Sisters Who Make Waves season 3

Sisters Who Make Waves (Season 3) (Chinese: 乘风破浪3; pinyin: Chéngfēngpòlàng 3) is the third season of Sisters Who Make Waves which premiered on May 20, 2022, on Mango TV. This season featured 30 celebrities aged over 30 who compete to form a girl group. The winner of season one, Ning Jing, and the winner of season two, Na Ying, returned to the show as team captains to lead and perform alongside the 30 contestants.

Sisters Who Make Waves
Season 3
Native name
Traditional Chinese乘風破浪3
Simplified Chinese乘风破浪3
Literal meaningSisters who break waves
Hanyu PinyinChéngfēngpòlàng 3
Presented byXie Na
No. of contestants30
WinnersCyndi Wang
Jessica Jung
Kelly Yu
Sitar Tan
Gillian Chung
Fiona Sit
Charlene Choi
Tang Shiyi
Amber Kuo
Crystal Zhang
Release
Original networkMango TV
Original releaseMay 20 (2022-05-20) –
August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 2
Next →
Season 4

Concept

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Following the success of the first and second seasons, Mango TV presented the third season of the show just over a year after the end of season 2. The general concept of the show remains the same as the previous seasons. However, slight changes were made to the competition and performance formats.

Contestants

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Each contestant's English name will be used if known. Otherwise, the pinyin version of the name would be used in the order of surname followed by given name. All names in parentheses are in simplified Chinese. All ages and years are at the time of the competition.

List of Contestants
Name

(Chinese name)

Occupation Birth Place Age Year of Debut Results
Cyndi Wang

(王心凌)

Singer Taiwan 39 2003 Debuted
(1st place)
Jessica Jung

(郑秀妍)

Singer United States 33 2007 Debuted
(2nd place)
Kelly Yu

(于文文)

Singer Liaoning 32 2012 Debuted
(3rd place)
Sitar Tan

谭维维)

Singer Sichuan 39 2005 Debuted
(4th place)
Gillian Chung

(钟欣潼)

Singer Hong Kong 41 1999 Debuted
(5th place)
Fiona Sit

(薛凯琪)

Singer Hong Kong 40 2003 Debuted
(6th place)
Charlene Choi

(蔡卓妍)

Singer Canada 39 1999 Debuted
(7th place)
Tang Shiyi

(唐诗逸)

Professional

Dancer

Hunan 31 2007 Debuted
(8th place)
Amber Kuo

郭采洁)

Actress Taiwan 36 2007 Debuted
(9th place)
Crystal Zhang

(张天爱)

Actress Heilongjiang 33 2006 Debuted
(10th place)
Wu Jinyan

(吴谨言)

Actress Sichuan 31 2012 Finalist
(11th place)
Sara Chang

(张蔷)

Singer Beijing 54 1984 Finalist
(12th place)
Kelsey Zhao

(赵梦)

Singer Shandong 35 2013 Finalist
(13th place)
Zhu Jiejing

(朱洁静)

Professional

Dancer

Zhejiang 36 2000 Finalist
(14th place)
Wang Zixuan

(王紫璇)

Actress Sichuan 29 2015 Finalist
(15th place)
Zhang Li

(张俪)

Actress Guangxi 37 2007 Finalist
(16th place)
Qi Xi

(齐溪)

Actress Guizhou 35 2006 Finalist
(17th place)
Zhang Xinyi

(张歆艺)

Actress Sichuan 41 2005 Eliminated after fifth performance
Mao Junjie

(毛俊杰)

Actress Shandong 38 2007 Eliminated after fourth performance
Valen Hsu

(许茹芸)

Singer Taiwan 47 1995
Myolie Wu

(胡杏儿)

Actress Hong Kong 42 1999
Xu Mengtao

(徐梦桃)

Professional

Freestyle Skier

Liaoning 31 1995 Withdrew from competition
Liu Lian

(刘恋)

Singer Sichuan 32 2009 Eliminated after third performance
Huang Yi

(黄奕)

Actress Shanghai 42 1998
Aya Liu

(柳翰雅)

TV Host Taiwan 43 1996
Zhao Yingzi

(赵樱子)

Actress Shandong 31 2008 Eliminated after second performance
Momo Wu

(吴莫愁)

Singer Heilongjiang 30 2014 Eliminated after first performance
Huang Xiaolei

(黄小蕾)

Actress Chongqing 41 2001
Natasha Na

(那英)

Singer Liaoning 53 1988 Team Captain, Season 2 Winner
Ning Jing

(宁静)

Actress Guizhou 50 1990 Team Captain, Season 1 Winner

Episodes

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Episode 1 (May 20, 2022)

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In the first episode, each of the 30 contestants self selected between wanting become a group leader (group leader contestant) and wanting to become a group member (group member contestant). All contestants and the two team captains performed a personal preliminary stage. The preliminary stage performances took place in two rounds, starting with the group leader contestants followed by the group member contestants.

In Round 1, the group leader contestants decided between themselves the order of performance. After each group leader contestant's performance, each group member contestant and the two team captains could raise their hands to vote for the performer to become a group leader. However, each contestant can only vote for one person. The three performers in Round 1 with the most votes became group leaders for the first public performance.

In Round 2, the group member contestants decided between themselves the order of performance. After all performances were complete, each group member contestant and the two team captains wrote down the names of three contestants who they would like to see as group captains. The three performers in Round 2 with the most votes became group leaders for the first public performance.

