Singer Fei Xiang Donates Chest Hair

How much value can a strand of hair command? At least NT$21,400 if it comes from the chest of Taiwanese singer Fei Xiang (Kris Philips).
The 1.9m tall singer gamely allowed Dee Hsu, better known as Xiao S, the wacky half of the duo hosting a popular Taiwanese talk show, to snip off a strand of his body hair.
“I don’t think there is any problem at all removing a strand of my chest hair for charity. To help the victims, you can ask for as many strands as you want,” he told her on the show, Mr Con And Ms Hsi, early this week.
The hair was then placed inside a glass tube. It was put on the eBay auction website on Monday evening with the price starting at NT$1. Within 24 hours, the bidding price had risen to NT$3,250 with 25 bidders. By yesterday, it had increased to NT$21,400 with 59 bidders. Bidding will end next Thursday.
It was certainly a unique way of helping the victims of the tsunami disaster. Fei Xiang has recently refused to answer the media’s incessant enquiries about his sexuality. He said his sexuality is something private and he did not want to discuss that. He has recently released an album of Broadway numbers in conjunction with the Chinese theme song for the movie “Phantom of the Opera”. After enjoying relative success in Asia in the 80s, he uprooted and spent a few years in Broadway, laid low in Asia, and then had a “resurrection” of sorts a couple of years ago.