Nelson Cheng Jia Sing

Biography

Nelson Cheng Jia Sing was born in 1989 in Hong Kong and grew up there. He has one older brother and is a Christian. He began learning taekwondo at age four and earned a black belt, then immigrated to Toronto with his family at age seven. He developed an interest in dancing from age thirteen and had his first performance experience at age fifteen. At eighteen, he sent a demo to Macau and secured a four-month singing contract at Macau lounges, which sparked his desire to pursue singing as a career. He participated in the New Talent Singing Contest Toronto Audition in 2012 and won the Popularity Award. He signed a contract with a record company in 2015 to prepare for his debut as a singer, but waited a year and a half without results. He represented Hong Kong in The Voice of China preliminary rounds in 2016. In 2019 he released two original songs, "If You're Sure" and "Meteor," and a third original song "Sympathy" in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from traveling to Asia for promotion. Before the pandemic he worked as a hairstylist and dance instructor, and launched a YouTube channel called "Nelson @1Chair1Mirror" featuring hairstyle tutorials. During the pandemic he co-founded the YouTube channel "Kidultgarten 兒童不兒" with friends, taking on on-screen and behind-the-scenes roles as producer, director, choreographer, and editor. In 2024 he participated in the short film "Delivery 交貨" produced by Jaiden Reese, which won Best Film at the Couch Film Festival in Toronto. He participated in "中年好聲音3" in 2024 but did not qualify as he was three months short of age 35. He won first place in the North American Toronto audition for "中年好聲音4" in 2025, represented Toronto in Hong Kong, and placed third overall.