# Super Girl (TV series)

Super Girl or Super Voice Girls (simplified Chinese: 超级女声; traditional Chinese: 超級女聲; pinyin: Chāojí Nǚshēng; literally: "Super Female Voice", as it is homonym with "Super girl") was a Chinese singing contest for female contestants, organized by Hunan Satellite Television between 2004 and 2006. The show's official name was Mengniu Yoghurt Super Girl Contest until 2009; later it was known as BBK Music Phone Super Girl Contest, after the company that sponsored the series. It was generally described as the unofficial mainland Chinese version of the global television franchise Pop Idol (2001) and became one of the most popular entertainment shows in the country. Despite Super Girl's major popularity and success, the show was heavily criticised by Liu Zhongde, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He essentially claimed Super Girl was poison for the youth.
The program was relaunched in 2009. The Chinese title was changed to Happy Girls (快乐女声; 快樂女聲; Kuàilè Nǚshēng) though the official English title remains unchanged as Super Girl. In 2011, the Chinese government banned Super Girl from airing, claiming the program to be too long. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) told the Hunan station that Super Girl broke time rules for this kind of show. They should be no more than 90 minutes long, but episodes of Super Girl can last more than three hours. More than 2.5 billion people watched the show.
Huanan announced a third incarnation of the show on October 30, 2015. Auditions for the series closed on April 16, 2016.

## Outline

Partly inspired by the many spinoffs of the UK show Pop Idol, the competition was open to any female contestant regardless of her origin, appearance, or how she sings. The almost unrestricted audition sessions drew contestants of ages ranging from 4 to 89 years old. The 2005 season attracted more than 120,000 applicants during the preliminary selection rounds, held in the five provinces of Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Henan and Zhejiang. Many applicants travelled long distances to take part in the competition hoping to become a star. Each contestant was allowed 30 seconds to perform in front of judges and find out if they were selected for the preliminary regional rounds. To prevent another overwhelming audition season, a minimum age of eighteen was later set during the 2006 season.
Following the selection of contestants in the five regions, the competition began with the preliminary rounds. Preliminaries were held in each of the five 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 were followed by a weekly broadcast knockout competition held in Changsha, Hunan province. Viewers called in to vote for their favourite singers, and the weakest two—as voted by the judges and the audience's weekly SMS— faced-off subsequently in a PK, short for Player Kill. The term is derived from kill-or-be-killed multiplayer online games. The singer with the fewest votes was then eliminated. Unlike Pop Idol, the last event was 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, but they were all still Chinese. A few dozen "audience judges" were selected in addition to several professional judges.

## History

The original version of the show was known as Super Boy, and aired in 2003 on Hunan Entertainment Channel, a local broadcaster based in Changsha, Hunan province in South Central China. The show was a success and its counterpart, Super Girl, aired at the beginning of 2004 with the slogan, "Sing as you want, sing out loud," and became the most viewed show in Hunan. However, the programme's impact was limited as the channel does not broadcast outside the province.
On May 6, 2004, Super Girl was introduced to a national audience by its producer Liao Ke through Hunan Satellite Television. In addition to broadcasting the original episodes created by Hunan Entertainment Channel, the network also developed this show in other 3 cities: Wuhan in Hubei province, Nanjing in Jiangsu province, and Chengduin Sichuan province. This show attracted an average of 10,000 contestants in each city and received nationwide attention.
Hunan Satellite Television introduced a second season of Super Girl on March 19, 2005. The preliminary rounds were filmed in five cities: Changsha in Hunan province, Guangzhou in Guangdong province, Zhengzhou in Henan province, Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, and Chengdu in Sichuan province. By the middle of the season, the competition captivated a nationwide audience and became one of the most watched television entertainment shows in mainland China with tens of millions of viewers.

