Jill Vidal

Jill Vidal
Background information
Chinese name 衛詩 (traditional)
Jyutping wai6 si1 (Cantonese)
Origin Hong Kong
Born (1982-04-13) 13 April 1982[1]
Hong Kong
Other name(s) Wei Si
Occupation Singer
Genre(s) Cantopop, Contemporary R&B, urban pop, Urban Contemporary
Instrument(s) Singing
Label(s) A Music
Years active 2006–2009
Ancestry Chinese, Filipino, Korean
Website www.amusic.com.hk

Jill M. Vidal, often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Chinese, Korean, and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality.[1] Her twin sister Janice Vidal is also a singer in Hong Kong.


Biography

Born into an extremely wealthy family, Vidal is of mixed parentage with a Filipino and Spanish descent father, Joey Vidal,[2] who has ancestry in Cebu, Philippines and a mother of Korean and Chinese descent from Seoul, Korea.

Vidal is also known by the Chinese name Wei Si. She was educated up to secondary school, and speaks English and basic Cantonese.

She gained prominence with campaigns in Hong Kong aimed at stopping youngsters from using drugs.[3]

Music career

After dropping out of school in 2005, Vidal's father provided her and her sister with a contract to East Asia Record Production. She released her first song, Lonely, in December 2005.

Being celebrity role models Vidal and Kelvin Kwan took part in Anti-drug promotions in 2006 and 2008.[4]

Controversy

Arrest

Vidal and her singer boyfriend Kelvin Kwan were arrested in Tokyo on 24 February 2009 over allegations of marijuana possession. Police were summoned when the pair were caught shoplifting in the district of Shibuya and marijuana was subsequently found in a cigarette in their possession. Kwan confessed to the police that it had been given to him by a friend in Hong Kong, while Vidal said that she was not aware it was marijuana.[5] Urine tests later returned positive results for marijuana for Kelvin Kwan;[6] police allegedly found another banned substance in the pair's luggage.[7] Kwan was released without charge after 32 days in jail.[8] Later, local journals reported that Vidal was being held due to heroin being more extreme that marijuana – the unnamed banned substance previously reported to have been found in her luggage was heroin of her own simple possession weighing of 1.36 grams.[9]

On 24 April, Vidal pleaded guilty in Tokyo court to heroin possession, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, suspended for three years. She was deported back to Hong Kong and did not serve prison time[10][11][12]

Discography

Year Album Title Released Date
2006 Hit Me 13 April
2006 Diamond Love 21 November
2008 Jillympics (新曲+精選) 8 August

Filmography

Release Date Title Chinese Title Role
2006, Nov A Melody Looking 緣邀之音Jill

Awards

Year Awards Songs
2006 Metro Radio Top Dance Song:Bronze Funny Jealousy
2006 Commercial Radio New Artist:Silver Heart Breaker, Get Out, Funny Jealousy, 可可,Lonely
2006 TVB New Artist:Bronze

References

  1. 1 2 "關楚耀衛詩游日本藏大麻被捕 目前仍被扣留(圖)" (in Traditional Chinese). Sina.com. sina.com.tw. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ↑ A Media (2009). Press conference regarding Jill Vidal's Arrest (TV). Hong Kong: Now TV.
  3. ↑ Mohit Joshi (24 April 2009). "Hong Kong pop star gets suspended jail term for heroin possession".
  4. ↑ Chinanews.com.cn. "Chinanews.com.cn." 關楚耀衛詩情侶關係曝光 日媒揭其晚晚同房. Retrieved on 14 May 2009.(in Chinese)
  5. ↑ Nickkita Lau (4 March 2009). "Pot idols on Tokyo rap". The Standard. Hong Kong. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  6. ↑ Patsy Moy (16 March 2009). "Pop stars stay in prison as urine shows drug use". The Standard. Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  7. ↑ Nickkita Lau (17 March 2009). "Fresh twist in pot stars' Tokyo saga". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  8. ↑ Patsy Moy, Drug rap Wei Si in Tokyo jail as Kwan flies home, The Standard, 30 March 2009
  9. ↑ "Prison break as Wei Si admits heroin charge". The Standard. 24 April 2009.
  10. ↑ "Prison relief as Wei Si admits heroin possession". The Standard. 24 April 2009.
  11. ↑ "HK singer returns after 2-month detention". Asia One News. 28 Apr 2009.
  12. ↑ "衛詩藏海洛英被日本法院判入獄兩年緩刑三年". HK ATV. 24 Apr 2009.
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