Big Brother China, also referred to as Housemates, Let's Stay Together (Chinese: 室友一起宅, Shìyǒuyìqǐzhái), was the Chinese version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol Jr. in 1997. The only season of the series known as the Pilot Season was pre-recorded in September 2015 and streamed exclusively online by Youku and Tudou on 21 November 2015. The winner was Tan Xiangjun who won an endorsement contract to be a contestant on the first season worth CNY 10 million. However, the first season was never produced.

Big Brother China
Also known asHousemates, Let's Stay Together
Mandarin Chinese室友一起宅
Presented byZhou Wentao (Live Final)
Yang Ruilei (Live Final)
Voices ofMa Rui
as "Brother Zhai"
(宅哥 Zháigē)
Country of originChina
Original languageChinese
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerEndemol Shine China
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkYouku
Tudou
Big Brother China
Presented byZhou Wentao (Live Final)
Yang Ruilei (Live Final)
No. of days12
No. of housemates10
WinnerTan Xiangjun
Runner-upXie Sitong
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkYouku
Tudou
Original release21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) –
6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)
Additional information
Filming dates7 September (2015-09-07) –
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)

Development

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Big Brother China was announced by Endemol and Youku Tudou Inc. on 28 October 2014 in a press release.[1] A new division, Endemol China, was created in Beijing for developing and co-developing formats and promoting Chinese content abroad.

The House used for the series was located outside Mumbai, India where the Indian version, Bigg Boss was filmed but re-decorated for the Chinese edition with Endemol India assisting with the production of the show. Rebecca De Young, who previously served as a producer on the British version for over ten years prior to working on the Chinese adaptation, was named as executive producer.[2] The pilot season was filmed over the course of twelve days from 7 to 19 September 2015 and was streamed twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays for six weeks starting on 21 November 2015 and ending with a live final on 6 January 2016.[3]

Format

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The Housemates competed in tasks during their stay inside the House. They were also required to vote to save one of the nominated Housemates from eviction. The nominated Housemate with the fewest save votes was evicted. The winner was decided by a public vote during the live finale.

Housemates

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Name Nickname Age Occupation Residence Day entered Day exited Status
Tan Xiangjun
谭湘君
君君 21 Model, actress Dazhou, Sichuan 1 12 Winner
Xie Sitong
解斯童
斯童 24 Model Beijing 1 12 Runner-up
Yang Xiaolou
杨小楼
BoYoung 27 Tattoo artist, Rapper Fushun, Liaoning 1 12 Third Placed
Wang Manyu
王曼玉
Blue N/A Singer Beijing 1 12 Evicted
Deng Huanyu
邓环宇
Rocky/肉肉 24 Boat crew Shenyang, Liaoning 1 12 Evicted
Jiang Chenchen
江陈晨
神童 24 Dancer Beijing 1 12 Evicted
Han Chenbin
韩陈彬
喃喃 25 Model, actress Beijing 1 12 Evicted
Wang Linyi
王琳旖
小兔子 N/A N/A N/A 1 9 Evicted
Liu Sibo
刘思博
小仙女 26 Actress Beijing 1 9 Evicted
Morpheus
墨菲斯
大叔 39 PUA Lovemaster Beijing 1 6 Evicted

Summary

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Day 1 Entrances Deng Huanyu, Han Chenbin, Jiang Chenchen, Xie Sitong, Liu Sibo, Morpheus, Tan Xiangjun, Wang Linyi, Wang Manyu, Yang Xiaolou entered the House.
Tasks

Rotating Bottle A housemate turns the bottle every round and then waits for the bottle to stop. The two people the bottle is pointing at open an envelope, which has a task inside it.

Rotating Bottle tasks
Recipient(s) Task Answer Result
Tan Xiangjun, Jiang Chenchen Select one opposite-sex housemate to do Kabedon for 30 seconds. They can't laugh, and the countdown is done by someone else. Passed
Han Chenbin Ask: Kiss, marry, or evict? Kiss: Morpheus. Marry: Liu Sibo. Evict: Tan Xiangjun
Wang Linyi, Yang Xiaolou Choose a housemate of the opposite sex. Stand on each other's feet and dance cheek to cheek.
Wang Manyu, Yang Xiaolou Hold an opposite-sex housemate on your left like a princess and squat 10 times.
Xie Sitong, Han Chenbin Mouth to mouth and put the paper on the table.
Liu Sibo Who do you think is the most fake and the most real? Most real: Xie Sitong. Most fake: Morpheus
Deng Huanyu, Liu Sibo Lay down and do push-ups 10 times.