## Cultural impact
### Positive impact

The final episode of the 2005 season was one of the most popular shows in Chinese broadcast history, drawing over 400 million viewers, more than the China Central Television New Year's Gala earlier that year. The final peaked at 280 million viewers at a given time, dwarfing the 12-million-viewer figure for the finals of Pop Idol. Despite the show being condemned by China Central Television as being "vulgar and manipulative", a third season of the show was launched and finished in early October 2006.
On January 18, 2006, China National Philatelic Corporation released a postage stamp issue featuring 2005 winner Li Yuchun. The set was released ahead of Li's 22nd birthday in her commemoration.
On May 11, 2009, The Oprah Winfrey Show, a worldwide famous television show, invited Zhang Liangying, who ranked 3rd overall in the 2005 contest, to make an American television singing debut. The subtitle of the show was "The World's Got Talent" and Zhang Liangying was the only East Asian singer in the show.
Some who were not chosen as winners have also been able to enter the recording industry through other means. Ji Minjia, who ranked 5th overall in the 2005 contest, worked in Los Angeles in 2006 to help with production of the title song for Japanese anime series The Galaxy Railways. On March 15, 2007, Japanese recording group Hello! Project announced Li Chun, one of the top 50 contestants in the 2006 Changsha regional, as one of two new members of Chinese ancestry of its pop group Morning Musume.
The contest has also inspired television producers to create other talent search shows, including ones based on American shows such as The Apprentice.
The show was the feature of a 2007 documentary titled Super, Girls!, produced and directed by independent Chinese filmmaker Jian Yi during the 2006 contest season and released at the Cambridge Film Festival. An ARTiSIMPLE Studio production, Super, Girls! is the only independent feature-length documentary ever made about the "Super Girls".

### 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. During the 2005 regional contest in Chengdu alone, 307,071 message votes were cast for the top three contestants, each vote costing 0.5 to 3 yuan. This was, according to Jim Yardley of International Herald Tribune, considered as one of the largest "democratic" voting exercises in mainland China.
Over 800 million text messages were sent during the third season of Super Girl, and fan clubs began to appear throughout the country.
While some culture and media experts praised Super Girl in blazing "a trail for cultural democracy" and breaking elitism in China's entertainment industry, others were quick in pointing out that the show represented a superficiality in society, "propelled by behind-the-scenes manipulation and state-of-the-art pomp and circumstance".

### Criticism

Liu Zhongde of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference criticised both the show and its negative influence on society, saying the audience watches the program under a distorted mentality and in an unhealthy condition. He claimed that the government departments oversee culture and art, and they should not permit something like Super Girl to exist. He admitted it was the choice of the market while claiming it as low culture. He said it was not as bad as the 1983 Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign, but the elements are there: cultural invasion, suspicion of market forces, spiritual health, preservation of national culture, and allegations of popular entertainment spreading corruption among the youth, all facing off against a new concept of socialist morality.
In the end of 2011, China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has suspended the show from future production. While the official reason for such decision is the fact that the show exceeded its airing time throughout the season, many believe that the moral issue was behind this act. This claim is reinforced by Hunan TV news spokesman, Li Hao, who admitted the network will incorporate more "positive" content in its 2012 programs.

## Economic impact

Mengniu Milk Group reportedly paid ¥14 million to Hunan Television for rights to sponsor the show's broadcast outside Hunan province beginning with the 2005 season. According to one of China's leading thinktanks, the 2005 contest was estimated to have drawn in a total of ¥766 million (US$95.75 million). Indirect business impact of the competition was estimated at several billion yuan.
Television advertisement slots cost an average of ¥33,400 for 15 seconds in 2006, compared to the average of ¥28,000 in 2005. Advertising sales were expected to reach ¥200 million (US$25 million), nearly double that of the previous year.

