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In 2004, An Youqi stood on the stage of the national finals of "Super Girl". Wang Yuan and Zhang Hanyun stood on either side of her.
With the host Wang Han's reading of the ticket, the name An Youqi resounded throughout the country, and under the gaze of everyone, An Youqi lifted the trophy of the champion.
In the interview after the award, An Youqi proudly said to the audience in front of the camera, "I will definitely not live up to everyone's expectations."
An Youqi was only 22 years old that year, and no one would have thought that she was so spirited at that time that she was silent in less than 2 years.
When she appeared in everyone's sight, she was singing on the street. There are many netizens who have seen her participate in commercial performances in small counties, or promote builders at construction sites, and every time she performs, the audience below is countless.
Why did a generation of champions fall to such a point, and what did she experience after her debut?
Born in Heilongjiang Province in 1982, An Youqi is a typical northeastern girl with the personality of a brash and informal, as long as there is something she likes, she will insist on doing it to the end.
An Youqi liked to sing when she was a child, but there was no professional person around her to teach her, so An Youqi learned from the singers on the TV set, and when she heard what the singers were singing, she sang what she sang.
She persisted until the second year of junior high school, and only then did she have a more professional vocal teacher who could teach her, but in the end, because of the economic conditions, she gave up halfway. Singing has thus become a dream in the world of An Youqi.
In the end, An Youqi still did not want to give up on this, and after graduating from junior high school, she lit up her own singing dream again, and she told her thoughts to her family.
Her parents saw that she was so insistent, in order to support their daughter's dream, they moved their family to Beijing, and while doing some small business, they also found professional teachers for An Youqi.
A year after coming to Beijing, a friend who knew recommended An Youqi to go to the bar as a resident singer, at that time many well-known singers had experience in singing in the bar, and An Youqi agreed with the idea that she could also encounter new opportunities.
After singing in the bar for a long time, someone recommended An Youqi to participate in a regular singing competition. So An Youqi participated in the 1999 "I Want Music" competition in Beijing.
Although this competition did not achieve good results, this experience further stimulated An Youqi's desire for the stage.
After this, Ann Youqi met a person who had a major impact on her life. Meng Tingwei is a famous female singer in China, and she is named the head of the jade girl by fans.
An Youqi had the privilege of meeting Meng Tingwei through a competition, and Meng Tingwei admired An Youqi and was ready to let her agent sign a contract with An Youqi.
This news made An Youqi ecstatic, and just when she began to envision her future brilliant star path, fate made a huge joke with her.
Meng Tingwei announced at the end of 2000 that she was going to quit the entertainment industry, and as soon as the news came out, it was announced that her previous agreement with An Youqi had become an empty talk.
Helpless, An Youqi could only pack up her mood and continue to work hard. An Youqi took a group of flat photos with a photographer in Taiwan in 2000.
Probably because of her superior appearance conditions, in 2002, people began to ask her to shoot MVs, including Xie Xiaodong's "Heart Center".
At this time, An Youqi played enough spirits, whether it is recording a program or shooting advertisements, MVs, as long as there is an opportunity to appear on camera, she will not give up, but despite her efforts, she is still far from her dream.
Just when she was discouraged and ready to give up, a talent show appeared that completely rewrote her life. SuperGirl began national auditions in 2004.
An Youqi signed up for the nanjing division and eventually won the championship with more than 30,000 votes in the second place. At this time, the champion of the Chengdu Division was Zhang Hanyun.
An Youqi and Zhang Hanyun met in Changsha, and the two prepared for the national finals together. During the closed training period, An Youqi and Zhang Hanyun trained and lived together, and the two became good sisters who talked about everything.
Together, they witnessed the departure of one comrade after another. In the end, on this stage that has fought countless times, An Youqi won the final championship.
When the host called out her name, An Youqi shed tears of excitement and drifted in Beijing for 6 years, finally having results. The audience at the scene was cheering for this northeast girl, and the scenery of An Youqi in that year was infinite.
