Million Star
| Million Star | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Broadcast from | 15 August 2015 – present |
| Judges |
Matilda Tao Xiaoyu Sung Winnie Hsin (week 1–4, 7–8) William So (week 1–4) Samingad (week 1–2) Kenji Wu (week 3–4) Lo Ta-yu (week 5–6) Steve Wong (week 5–6) John Yuan (week 5–6) Richie Jen (week 7–8) Chan Ascent (week 7) Chief Chao (week 8) Khalil Fong (week 8) Edmond Leung (week 9-10) Pauline Lan (week 9-10) Grasshoppers (week 9-10) |
| Host(s) |
Sean Lin Patty Wu |
| Broadcaster |
Chinese Television System STAR Chinese Channel Star Entertainment Channel Fox Taiwan Coture Yahoo! Taiwan Astro Xi Yue HD StarHub E City |
| Winner | |
| Che Zhili | |
| Origin | Malaysia |
| Runner-up | |
| Song Chulin | |
The first season of Million Star (Chinese: 星光大道) is a Taiwanese reality talent show that is aired on Chinese Television System (CTS). The first episode was filmed on 2 July, and aired on 15 August 2015. This is Taiwan's first reality series to be aired across the globe (Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Singapore). Viewers can use the Million Star mobile app to interact with the contestants and submit their predictions. The show premiered on 15 August 2015 on Taiwan's CTS, STAR Chinese Channel, Star Entertainment Channel, Fox Taiwan, Coture, Yahoo! Taiwan, Malaysia's Astro Xi Yue HD and Singapore's StarHub E City.
The show sponsor is Gamania.
Judges and hosts
The show's hosts are Sean Lin, winner of the first season of Mimic King, and Patty Wu. Judges forming the judging panel include Matilda Tao, Xiaoyu Sung, Winnie Hsin, William So, Richie Jen, Steve Wong and Edmond Leung; while guest judges include Samingad, Kenji Wu, Chief Chao, Alan Tam, Jam Hsiao, Pauline Lan and Grasshoppers.
Contestants
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| Top 24 contestants | |||||
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| An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | Che Zhili 車志立 | Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | Chen Rui 陳銳 | ||
| Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | ||
| Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | ||
| Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | Li Long 李龍 | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 | ||
| Ye Zuting 葉祖廷 | Zhang Ruifei 張芮菲 | Jiang Zhuoquan 江卓權 | Wei Guoyuan 韋國元 | ||
| Xie Bingyu 謝秉宇 | Xu Junjie 徐俊傑 | Zeng Yuchen 曾宇辰 | Zheng Xingan 鄭幸安 | ||
Blind auditions
The contestants will perform from behind a screen in the beginning. The screen will be lifted when one of the five judges has cast his or her vote, and the contestant is safe if he or she gets three or more votes. On the other hand, the contestant is immediately eliminated if the screen is not lifted. At the end of each episode, the judges will pick five contestants to advance into the top 24. In the end of week 4, the judges will choose four more contestants who were previously eliminated in the blind auditions to save into the top 24.
