{"id":24341,"date":"2025-12-30T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24341"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:00:57","slug":"a-great-honour-touring-with-jacky-cheung-campus-superstar-alum-marcus-lee-reflects-on-backup-singer-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24341","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A great honour\u2019 touring with Jacky Cheung: Campus SuperStar alum Marcus Lee reflects on backup singer journey"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you had watched the second season of Mediacorp singing competition<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Campus SuperStar\u00a0back in 2007, you might remember Marcus Lee Jun Wei as the second runner-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the competition, the then-15-year-old went on to pursue his music dreams, fronting local indie pop-rock band Exdee and later participating in Chinese reality singing show\u00a0Sing! China\u00a0three times, though he was eliminated at the blind audition stage on each occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June 2023, the singer-songwriter reached a major milestone in his career when he joined Heavenly King\u00a0Jacky Cheung\u2019s\u00a060+ Concert Tour\u00a0as a backing vocalist, performing in more than 300 shows over the course of the tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, Lee, 33, reflected on his time on the tour, sharing that this chapter of his career is drawing to a close as the concert series approaches its conclusion in January 2026 in Hong Kong, following a two-and-a-half-year run.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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