Chinese Million Star

*Chinese Million Star*
Chinese Million Star
	Chinese Million Star Logo
Also known as	Chinese Million Star
Traditional Chinese	華人星光大道
Hanyu Pinyin	Huárén Xīngguāng Dàdào
Genre	Reality/Competition
Presented by	Mathilda Tao; (陶晶瑩)
Starring	Yuan Wei Jen; Kay Huang ; (黃韻玲); Albert Leung; James Li; (李泉); David Tao
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	28 (+4 specials)
Production
Executive producers	Wáng Weizhōng; (王伟忠); Zhān Rénxióng; (詹仁雄); Wang Ya Ju; (汪雅筑)
Running time	120 mins
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	July 3, 2011 –; 2013

Chinese Million Star is a Taiwanese singing reality-competition based on the previous program, One Million Star. The series was a Remake of One Million Star and adapting competition format based on the seven seasons.

After seven seasons of One Million Star, a Taiwanese televised singing competition named Chinese Million Star begins its search for a new superstar. produced by Gin Star Entertainment, and aired on CTV (China Television Company, Ltd). Most of the competition remains similar to the original counterpart of One Million Star as well as the judges. The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances, which were Yuan Wei Jen, Kay Huang, Albert Leung, James Li and David Tao. The series is hosted by Mathilda Tao, who she previously hosted One Million Star. The competition is open to singers worldwide. The top prize is a cash payout of NT$1,000,000 along with various prizes. The three winners were Sharon Kwan, Max Lin, and Chen Haoyu.

To date, three seasons were broadcast with the first season aired on July 3, 2011, and ended January 15, 2012. In August 2014, CTV and the show's producer James Chan announced that the series would not be renewed for a fourth season, due to budget constraints and viewership ratings. However, Taiwan later produced several spin-offs for the program called Million Star and Jungle Voice, which had seen international success.

Rules

Like One Million Star, Chinese Million Star has rounds that contest singers based on the abilities and talent. Each week is tied to a theme and singers had to perform for the five judges who will score them, with a maximum score of 30 (each judge can award a singer up to six points). Singers who do not perform well with scores fell below a quota (which starts at 15 and raises in later weeks) will land them in the "Elimination Zone", where they were placed in risk of elimination; judges will then eliminate singers who performed the worst in most weeks except for non-elimination weeks. Various weeks were as shown over the course of Chinese Million Star:

Auditions

Singers sang their song pre-recorded in a television screen which is seen by the five judges. Singers had to receive at least three stars from the panel under 30 seconds to advance. If the singer received only two stars, s/he may also be entitled for a secondary performance. Each judge also have a save to exercise on their own, to save a contestant from elimination.

Sing-off

Singers compete with each other in a Sing-off and performed songs. Singers who lost the sing-off, along with contestants who did not score a quota (usually 15 points), will land the contestant in the "Elimination Zone".

Themed weeks

Themed weeks do not have a sing-off, and singers compete in their own in one song. Singers must score above the quota to advance.

Cumulative Rounds

Towards the end of the competition, singers compete over the next four themed weeks with the scores accumulating in each performance. Elimination occurs on the semi-final week and on the first round of the grand finals, and singers received a lower total will be eliminated. Four remaining singers who advanced to the second round of the grand finals will decide the winner based on the weightage of the scores from the previous cumulative rounds (40% based on all the scores from the first four themed weeks, and 30% from each of the rounds in the grand final).

Series overview

To date, three seasons had been broadcast as follows:

Season	Premiere Date	Grand Finals Date	Finale Date	No. of episodes	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Popular
1	July 3, 2011	January 8, 2012	February 19, 2012	28	Sharon Kwan	Li Qian	Jie Ying Tha	Jie Ying Tha
2	August 26, 2012	February 3, 2013	February 10, 2013	24	Max Lin	Kelly Chung	Nicole Lai	Nicole Lai
3	August 18, 2013	January 26, 2014	February 2, 2014	24	Chen Haoyu	Vash Hsu	Yui Taniguchi	Vash Hsu