two young Asian men lip synch''' at a karaoke bar in [[Tokyo]].
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==About==
==About==
===[[Genesis]]===
===[[Genesis]]===
* As [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] sit in a karaoke bar, two young men are singing. They are dressed in red basketball jerseys and singing ''I Want It That Way'' by the Backstreet Boys. Though the singers in the bar are probably Japanese, they closely resemble in the Back Dorm Boys, two amateur Chinese students who gained moderate Internet fame with their lip synched version of ''I Want It That Way'' and other pop songs.
* As [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] sit in a karaoke bar, two young men are singing. They are dressed in red basketball jerseys and singing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. Though the singers in the bar are probably Japanese, they closely resemble in the Back Dorm Boys, two amateur Chinese students who gained moderate Internet fame with their lip synched version of "I Want It That Way" and other pop songs.
 
==Trivia==
* The Back Dorm Boys consist of Wei Wei ("the big one") and Huang Yi Xin ("the small one"). A third student, Xiao Jing ("dorm boy"), is in the background of most of the videos.
* The duo on ''Heroes'' wear Houston Rockets jerseys. One singer sports a head band and the other has a cast on his left arm.


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710473912337648 Video of the two students lip syncing] - Google Video
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710473912337648 Back Dorm Boys perform "I Want It That Way"] - Google Video
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DixeqM0_wsk ''Heroes'''s tribute to the Back Dorm Boys] - YouTube
* [http://edu.sina.com.cn/y/focus/housheboy/index.shtml Back Dorm Boys] - Official Site (Chinese)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke Karaoke] - Wikipedia
* [http://www.backstreetboys.com/soon.php Backstreet Boys] - Official Site


[[Category:References]]
[[Category:References]]

Revision as of 09:45, 21 January 2007

Back Dorm Boys

Two karaoke singers dressed in basketball jerseys reference a popular internet fad.

First reference: Genesis
"Back Dorm Boys" on Wikipedia

Two young Asian men lip synch at a karaoke bar in Tokyo.

About

Genesis

  • As Hiro and Ando sit in a karaoke bar, two young men are singing. They are dressed in red basketball jerseys and singing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. Though the singers in the bar are probably Japanese, they closely resemble in the Back Dorm Boys, two amateur Chinese students who gained moderate Internet fame with their lip synched version of "I Want It That Way" and other pop songs.

Trivia

  • The Back Dorm Boys consist of Wei Wei ("the big one") and Huang Yi Xin ("the small one"). A third student, Xiao Jing ("dorm boy"), is in the background of most of the videos.
  • The duo on Heroes wear Houston Rockets jerseys. One singer sports a head band and the other has a cast on his left arm.

External Links