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- Advanced to the top 24
- Final PK round
- Chosen in the revival round
- 3 votes but did not advance
- Eliminated
Episode 1 (15 August)
| Order | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samingad | William | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | |||||
| 1 | You Hongming 尤鴻銘 | 30 | Taichung | "我要我們在一起" | ★ | — | ★ | ★ | — |
| 2 | Xu Mengshi 徐夢葹 | 24 | Malaysia | "被馴服的象" | — | ★ | ★ | ★ | — |
| 3 | An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | 24 | Pingtung | "Mercy" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 4 | Unclean Face 臉不乾淨 (Gong Xiangwei 宮象瑋 & Xu Yaoqian 許耀謙) |
21 / 19 | New Taipei | "讓我一次愛個夠" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Lu Yuancheng 盧苑呈 | 22 | Tamsui | "克卜勒" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | 24 | Kaohsiung | "味道" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 7 | Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | 24 | Yilan | "慢慢" | ★ | ★ | ★ | — | ★ |
| 8 | Li Yijun 李俋君 | 24 | Kaohsiung | "P.S. 我愛你" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | 22 | Yingge | "我愛你" | — | — | ★ | — | — |
| 10 | Xu Yikai 許益凱 | 21 | Malaysia | "陌生人" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Wei Guoyuan 韋國元 | 34 | Taipei | "天高地厚" | ★ | ★ | ★ | — | — |
| 12 | Che Zhili 車志立 | 30 | Malaysia | "如果雲知道" | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ★ |
| Final PK round | |||||||||
| 1 | You Hongming 尤鴻銘 | 30 | Taichung | "愛是懷疑" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Wei Guoyuan 韋國元 | 34 | Taipei | "黑色幽默" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
Episode 2 (22 August)
| Order | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samingad | William | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | |||||
| 1 | Lü Chengcheng 呂程程 | 25 | Shandong | "印第安老斑鳩" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Zhang Yuchang 張堉菖 | 26 | Yilan | "離人" | — | ★ | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jiang Zhuoquan 江卓權 | 20 | Malaysia | "最長的電影" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 4 | Huang Yanling 黃燕玲 | 22 | Dominican Republic | "你不知道的事" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 5 | Xu Junjie 徐俊傑 | 22 | Taipei | "流浪記" | ★ | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | 20 | Chiayi | "我不知道愛是什麼" | ★ | — | ★ | — | — |
| 7 | Xie Minhua 謝旻樺 | 25 | Taipei | "愛什麼稀罕" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Chen Pinhan 陳品涵 | 29 | Taipei | "被遺忘的時光" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 9 | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 (Catherine Hu 胡斯華 & James Hu 胡斯漢) |
30 / 25 | Taipei | "Price Tag" | — | ★ | — | ★ | — |
| 10 | Li Long 李龍 | 22 | Vietnam | "When I Was Your Man" | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | — |
| 11 | Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | 21 | Malaysia | "一個人" / "Bizarre Love Triangle" | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ★ |
| 12 | Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | 22 | Kaohsiung | "我很醜可是我很溫柔" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| Final PK round | |||||||||
| 1 | Huang Yanling 黃燕玲 | 22 | Dominican Republic | N/A | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Chen Pinhan 陳品涵 | 29 | Taipei | N/A | — | — | — | — | ★ |
| 3 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | 20 | Chiayi | N/A | ★ | ★ | ★ | — | — |
| 4 | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 (Catherine Hu 胡斯華 & James Hu 胡斯漢) |
30 / 25 | Taipei | N/A | — | — | — | ★ | — |
Episode 3 (29 August)
| Order | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenji | William | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | |||||
| 1 | Xie Xiangyin 謝祥寅 | 20 | Zhongli, Taoyuan | "兄妹" | — | — | ★ | — | — |
| 2 | Yi Weini 易薇倪 | 25 | Singapore | "笑忘書" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Zheng Xingan 鄭幸安 | 27 | Malaysia | "美麗" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | — |
| 4 | Yan Junzhe 顏俊哲 | 35 | Kenting | "袖手旁觀" | — | ★ | — | — | — |
| 5 | Luo Shiting 羅士庭 | 22 | Taipei | "時間都去哪了" | — | ★ | ★ | — | ★ |
| 6 | Ye Zuting 葉祖廷 | 20 | Taipei | "泡沫" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 7 | Zhang Shengzi 張聖子 | 23 | Hualien | "最親愛的" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Chen Rui 陳銳 | 24 | Taipei | "像夢一樣自由" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | — |
| 9 | Chen Jingyi 陳靜宜 | 25 | Malaysia | "獨角戲" | ★ | ★ | — | — | — |
| 10 | Liu Wen 劉雯 | 21 | Wuhan, Hubei | "紅色高跟鞋" | — | — | — | — | ★ |
| 11 | Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | 21 | Taipei | "All of Me" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 12 | Zeng Yuchen 曾宇辰 | 24 | Hsinchu | "四季" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 13 | Zhang Ruifei 張芮菲 | 25 | Pingtung | "我是一隻小小鳥" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | — |
Episode 4 (5 September)
| Order | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenji | William | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | |||||
| 1 | Xie Bingyu 謝秉宇 | 20 | Nantou | "夜夜夜夜" | — | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 2 | Bai Chushan 白楚山 | 27 | Puli, Nantou | "喜劇之王" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | 26 | Taipei | "光之翼" | ★ | ★ | — | — | ★ |
| 4 | Xie Bingyun 謝秉昀 | 23 | Taipei | "可惜沒如果" | — | — | ★ | ★ | — |
| 5 | Zhu Jiaqi 朱佳祈 | 29 | Hualien | "給我一個理由忘記" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Liu Xuefu 劉學甫 | 23 | Hsinchu | "模特" | — | ★ | ★ | — | — |
| 7 | Liu Zhixuan 劉植軒 | 22 | Chiayi | "內疚" | ★ | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | 22 | Kaohsiung | "魔鬼中的天使" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 9 | Wu Guanhong 吳冠宏 | 27 | Taipei | "海嘯" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Liu Shanshan 劉姍姍 | 29 | Xinjiang | "存在" | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | 23 | Malaysia | "給我一個吻" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | — |
| 12 | Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | 27 | Malaysia | "身騎白馬" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 13 | Shi Siyu 史斯宇 | 20 | Taichung | "是否我真的一無所有" | — | — | — | — | — |
| Revival round | |||||||||
| 1 | Lü Chengcheng 呂程程 | 25 | Shandong | N/A | Not chosen | ||||
| 2 | Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | 22 | Yingge | N/A | Chosen | ||||
| 3 | Xu Junjie 徐俊傑 | 22 | Taipei | N/A | Chosen | ||||
| 4 | Li Yijun 李俋君 | 24 | Kaohsiung | N/A | Not chosen | ||||
| 5 | Chen Pinhan 陳品涵 | 29 | Taipei | N/A | Not chosen | ||||
| 6 | Luo Shiting 羅士庭 | 22 | Taipei | N/A | Not chosen | ||||
| 7 | Zheng Xingan 鄭幸安 | 27 | Malaysia | N/A | Chosen | ||||
| 8 | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 (Catherine Hu 胡斯華 & James Hu 胡斯漢) |
30 / 25 | Taipei | N/A | Chosen | ||||
Top 24
In each episode, each of the six contestants to perform in the episode will select another contestant to battle against each other. In the event that there the contestant has no contenders, the contender will be selected randomly. After both contestants have performed their songs, the judges will decide who will be advanced based on the number of votes for the contestant (Team Red or Team Blue). After each episode, they will decide three eliminated contestants that will be saved among the six.
| Episode | Order | Song | Team Red ★ | Team Blue ★ | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Ta-yu | Matilda | Steve | Xiaoyu | ||||||
| Episode 5 (12 September) |
1 | "走在雨中" | Xu Junjie 徐俊傑 | Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | "Revolution" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 2 | "迷路" | Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | "水災" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 3 | "吻別" | Wei Guoyuan 韋國元 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | "長鏡頭" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 4 | "踮起腳尖愛" | Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | Li Long 李龍 | "Lost Stars" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 5 | "我懷念的" | Zeng Yuchen 曾宇辰 | Chen Rui 陳銳 | "擱淺" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 6 | "你的樣子" | Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | Ye Zuting 葉祖廷 | "讓" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| Episode 6 (19 September) |
1 | "Sugar" | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 | An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | "不自由" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ |
| 2 | "夜空中最閃亮的星" | Zheng Xingan 鄭幸安 | Che Zhili 車志立 | "擁抱你" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 3 | "我等到花兒都謝了" | Xie Bingyu 謝秉宇 | Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | "漂著" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 4 | "終於說出口" | Zhang Ruifei 張芮菲 | Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | "走鋼索的人" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 5 | "辛德瑞拉" | Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | "我想我不會愛你" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
| 6 | "一個人還是想著一個人" | Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | Jiang Zhuoquan 江卓權 | "那首歌" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | |
Top 18 – Cooperative Competition
The 18 contestants will be selected by the producers to be grouped into 9 pairs. After the contestants' performance, the judges will cast their votes. Both contestants will be advanced if they get three or more votes. At the end of the episode, the judges will select two potential contestants to be saved among the six eliminated.