Genius Bartender: according to the taste of RIO cocktail's flavor, select juices and cocktails, mix a taste closed cocktail, their partner will try later to guess which flavor of RIO is. If they guessed right will win back their own luggage.

Day 2 Tasks Yes / No

Housemates must say yes to everything told by Brother Zhai. They will only be given two chances to say no.
If all of them pass their tasks, they will win back their luggage. They passed this task, then got back their luggage.

Yes / No tasks
Recipient(s) Task Decision Result
All housemates Do you want to jump until Brother Zhai is satisfied? Yes Passed
Wang Linyi, Morpheus Do you want to jump into the pool immediately? Yes
Deng Huanyu Follow Han Chenbin after leaving the Diary Room. Every time he touches his hair, press the electric shock pen and enjoy the electricity. Yes
Wang Manyu Do you want to play Big Fish Harmonica? Yes
Han Chenbin Do you want to play as a saboteur, secretly obstructing others to compete in tomorrow's task? Yes
Liu Sibo Do you want to put on some new clothes provided by Brother Zhai? Yes
Jiang Chenchen Eating SPECIAL snacks? No
Tan Xiangjun Eating SPECIAL snacks? Yes
Day 3 Tasks Two-day task: Crazy little angel

Throughout the next two days, these babies will cry from time to time. As the baby's parents, they need to do three things such as feeding, changing diapers, and coaxing them to sleep. Pairs: Jiang Chenchen and Wang Manyu, Yang Xiaolou and Liu Sibo, Tan Xiangjun and Han Chenbin, Wang Linyi and Deng Huanyu, Morpheus and Xie Sitong

  • Han Chenbin's secret mission: Secretly cause trouble, leading to his partner in the task ending up in the bottom of the rankings. If he completes his secret mission, they can compete for a place with the first-ranking partner.
  • Sleep little angel: Each pair makes a lullaby, and performs it.
  • Make baby cribs: First place: Wang Linyi and Deng Huanyu. Second place: Jiang Chenchen and Wang Manyu. Third place: Yang Xiaolou and Liu Sibo. Fourth place: Morpheus and Xie Sitong. Fifth place: Tan Xiangjun and Han Chenbin.
Day 4 Tasks Wang Manyu and Morpheus must do dirty laundry for other housemates.

Two-day task: Crazy little angel

  • Change diapers while blindfolded

In each pair, the male housemate is blindfolded and made to change the diaper, while the female housemate needs to use her voice to guide him, according to an example picture. The fastest pair wins. Deng Huanyu and Wang Linyi are winners. Han Chenbin failed his secret mission because their pair wasn't the lowest ranking one.
Immunity challenge
Standing on a wooden stick and holding a rope over the head. The one that lasts for the longest time wins. Winner: Yang Xiaolou. He must give two immunities. As the winning pair of the Crazy little angel task, either Deng Huanyu or Wang Linyi will have a chance to receive immunity. Another one should give it to other housemates, including himself.

Punishment During today's task, Han Chenbin revealed his secret mission to Tan Xiangjun. He will write "I will never break the rules." (in Chinese) ten times on five whiteboards as punishment.
Day 5 Tasks Silence Party

When the music starts, two housemates must arrive on the dance floor within 30 seconds. They must ensure they have danced for more than 11 minutes and 30 seconds at a time. If they take less than 11 minutes and 30 seconds, they have failed the task.

Nominations
  • Deng Huanyu and Wang Linyi received immunities from Yang Xiaolou. They were both safe from being nominated in the first round of nominations.
  • Housemates were nominated for the first time. Liu Sibo and Morpheus received the most nominations and were therefore nominated for eviction.
Day 6 Tasks Magic Potion

Choose one of the bottles of "magic potion" to drink. According to other people's reactions, guess the magic potion you chose.

Exits Morpheus was the first housemate to be evicted.
Day 7 Tasks Who is the killer

The killer (Jiang Chenchen) and two detectives (Deng Huanyu and Xie Sitong) were both decided by a random draw. When the housemates were killed, they were sent to jail. Deng Huanyu and Xie Sitong must use cooperation to find the killer. In the end, if they successfully figure out the killer, they will receive immunities. Jiang Chenchen needs to follow the arrangements to kill the target. If he completes the task, he can also receive immunity.

