Huang Tingting

SNH48 activities

2013

On August 18, Huang was among the 34 shortlisted candidates for second-generation members of SNH48,^[2] and made her debut at Team NII's 1st Stage, "Theater no Megami" on 2 November.^[3] On 11 November, it was announced that Huang will be one of 24 members in Team NII during the team inauguration ceremony.^[4] On 16 November, she participated in SNH48's first major concert, "SNH48 Guangzhou Concert", held in the Guangzhou International Sports Arena.^[5]

On December 6, Huang accepted the “Most Potential Combination” award on behalf of SNH48 group at the 6th Top Chinese Music Chart Breakthrough New Artist Awards.^{[citation needed]} Huang and other SNH48 members performed the debut single "Heavy Rotation " and the title track of the album "Fortune Cookie of Love " to open the awards ceremony.^{[citation needed]} On December 31, Huang participated in Dragon TV's “New Year’s Eve concert” themed "Dream of Oriental Life". The dancing movements were representative of the group making a “fireball”, to signify passing love to everyone.^[6]

2014

On January 18, Huang participated in the first anniversary concert, a “Red and White PK Concert” for SNH48 in Shanghai. Huang was in Team NII, and the major PK competition was between Team SII and Team NII. The winner was determined by fan votes.^[7] On March 30, Huang represented SNH48 to accept the ERC Chinese Top Ten Best New Artist Award.^[8] On July 4, she participated in the original season of the variety show "SNHello Xingmeng Academy" which was planned and launched by SNH48. It was the first Chinese variety show exclusively for idol groups.^{[citation needed]} On July 26, she participated the first General Election of SNH48, but not placing in the top 16.^{[citation needed]}

2015

In January, Huang was appointed vice-captain of Team NII of 13 February and filmed her first music video, "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" at Saipan.^[9] On 25 July, she was ranked fourth in SNH48's second General Election,^[10] and on 26 December, she performed the song, "Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou" with Li Yitong at the Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2015 Concert (2nd Edition), and came in first.^[11] As an award, she was given the chance to release her first solo single, "Youth Flash".^[12]

2016

On February 27, Huang received more than 460,000 votes on live show of "National Pretty Girl".^[13] During the voting period, several servers were paralyzed due to so many voters trying to vote at the same time.^[13] This still holds the record for the highest votes in this live show's history.^[13] On March 18, her music video "Night Butterfly" debuted. Huang was allowed to film this music video as her reward for General Music Election BEST30.^[14] This music video was filmed in South Korea.^[14] On April 1, Huang got her first center in the music video “Engine of Youth;” this is also the SNH48's first original single.^[15] On May 3, Huang’s first solo music video, "Youth Flash" was officially released.^[16] On May 20, “Dream Land” was released. It is a group EP, which was filmed in Mauritius, Africa and combines many African musical elements.^[17] On 8 July 2016, Huang joined the first episode of The Amazing Race China 3, which was Chinese reality television series about sport race, and Huang was paired with groupmate Sun Rui as cast members.^[18] On 30 July, during SNH48's third General Election, Huang was ranked third with 130,258.3 votes.^[19] On November 25, she participated in the variety show "Let's go! idol" ("抱走吧！爱豆").^[20]

2017

On February 26, Huang was a guest on the talk show Roast! She served as the “Talk King” or host for the episode.^[21] On May 10, Huang participated the celebrity cooking competition reality show "Xian Chu Dang Dao" ("鲜厨当道”).^[22] On June 9, Huang played a role in drama “Stairway to Stardom”. Huang's character is a popular actress named Chen Yurou.^[23] On June 26, she starred as a small princess in an ancient fantasy network drama called "Cover The Sky".^{[citation needed]} On July, during SNH48's fourth General Election, Huang came in third with 165193.8 votes.^[24] On December 22, Huang resigned from her position as vice-captain of Team NII in light of an internal conflict within the team involving member Li Yitong.^[25]

2018

On April 7, She participated in the first SNH48 Idol Sport Games.^[26] On May 4, Huang performed the song “The Best Stage” to express the concept of creation and dreaming the future.^[27] In July, during SNH48's fifth General Election, Huang came in second.^[28]

2019

On May 10, Huang participated the third original public performance of SNH48 team NII, "The Scroll of Time" ("时之卷").^[29]

Conflict with Star48

On December 20, 2019, Huang Tingting announced on her secondary Weibo account that she had terminated her contract with Star48 Media,^[30] but the post was later deleted for unknown reasons. The next day, SNH48 officially listed Huang as an inactive member. In January 2021, Star48 Media received a court ruling ordering the continuation of the contract, but since the contract could no longer be enforced, it was legally nullified.^[31]

In September 2022, due to contractual disputes, Huang and another SNH48 member, Feng Xinduo, filed an appeal against Star48 Media. Previously, Huang had been ordered to continue fulfilling her contract with Star48 Media.^[32] In November of the same year, the first-instance legal documents concerning the contractual dispute between Huang and Star48 Media were made public. According to the documents, Star48 Media claimed that Huang not only refused to participate in the performances arranged by the company but also independently engaged in activities with third parties. They requested the court to terminate the contract and demanded 10 million RMB in damages from Huang. The court found the 10 million RMB penalty to be excessive and adjusted it accordingly. Ultimately, the court ruled to terminate the contract and ordered Huang to pay 3.5 million RMB in damages to Star48 Media.^[31]

On February 28, 2023, Star48 Media issued an announcement stating that Huang Tingting had the ability to comply with the legal ruling but refused to fulfill her obligations. Consequently, the Shanghai Hongkou District People's Court included her in the list of judgment defaulters.^[33] Huang expressed her respect for the judicial decision and stated that she would resolve her financial issues promptly.^[34] According to the enforcement ruling for the contract dispute between Star48 Media and Huang, the court determined that Huang should pay approximately 3.5 million RMB in damages and report her assets. However, she neither complied with the ruling nor reported her assets. Therefore, the court froze her bank accounts, including deposits of over 66,000 RMB and online funds of over 24,000 RMB, totaling 90,000 RMB.^[35]

On June 29, 2023, Huang posted on Weibo that, with the help of her friends and family, she had paid the full amount ordered by the court and received a notice of case closure, signifying the official termination of her contract with Star48 Media. Previously, the Qichacha app showed that the enforcement and dishonesty cases against Huang had been marked as invalid.^[36][37]

Solo activities

Huang made her official acting debut in the horror short film Souvenirs.^[38] She made her small-screen debut in romance drama Stairway to Stardom (2017), playing a supporting role as a top celebrity.^[39] The following year, she was cast in her first lead role in fantasy drama Cover The Sky (2018).^[40] Huang was also cast in the romance comedy drama Cyrano Agency,^[41] and campus music drama So Young.^[42]

Film

Television series

Variety show