## Season summary

| Season | Premiere Date | Champion | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner-up | Final's Contestants |
| 2004 Super Girl | 6 May 2004 | Angela An Youqi (安又琪) | Katy Wang Ti (王媞) | Baby Zhang Hanyun (张含韵) | Angela An Youqi (安又琪) Katy Wang Ti (王媞) Baby Zhang Hanyun (张含韵) Strings Jenne Sun Yibo (孙一卜) |
| 2005 Super Girl | 19 March 2005 | Chris Lee Yuchun (李宇春) | Bibi Zhou (周笔畅) | Jane Zhang Liangying (张靓颖) | Chris Lee Yuchun (李宇春) Bibi Zhou (周笔畅) Jane Zhang Liangying (张靓颖) Angelica He Hejie (何洁) Ji Minjia (纪敏佳) Huang Yali (黄雅莉) Ye Yiqian (叶一茜) Bobo Yi Hui (易慧) Amanda Zhao Jingyi (赵静怡) Yoyo Zhu Yan (朱妍) |
| 2006 Super Girl | 2 April 2006 | Laure Shang Wenjie (尚雯婕) | Sitar Tan Weiwei (谭维维) | Jeno Liu Liyang (刘力扬) | Laure Shang Wenjie (尚雯婕) Sitar Tan Weiwei (谭维维) Jeno Liu Liyang (刘力扬) Amoa Ai Mengmeng (艾梦萌) Li Na (厉娜) Xu Fei (许飞) Figo Han Zhenzhen (韩真真) Reborn (蔡莹莹) SuBar Tang Xiao (唐笑) Shinelee Yang Lei (阳蕾) |
| 2009 Super Girl | 1 May 2009 | Vivi Jiang Yingrong (江映蓉) | Michelle Li Xiaoyun (李霄云) | Huang Ying (黄英) | Vivi Jiang Yingrong (江映蓉) Michelle Li Xiaoyun (李霄云) Huang Ying (黄英) Yisa Yu Kewei (郁可唯) Sara Liu Xijun (刘惜君) Renata Tan Lina (谈莉娜) Pan Chen Miss Underwater (潘辰) Pan Hongyue (潘虹樾) Yico Zeng Yike (曾轶可) Mocika Li Yuanxi (李媛希) |
| 2011 Super Girl | 1 April 2011 | Jeremy Duan Linxi (段林希) | Cici Hong Chen (洪辰) | Moraynia Liu Xin (刘忻) | Jeremy Duan Linxi (段林希) Cici Hong Chen (洪辰) Moraynia Liu Xin (刘忻) Su Miaoling (苏妙玲) Yang Yang (杨洋) Danny Lisi Danni (李斯丹妮) Wang Yijie (王艺洁) Mini Fu Mengni (付梦妮) Kelly Yu Jiali (喻佳丽) Change Lu Yi (陆翊) DL Kim Jin Yinling (金银玲) Sun Xinxin (孙昕欣) |

## 2004 season

The first season of Super Girl aired from May 6 to September 22, 2004. Although the winners of the competition were not promised recording contracts, the top three winners signed such deals.

### Qualifications

| Region | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
| Chengdu | Wang Ti 王媞 | Zhang Hanyun 张含韵 | Yin Tingting 尹婷婷 |
| Nanjing | An Youqi 安又琪 | Zhang Yue 张玥 | Liu Ning 刘宁 |
| Wuhan | Sun Yipu 孙一卜 | Chen Wenya 陈文娅 | Guo Juan 郭娟 |
| Changsha | Strings | Yang Yang 杨暘 | Zhang Chen 张琛 |

### Final contest

* Angela An Youqi (安又琪)
* Katy Wang Ti (王媞)
* Baby Zhang (Kristy Zhang Hanyun) (张含韵)
* Strings
* Jenne Sun Yibo (孙一卜)

## 2005 season

The second season of Super Girl aired from March 19 to August 26, 2005. The announcement of Li Yuchun as the season's grand champion came under scrutiny as she had been leading voting results despite having the weakest voice among the top finalists. Despite the heavy criticism that arose during the competition season, the three 2005 finalists have been considered the most successful singers from the entire show.

### Qualifications

| Region | 1st place | 1st place | 2nd place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Region | Contestant | Votes | Contestant | Votes | Contestant | Votes |
| Guangzhou March 19 – May 6 | Bibi Zhou 周笔畅 | 113,535 | Yi Hui 易慧 | 67,310 | Li Na 李娜 | 56,383 |
| Changsha April 2 – May 20 | Zhao Jingyi 赵静怡 | 106,967 | Huang Yali 黄雅莉 | 87,118 | She Manni 佘曼妮 | 77,115 |
| Zhengzhou May 1 – June 10 | Zhu Yan 朱妍 | 524,595 | Song Lin 宋琳 | 473,327 | Guo Huimin 郭慧敏 | 470,841 |
| Chengdu May 21 – July 1 | Li Yuchun 李宇春 | 206,564 | Zhang Liangying 张靓颖 | 58,172 | He Jie 何洁 | 42,335 |
| Hangzhou May 22 – July 8 | Ji Minjia 纪敏佳 | 37,385 | Ye Yiqian 叶一茜 | 36,736 | Lin Shuang 林爽 | 26,835 |