Nominations Deng Huanyu, Jiang Chenchen and Xie Sitong were nominated by a random draw.
Day 8 Tasks Who is the killer

After the speech, Deng Huanyu and Xie Sitong were given one minute to discuss. They had to give two suspects, which were Jiang Chenchen and Wang Manyu. Then the jury voted (Jiang vs Wang, 2:3), but the result was for reference only. Then they must give a final answer, which was Wang Manyu. This was incorrect, so Jiang Chenchen passed the task and won immunity.

Nominations Based on the result of the 'Who is the killer' task, Jiang Chenchen won immunity. Deng Huanyu and Xie Sitong had to select another housemate to nominate. They chose Liu Sibo.
Day 9 Tasks Ignore Task

Ignore everything from other housemates.

Exit Double Eviction: Liu Sibo was the second housemate to be evicted, and Deng Huanyu was the third.
Day 10 Tasks Each housemate had to stay in a box for as long as they can. The winner of the task receives a voice letter from their family. They split into two groups: Jiang Chenchen, Wang Manyu & Han Chenbin against Yang Xiaolou, Xie Sitong & Wang Linyi, with Tan Xiangjun as the judge. There was a tie between the two teams, so they all got their voice letters. Morpheus and Deng Huanyu both returned for the task.
Day 11 Tasks Everyone was required to write two letters anonymously. One for their favorite person, and one for the person they can't live in harmony with. They must read these letters front of everyone later.
Day 12 Events Housemates prepared for the Awards Ceremony in the afternoon.
Nominations Jiang Chenchen, Wang Linyi, Wang Manyu, Xie Sitong
Exit Wang Linyi was the fourth housemate to be evicted.
Final
6 January

[4]
Events The final live show took place in Beijing. The show has divided into three rounds.[5]
Return All housemates returned for the live show.

According to a popularity poll, one of the first four evicted housemates were allowed to return to the game and compete with three advanced housemates from the first round.
Then one of the eight evicted housemates will return to the game and compete with the two advanced housemates from the second round for the final prize.

Final result Tan Xiangjun was announced as the winner.

Nominations table

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Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 11 Day 12 Votes
received
#1 #2
Tan Xiangjun Morpheus,
Liu Sibo
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Xie Sitong,
Deng Huanyu
Deng Huanyu Xie Sitong,
Han Chenbin
Not
eligible
Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
1
Xie Sitong Morpheus,
Liu Sibo
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Nominated Nominated Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu
Nominated Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
14
Yang Xiaolou Liu Sibo,
Morpheus
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Xie Sitong,
Deng Huanyu
Deng Huanyu Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu
Not
eligible
Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
1
Wang Manyu Liu Sibo,
Morpheus
Morpheus No
nominations
No
nominations
Deng Huanyu,
Xie Sitong
Xie Sitong Wang Linyi,
Yang Xiaolou
Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu,
Xie Sitong
Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
4
Jiang Chenchen Liu Sibo,
Morpheus
Morpheus No
nominations
Exempt Deng Huanyu,
Xie Sitong
Xie Sitong Xie Sitong,
Wang Linyi
Nominated Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
6
Han Chenbin Morpheus,
Liu Sibo
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Deng Huanyu,
Xie Sitong
Xie Sitong Xie Sitong,
Wang Linyi
Not
eligible
Advanced
(Exited; Day 12)
2
Wang Linyi Morpheus,
Liu Sibo
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Xie Sitong,
Deng Huanyu
Xie Sitong Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu
Nominated Evicted
(Day 12)
3
Deng Huanyu Liu Sibo,
Jiang Chenchen
Liu Sibo No
nominations
No
nominations
Nominated Nominated Evicted
(Day 9)
8
Liu Sibo Morpheus,
Jiang Chenchen
Nominated No
nominations
No
nominations
Nominated Evicted
(Day 9)
15
Morpheus Liu Sibo,
Han Chenbin
Nominated Evicted
(Day 6)
10
Notes 1, 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nominated Liu Sibo,
Morpheus
Deng Huanyu,
Jiang Chenchen,
Liu Sibo,
Xie Sitong
Deng Huanyu,
Xie Sitong
Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Linyi,
Wang Manyu,
Xie Sitong
Evicted None Morpheus
2 of 8 votes
to save
None Liu Sibo
0 of 6 votes
to save
Deng Huanyu
2 of 6 votes
to save
None Wang Linyi
Wang Manyu's choice
to evict

