''Chinese Idol'' () is a Chinese

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/singing competition program. Based on the British television series, ''

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'', which was created by

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and developed by

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, ''Chinese Idol'' premiered on May 19, 2013 on DragonTV and was hosted by Chinese TV Hosts, Lin Hai, who previously hosted the Chinese version of

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from April 2010 to October 2010 succeeded by Chinese actor,

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, and,

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, who hosted

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and the Chinese version of

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from November 2014 to December 2015. Chinese Idol ended its second and final season on December 14, 2014. The series, like its British and

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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

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, Chinese recording artist Han Hong, Chinese actor

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, Taiwanese actor and singer

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, and Taiwanese producer Wang Wei-chung.

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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 ''

'' and its American counterpart, ''

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'', 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

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(CCP). The CCP had criticized ''Super Girl'' for its "

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"-style voting process, a feature prominently used in the '' Idols'' format. In 2012, the Shanghai Dragon Television, brought the rights from

to air a Chinese version after the ''Idols'' creator

visited the country. 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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. 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

, Chinese recording artist Han Hong, Chinese actor

, and Taiwanese producer Wang Wei-chung.

Stages

The show consist of several stages,
Season 1
''Stage 1: Producer Audition''
''Stage 2: Judges Audition''
Room Audition for season 1
''Stage 3: The Ebb Tides (Idol College Part 1''
Contestants are decided into three groups. Judges decide which group through to stage 4 directly, which group are eliminated, which group needed to sing again without instrument.
''Stage 4: The Night of Groups (Idol College Part 2''
Contestants are divided into several groups, each group will perform one song, judges will then decide which 40+2 contestants go through. ''Stage 5: The Night of Groups (Idol College Part 3''
Contestant will paired up and sing the same song together, Jude's then decide who go through to the next round.
''Stage 6: Top 12 Decider''
Judges and the 500 media judges decide the top 12.
''Stage 7: Counter Attack''
First live show, six contestants are back to the competition, each competitor needs to challenge two contestants, if the contestant won twice, he will be one of the Top 12. Judges, home viewers and the 500 media judges decide the final top 12.
''Stage 8: Topic Show''
Pre-recorded, 500 media judges and the judges will choose the final 6.
''Stage 9: Final''
500 media judges and judges will first choose the Top 4, then Top 3 and Top 2, at last, the judges will choose the winner, each judge represents one vote, and the 500 media judges have another vote.

Season 1 auditions

Auditions for the first season were held from December 2012 to April 2013 in 42 cities across China and continued in

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, making it the fifth nation to hold auditions outside its mainland, following ''American Idol'' (which previously held auditions in

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'' (which previously held auditions in

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'' (which previously had held auditions in

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Season 1 finalists

Season 2 finalists

Season 1 ratings

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References

External links

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