### Final contest (July 15 – August 26)

| No. | Name | Chinese Name | Rank | Vote of Final 3 |
| 08 | Chris Lee (Li Yuchun) | 李宇春 | 1 | 3,528,308 votes |
| 07 | Bibi Zhou | 周笔畅 | 2 | 3,270,840 votes |
| 01 | Jane Zhang Liangying | 张靓颖 | 3 | 1,353,906 votes |
| 02 | Angelica He Heji | 何洁 | 4 | |
| 04 | Ji Minjia | 纪敏佳 | 5 | |
| 10 | Huang Yali | 黄雅莉 | 6 | |
| 06 | Ye Yiqian | 叶一茜 | 7 | |
| 03 | Bobo Yi Hui | 易慧 | 8 | |
| 09 | Amanda Zhao Jingyi | 赵静怡 | 9 | |
| 05 | Yoyo Zhu Yan | 朱妍 | 10 | |

## 2006 season

The third season of Super Girl aired from April 2 to September 30, 2006. Shang Wenjie's selection as grand champion over Tan Weiwei, who is a professional vocalist from Sichuan Conservatory of Music, raised questions over each candidate's public appeal. Speculations arose that Shang, who appeared to be a copycat of Li Yuchun's image (somewhat androgynous), was voted grand champion due to the appeal of her Cinderella story.

### Qualifications

| Region | 1st place | 1st place | 2nd place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Region | Contestant | Votes | Contestant | Votes | Contestant | Votes |
| Changsha | Li Na 厉娜 | 152,133 | Zhang Yafei 张亚飞 | 137,925 | Xu Fei 许飞 | 137,031 |
| Hangzhou | Reborn | 131,948 | Tang Xiao 唐笑 | 113,721 | Zhang Yan 张焱 | 46,661 |
| Chengdu | Tan Weiwei 谭维维 | 241,593 | Zhao Yuanyuan 赵媛媛 | 156,621 | Yang Lei 阳蕾 | 80,586 |
| Shenyang | Ai Mengmeng 艾梦萌 | 237,478 | Zhang Chuge 张楚格 | 169,714 | Gong He 巩贺 | 156,951 |
| Guangzhou | Liu Liyang 刘力扬 | 359,808 | Shang Wenjie 尚雯婕 | 142,803 | Han Zhenzhen 韩真真 | 110,102 |

### Final contest

| No. | Name | Chinese Name | Rank | Vote of Final 2 |
| 06 | Laure Shang Wenjie | 尚雯婕 | 1 | 5,196,975 votes |
| 04 | Sitar Tan Weiwei | 谭维维 | 2 | 4,818,125 votes |
| 08 | Jade Liu Liyang | 刘力扬 | 3 | |
| 03 | Amoa Ai Mengmeng | 艾梦萌 | 4 | |
| 05 | Li Na | 厉娜 | 5 | |
| 07 | Xu Fei | 许飞 | 6 | |
| 01 | Figo Han Zhenzhen | 韩真真 | 7 | |
| 02 | Reborn | Reborn | 8 | |
| 09 | SuBar (Tang Xiao) | 唐笑 | 9 | |
| 10 | Shinelee Yang Lei | 阳蕾 | 10 | |

## 2009 season

E Media CEO Long Danni stated that through this competition, in addition to singers, the judges would also be looking for budding actresses and those that excel in other areas. Some of the Super Boys would also be co-hosts for the regional contests of Super Girls. The finale took place in August.

