China News Service, Beijing, March 31 (Reporter Wang Shiyao) Recently, the news came out that singer Liu Xin, the third runner-up of "Happy Girl" in 2011, will appear in "Chengfeng 2024", and for a while, there was news about the summer 13 years ago, and The story of 13 girls has become popular again.
Along with dark horses, feuds, retirements, scandals, rumors... more than ten years later, when people looked back at this variety show, the 11th edition of the show was dubbed the "craziest talent show" and made it to the hot search list.
It was the last "carnival" in the era of national star-making. The girls who were made into "grassroots counterattacks" enjoyed the highlight of their lives that attracted much attention. At that time, they never thought that this "starlight" would be so short-lived, and they could only leave the scene dimly before they had time to react.
In 2011, Kuai Nu shot a promotional video. Photo courtesy of Hunan Satellite TV
"The craziest talent show"?
Chaos abounds and "happiness" no longer exists
In 2011, the local talent show entered its eighth year. If we exclude the year 2008 when the talent show was not held, "Happy Girl" is experiencing the "seven-year itch" that has been tested.
In order to save the decline, the 11th Kuai Girls closely followed the new media era. In addition to cooperating with the newly emerging Weibo platform at that time, the contestants who entered the finals would also stay in the Kuai Girls Castle and live broadcast the life, training, etc. of the Kuai Girls. .
With more than 1,000 hours of uninterrupted live broadcast for more than 70 days, "Happy Girl" is closer to a star-making "show" than its previous singing competition nature. The live broadcast has shortened the distance between the audience and fast girls, and at the same time exposed many problems.
More than 50 high-definition cameras are hung in every corner of the castle, and you can even see the text messages on the players' mobile phones. The interactions and slapstick between them are also magnified and examined under the lens. Who is too ugly without makeup, who is bedridden, who is lazy in training, who is a team player... Amid the "peeping" doubts from the outside world, the controversy surrounding the fast female players is getting louder and louder.
At the same time, the professional judges of "Happy Girls" encountered a crisis of trust and were criticized for voting based only on personal likes and dislikes and "protecting" individual contestants. Some analysts said that Wu Zhoutong "preferred" Fu Mengni, Hu Haiquan supported Duan Linxi, while Sa Dingding and Cai Guoqing escorted Li Sidani all the way.
Amidst the chaos and noise, "Happy Girls" reached the stage of the finals in 2011 and staged the "dark horse counterattack" drama that is still talked about today.
Liu Xin, Duan Linxi, Hong Chen. Photo by Luo Pan
This was supposed to be a final without much suspense. The "popular king" Liu Xin and the "international model" Hong Chen were the favorites to win the championship. Hong Chen even bluntly said in an interview, "The champion will be me, and the rest will be the winner." Among the players, no one is my opponent.”
On the night of the finals, Liu Xin chose a popular song "Old Boy". The lyrics sing about the sadness of the dream chaser, which seems to have touched Liu Xin's heart, causing her to burst into tears, affecting her intonation and even breaking her voice. In the second performance, Liu Xin still hadn't adjusted well and forgot the words in the chorus with Su Xing.
After the final two rounds, Liu Xin was eliminated early due to poor performance and locked in the third place. This unexpected result caused all the "chips" (note: Liu Xin's fan name) at the scene to leave the venue angrily, while the remaining fans shouted Liu Xin's name to express their dissatisfaction.
Before the game, because both Liu Xin and Hong Chen were favorites to win the championship, fans of the two groups were already very angry. After Liu Xin withdrew from the championship competition, the "chips"'s dissatisfaction with Hong Chen reached its peak, and they shouted Liu Xin's name loudly during his singing session. In the end, Hong Chen made a mistake due to excessive pressure and missed the championship.
On the other hand, the "dark horse" Duan Linxi performed steadily that night and won the championship over two popular and powerful opponents, bringing an end to this chaotic final night.
Duan Linxi plays guitar and sings.
Some people describe the result of this "Happy Girl" finals as "a snipe and a clam fighting over each other".
In the future of her acting career, Duan Linxi has answered countless questions about "whether she is the champion of picking up leaks." Her answer to this is that she has a "clear conscience" and "it was a victory with the right time, right place, right people, and the right people."
roller coaster of fate
The second "lucky" has yet to come
As the saying goes, "debut is the peak", the 11th Fast Girls experienced the transformation from amateurs to celebrities on the show, and at the same time completed the original accumulation of fans and traffic.
Many investors only waited for the show to end and then immediately extended invitations, trying to catch this wave of "tremendous wealth." Less than a week after the game, Duan Linxi and Liu Xin went to Taiwan to shoot a short film, and other fast girls were also preparing for the next national tour.