| Episode | Order | Contestants | Song | Judge's votes and choices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent | Richie | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | ||||||
| Episode 7 (26 September) |
1 | Ye Zuting 葉祖廷 | Che Zhili 車志立 | "愛情不能作比較" | — | ★ | — | — | ★ | |
| 2 | The Lighters 萊特姊弟 | Li Long 李龍 | "Say Something" / "A Thousand Years" | — | ★ | — | — | ★ | ||
| 3 | Chen Rui 陳銳 | Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | "為你而活" | ★ | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ||
| 4 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | "原點" | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ★ | ||
| 5 | Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | "閨蜜樂園" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
| 6 | Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | "鼓聲若響" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
| 7 | Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | "春花夢露" | ★ | ★ | — | — | ★ | ||
| 8 | Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | "Uptown Funk" | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
| 9 | Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | Zhang Ruifei 張芮菲 | "血腥愛情故事" | — | ★ | — | — | ★ | ||
Top 14 – Oldies
The 14 contestants will select the oldie they want to perform. The song selected has to be the song that was performed around their birth. After each contestant's performance, the judges will cast their votes. The contestant will be advanced if he or she get three or more votes. At the end of the episode, the judges will select three potential contestants to be saved among the six eliminated.
The special guest for this episode is Khalil Fong.
| Episode | Order | Contestant | Song | Year | Judge's votes and choices | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie | Chief | Matilda | Winnie | Xiaoyu | ||||||
| Episode 8 (3 October) |
1 | Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | "對你愛不完" | 1993 | ★ | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Che Zhili 車志立 | "每天愛你多一些" | 1991 | — | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ||
| 3 | Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | "心痛的感覺" | 1984 | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | — | ||
| 4 | An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | "夜來香" | 1978 | ★ | — | — | — | ★ | ||
| 5 | Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | "原來的我" | 1985 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | "鍾愛一生" | 1998 | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
| 7 | Chen Rui 陳銳 | "一場遊戲一場夢" | 1987 | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | — | ||
| 8 | Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | "Lemon Tree" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | "桂花巷" | 1987 | ★ | — | — | — | ★ | ||
| 10 | Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | "每次都想呼喊你的名字" | 1984 | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
| 11 | Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | 1967 | — | ★ | — | ★ | — | ||
| 12 | Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | "當愛已成往事" | 1993 | ★ | ★ | — | — | — | ||
| 13 | Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | "秋意濃" | 1993 | ★ | ★ | — | ★ | ★ | ||
| 14 | Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | "寂寞難耐" | 1986 | ★ | — | ★ | ★ | ★ | ||
Top 10 (Part 1)
The 10 contestants will choose their song to contest. After each contestant's performance, the judges will cast their votes. These votes will be carried over to the following week, where two contestants with the lowest number of votes at the end of two weeks will be eliminated. Grasshoppers occupy two tables and hence are entitled to two votes.
Elimination chart
| Contestant | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Honglin 闇鴻麟 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Che Zhili 車志立 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Chen Lanjie 陳藍杰 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Chen Rui 陳銳 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Jian Shuping 簡淑萍 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Lin Shixuan 林士軒 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Qiu Shiling 邱詩凌 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Ren Longxin 任龍欣 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Song Chulin 宋楚琳 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Yang Shuxuan 楊淑萱 | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||
| Chen Hongzhu 陳虹竹 | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||||
| Chen Jinghao 陳景皓 | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Wang Yanwei 王艷薇 | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Wang Zhihong 王志弘 | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Li Long 李龍 | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||||
| The Lighters 萊特姊弟 | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Ye Zuting 葉祖廷 | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Zhang Ruifei 張芮菲 | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Jiang Zhuoquan 江卓權 | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||||||
| Xie Bingyu 謝秉宇 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Zheng Xingan 鄭幸安 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Wei Guoyuan 韋國元 | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||
| Xu Junjie 徐俊傑 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Zeng Yuchen 曾宇辰 | Eliminated | |||||||||