Just after the end of the competition, An Youqi successfully signed a contract with Tianyu Media, and the signing time was 5 years. In addition to An Youqi, Tianyu Media also signed a female group in the competition, Ding Xiangxiaoxiao.
After signing the contract, Tianyu Media gave An Youqi a lot of support, and soon released an album of the same name for An Youqi.
With the title of Super Female Vocal Champion, the album sold 150,000 copies as soon as it was released, and An Youqi became the top three female singers in the mainland record sales list.
There is a song "Hello, Jay Chou" on the album that is even more popular throughout the country, when Jay Chou was already a well-known idol, the release of this song was questioned by many people as a show, and An Youqi was also involved in the whirlpool of public opinion.
The lyrics of the song "Who is your lovely woman, landy jolin vivian", which caused the dissatisfaction of many Jay Chou fans, and this incident was also the first wrong card of An Youqi.
At that time, Tianyu Media was also developing, and could only continue to consume the popularity of artists. So when An Youqi was supposed to be developing, the company arranged a series of commercial performances.
That year, An Youqi supported the entire company by herself, but instead of it, she was her own bright star.
The second edition of "Super Girl" came strongly in 2005, with super high ratings becoming the ceiling of TV programs, and the viewing rate of "SuperGirl Final Night" was a new high, according to statistics, about 280 million people across the country were watching live broadcasts.
That year, Li Yuchun, He Jie, Zhou Bichang and other names were popular all over the country, they and An Youqi, after the end of the game, they signed a contract with Tianyu Media, when there were fewer artists, it was fine, and now there are more signed artists, and resource allocation has become a problem.
The company celebrated Supergirl in 2005 for the sake of profit, opened a concert for Li Yuchun, and signed a contract endorsement for Zhou Bichang. At this time, An Youqi had no resources in the company.
But she herself did not feel the crisis, or choose the company, even if the company gave her is not suitable for her business performances, she will complete as promised.
An Youqi was once again remembered by Tianyu in 2006, which was also An Youqi's second opportunity. This time, Tianyu Media cooperated with Japan's Ai Hui Records, which is a very powerful agency in Japan and has won many well-known singers.
The cooperation between the two companies wants to make An Youqi into China's Hamasaki step. Taking this opportunity, An Youqi released her second album "Talking about Love", which also caused a great response in Asia.
An Youqi herself was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards with this album. But the world is unpredictable, and she was ridiculed by the crowd when she was just shortlisted.
Because the Newcomer Award refers to a singer who has not released an album before 2006, and Ann Youqi does not meet this rule.
Although An Youqi did not have a chance with the award, the album made the company a net profit of 5 million. But the value of An Youqi's body has almost been consumed by the company.
At that time, Tianyu Media also experienced many troubles, many fans of stars believed that the company did not take responsibility, and artists Zhou Bichang and Zhang Liangying also terminated their contracts one after another. Only An Youqi still obeyed the company's arrangement, thinking that the company would plan a good future for her.
However, it is not enough to live with dreams. An Youqi has been on the decline since 2007.
A generation of champions can only participate in some small activities with some of Supergirl's residual heat, whether it is resources or heat, which are obviously different from the heyday.
At this time, An Youqi may feel her own embarrassing situation, so she wants to make another album to win a glimmer of life for herself.
She chose to go to South Korea for further study, and while everyone was waiting for her to return triumphantly with her new album, the album was shelved for company reasons.
By 2009, An Youqi finally saw the reality and chose to leave Tianyu Media. At this time, she found that she had been on the ground for so long, and the title of "SuperGirl Champion" that she was once proud of had become a scar in her heart.
At this time, An Youqi was full of confusion and did not know where to go in front of him. Coinciding with the comeback of Meng Tingwei, who has returned to her family for many years, she still remembers the agreement she once made. So she helped An Youqi sign a contract with Lehua, making An Youqi her sister.