In the following year or two, the title of Happy Girl X was still a useful "living sign". Fu Mengni's personal first movie was "Uncle, I Love You" starring with the famous actor Zhang Zhilin; Hong Chen starred in the movie "Love at First Sight" and "Paranoia" as the heroine; Yang Feiyang also participated in topical movies "Tiny Times 2: Aoki Era" and so on.
Top 5 Fast Girls of 2011. Photo by Deng Xia
However, from being in the spotlight to being ignored, the speed at which the fast girls fell still caught the girls off guard. Su Miaoling, whose popularity during the competition was once close to that of the "popular king" Liu Xin, experienced the feeling of falling from the clouds to the bottom within a year after the competition. She said that there was a period of time when she could not even guarantee a minimum living standard, and she even thought about returning to her hometown.
In this way, the "three nothings" life of "no performance, no exposure, and no income" has become the daily life of most fast female contestants.
Duan Linxi fled Beijing around 2015 and 2016. At that time, she had more than 2 million yuan earned from "Quick Girl Champion" in her account. When the numbers in her account only went down instead of up, she knew it was a sign it was time to leave.
Duan Linxi, who returned to his hometown in Yunnan, worked in micro-business, drove a taxi, and sold beef jerky and jade. The more money he spent, the less money he had, and the more isolated he became. When she returned to Beijing, she had at least 11.1 yuan left in her account. Her impoverished living situation was just like the dilemma she faced in the workplace - "Being away for half your life, you are still an amateur when you come back."
Just like the saying in the entertainment industry, "little success depends on support, big success depends on life", the second "luck" that the girls were looking forward to has yet to come. Many years later, "Happy Girl" is still their most resounding "prefix" ".
A fast girl turns into a slut
Can your career "ride the wind and waves"?
Many people did not expect that the 11th Fast Girl, who was called "a mess" by the outside world, was the first to see a turnaround in her career, Li Sidani, who was constantly controversial during the competition.
During the competition, Li Sidani's singing skills were far inferior to her "dancing skills", but she was wildly supported by Cai Guoqing, who was the judge at the time, and advanced all the way to the top six. At that time, Cai Guoqing changed from his usual gentle and elegant attitude, and went to the top of his voice to support Li Sidani in winning the PK.
It's such a coincidence of fate that the two people who were linked to each other many years ago through "Happy Girl" have reached the peak of their careers again in recent years with "Sisters Who Rid the Wind and Waves" and "Breaking the Waves 3" respectively.
Li Sidani danced during the Fast Girl competition. Photo by Deng Xia
After Li Sidani became popular again because of "Sister Lang", some media once asked Duan Linxi "whether she would feel unbalanced"? Duan Linxi answered frankly: "Physiological jealousy is bound to happen, but I know what efforts she has made for all this, and I think she deserves it all."
Perhaps time is good medicine and heals all frustrations and unwillingness. Nowadays, some of the 11th generation of fast girls have already entered the marriage hall, and some are still wandering in Beijing, but most of them have not given up their music dreams.
Hong Chen unlocked his identity as a creator and continued to output music works; Liu Xin formed a rock band and became the lead singer of the Forgotten Club; Duan Linxi, Su Miaoling, Yu Jiali and others can also be seen in major music festivals .
If you have a dream, you must not throw away the bread. Some fast girls have started a side job besides music. Duan Linxi, Yu Jiali, and Jin Yinling jointly opened a script-killing store. Duan Linxi will work part-time as a DM (note: script-killing host), while Yu Jiali writes scripts; Fu Mengni recently updated her jewelry store exploration video...
It seems that everything has calmed down. The huge Internet craze that year was so far away that it seemed like a dream, and now there is not much discussion about them on the Internet.
At this time, "Riding the Wind 2024" became the stone throwing ripples on the calm lake. Lu Yi got the opportunity to have an online interview for the show through nationwide recommendation. Although she regretted not getting a spot, fans' enthusiasm has been ignited and they look forward to her success next time.
As the former "popular king", Liu Xin caused even greater waves after the news came out that he had joined the show. Whether Liu Xin, known as the "first love of the draft", can "ride the wind and waves" again has become a hotly debated topic among netizens.
Since "Super Girl" premiered on Hunan Satellite TV in 2004, this year has marked its 20th anniversary. Although this sensational phenomenon-level talent show has gradually declined and even withdrawn from the stage due to the rise of the Internet and the impact of other talent shows, it still does not prevent it from becoming a common memory of the post-millennial generation of boys and girls. (over)