Communist Censors Kill Chinese Version Of American Idol Because Of ‘Western-Style’ Voting

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by Jon Bershad | 12:01 pm, September 19th, 2011

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At this point, it doesn’t look like American Idol will ever die. Even if we come to a point where Fox needs to develop cloning techniques just so there will still be new, innoffensive singers to compete, as long as people keep watching, then Randy Jackson will continue telling those clones that they are, in fact, da bomb, dawg. That’s just the way capitalism works. Success and money means immortality. However, over in Red China, they have a different system and their American Idol counterpart has just been canceled despite once garnering 400 million viewers. The reason? The audience voting style is to “western.”

The show in question is called Super Girl and, like American Idol, it’s also inspired by Britain’s Pop Idol. It’s a singing contest which invites viewers to vote for their favorite contestants via text messages, thus contributing to the winner selection. While this contributed to its overwhelming popularity since its inception, it also didn’t win any favors with the Communist Party. In 2006, Liu Zhongde from the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference gave an interview in which he discussed his view that the show should be shut down.

“Behind the Super Girls entertainment lies poison for the youth. Take a look at the youth who are following the Super Girls now. See what state of mind they are in, what direction they are headed. Take a look at how the audiences are watching this program, and you’ll find that amid unthinking laughter people have been corrupted. The cultural departments have a responsibility to prevent this corruption; they must strengthen their administration of this sort of program.”

How on earth does China have more money than us? Don’t they realize that creating products that poison and corrupt young people is the best way to be successful?

Anyway, five years later, folks like Zhongde have gotten their wish.

So, next time you’re sitting at home, listening to another bland white guy with a guitar absolutely butcher a Rolling Stones song, and wondering why the heck you’re still watching this show, just remember that you’re an American and be proud.

Here’s a clip of Super Girl. It took me a while to find a good clip of the show because I kept getting distracted watching bits of the 1984 movie Supergirl which is apparently unrelated. More entertaining in my opinion though.

(h/t Reddit)

American Idol, China

Anonymous

MSM would love this, as only winners would be those with the correct combination of gender, race and finally talent. Democracy is far too messy. Just imagine the MSDNC hosts picking the winners.
Anonymous

Liu Zhongde is precisely correct. This sort of rubbish programming lead directly to fungi such as Simon Cowell & Piers Morgan stinking up American TV.
Ralph

And was this the performance that led to the show’s cancellation? Maybe American censors won’t permit us to see that one.

I haven’t seen anyone call China “Red China” for a long, long time. There is China and Taiwan, which is a part of China. Mediaite may not agree with the policy that there is only one China, but that is the position of the United States.
Michelle

Communist Censors Kill Chinese Version Of American Idol Because Of ‘Western-Style’ Voting

Liberals cheer!
http://www.storminsmorningjava.blogspot.com/ stormin1961

she certainly nailed a challenging song.
Nature Freak

carltonwest,

You support the communist Liu Zhongde, yet you call yourself an American patriot and a supporter of Middle American values.

I have to infer that carltonwest also supports totalitarianism. Interesting. Is this a core belief of yours?
Dislike the First Amendment?
Moderate

Communism is not dead after all.
Anonymous

Sad, really.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

having to endure the existence of “american idol”, and the american tv landscape in general, is a small price to pay to enjoy our freedom of speech…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

Nor are all the liberals who incessantly call for the shut down of Fox News, or cheer the removal of Glenn Beck… Media Matters and the rest of their ilk are isolated on defeating conservative speech… Your point of view although not very interesting is very hypocritical. It is clear that Carlton is being sarcastic in his remarks.. But libs in their criticism of Fox and Talk radio… not so much.

Progressives if they could have their way would lead us down the path to China, as your primary tenet is that the good of the collective outweighs the rights of the individual, yours is a philosophy of Statism that will replace god and individual rights with a supreme state which will determine what is best for us all, and will not tolerate dissent.
Ralph

I can’t tell if it’s lip-synched. Compare it to old live clilps of rock bands. Seems like singing requires more of a person’s lungs than is shown.
Nature Freak

I have no reason to believe he was being sarcastic. I have seen other comments of his.

The rest of your comment is typical right wing paranoia. Conservatives think everyone is out to get them.
Anonymous

In every headline there is a little truth .

“Communist Censors Kill Chinese “
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-iixwmN_A&NR=1
Guest

MSDNC? Wow, aren’t you a funny one? Find that one all by yourself, big boy?
Guest

Badum tish.
Bob

And this is repressive nation is the one the corporatists and rightwingers want us to do business with, and like Bachmann, want us to lower our minimum wage and labor standards to emulate.
Lufrank

Liberals Cheer? Geeze! I’m a Liberal and wish WE could trade our American Idols for their TALENTED Super Girls!
Lufrank

Puuleeze! Don’t say “conservative speech” say Glenn Beck, Hannity, Limburger, Coulter, indeed all of Fox Noise “ULTRA -conservative feces”. You are insulting normal conservatives.
Anonymous

Maybe the Chinese TV producers should study the proposed voting system US labor unions want to impose on their members. No secret ballot, and a Teamster standing behind you to “advise” you on the correct choice to make. Add a Black Panther or two with billy clubs at the front door, and you could get the perfect voting system for a one-party state.
Anonymous

Where are all the Socialist/Communist, Obama backers now? I’d have thought all you lefties and your nonsense would be flocking here, to this thread, in droves? Tell us again about the wonders of the State owned nirvana! LOL

Jeez, Here it is, America’s future according to the Democratic Party, and only 20 comments? LOL LOL

Purveyor (In the future, don’t ask me for help, you made this mess)
http://twitter.com/Staciisa_bitch Staci Chase

Republicans love Communist labor.
Anonymous

It seems like the problem it is crap TV not the text voting.