Chinese Idol

Chinese Idol 中国梦之声 Zhōngguó Mèng Zhī Shēng
Also known as	Zhōngguó Mèng Zhī Shēng
Genre	Reality game show
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Lin Hai & Cheng Lei
Judges	Han Hong (2013–) Huang Xiaoming (2013) Coco Lee (2013) Wang Wei-chung (2013) Adam Lambert (Guest, 2013) Vivian Hsu (2014–) Richie Jen (2014–) Guo Jingming (2014-)
Theme music composer	Julian Gingell Barry Stone Cathy Dennis
Opening theme	A Moment Like This by Shila Amzah
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin, English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	28
Production company(s)	FremantleMedia 19 Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel	DragonTV (China) (Season 1 and Season 2) Astro AEC (Malaysia) (Season 2)
Picture format	480i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV), 720p (HDTV)
Original run	May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19) – present
External links
Website

Chinese Idol (Chinese: 中国梦之声; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mèng Zhī Shēng) is a Chinese reality/singing competition program. Based on the British television series, Pop Idol, which was created by Simon Fuller and developed by FremantleMedia, Chinese Idol premiered on May 19, 2013 on DragonTV and is currently hosted by Chinese TV Hosts Lin Hai and Cheng Lei. The show is currently airing its second season.

The series, like its British and American counterparts, aims to find the best new singer in China based on viewer voting and participation. Chinese Idol employs a panel of judges to select the finalists and will then critique their performances, these include international recording artists Coco Lee and Vivian Hsu, Chinese recording artist Han Hong, Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, Taiwanese actor and singer Richie Jen, and Taiwanese producer Wang Wei-chung.

Shila Amzah was given the honor to record the Chinese Idol's theme song called A Moment Like This (Chinese Ver.) and perform at the finale of Chinese Idol.

Background

Beginning in 2004, various reality competition programs inspired by Pop Idol and its American counterpart, American Idol, were aired throughout in China. One of these programs include the female-only singing contest Super Girl, which was canceled in 2011 due to the pressure brought by the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC had criticized Super Girl for its "western"-style voting process, a feature prominently used in the Idols format.^[1][2][3] In 2012, the Shanghai Dragon Television, brought the rights from FremantleMedia to air a Chinese version after the Idols creator Simon Fuller visited the country.^[4][5] With this feat, China became the fourteenth Asian nation to air the Idols format. Chinese Idol will also be the fifth franchise to also be broadcast internationally, after Pop Idol, American Idol, Australian Idol, and Pinoy Idol.^[4] A panel consisting of four judges were hired to select the finalists and will provide opinion on their performances, which consists of international recording artist Coco Lee, Chinese recording artist Han Hong, Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming, and Taiwanese producer Wang Wei-chung.^[6]

Season 1 Auditions

Auditions for the first season were held from December 2012 to April 2013 in 42 cities across China and continued in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Vancouver,^[4][7] making it the fifth nation to hold auditions outside its mainland, following American Idol (which previously held auditions in Puerto Rico), Nouvelle Star (which previously held auditions in Quebec), Australian Idol (which previously had held auditions in London) and Hay Superstar (which previously had held auditions in New York and Los Angeles).

Season 1 Finalists

Season 2 Finalists

Season 1 Ratings

The data determined by CSM.

References

External links

• Official website