Super Boy (TV series)

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Super Boy or Happy Boy (simplified Chinese: 快乐男声; traditional Chinese: 快樂男聲; pinyin: Kuàilè Nánshēng; literally "Happy Boys") was a Chinese singing contest for male contestants. It was organized by Hunan Satellite Television in 2007, as a spin-off of its popular Super Girl series. It's a talent show which aims at uncovering talented tomorrow new male stars.

Super Boy
Logo
Also known asHappy Boys
快乐男声
Kuàilè Nánshēng
GenreInteractive reality game show
Created byLiao Ke
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons3
Production
Production locationsChangsha, Hunan (2)
Chengdu, Sichuan (2)
Guangzhou, Guangdong (2)
Jinan, Shandong (2)
Nanjing, Jiangsu (2)
Xi'an, Shaanxi (2)
Numbers indicate the season(s) in which a competition was held there.
Original release
NetworkHunan Satellite Television
ReleaseMay 25, 2007 (2007-05-25) –
2013 (2013)
Related
Super Girl
Blossoming Flowers

Outline

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Partly inspired by the many spinoffs of the UK show Pop Idol, the competition was open to any male contestant regardless of his origin, appearance, or how he sings. The restricted audition sessions drew contestants over the age of 18.[1] Many applicants travelled long distances to take part in the competition hoping to become the next pop star in China and elsewhere.

Following the selection of contestants in the six regions, the competition began with the preliminary rounds. Preliminaries were held in each of the six locations where auditions were located. Television viewers were able to watch each of the preliminaries and vote for their favorite singers. Voting was conducted by telephone and text messaging.

The regional preliminaries are followed by a weekly broadcast knockout competition held in Changsha, Hunan province. Viewers call in to vote for their favourite singers, and the weakest two—as voted by the judges and the audience's weekly SMS— face-off subsequently in a PK, short for Player Kill. The term is derived from kill-or-be-killed multiplayer online games.[2] The singer with the fewest votes is then eliminated. Unlike Pop Idol, the last event is contested between the final three, rather than the final two contestants.

Unlike American Idol, judges for the competition were selected from different backgrounds in society. A few dozen "audience judges" were selected in addition to several professional judges.

Democratic expression

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One of the main factors contributing to the show's popularity was that viewers are able to participate in the judging process by sending text messages with their mobile phones to vote for their favorite contestants. This was, according to Jim Yardley of International Herald Tribune, considered as one of the largest "democratic" voting exercises in mainland China.[3]

Reaction

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The contest selected many stars like Chen Chusheng, Jason Zhang, Chen Xiang, Vision Wei, Hua Chenyu and so on. It gives the young boys, who love music, the way to achieve dreams. But it also caused some criticism. Some people think it contributes to the atmosphere of daydream of becoming stars. Many young people change their attention from study to music and singing, without considering whether they have this gift. In sum, it once became a fashion.

Season summary

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Season Premiere Date Champion 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner-up Final's Contestants
2007 快乐男声 25 May 2007 Chen Chusheng (陈楚生) Allen Su Xing (苏醒) Vision Wei (魏晨)
  1. Chen Chusheng (陈楚生)
  2. Allen Su Xing (苏醒)
  3. Vision Wei (魏晨)
  4. Jason Zhang (张杰)
  5. Jeffrey G Ji Jie (吉杰)
  6. Ham Yu Haoming (俞灏明)
  7. Ahu Wang Yuexin (王栎鑫)
  8. Amguulan (阿穆隆)
  9. Bird Zhang Yuan (张远)
  10. Reno Wang Zhenglian (王铮亮)
  11. Yao Zhen (姚政)
  12. Guo Biao (郭彪)
  13. Lu Hu (陆虎)
2010 快乐男声 2 June 2010 Well Li Wei (李炜) Liu Xin (刘心) Philip Lau / Wuyi (武艺)
  1. Well Li Wei (李炜)
  2. Liu Xin (刘心)
  3. Philip Lau / Wuyi (武艺)
  4. Jaki Tan Jiexi (谭杰希)
  5. Sean Chen Xiang (陈翔)
  6. Li Hangliang (李行亮)
  7. King Wang Ye (王野)
  8. 8090
    Zhang Jianbo (张建波)
  9. Wu Junyu (吴俊余)
  10. Umut (玉米提·帕日哈提)
  11. Delay
  12. Zhao Fan (赵帆)
2013 快乐男声 29 June 2013 Hua Chenyu (华晨宇) Oho Ou (欧豪) Bai Jugang (白举纲)
  1. Hua Chenyu (华晨宇)
  2. Oho Ou (欧豪)
  3. Bai Jugang (白举纲)
  4. Ning Huanyu (宁桓宇)
  5. Yu Tian (于湉)
  6. Fan Shiqi & Ju Laiti (范世琦、居来提)
  7. Zhang Yangyang (张阳阳)
  8. Rao Wei (饶威)
  9. Zuo Li (左立)
  10. Jia Shengqiang (贾盛强)
  11. Alan Yu (于朦胧)

