Yau entered a DJ competition in May 1999 for a Vancouver Chinese radio station CHMB AM 1320 (華僑之聲) and placed fourth.
He was set to host a weekly late night music program in September 1999.
Yau entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2000 (新秀歌唱大賽溫哥華選拔賽2000) organized by Fairchild Television,[1] and was garnered first runner-up with the songs Palm (掌心) by No Name Brand (無印良品) and Con te partirò by Andrea Bocelli.
In December 2009, Yau announced on his Twitter account that he is no longer affiliated with Fairchild TV.
He later studied Classical Voice at Vancouver Community College under the instruction of Bruce Pullan.