In junior high school, Xiao took part in many singing contests around Taiwan. In his second year of junior high, he took part in a national singing contest for the visually impaired, beating teachers and students from his school to come in at second place.
國中時，蕭煌奇到處參加歌唱比賽，國二參加全國視障歌唱比賽，一舉擊敗啟明學校的老師和學長，勇奪第二名。