2007 season

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The first season of Super Boy aired from May 25 to July 20, 2007. Although the winners of the competition were not promised recording contracts, the top three winners signed such deals.

Qualifications

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Region 1st place 2nd place
Contestant Votes Contestant Votes
Changsha Lu Hu
陆虎
63510 Zhou Luoming
周路明
27820
Nanjing Ji Jie
吉杰
80247 Zhang Yuan
张远
73854
Chengdu Jason Zhang
张杰
157755 Vision Wei
魏晨
36967
Jinan Yao Zheng
姚政
49115 King 19875
Guangzhou Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
72083 Yu Haoming
俞灏明
46385
Xi'an Su Xing
苏醒
65814 Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
53713

Final contest

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Final Contest
No. 18 → 13 13 → 11 11 → 9 9 → 7 7 → 6 6 → 5 5 → 4 4 → 3 3 → 2 2 → 1
1 Su Xing
苏醒
Zhang Jie
张杰
Yu Haoming
俞灏明
Su Xing
苏醒
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Wei Chen
魏晨
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
2 Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
Wei Chen
魏晨
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Zhang Jie
张杰
Su Xing
苏醒
Zhang Jie
张杰
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Wei Chen
魏晨
Su Xing
苏醒
Su Xing
苏醒
3 Guo Bia
郭彪
Wang Zhenglian
王铮亮
Wei Chen
魏晨
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Zhang Jie
张杰
Su Xing
苏醒
Su Xing
苏醒
Su Xing
苏醒
Wei Chen
魏晨
4 Yu Haoming
俞灏明
Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Amguulan
阿穆隆
Yu Haoming
俞灏明
Wei Chen
魏晨
Wei Chen
魏晨
Zhang Jie
张杰
Zhang Jie
张杰
5 Lu Hu
陆虎
Su Xing
苏醒
Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
Wei Chen
魏晨
Yu Haoming
俞灏明
Ji Jie
吉杰
Ji Jie
吉杰
6 Zhang Jie
张杰
Yao Zhen
姚政
Zhang Jie
张杰
Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
Ji Jie
吉杰
Yu Haoming
俞灏明
7 Yao Zhen
姚政
Ji Jie
吉杰
Ji Jie
吉杰
Ji Jie
吉杰
Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
8 Amguulan
阿穆隆
Yu Haoming
俞灏明
Zhang Yuan
张远
Amguulan
阿穆隆
9 Chen Chusheng
陈楚生
Wang Yuexin
王栎鑫
Su Xing
苏醒
Zhang Yuan
张远
10 Wei Chen
魏晨
Zhang Yuan
张远
Wang Zhenglian
王铮亮
11 Wang Zhenglian
王铮亮
Amguulan
阿穆隆
Yao Zhen
姚政
12 Zhang Yuan
张远
Guo Bia
郭彪
13 Ji Jie
吉杰
Lu Hu
陆虎
  Champion
  Challenges succeed to switch rank
  Eliminated

Final Contestants

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  • Chen Chusheng (陈楚生) - Champion
  • Su Xing (苏醒) - 2nd place
  • Vision Wei (魏晨) - 3rd place
  • Jason Zhang (张杰) - 4th place
  • Ji Jie (吉杰) - 5th place
  • Yu Haoming (俞灏明) - 6th place
  • Wang Yuexin (王栎鑫) - 7th place
  • Amguulan (阿穆隆) - 8th place
  • Zhang Yuan (张远) - 9th place
  • Wang Zhenglian (王铮亮) - 10th place
  • Yao Zhen (姚政) - 11th place
  • Guo Biao (郭彪) - 12 place
  • Lu Hu (陆虎) - 13th place

