
Armless piano player Liu Wei won the China's Got Talent final in Shanghai on October 10.
The 23-year-old Beijinger moved audiences with his performance of You're Beautiful—singing and using only his toes to play the piano.
"At least I have a pair of perfect legs," he told judges in the nationally televised show.
Liu lost his arms at 10 in an electrical accident. He won two gold medals at the National Swimming Championship for the Disabled in 2002. After giving up swimming due to physical problems, though, he began his music studies at 19, and taught himself to play the piano with his toes.
At the awards ceremony, Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai invited Liu to be a guest performer on her world tour. He will also perform in Las Vegas for three months and may receive a performance contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music Entertainment.
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