| Native Name: | 快乐男声 Kuàilè Nánshēng |
| Alt Name: | Happy Boys |
| Genre: | Interactive reality game show |
| Creator: | Liao Ke |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Location: | Changsha, 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. |
| Network: | Hunan Satellite Television |
| Related: | Super Girl Blossoming Flowers |
Super Boy or Happy Boy (; 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.
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.
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]
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 | Premiere Date | Champion | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner-up | Final's Contestants | |
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| 2007 快乐男声 | 25 May 2007 | Chen Chusheng (陈楚生) | Allen Su Xing (苏醒) | Vision Wei (魏晨) |
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| 2010 快乐男声 | 2 June 2010 | Well Li Wei (李炜) | Liu Xin (刘心) | Philip Lau / Wuyi (武艺) |
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| 2013 快乐男声 | 29 June 2013 | Hua Chenyu (华晨宇) | Oho Ou (欧豪) | Bai Jugang (白举纲) |
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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.
| 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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| No. | width=85 | 18 → 13 ! | width=85 | 13 → 11 ! | width=85 | 11 → 9 ! | width=85 | 9 → 7 ! | width=85 | 7 → 6 ! | width=85 | 6 → 5 ! | width=85 | 5 → 4 ! | width=85 | 4 → 3 ! | width=85 | 3 → 2 ! | width=85 | 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 Contest | Semi-final | ||||||||||||
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| 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