### Regional contest
#### National Top 20 Qualifications

Qualified  Eliminated
| Region | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place | 5th place |
| Regional singing division ||||||
| Chengdu 成都 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Pan Hongyue 潘虹樾 | Tang Ning 唐宁 |
| Changsha 长沙 | Li Yuanxi 李媛希 | Yang Yang 杨洋 | Xia Wenjing 夏文婧 | Gu Wei 谷微 | Lu Feifei 陆霏霏 |
| Shenyang 沈阳 | Zeng Yike 曾轶可 | Peng Jing 彭靖 | Wang Feixue 王飞雪 | Gong He 巩贺 | Zhang Jiaoyang 张娇阳 |
| Guangzhou 广州 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Liu Meihan 刘美含 | Mo Chen 莫沉 | Yi Yizi 易易紫 | Zhao Naiji 赵廼吉 |
| Xi'an 西安 | Chen Huijuan 陈慧娟 | Cai Meng 蔡梦 | Yin Shuyi 尹姝贻 | Li Xinyi 李欣一 | Wang Jia 王佳 |
| Nanjing 南京 | Pan Chen 潘辰 | Zhang Youfang 张佑方 | Zhang Meng'er 张梦儿 | Zhang Xujia 张栩嘉 | 王庆庆 |
| Regional Super Girl Union division ||||||
| Wuhan 武汉 | Chen Siting 陈思婷 | Tu Fan 涂帆 | Dai Huan 代欢 | Wang Mingfen 王明芬 | Xu Zihan 徐梓涵 |
| Zhengzhou 郑州 | Gong Mei 贡米 | He Mengjie 何梦洁 | Sun Yanan 孙亚男 | Zhao Ying 赵莹 | Zhang Ge 张歌 |
| Hangzhou 杭州 | Yao Yao 姚遥 | Guan Ying 关嬴 | Li Fangting 李方丁 | Jie Huiqing 解惠清 | Zhu Yanjin 朱彦瑾 |
| Kunming 昆明 | Ruan Zhaochen 阮兆辰 | He Qiuxiang 和秋香 | Wang Meng 王蒙 | Geng Wei 耿薇 | Zhang Weijia 张玮珈 |
| Guiyang 贵阳 | Shen Dandan 沈丹丹 | Hu Xinyue 胡鑫玥 | Zhou Yiling 周翊翎 | Chen Jieyi 陈洁艺 | Zhang Yifei 张奕菲 |
| Nanning 南宁 | Tan Nina 谈莉娜 | Zhang Yixiao 张艺潇 | Wei Na 韦娜 | Liu Junhong 刘君虹 | Xu Aili 徐爱丽 |
| Harbin 哈尔滨 | Wang Zhixin 王志心 | Yang Kunzi 杨昆紫 | Zhang Shanshan 张珊珊 | Xu Zhenqi 徐浈祺 | Yin Yu 尹玉 |
| Taiyuan 太原 | Cheng Chen 程晨 | Tao Le 陶乐 | Guo Jingjing 郭晶晶 | Liu Huanhuan 刘欢欢 | Tian Dan 田丹 |
| Jinan 济南 | Li Nini 李妮妮 | Wang Meng 王梦 | Xiong Jun 熊军 | Cui Xue 崔雪 | Lu Yangyang 路阳阳 |
| Lanzhou 兰州 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Ding Liwen 丁俐文 | Zhao Shanshan 赵珊珊 | Wang Qiong 王琼 | Li Miao 李苗 |
| Nanchang 南昌 | Wei Wei 魏薇 | Zhang Yilau 张亦鎏 | Nie Yuting 聂玉婷 | Xie Lu 谢璐 | Chen Yiling 陈一玲 |
| Shijiazhuang 石家庄 | Ding Shuang 丁爽 | Yu Hongting 余虹婷 | Mao Yishao 毛逸少 | Zhou Shi 周诗 | Jiang Yixuan 蒋亦煊 |
| Online website division ||||||
| HBS 金鹰 | Big Chunzi 大春子 | Liu Xin 刘欣 | Hu Wiena 胡维纳 | Pan Si 潘思贝 | Wang Lulu 王璐璐 |
| Tencent 腾讯 | Wen Xiaorui 文筱芮 | Zheng Fan 郑凡 | Shao Huiming 邵慧明 | Dong Zhen 董贞 | Zou Chenwei 邹琛玮 |
| Sohu 搜狐 | Chen Yilu 陈艺露 | Li Nasha 李娜莎 | Yang Mei 杨媚 | Wang Hongli 王泓漓 | Ren Feiling 任飞灵 |
| Baidu 百度 | Ren Xi 任曦 | Chen Lusha 陈露莎 | Chen Zitong 陈姿彤 | Xiao Yige 肖翊歌 | Hu Jiayi 胡艺佳 |
| NetEase 网易 | Wei Jiayi 魏佳艺 | Lei Yue 雷悦 | Hu Qiwen 胡绮雯 | Liu Haoting 刘浩婷 | Dong Hanyi 董涵宜 |
| SINA 新浪 | Yang Zi 杨梓 | Luo Zhenhuan 罗震环 | Zhang Na 张娜 | Pei Tingting 裴婷婷 | Sun Jing'er 孙靖儿 |
| resurrection | Huang Sisi 黄思思 | Huang Caiqi 黄偲骐 | Wu Qin 吴琴 | Xian Fan 冼璠 | None |

