China's Got Talent (series 2)
| Broadcast from | November 1, 2011 – February 5, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Judges |
Gao Xiaosong (Until Audition 3) Zhou Libo Annie Yi Antonio Chen (Audition 3) Jerry Huang (Audition 4-8, Finals) Yang Lan (Semifinals) |
| Host(s) |
Cheng Lei Yang Lan (Finals) |
| Broadcaster | MediaCorp Channel U |
| Zhuo Jun | |
| Origin | Nanning, Guangxi |
| Cai Hongping | |
The second series of China's Got Talent, also known as Head & Shoulders China's Got Talent for sponsor reasons, premiered on MediaCorp Channel U on November 1, 2011.
Auditions were held in Shanghai Concert Hall. During the third audition recorded on May 9, Judge Gao Xiaosong was detained by Beijing police on drunk driving charges and was sentenced to six months in jail. Taiwanese music composer Antonio Chen was announced as a replacement temporarily. Audition clips with either Gao or Chen were broadcast respectively. On November 22, Jerry Huang was announced to be a judge for the rest of this series.
The show was pre-empted on November 29, 2011 due to the live telecast of the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
The semifinals began on January 3, 2012. The Great Hall of the People in Beijing was the venue for the semifinals. Yang Lan, a very popular Chinese host joins Zhou Libo and Annie Yi as judges.
Rules
A media jury are involved. Basketball star, Yao Ming was invited as a jury member in the first semifinals only. Yao's votes will be added to the media jury's votes for the overall votes. The most votes from the jury's votes will be automatically be in the finals. For second finalist, each of three judges has a chance of giving 10 votes to any one of the 7 remaining contestants. Contestant who gets the most votes advance to the final. For the third finalist, voting is based on best of three.
Italics indicate the second stage where each judges gave 10 points to their favorites. The contestants with the most votes combined with the jury points and judges' points will be the second finalist of the week.
World-renowned and Britain's Got Talent runner up, Susan Boyle perform two songs; "Who I Was Born To Be" and "I Dreamed a Dream" at Shanghai Stadium. Also Britain's Got Talent finalist Razy Gogonea performed his Matrix routine. Popular Mandopop singer Han Geng also performed his song "In A Dream."
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