Will The9 – the C-pop girl group that won iQiyi’s hit reality show Youth With You Season 2 – hit the big time?

With a unique blend of gender neutral and pop princess members, can The9 emulate the success of their Mandopop and K-pop rivals?
All-new girl pop group The9 rocketed to fame when they won popular Chinese entertainment platform iQiyi’s Youth With You Season 2 on May 30. The nine finalists who won a place in the group were voted for by the public out of 109 contestants on the show, also known as Idol Producer Season 3.
Here’s some things you need to know about the hot new group.
The show was a record-breaking smash hit

The show is one of the most popular programmes on iQiyi and repeatedly broke the entertainment streaming platform’s own records. The show’s videos on iQiyi gained a whopping 2.3 billion views.
The most popular member Liu Yuxin garnered 17 million votes from the public, while Esther Yu Shuxin earned 13 million votes. Apart from its popularity domestically, the show attracted a massive audience in Southeast Asia and beyond. Hashtags such as #DanceMentorLaLisa continue to top the charts on Twitter as well.
The show’s videos on iQiyi’s YouTube account received over 300 million views in total, and more than 70 of the videos played in excess of one million times each. The top performing video was viewed over 20 million times.
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