2010 season

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Final Contest Semi-final
No. 12+1 > 10+1A
Jul 8
12+1 > 10+1B
Jul 15
10+1 > 8+1
Jul 22
8+1 > 7+1
Jul 29
7+1 > 7
Aug 6
7 > 6
Aug 13
6 > 5
Aug 20
5 > 4
Aug 27
4 > 3
Sep 3
3 > 1
Sep 10
No. Rank 13-23
1 Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Li Wei
李炜
Li Hangliang
李行亮
Li Wei
李炜
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Li Wei
李炜
Li Wei
李炜
13 Wang Keqi
王柯淇
2 Wu Junyu
吴俊余
Wang Ye
王野
Liu Xin
刘心
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Li Hangliang
李行亮
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Li Wei
李炜
Liu Xin
刘心
Wuyi
武艺
Liu Xin
刘心
Zhao Lei
赵雷
3 Liu Xin
刘心
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Li Hangliang
李行亮
Li Wei
李炜
Wuyi
武艺
Wuyi
武艺
Li Wei
李炜
Liu Xin
刘心
Wuyi
武艺
Jiang Chao
姜潮
4 Chen Xiang
陈翔
Wuyi
武艺
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Chen Xiang
陈翔
Wang Ye
王野
Li Wei
李炜
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Wuyi
武艺
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Jiang Xuchang
姜续昌
5 Li Hangliang
李行亮
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Wuyi
武艺
Wang Ye
王野
Tan Jiexi
谭杰希
Liu Xin
刘心
Liu Xin
刘心
Chen Xiang
陈翔
17 Deng Rubi
邓入比
6 Li Wei
李炜
Wu Junyu
吴俊余
Li Wei
李炜
Liu Xin
刘心
Liu Xin
刘心
Li Hangliang
李行亮
Li Hangliang
李行亮
18 Wang Jinlin
王矜霖
7 Umut
玉米提·帕日哈提
Umut
玉米提·帕日哈提
Zhang Jianbo
张建波
Wuyi
武艺
Wuyi
武艺
Wang Ye
王野
19 Chen Xiao
陈骁
8 Wuyi
武艺
Li Hangliang
李行亮
Wang Ye
王野
Zhang Jianbo
张建波
8090 20 Hou Zhibin
侯志斌
9 Wang Ye
王野Delay
Liu Xin
刘心
Wu Junyu
吴俊余
8090 21 Ma Limiao
冯立淼
10 Zhao Fan
赵帆
Zhang Jianbo
张建波
Umut
玉米提·帕日哈提
22 Fan Bo
樊博
11 Zhang Jianbo
张建波
Delay 8090 23 Wang Sihui
汪思辉
12 Delay Zhao Fan
赵帆
13 8090 8090  
 
  Champion
  Weekly cover boy
  Eliminated
  Special contestants

Final contestants

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  • 06. Well Li Wei (李炜) - Fuzhou Area - 1st place - Champion
  • 09. Liu Xin (刘心) - Changsha Area - 2nd place
  • 02. Philip [Wuyi] (武艺) - Changsha Area - 3rd place
  • 11. Jaki Tan Jiexi (谭杰希) - Guangzhou Area - 4th place
  • 12. Chen Xiang (陈翔) - Chengdu Area - 5th place
  • 04. Li Hangliang (李行亮) - Guangzhou Area - 6th place
  • 03. King Wang Ye (王野) - Shenyang Area - 7th place
  • 13. 8090 - Kuai Le Tian Tuan - 8th place
  • 10. Zhang Jianbo (张建波) - Hefei Area - 8th place
  • 07. Wu Junyu (吴俊余) - Chengdu Area - 9th place
  • 05. Umut 玉米提·帕日哈提 - Changsha Area - 10th place
  • 01. Delay - Chengdu Area - 11th place
  • 08. Zhao Fan (赵帆) - Chengdu Area - 12 place

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Strict rules set to rein in China's reality TV talent contest". chinadaily.com.cn. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
  2. ^ Gordon, Kim Hunter (March 2007). "Player killer TV". Eurobiz. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  3. ^ Yardley, Jim (2005-09-04). "An unlikely pop icon worries China". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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