Feng Timo, originally named Feng Yanan, is a Chinese singer, internet personality and network anchor from Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China. In 2017 she was named one of the "Top 10 Influential Big V's of Sina Weibo". As of October 2018, Feng Timo has over 17.5 million followers on her live room on the live-streaming site Douyu. She also has over 8.4 million followers on Sina Weibo.
Career
Career as an anchor and a singer
In 2014, Feng Timo graduated from Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus and began her career as a college teacher at ChongqingVocational School in Wanzhou, Chongqing. In September 2014, she launched her career as a network anchor. In September 2016, Timo covered Tanya Chua's song "Don't Trouble Me". In December that year, she sang the theme song "You Don't Understand Me" for the film Suddenly Seventeen. She released her first single, "The Food is Junjie", in June 2017. In November, she appeared in a concert of "League of Legends" with Chen Yifa and A Leng. In December, she sang the theme song "The Return of the Exes" for the film . In February 2018, her single "The Buddha Girl" was released, and soon it became the hottest song on QQ Music. In September 2018, her single "Blowing the Sea Breeze" was released. In November 2018, her single "Heart-shaped Universe" was released as an interlude song of television series Ever Night. On December 31, 2018, Feng appeared on the grand ceremony of Mask Singer. Feng is the 10th most popular Chinese-language singer of the year 2018. Feng has appeared on the variety showMake Progress Every Day, and served as a judge on 2018 Miss Chongqing. In February 2019, Feng appeared on the Nasdaq Screen on the Times Square, New York City, US. She also became a "Live+Performance" promotion ambassador of China Performance Guild.
Public welfare
In May 2018, Feng worked as Chongqing Communist Youth League Promotion Ambassador. In July 2018, Feng took part in activity "Persistence under High Temperature" of Douyu, and worked with traffic polices; In August, she took part in the 9th Qinling Panda Tourism Festival and Benefit Concert; In September, she worked as the Tourism Promotion Ambassador of Hechuan District, Chongqing. In January 2019, Feng took part in the open day of Wuhan Police Barrack. Feng Timo's Public Welfare Station was founded in January 2019.
Controversy
In May 2018, Taiwanese media reported that Timo had concealed her marriage. Her studio later issued a statement that the rumor was false. Wang, an accountant in Zhenjiang, rewarded many network anchors with 9.3 million yuan by embezzling public funds since April 2016, including 1.6 million yuan awarded to Feng Timo. Feng Timo promised to return the money she received from Wang. In February 2018, Feng Timo played a song without authorization when broadcasting. As the result, Douyu company compensated 2000 yuan for the copyright.
