Whereas the female singing contest Hunan Satellite TV’s Super Girl was the top program in China last year, it is being shadowed by two Shanghai talent shows featuring guys. Those two shows featured strong personalities.
In “Go! Good Guys! (Âä† Ê≤π ! 好 Áî∑ ÂÖí)”, the star is Ma Tianyu (ȶ¨ §© ÂÆá). He does not have any terrific performance skills, but he is able to draw sympathy when he narrates his impoverished childhood and the early death of his mother while the tears well in his eyes. Therefore, he has a huge contingent of female fans. Recently, the CCTV-Sofres ratings showed that “Go! Good Guys” has a national rating of 1.4 compared to the 1.0 for “Super Girl.”…[Full Text]