The live final

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Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Tan Xiangjun Team 2 Evicted
(Round 1)
Nominated Winner
(Final Round)
Xie Sitong Team 2 Advanced Nominated Finalist Runner-up
(Final Round)
Yang Xiaolou Team 2 Evicted
(Round 1)
Advanced Nominated Finalist Third place
(Final Round)
Wang Manyu Team 1 Advanced Nominated Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Deng Huanyu Evicted
(Day 9)
Nominated Nominated Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Jiang Chenchen Team 1 Evicted
(Round 1)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Han Chenbin Team 1 Evicted
(Round 1)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Wang Linyi Evicted
(Day 12)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 2)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Liu Sibo Evicted
(Day 9)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 2)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Morpheus Evicted
(Day 6)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 2)
Nominated Re-evicted
(Round 3)
Notes 8, 9 10 11 12 13 14, 15
Nominated Team 1:
Han Chenbin,
Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu *
Team 1:
Jiang Chenchen,
Wang Manyu
Deng Huanyu,
Liu Sibo,
Morpheus,
Wang Linyi
Deng Huanyu,
Wang Manyu,
Xie Sitong,
Yang Xiaolou
Deng Huanyu,
Han Chenbin,
Jiang Chenchen,
Liu Sibo,
Morpheus,
Tan Xiangjun,
Wang Linyi,
Wang Manyu
Tan Xiangjun,
Xie Sitong,
Yang Xiaolou
Team 2:
Tan Xiangjun *,
Xie Sitong,
Yang Xiaolou
Team 2:
Tan Xiangjun,
Yang Xiaolou
Evicted Han Chenbin
Wang Manyu's choice
to evict
Yang Xiaolou
(out of 2)
to return
Deng Huanyu
Most votes
(out of 4)
to return
Deng Huanyu
Fewest points
(out of 4)
to evict
Tan Xiangjun
Most votes
(out of 8)
to return
Yang Xiaolou
58,800 votes
(10.73%)
(out of 3)
Yang Xiaolou
Tan Xiangjun's choice
to evict
Jiang Chenchen
Wang Manyu's choice
to evict
Wang Manyu
Fewest points
(out of 4)
to evict
Xie Sitong
59,670 votes
(10.89%)
(out of 3)
Tan Xiangjun
Tan Xiangjun's choice
to evict
Tan Xiangjun
429,630 votes
(78.38%)
to win

Notes

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  This housemate was given or won immunity for that round.
  • ^Note 1 : Housemates were required to nominate two housemates for eviction.
  • ^Note 2 : Deng Huanyu and Wang Linyi received immunities from Yang Xiaolou, therefore immune.
  • ^Note 3 : Liu Sibo and Morpheus received the most nominations from Day 5, the rest of the housemates voted for whom they wanted to save. The housemate with the fewest votes was evicted.
  • ^Note 4 : This round of nominations was decided by a random draw.
  • ^Note 5 : Based on the result of the 'Who is the killer' task, Jiang Chenchen won immunity. Deng Huanyu and Xie Sitong had to select another housemate to nominate. They chose Liu Sibo.
  • ^Note 6 : Day 9 was a double eviction.
  • ^Note 7 : Housemates were nominated on Day 11, but who facing eviction was announced on Day 12 at the Awards ceremony. Because Wang Manyu won the "Best Zhuge Liang" award, so only she had the power to vote in this round, although she was also nominated.
  • ^Note 8 : Live final took place at 8:30 pm on 6 January in Beijing. Votes on the live broadcast website directly decide the winner.
  • ^Note 9 : For the first round, six advanced housemates split into two teams to compete, in this round, three housemates will be evicted. According to the votes, Tan Xiangjun and Wang Manyu are the leaders of the two teams. The winning team leader (Team 1) will evict 1 housemate, the losing team (Team 2) will evict 2 housemates. As the leader of Team 1, Wang Manyu chose to evict Han Chenbin. As the leader of Team 2, Tan Xiangjun chose to evict Yang Xiaolou and herself.
  • ^Note 10 : The losing team (Team 2) has a chance to bring back one evicted housemate. If Xie Sitong accepts and passes the special challenge, she will have a chance to bring back one evicted housemate and the winning team will evict 2 housemates.

She accepts and passes the challenge. Yang Xiaolou returned. Then the winning team (Team 1) chose to evict Jiang Chen.

  • ^Note 11 : For the second round, According to the popularity poll, Deng Huanyu with the most votes returned and compete with three advanced housemates from the first round.
  • ^Note 12 : After that, two housemates will advance into the final round and two housemates will be evicted. Everyone must write two curse cards. The lowest number curse card will choose the task first. Turn the wheel to select the task, pass the task could cancel half number of cards. If the task failed, then add one card to their game point. After all of the tasks are completed, two housemates with the fewest game points will be evicted. If it is a tie, the shortest time to complete the task wins. Wang Manyu and Deng Huanyu with the fewest game points therefore evicted.
  • ^Note 13 : For the final round, according to the internet popularity, Tan Xiangjun returned and compete with two advanced housemates from the second round for the final price.
  • ^Note 14 : The Most Popular Housemate is Deng Huanyu. His popular value reached to 2,130,013,699,801.
  • ^Note 15 : With the most popular values, Tan Xiangjun is The winner of the pilot season. Her popular value is 429,630.

