In his third year of junior high, Xiao entered a folk song competition with more than 1,500 competitors and made it into the top ten amongst current idols like Wang Lee Hom and Chang Chen-yue.
國三參加民歌比賽，參賽者超過 1,500 人，包括當今偶像歌手王力宏、張震嶽等人，蕭煌奇擠進前 10 名。