CCTV1: Olay's [Dream Choirs] Show

CCTV1: Olay's [Dream Choirs 夢想合唱團] Show

Tagline: Together with a celebrity, battle for a hometown's dream. 

[Dream Choirs 夢想合唱團] is CCTV's new large-scale television program.

Brief Introduction:

CCTV1's [Dream Choirs] show aims to emphasize social public welfare. In the program, 8 celebrities will form choirs in attempt to represent and to complete their hometown's public welfare wish. Currently, the celebrity leaders and their cities participating in CCTV1's major television event include: Beijing (Zhang Qiang), Shanghai (Anson Hu), Shenzhen (Bibi Zhou), Hangzhou (Yoga Lin), Nanning (Wu Xia), Yantai (Jaycee Chan), Guiyang (Gong Linna), Pu'er (Harlem Yu). These 8 Celebrities will have invested more than 2 months in search of 20 local talents to form a choir. After formation, the 8 separate choirs will gather in Beijing for training and promotions for up to 8 weeks. The celebrity and their choir will be ready for battle, and are filled with hopes of winning a chance to achieve the public welfare for their hometown. With their voices and touching stories, will they be able to impress their judges and audience?

Program Features:

This is a yet another attempt to a new program, but with hopes to reflect and to influence the society. In this program, the main theme is the idea that ordinary people can also form their own inspirational story and can achieve their dreams. Throughout the program, these hopes and struggles of the people will be shown. Majority of the program will feature and emphasize on the personal stories of the choirs and their celebrity lead. With their stories, their transformational experience, and their live performances, they will attempt to motivate, inspire, and to touch the audience to take home the grand public welfare prize.

Broadcast Details:

* 10 Episodes in total

* Broadcast weekly

* Length: 60 minutes

* Broadcast dates: November 12, 2011 to January 14, 2012 (Every Saturday 6:00 -7:00pm)

* Welfare Ceremony Finale: January 22, 2012 (8:00 - 9:30pm)


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CCTV1: Olay's [Dream Choirs 夢想合唱團] Season 1 
Finale on January 22nd, 2012

Results:
First: Pu'er (Harlem Yu)
Second: Guiyang (Gong Linna)
Third: Shanghai (Anson Hu)
Then:
Hangzhou (Yoga Lin)
Yantai (Jaycee Chan)
Shenzhen (Bibi Zhou)
Nanning (Wu Xia)
Beijing (Zhang Qiang)


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Anson Hu and His Shanghai Choir Team

Since my primary interest is Anson Hu and his dream choir, I will provide only their recruitment/formation, news, and video clips in this section. If you are interested in entire episode, please see the bottom. 

What Blogmaster-DeniseJF has to say about this:
Even if you don't really care what this CCTV1's Dream Choirs is all about, it is worth watching Anson and his choir's performances. For each and every song, Anson put in a lot of effort to produce a new cover for each and every one their competition songs, even when it is not a requirement for the show. In addition, he spent a tremendous amount of work on the choreography, presentation, and coordination of his choir. Anson is not only a talented singer-songwriter behind the stage, he also knows how to shows off his talents on stage, and to put on a spectacular performance. I made my folks watch the whole show, and they were pretty amused at what Anson is capable of. 

How? It shows in his performances, see for yourself!


Anson's Recruitment Video
Commercial: Anson Hu's CCTV Recruitment Video

Recruitment related:
News: CCTV's Show: Anson Hu is Beijing Celebrity Representative
Photos: Anson Hu at Shanghai to recruit his [Dream Choirs]

CCTV Promotional Clips
Video: Anson Hu on CCTV's [Dream Choirs] Promotional Clip

FOCUS ON Anson Hu and his dream choir only:
For each episode, I provided a brief summary of the clip, and it is enough for you to understand what Anson and his choir are doing. Enjoy!
November 12 to 26, 2011: Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are random clips of the recruitment process of 8 celebrities, featuring particular contestants. Anson's recruitment process is summarized here.
December 3rd, 2011: Episode 4
December 10th, 2011: Episode 5
December 17th, 2011: Episode 6
December 24th, 2011: Episode 7
December 31st, 2011: Episode 8
January 7th, 2012: Episode 9
January 14th, 2012: Episode 10
January 22nd, 2012: Finale Ceremony


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Entire Episodes (Featuring all 8 dream choirs): 
November 12, 2011 Episode 1 (Opening)
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

November 19, 2011 Episode 2
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

November 26, 2011 Episode 3
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

December 3rd, 2011 Episode 4
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

December 10th, 2011 Episode 5
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

December 17th, 2011 Episode 6
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

December 24th, 2011 Episode 7
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

December 31st, 2011 Episode 8
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

January 7th, 2012 Episode 9
Sohu Official, Youtube

January 14th, 2012 Episode 10
Sohu Official, Youtube playlist

January 22nd, 2012 Episode 11 (Finale)
Sohu Official Part 1, 2, 3, 4, Youtube playlist







Source: 
CCTV's Main Website: http://ent.cntv.cn/program/dream-choirs01/1/index.shtml
Sohu TV's Main Website: http://tv.sohu.com/mxhct/