China's Got Talent

The first auditions began on 25 July 2010.^[5] Here, the winner has the chance to perform at Las Vegas for three months and be invited on Taiwanese pop singer Jolin Tsai's Myself World Tour as a guest performer.^[6] The judges were Zhou Libo, a Shanghainese stand-up comedian; Annie Yi, a Taiwanese singer and actress; Gao Xiaosong, a Chinese pop composer. They made up the jury panel for the final rounds of China's Got Talent.^[7] Series 1 ended on October 10, with the winner being a disabled pianist named Liu Wei.^{[citation needed]}

Zhang Fengxi has become popular for Chinese speakers outside,^[when?] mainly due to her use of Chinese puns, unique delivery and deadpan humor in her acts written by her parents. Judge Zhou Libo joked with the audience that she will succeed him. Another contestant who went onto greater things was Zhong Chenle. In 2016, he debuted in the K-Pop group NCT, as part of the sub-unit NCT Dream. He was also in NCT 2018. In the group, Zhong serves as lead vocalist and has maintained his singing capabilities.^{[citation needed]}

According to China's Got Talent director Jin Lei, popular contestants from the show, including the season 1 winner armless pianist Liu Wei – performed in Austria, Italy, and France in January 2017.^[8]

The second series began on May 1, 2011, but Gao Xiaosong was pulled over of drunk driving eight days later on May 9. He was replaced by Taiwanese music composer Antonio Chen ^[9] for a brief stint in the audition but Jerry Huang ^[10] was named temporary judge for the competition. On July 10, a popper, Zhuo Jun was named the winner. The runner up is Cai Hongping, a 55-year-old opera singer who changes the lyrics of popular pieces to be about the vegetables she sells.^{[citation needed]}

Series 3 began with a pre-show with especial guests such as finalist of the second season like Tian Ma and international artist^[11] like Daniela Anahí Bessia^[12][13] among others. The auditions premiered on November 20, 2011.^{[citation needed]} It is the first time that the show televise the pre-audition process and top 14 selection process.^{[citation needed]} The winner is Pan Qianqian, a female baritone singer.^{[citation needed]}

Series 4 premiere on November 18, 2012. In this series, there were four judges instead of three. Series regular judges Jerry Huang, Gao Xiaosong, Annie Yi. New judges introduced were Dou Wentao, Xu Jinglei, Leon Lai, and Yang Wei. Contortionist, Wang Jungru beat out yo-yo specialist, Duan Zhimin in this series.^{[citation needed]}

Series 5 premiered on December 8, 2013. The judges were Zhao Wei, Alec Su, Liu Ye, and Wang Weichung.

These series started airing before the start of Series 2 and 4. The show was used to recap previous series' winners and notable contestants^[specify] before a new series broadcast. It also featured new performances from previous series.