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Li YuChun - loved for being herselfChinese showbiz rarely produces icons.Sure, there are the dozen or so movie actors who can carry a film, and the odd rocker who fills a stadium. But seldom does a face on China's small screen really stand out. Even singing , the national pastime and TV staple, seems reserved for an interchangeable lineup of warbing coquettes,husky crooners and jolly fellows in brass stars and epaulets belting out odes to red flags.Which helps explain how a 21-years old Sichuanese music student named Li Yuchun has become one of the most popular figures in China. In August, Li won a televised American Idol-like singing contest produced by Hunan province's Entertainment Channel and bearing its own inimitable name:" Mongolian Cow Sour Yogurt Super Girl's Voice." ( Its sponsor makes yogurts) The show drew the largest audiences in the history of Chinese television. As the competition narrowed, the media covered it like a war or the O.J Simpson trail. By the time the finale aired, some 400 million people were tuning in. The Li Yuchun phenomenon, however, goes far beyond her voice, which even the most ardent fans admit is pretty weak: her vocal range drifts between Cher territory and that place your little brothers's voice went the summer before seventh grade. As a dance she's not much better.明天继续
2005年10月12日 05点10分
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