Chorus of approval for song contest

New talent in the spotlight as TV show provides stage for inspirational performances, Li Yingxue reports.

Liang Yuying, 26, has never sung in front of her family. Singing since childhood, she became a bar performer after graduation from her singing major, but never once did she pluck up the courage and sing in front of her loved ones.

That situation changed in the most dramatic fashion. The final stage of this year's edition of Sing! China, which aired at the end of October on Zhejiang Satellite TV, saw Liang's mother and younger brother not only hear her beautiful singing for the first time but also witness Liang winning the event.

"They were smiling at me, and I could tell that they felt proud," Liang recalls.