Li Sisi (; born 4 November 1986) is a Chinese television host and media personality. She rose to fame in 2006 when she earned a third-place finish on the reality TV show ''Host Challenge''. Li is most notable for hosting the
CCTV New Year's Gala
The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese ...
, one of China's most watched entertainment shows, since 2012.
Biography
Li was born in Chaoyang District of
Changchun,
Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
in 1986.
She studied dance at the age of 5. By age 10, she starred in
Dong Wenhua
Dong Wenhua (born June 29, 1962) is a Chinese singer of the People's Liberation Army. "Moon of the Fifteenth", " Story of Spring", as well as many other songs of hers were popular to the youth generation of the 1980s and the early 1990s. In Am ...
's MV ''Ballad of the Great Wall'' ().
In 1998, Li enrolled in the Changchun Foreign Studies School and graduated in 2001. Li secondary studied at the
Northeast Normal University Affiliated High School. She entered Peking University in 2004, majoring in Film Choreography at the College of Journalism and Communications, where she graduated in 2008.
In 2006, Li placed third in the reality TV show ''Host Challenge''.
From 2007 to present, Li hosted programs in
China Central Television. In 2012 she was selected as a host for the CCTV New Year's Gala, becoming the youngest host ever selected at age 26. She hosted the show again in 2013 and 2014.
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1986 births
People from Changchun
Peking University alumni
CCTV television presenters
Living people