Votes

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All of the "?" Indicating the number was obscured by the host's body.

Vote for the winner

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The vote from the final live broadcast website. All housemates took part in this vote. The winner, runner-up, and third place, were decided between the final three remaining housemates.

Name Total votes Final result
Tan Xiangjun 谭湘君 429,630 Winner
Wang Manyu 王曼玉 326,87? Evicted
Han Chenbin 韩陈彬 302,17?
Deng Huanyu 邓环宇 291,20?
Morpheus 墨菲斯 87,620
Jiang Chenchen 江陈晨 76,080
Xie Sitong 解斯童 59,670 Runner-up
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 58,800 Third place
Wang Linyi 王琳旖 56,460 Evicted
Liu Sibo 刘思博 56,390

Round 1

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A popular value vote between the six advanced housemates. (Due date:4 Jan.) (Live broadcast website + Weibo)

Name Total votes
Tan Xiangjun 谭湘君 182,279,763
Wang Manyu 王曼玉 124,223,256
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 12,253,760
Jiang Chenchen 江陈晨 5,063,500
Xie Sitong 解斯童 1,794,197
Han Chenbin 韩陈彬 696,737

Round 2

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A popular value voting between the first four evicted housemates. (Live broadcast website + Weibo)

According to the popularity poll, the housemate with the most votes will return.

Name Total votes
Deng Huanyu 邓环宇 213,4??,297
Morpheus 墨菲斯 1,988,918
Wang Linyi 王琳旖 522,398
Liu Sibo 刘思博 270,343

Round 3

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A popular value voting between the five housemates. (Live broadcast website + Weibo)

According to the popularity poll, the housemate with the most votes will return.

Name Total votes
Tan Xiangjun 谭湘君 407,130
Han Chenbin 韩陈彬 301,920
Jiang Chenchen 江陈晨 66,000
Xie Sitong 解斯童 59,500
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 5?,580

Game points

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Round 1

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In two rounds of games, each team must be deducted the number of curse cards they wrote before. These are the final results.

Team Name Curse card received Points Result
1 Wang Manyu 王曼玉 5 -8 Win
Han Chenbin 韩陈彬 0
Jiang Chenchen 江陈晨 0
2 Tan Xiangjun 谭湘君 0 -10 Lose
Xie Sitong 解斯童 4
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 6

Round 2

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Everyone must write two curse cards. The person with the least curse cards will choose the task first.

Name Curse card Curse card received
Deng Huanyu 邓环宇 Wang Manyu 王曼玉 x2 2
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 Wang Manyu 王曼玉 x2 0
Xie Sitong 解斯童 Wang Manyu 王曼玉 x2 0
Wang Manyu 王曼玉 Deng Huanyu 邓环宇 x2 6

After all of the tasks completed, the two housemates with the least game points would be evicted.

Name Points Result
Deng Huanyu 邓环宇 −3 Evicted
Wang Manyu 王曼玉 −3
Yang Xiaolou 杨小楼 1 /
Xie Sitong 解斯童 0

References

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  1. ^ Youku Tudou Inc., Endemol. "Endemol and Youku Tudou Inc. bring Big Brother to China" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ Bhushan, Nyay (15 September 2015). "Debut Season of 'Big Brother China' Begins Filming...in India". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ Xiaoyi, Wang (8 October 2015). "《BIG BROTHER》中国先导季"室友"身份曝光_网易娱乐". ent.163.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ Big Brother China 室友一起宅 (30 December 2015). "冠军争夺投票通道正式开启!王者之争,谁能问鼎?选手命运,由你改写!即日起至6 January 2016 直播冠军之夜,人气PK榜票数最高者更有机会摘得《室友一起宅》先导季桂冠!十位选手均有机会参与冠军争夺。命运在你手中,送他直升王座!". weibo.com (in Chinese).
  5. ^ Big Brother China 室友一起宅 (31 December 2015). "直播冠军之夜决赛规则公布!选手命运在你手中,你的投票将会让选手直升王座!点击右侧链接为你支持的选手投票吧!". weibo.com (in Chinese).
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