Super Girl (TV series)

Super Girl
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Also known asSuper Voice Girls
超级女声 (2004-2006)
Chāojí Nǚshēng
快乐女声 (2009-2011)
Kuàilè Nǚshēng
GenreInteractive reality game show
Created byLiao Ke
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons5
Production
Production locationsChangsha, Hunan (1–5)
Chengdu, Sichuan (1–5)
Guangzhou, Guangdong(2–5)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang (2–5)
Nanjing, Jiangsu (1,4)
Shenyang, Liaoning (3–5)
Wuhan, Hubei (1,4)
Xi'an, Shaanxi (5)
Zhengzhou, Henan (2–4)
Numbers indicate the season(s) in which a competition was held there.
Original release
NetworkHunan Satellite Television
ReleaseMay 6, 2004 (2004-05-06) –
September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)
Related
Super Boy
Blossoming Flowers
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Super Girl or Super Voice Girls (simplified Chinese: 超级女声; traditional Chinese: 超級女聲; pinyin: Chāojí Nǚshēng; literally: "Super Female Voice", as it is homonym with "Super girl") was a Chinese singing contest for female contestants, organized by Hunan Satellite Television between 2004 and 2006. The show's official name was Mengniu Yoghurt Super Girl Contest until 2009; later it was known as BBK Music Phone Super Girl Contest, after the company that sponsored the series. It was generally described as the unofficial mainland Chinese version of the global television franchise Pop Idol (2001) and became one of the most popular entertainment shows in the country. Despite Super Girl's major popularity and success, the show was heavily criticised by Liu Zhongde, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He essentially claimed Super Girl was poison for the youth.[1]

The program was relaunched in 2009. The Chinese title was changed to Happy Girls (快乐女声; 快樂女聲; Kuàilè Nǚshēng) though the official English title remains unchanged as Super Girl. In 2011, the Chinese government banned Super Girl from airing, claiming the program to be too long. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) told the Hunan station that Super Girl broke time rules for this kind of show. They should be no more than 90 minutes long, but episodes of Super Girl can last more than three hours.[2] More than 2.5 billion people watched the show.

Huanan announced a third incarnation of the show on October 30, 2015.[3][4] Auditions for the series closed on April 16, 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "CPPCC: Exterminate the Super Girls". Danwei.org. 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ "China takes popular TV talent show Super Girl off air". BBC News. 2011-09-19.
  3. ^ "芒果TV公布2016年计划 《超级女声》启动(图)". chinanews.com (in Chinese). China News Service. October 30, 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "China's "Super Girl" Singing Contest to Be Relaunched". CRIEnglish.com. Xinhua. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ "2016超女海选正式收官 全国300强将出炉". 163.com. NetEase. April 15, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.