The highly-anticipated "Super Girl", recognized as the Chinese version of "American Idol", was unveiled Friday night.Different from the previous several rounds of rapid elimination contests, the final was ranked by the number of short messages sent by viewers. The 21 year old Li Yuchun(M) from Chengdu city was the top winner by taking in 3.5 million votes, followed by the 20 year old Zhou Bichang(L) from Hunan province with 3.2 million votes and the 20 year old Zhang Liangying(R) from Sichuan province with 1.3 million votes. Xinhua
A fan of Li Yuchun holds Li's poster to persuade passers-by to vote for Li in the 2005 Super Girl contest in Changsha, Hunan Province August 27, 2005. At the finals, Li was voted by the audiences the Super Girl, winning more than 3.52 million votes. Xinhua photo
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