An Youqi just signed a contract to win a valuable endorsement, so that her star path also saw some hope, but she ignored another hidden danger that was quietly buried, and did not expect that the day this hidden danger exploded, it would completely destroy An Youqi.
An oversized gossip was broken out one day in 2010, and some media filmed An Youqi carrying a bag worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, appearing in the same frame as Wei Haiming.
Wei Haiming is not an ordinary person, when An Youqi was still drifting in the north, Wei Haiming already had his own entertainment company, and he was a veritable rich man. In Canada, it has a high prestige and has a good personal relationship with the local mayor.
Interestingly, this rich man is not the first time in the entertainment industry to be mentioned, when Huang Yi and Jiang Kai's marriage was full of storms, Wei Haiming was once considered to be Huang Yi's true destiny.
However, despite this, Wei Haiming still chose An Youqi, and at this time, An Youqi was equivalent to having taken a step forward in the giants. This year, An Youqi was already 28 years old.
If An Youqi chooses to start a family, it is also a good decision. The love affair between the two has always been very optimistic about the world, and even some media reported that the two are about to get married.
Unexpectedly, in the end, I waited for the news that the two people broke up, and the failure of the relationship caused a great blow to An Youqi. Unexpectedly, she was not happy in her career.
Because of her private life, she could not balance her work well, and she had a verbal altercation with the company's leaders. The result of this is that the company hid her in the snow, and this disappearance is 2 years.
After An Youqi adjusted her state, she has become a transparent person in the entertainment industry. Subsequently, An Youqi participated in the program "Hi Sing Up" on Hunan Tv, and An Youqi sang a song "Sing Loudly".
After her singing, Da Zhang Wei asked her how long she had not participated in the Hunan TV program, and An Youqi said that she had not only not come to Hunan Satellite TV for a long time, but even had not worked for a long time.
After Xie Na heard An Youqi's answer, she couldn't help but ask, "So what have you been doing for so long?" An Youqi was obviously a little overwhelmed by this problem.
She thought for a moment and said, "Just singing, occasionally traveling, over the years have traveled to many countries", from her vague answer, Da Zhang Wei saw her cramped, and found a reason to take the topic over.
After participating in the show, Ann Youqi was silent for a long time, and it was not until 2013 that she returned to everyone with her new album and participated in the recording of "Best Live".
The program team also conducted street interviews, randomly asking passers-by if they knew An Youqi, and almost all the answers were songs they had heard her before, as if they were the champions of Supergirl.
Hearing these answers, Ann Youqi was really embarrassed and helpless, and she said that she had actually been there all along.
At that time, An Youqi's state in the entertainment industry was not good, even if Meng Tingwei wanted to give her some help, she didn't know where to start.
After this, An Youqi could only continue to participate in some cheap and low-end commercial performances, and she was slowly forgotten.
Even with the passage of time, it was difficult for her to receive such low-end commercial performances, until 2020, she only received one commercial performance activity for the whole year.
In 2021, An Youqi participated in the recording of "Sister Lang 2", and it was not until the broadcast of this show that everyone remembered An Youqi, who was once a supergirl champion.
After 17 years of baptism, her face has more obvious vicissitudes, and time has disappeared, and her charm on the stage.
He used to be a singer and jumper, but ranked second from the bottom among his sisters. Du Hua said that she drove high and walked low, and Huang Xiaoming said that her mentality was not worthy of ability, and every word of them poked at An Youqi's heart.
But fortunately, by participating in this show, An Youqi completely saw herself, even if the final result was not perfect.
But Ann Youqi has found the most authentic self she once was, which also gives her the motivation to continue walking, and she believes that she can get up again where she once fell.
Fate will always joke with everyone, if An Youqi had participated in the 2005 draft, then today she may have a different ending.
But life after all has no assumptions, life will always have peaks and valleys, maybe her life is not satisfactory now, but I believe that as long as she does not give up hope, she will still be the most dazzling supergirl.
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