After the six group leaders have been decided, team captains must pair with three group leaders each to form their team. First, the two team captains were paired with one group leader each. To do this, each team captain wrote down the name of one group leader who they would want to have on their team, and each group leader wrote down the name of one team captain who they would like to work with. If the names on the team captain and group leader's card corresponds with each other, the pairing is a success. For the rest of the group leaders, the team captains and group leaders discussed between themselves how to split into the two teams.

Results

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Displayed in order of performance.

Round 1: Group Leader Candidates
Contestant Vocal Song Dance Song
Momo Wu(吴莫愁) 《破》 15 Votes

(Group Leader)

Kelsey Zhao

(赵梦)

《放开自己》 7 Votes

(Group Leader)

Mao Junjie

(毛俊杰)

《沧海一声笑》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Tang Shiyi

(唐诗逸)

《一生所爱》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Kelly Yu(于文文) 《黑色柳丁》 2 Votes

(Group Leader)

Round 2: Group Member Candidates
Contestant Vocal Song Dance Song
Huang Xiaolei(黄小蕾) 《给姐姐扎起》 6 Votes

(Group Member)

Zhang Xinyi(张歆艺) 《再回首》 5 Votes

(Group Member)

Aya Liu(柳翰雅) 《壁花进行曲》 12 Votes

(Group Leader)

Sitar Tan(谭维维) 《但求疼》 16 Votes

(Group Leader)

Zhu Jiejing(朱洁静) 《月光》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Huang Yi(黄奕) 《Who is Back》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Crystal Zhang(张天爱) 《神魂颠倒》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Zhang Li(张俪) 《燕尾蝶》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Zhao Yingzi(赵樱子) 《后来》 0 Votes

(Group Member)

Fiona Sit(薛凯琪) 《今生今世》 0 Vote

(Group Member)

Xu Mengtao(徐梦桃) 《那些你很冒险的梦》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Wang Zixuan(王紫璇) 《爱人错过》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Amber Kuo(郭采洁) 《我有一颗苹果》 4 Votes

(Group Member)

Qi Xi(齐溪) 《纵乐园》 2 Votes

(Group Member)

Wu Jinyan(吴谨言) 《雪落下的声音》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Jessica Jung(郑秀妍) 《Perfect》

《失落沙洲》

3 Votes

(Group Member)

Myolie Wu(胡杏儿) 《岁月如歌》 2 Votes

(Group Member)

Cyndi Wang(王心凌) 《爱你》 2 Votes

(Group Member)

Gillian Chung(钟欣潼) 《天外来物》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Charlene Choi(蔡卓妍) 《小酒窝》 1 Vote

(Group Member)

Valen Hsu(许茹芸) 《现在该怎么好》 5 Votes

(Group Member)

Liu Lian(刘恋) 《在你的婚礼我多喝了两杯》 8 Votes

(Group Leader)

Sara Chang(张蔷) 《630 Affection in your eyes》 5 Votes

(Group Member)

Ning Jing(宁静) 《无地自容》 Team Captain

Performance

Natasha Na(那英) 《守候》 Team Captain

Performance

Group Leader and Team Captain Pairings

For the first round of pairings, Aya Liu joined team Ning Jing and Sitar Tan joined team Natasha Na. During the discussion round, Kelsey Zhao and Kelly Yu joined team Ning Jing and Liu Lian and Momo Wu joined team Natasha Na.

In the first performance, 30 members either join Ning Jing's league or Nay Ying's league. The Winning league has all its members advance to the next round not taking into account of personal preference ranking. The losing league has the last two members of its team in the personal preference ranking eliminated. In each round the audience has 60 seconds to cast their votes on one of the two performances. Whichever league's performance receives more votes wins.

First Round

谈笑一生: 427 votes Members: Momo Wu, Huang Xiao Lei, Cyndi Wang, Wu Jin Yan (Lost)

要你管: 562 votes Members: Aya Liu, Mao Jun Jie, Charlene Choi, Jessica Jung (Win)

Second Round

你不要但心: 551 votes Members: Sitar Tan, Huang Yi, Zhang Xin Yi, Myolie Wu (Win)

野长辉: 439 votes Members: Kelly Yu, Cici Wang, Zhang Li, Sara Chang (Lost)

Third Round

只己: 521 votes Members: Kelsey Zhao, Amber Kuo, Fiona Sit, Crystal Zhang (Win)

雾里: 474 votes Members: Liu Lian, Tang Shi Yi, Qi Xi, Zhu Jie Jing (Lost)

Fourth Round

A silent flower is blossoming: 892 votes Members: Na Ying, Valen Hsu, Xu Meng Tao (Win)

情书: 873 votes Members: Ning Jing, Gillian Cheung, Zhao Ying Zhi (Lost)

Total votes of the leagues

Ning Jing: 2395 votes

Na Ying: 2344 votes

Because Ning Jing's league won, all of the members entered safe status while Momo Wu and Huang Xiao Lei were eliminated from Na Ying's team

Impact

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Cyndi Wang's performance of her classic song "Love You" during the first stage instantly became popular throughout China, setting off a wave of memories from mostly middle aged men who listened to the original version of the song when they were young. Following the airing of the first episode, netizens began uploading covers of the performance and led to the "Cyndi Boy" craze. Cyndi's sudden popularity from the show led many of her songs to make top charts in many Chinese music streaming services.

References

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