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Zheng's enthusiasm with stage performance comes from his mother, who is a Beijing Opera actress.[citation needed] He was inspired by the musical Cats, and therefore decided to pursue a career in musical theater. He joined the Beijing Songlei Theatre Ensemble after graduation. His notable stage roles include the Chinese adaptations of Jekyll/Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde (musical), Quixote/Cervantes in Man of La Mancha, Stacee in Rock of Ages (musical), and Michael in Murder Ballad. Zheng has earned the title of "Prince of Musicals".[2][3][4][5]
In August 2018, he won the Chinese Musical Academy Award for Best Male Actor.[citation needed] In November the same year, he participated in the singing competition reality show Super-Vocal and became well-known as one of the six final winners.[6] He also appeared in the singing contest show Singer 2019 as a member of the Super-Vocal finalist group alongside Ayanga, Cai Chengyu and Ju Hongchuan.[7]
In March 2019, Zheng was recruited by Disney to sing the Mandarin version of the theme song "Baby Mine" for the fantasy adventure film Dumbo.[8] In August, Zheng acted in a stage play, The Poetic Age, for the first time, and was awarded the Best New Talent in Lead Roles of the 30th Shanghai Magnolia Stage Awards.[9][10] And since 2019, he has performed various leading roles in stage plays, including Emperor Guangxu in Deling and Cixi (2019 co-production of Tianjin People's Art Theatre and Hong Kong Repertory Theatre), and Eben Cabot in Desire Under the Elms (2021 production of Beijing People's Art Theatre).[11][12]
Names in Bold indicate the winning singer, while Italics indicate the runner-up singer. Singers are listed based on their original season appearances, returning singers (who participated in seasons 5 or 8) are not repeated.
Singers participated in groups are listed in parentheses. Initial singers first listed in order of official announcement, followed by Substitute/Challenge Singers in order of appearance.