''Blossoming Flowers'' (; literally "flower baby blossoming") also known as Super Flowers Girl was an annual national Chinese singing contest for female contestants, organized by Qinghai Satellite Television between 2010. It was generally described as the

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version of '' Super Girl'' and becoming another popular entertainment shows in the country. The singing contest will have air its second season in March 2011.

Outline

Partly inspired by the many spinoffs of the Hunan Satellite Television's '' Super Girl'', the competition was open to any female contestant from ages 18 through 32 regardless of her origin, appearance, or how she sings.Blossoming Flowers official site
/ref> Many applicants travelled long distances to take part in the competition hoping to become a star. Each contestant was allowed 30 seconds to perform in front of judges and find out if they were selected for the preliminary regional rounds. Following the selection of contestants in the five regions, the competition began with the preliminary rounds. Preliminaries were held in each of the five locations where auditions were located. Television viewers were able to watch each of the preliminaries and vote for their favorite singers. Voting was conducted by

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and

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. The regional preliminaries were followed by a weekly broadcast

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held in

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province. Viewers called in to vote for their favourite singers, and the weakest two—as voted by the judges and the audience's weekly

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— faced-off subsequently in a ''PK'', short for ''Player Kill''. The term is derived from kill-or-be-killed multiplayer

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s. The singer with the fewest votes was then eliminated.

Season summary

2010 season

The first season of ''Blossoming Flowers'' aired from March 21. The finale is scheduled for early-September. : Champion : Flower girl : Eliminated

Final contestants

* 02 Momo Mo Longdan (莫龙丹) -

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Area - 1st place (Champion) * 04 Cai Tingyu (蔡婷玉) -

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Area - 2nd place (1st Runner-up) * 05 Villi Li Hui (李慧) -

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Area - 3rd place (2nd Runner-up) * 09 Yang Xiucuo (杨秀措) -

Area - 4th place * 07 River Dai Yue (代悦) -

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Area - 5th place * 06 Ma Yiru (马沂茹) - Online (

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) Area - 6th place * 03 Lulu Li Yanglu (李杨璐) -

Area - 7th place * 10 Teng Siyu (滕偲玙) -

Area - 8th place * 08 Wendy Xie Wenting (谢文婷) -

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Area - 9th place * 01 Lu Yudi (卢昱弟) -

Area - 10th place

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