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Happy Camp (variety Show)
''Happy Camp'' was a Chinese variety show produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. The series debuted on 7 July 1997, and was off air on 25 September 2021. From 2006 until its conclusion, the show was hosted by He Jiong, Li Weijia, Xie Na, Du Haitao and Wu Xin, collectively known as the Happy Family. As a group, they also produced music albums and films throughout the show’s run. A flagship show of Hunan TV, ''Happy Camp'' was also one of China's most popular shows, consistently achieving record high ratings, with a minimum active viewership of tens of millions. The show aired every Saturday, featuring celebrity guests and hosts engaging in a variety of activities, including performances, games, interviews, and parodies. Format Each episode aired weekly feature several popular celebrities as guest stars. Sometimes other regional celebrities from Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are invited. The Happy Camp stage gives many celebrities the opportun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety Show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian era stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. While the format is still widespread in some parts of the world, such as in the United Kingdom with the '' Royal Variety Performance'', the Philippines with ''Eat Bulaga!'' and '' It's Showtime'', and South Korea with '' Running Man'', the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes have affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence has still had a major effect on late night television whose late-night talk shows and NBC's vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Liyang (singer)
Jeno Liu Liyang (, born October 24, 1982) is a Chinese singer, DJ, producer, and actress. Jeno first gained popularity in the third season (2006) of the Chinese singing contest '' Super Girl'' (Chinese: 超级女声; ''Super Voice Girl''), in which she was awarded champion for the Guangzhou district and second runner-up in the finals. She refers to her fans as 'Li Zi' (Chinese: 栗子; English: Chestnut), derived from her middle name 'Li' (力). Biography Jeno Liu was born on October 24, 1982, in Beijing, China. Jeno graduated from Luton University in England with a degree in Advertising and Marketing. She is bilingual in Mandarin and English. Jeno first came to prominence after an appearance in the third season (2006) of the Chinese singing contest '' Super Girl'' (Chinese: 超级女声; ''Super Voice Girl''). She became champion for the Guangzhou district and second runner-up in the finals. She calls her fans 'Li Zi' (Chinese: 栗子; English: Chestnut), derived from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Weiwei
Tan Weiwei (; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of '' Super Girl'' (), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated ''I Am a Singer'' (season 3), where it was revealed that she is a vegan. Early life Tan Weiwei was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, on 8 October 1982. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked at a cultural station. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese Mandopop singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tian Liang
Tian Liang ( zh, c=田亮, p=Tián Liàng; born August 27, 1979) is a Chinese actor and former diving (sport), diver. Diving career Tian won gold in the 10 m platform event in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In the Summer Olympics 2004, he won the bronze medal in the 10 m platform event and a gold medal in the synchronised platform event. Since then, he and another gold medal winner, the Chinese female diver Guo Jingjing, often appeared together in public activities. They were better known together as Liang Jingjing (亮晶晶, Tian and Guo's combined given names, synonymous with the word for 'sparkling'). After winning his multiple Olympic medals, Tian received numerous invitations to lend his name and face to corporate promotions. His involvement in commercial activities, and perhaps other disputes with the national team, have led the national team to fire him after repeated warnings. In spite of this, Tian continued to practice diving with a provincial team. He maintained his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Quan
Yu·Quan ( zh, c=羽·泉, p=Yǔ Quán) is a Chinese soft rock duet. They were founded in June 1998 as a duo between Chen Yufan (陈羽凡) and Hu Haiquan (胡海泉). They are from Beijing and Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ..., Liaoning respectively. Both members were born in 1975. They were signed with Taiwanese music distributor Rock Records in 1999. Since then the duo has published a total of nine albums, with over seven million records sold. The duo is very well received in mainland China. In 2013, the duo competed in the first season of Chinese reality TV show called '' I Am a Singer'' (renamed ''Singer'' since 2017); the duo won the competition, and the series saw a profound success. They tried to use their way to recall Chinese music among th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Yi
Wu Chin-yi ( zh, t=吳靜怡, p=Wú Jìngyí; born 4 March 1968), professionally known as Annie Yi ( zh, t=伊能靜, p=Yī Néngjìng) or Annie Shizuka Inoh (), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer. Early life Wu Chin-yi, group=note was born on March 4, 1968, in Taipei, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan, group=note and Wu Min, group=note. Her mother is from Keelung and her father is from Shandong. Her father divorced her mother to marry another woman who gave him a boy, her half-brother Wu Pu-hui, group=note. During her childhood, she was sent to study in an English-language primary school at Hong Kong. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father, Yoshimitsu Inoh, a Japanese man from the Ryukyu Islands. She took her step-father's surname and took a Japanese name "Shizuka Inoh". She lived in Tokyo, Japan for six years and studied at Tokyo Chinese School. Career At the age of 17, she returned to Taiwan from Japan and became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Boxu
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Liaoning
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Shenyang
Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaoning province. It is the province's most populous city with a population of 9,070,093 as of the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census, also making it the largest city in Northeast China by urban population, and the second-largest by metropolitan population (behind Harbin). The Shenyang metropolitan area is one of the major megalopolises in China, with a population of over 23 million. The city's administrative region includes the ten metropolitan district (China), districts, the county-level city of Xinmin, Liaoning, Xinmin, and the counties of the People's Republic of China, counties of Kangping County, Kangping and Faku County, Faku. Shenyang has been controlled by numerous different states and peoples during its history. In the 14th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Chengdu, and its population stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors Qinghai and Gansu to the north, Shaanxi and Chongqing to the east, Guizhou and Yunnan to the south, and Tibet to the west. During antiquity, Sichuan was home to the kingdoms of Ba and Shu until their incorporation by the Qin. During the Three Kingdoms era (220–280), Liu Bei's state of Shu was based in Sichuan. The area was devastated in the 17th century by Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion and the area's subsequent Manchu conquest, but recovered to become one of China's most productive areas by the 19th century. During World War II, Chongqing served as the temporary capital of the Republic of China, and was heavily bombed. It was one of the last mainland areas captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deyang
Deyang ( zh, s=德阳 , t=德陽 , p=Déyáng) is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan province, China. Deyang is a largely industrial city, with companies such as China National Erzhong Group and Dongfang Electric having major operations there. The city is rich in history, with the Sanxingdui archeological site in Guanghan uncovering a rich trove of bronze and gold masks. More recently, Deyang was greatly afflicted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which particularly impacted its County-level city, county-level cities of Mianzhu and Shifang, in Deyang's northwest. Deyang spans an area of . History The ancient Shu (state), Shu civilization included present-day Deyang, which is home to the Sanxingdui relics. Deyang was first organized as a Counties of China, county during the Tang dynasty. During the Third Front (China), Third Front campaign, Deyang developed into an industrial base, the second largest in Sichuan. Deyang became a prefecture-level city in 1983. On August 3, 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
