Kornchid Boonsathipakdee or Gao Qingchen (Thai: กรชิต บุญสถิต์ภักดี; simplified Chinese: 高卿尘; traditional Chinese: 高卿塵; pinyin: Gāo Qīngchén, born 11 July 1999), more commonly known as Nine (Thai: นาย) is a Thai Chinese artist. He made his acting debut in 2019 as Mongkol 'Kit' Intochar in the second season of 2 Moons. He is the fifth member of the former multi-national Chinese boy group INTO1 that debuted from the reality survival show Produce Camp 2021.[2][3]
Life and career
2019–2020: Acting debut and main host of Foodie Guide TH
Nine made his acting debut in 2019 with the role of Mongkol 'Kit' Intochar in the second season of 2Moons: The Series.[4]
2021: Produce Camp 2021 (CHUANG 2021)
On 11 January 2021, it was confirmed that Nine would participate in the Chinese survival show Produce Camp 2021, under Insight Entertainment.[5]
In the Audition Stage, Nine introduced himself with his Chinese Name "Gao Qingchen" and nickname "Xiao Jiu". Along with Patrick, they performed 'Me and My Broken Heart'.[6] At the extra round, he was also asked to perform a song, and he sang 'Happiness.' [7]
In the First Stage, Nine chose to perform the song Yummy.[8]
During the Second Stage Performance, Nine joined the group who would sing You Better Not Think About Me[9]'. After the performance, the group also performed Unbreakable Love[10]' at the behest of the judges and his groupmates Yu Gengyin. Their group lost by a slim margin but Nine won the MVP in their group and also won the Super MVP with Liu Zhang 'AK'.[10]
On the Third Stage, he performed the opening stage with the other Super MVP and his team. The song they performed was ‘Happy’. Nine chose to join the Push No. 5 for Cute Input Method group.[11]
At the Debut Night Stage, Nine chose to perform 'Sun'[12]&‘We Are The Youth’.[13]