《 Ǒuxiàng liànxíshēng 》 kāiqǐ le guónèi de ǒuxiàng yǎngchéng shídài.
Idol Producer kicked off the domestic idol-training era.
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culture
iQiyi's 2018 idol-survival show — China's first large-scale Produce-101-style format, run once before being rebranded as 《青春有你》 the following year. Debuted boy group Nine Percent (蔡徐坤 C-position, 范丞丞, Justin). 100 trainees → final 9 boy group.
usage
偶像 = 'idol' (in the K-pop/J-pop sense — not a religious idol, which is 神像). 练习生 = 'trainee' (literally 'practice-student'), the industry term for pre-debut performers under management-company training.
