Super Boy (TV series)

For the American superhero series, see Superboy (TV series).

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 as	Happy Boys
快乐男声 Kuàilè Nánshēng
Genre	Interactive reality game show
Created by	Liao Ke
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	3
Production
Production locations	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.
Original release
Network	Hunan Satellite Television
Release	May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25) – 2013 (2013)
Related
Super Girl Blossoming Flowers

Outline

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

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

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

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)	Chen Chusheng (陈楚生) Allen Su Xing (苏醒) Vision Wei (魏晨) Jason Zhang (张杰) Jeffrey G Ji Jie (吉杰) Ham Yu Haoming (俞灏明) Ahu Wang Yuexin (王栎鑫) Amguulan (阿穆隆) Bird Zhang Yuan (张远) Reno Wang Zhenglian (王铮亮) Yao Zhen (姚政) Guo Biao (郭彪) 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)	Well Li Wei (李炜) Liu Xin (刘心) Philip Lau / Wuyi (武艺) Jaki Tan Jiexi (谭杰希) Sean Chen Xiang (陈翔) Li Hangliang (李行亮) King Wang Ye (王野) 8090 Zhang Jianbo (张建波) Wu Junyu (吴俊余) Umut (玉米提·帕日哈提) Delay 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)	Hua Chenyu (华晨宇) Oho Ou (欧豪) Bai Jugang (白举纲) Ning Huanyu (宁桓宇) Yu Tian (于湉) Fan Shiqi & Ju Laiti (范世琦、居来提) Zhang Yangyang (张阳阳) Rao Wei (饶威) Zuo Li (左立) Jia Shengqiang (贾盛强) Alan Yu (于朦胧)

2007 season

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

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

• Hunan Satellite Television
• Idol series
• The Voice of China

References

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.

External links

• Hunan TV 2007 Super Boy official site
• Hunan TV 2010 Super Boy official site