### Final Contest

| Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Final Contest (Top 10) | Top 20 | Top 20 | Top 20 |
| No. | 10 > 7A July 17 | 10 > 7B July 24 | 10 > 7C July 31 | 07 > 06 August 7 | 06 > 05 August 14 | 05 > 04 August 21 | 04 > 03 August 28 | 03 > 01 September 4 | No. | 18 > 15 June 26 | 15 > 10 July 3 |
| 1 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | 11 | Big Chunzi 大春子 | Big Chunzi 大春子 |
| 2 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | 12 | Wang Zhixin 王志心 | Wang Zhixin 王志心 |
| 3 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Pan Chen 潘辰 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Huang Ying 黄英 | 13 | Yang Zi 杨梓 | Yang Zi 杨梓 |
| 4 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | | 14 | Cheng Chen 程晨 | Cheng Chen 程晨 |
| 5 | Pan Hongyue 潘虹樾 | Pan Hongyue 潘虹樾 | Pan Chen 潘辰 | Tan Lina 谈莉娜 | Jiang Yingrong 江映蓉 | Liu Xijun 刘惜君 | | | 15 | Liu Meihan 刘美含 | Liu Meihan 刘美含 |
| 6 | Zeng Yike 曾轶可 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Li Xiaoyun 李霄云 | Yu Kewei 郁可唯 | Tan Lina 谈莉娜 | | | | 16 | Zhang Youfang 张佑方 | |
| 7 | Tan Lina 谈莉娜 | Tan Lina 谈莉娜 | Tan Lina 谈莉娜 | Pan Chen 潘辰 | | | | | 17 | Mo Chen 莫沉 | |
| 8 | Li Yuanxi 李媛希 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Pan Hongyue 潘虹樾 | | | | | | 18 | Tao Le 陶乐 | |
| 9 | Huang Ying 黄英 | Li Yuanxi 李媛希 | Zeng Yike 曾轶可 | | | | | | 19 | Zhang Meng'er 张梦儿 | |
| 10 | Pan Chen 潘辰 | Zeng Yike 曾轶可 | Li Yuanxi 李媛希 | | | | | | 20 | Tang Ning 唐宁 | |
    Champion
    ELLE cover girl
    Challenges succeed to switch rank
    Eliminated
    Retired

### Overall Final contest total votes

| No. | Name | Chinese Name | Final Rank | Baidu Total Votes | QQ Total Votes | HunanTV Round 8 Votes |
| 09 | Vivi Jiang Yingrong | 江映蓉 | 01 | 9,943,286 | 35,663,697 | 2,824,792 |
| 10 | Michelle Li Xiaoyun | 李霄云 | 02 | 25,961,752 | 128,312,229 | 2,556,524 |
| 04 | Huang Ying | 黄英 | 03 | 16,446,250 | 33,785,263 | 2,573,292 |
| 03 | Yisa Yu Kewei | 郁可唯 | 04 | 13,293,308 | 87,094,268 | |
| 06 | Sara Liu Xijun | 刘惜君 | 05 | 28,371,302 | 177,643,033 | |
| 07 | Renata Tan Lina | 谈莉娜 | 06 | 3,313,036 | 17,477,356 | |
| 05 | Pan Chen (Miss Underwater) | 潘辰 | 07 | 5,997,042 | 11,799,637 | |
| 02 | Yoyo Pan Hongyue | 潘虹樾 | 08 | 2,992,362 | 4,702,493 | |
| 01 | Yico Zeng Yike | 曾轶可 | 09 | 12,671,476 | 178,594,458 | |
| 08 | Mocika Li Yuanxi | 李媛希 | 10 | 5,678,316 | 49,872,937 | |

## 2011 season

The 2011 season was won by Jeremy Duan Linxi from Yunnan. The runner-up was Cici Hong Chen.