Early Life
Pan was born and raised in West Virginia, United States and moved to Taiwan at the age of seven. He attended Dominican International School and Taipei American School and graduated in 1999. He also attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (aka Cal Poly Pomona) in the United States, but left before graduating to pursue an entertainment career.
In 1999, Pan took part in singing contest "BBC Star" while he was an intern at the Broadcasting Corporation of China and sang the song "Can't Wait" by Steve Seungjun Yoo and Yuki Hsu in the finals. He later went on to take part in NMG/BMG Los Angeles Singing Competition where he sang Alex To's song "You Are Spoiled (把你寵坏)" and won "Best Image Award". His performance at the singing competition caught the attention of Andy Lau's manager and he was invited to an audition in Hong Kong for the position of Channel V's program host.
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