China’s Got Talent Continues To Smash Ratings

The latest season of Fremantle and Syco format China’s Got Talent with new broadcast partners Tik Tok China and JiangsuTV, has seen ratings soar since it premiered on 31 October from 100 million views to 460 million cumulate views on TikTok China across the first three episodes.

Ganesh Rajaram, General Manager, EVP Sales, Asia at Fremantle

The show premiered on Jiangsu TV with 15 million viewers across the first broadcast and all repeats.

The second episode, which aired on 7 November, was the highest rated primetime entertainment show across free to air, satellite and pay TV channels, more than doubling the broadcaster primetime average audience for young adults 15-44/15-35 and up +95% on the primetime share for total viewers. It also generated 380 million hits on the topic of ‘Got Talent’ across Chinese social networks, including  Weibo and Baidu.

Known as Dian Zan Da Ren Xiu the brand-new season of China’s Got Talent airs weekly on Sundays at 9pm and comprises of 11 episodes. Produced by Star Canxing, both JiangsuTV and Tik Tok China simulcast the entertainment series. Video app, Tik Tok China is the exclusive online broadcast platform, with one of China’s top satellite channels, JiangsuTV, the exclusive television broadcaster.

Ganesh Rajaram, General Manager, EVP Sales, Asia at Fremantle says: “We are proud that this landmark format is proving to be a real success with audiences across China. Partnering with Tik Tok, JiangsuTV and Star Canxing and enabling our audience to access the show on both linear and digital platforms has truly helped us to reach and entertain as many fans as possible with this new season.”

China’s Got Talent is Tik Tok China’s first ever adaptation of an international format and is one of the most highly anticipated long form programming content to come to the platform.

Created by Simon Cowell, the Got Talent franchise holds the Guinness World Records title as the most successful reality TV format ever.

Got Talent is the talent show with NO age limit, NO talent restrictions and NO cultural boundaries. Acts ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous – in fact, anyone doing anything – are given the chance to win the hearts of a nation. At stake: a life-changing opportunity. Since its launch in 2006, this award-winning family show has been breaking audience ratings records everywhere and is now one of the most successful and progressively expanding entertainment brands in the business. It has now been sold to 75 territories and watched by over one billion viewers worldwide. 

The Got Talent format is co-owned by Syco Entertainment and Fremantle. Fremantle is the global distributor of both the finished tape and the Got Talent format.