{ "id": "epwhzcahxb", "slug": "youth-with-you", "title": "Youth With You (青春有你)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_reality_franchises", "label": "Reality and competition franchise editions", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_reality_franchises" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_reality_franchises.reality_franchises_overview", "label": "Reality and competition franchises — overview and format history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_reality_franchises.reality_franchises_overview" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Youth With You (青春有你) is iQiyi's Chinese idol survival show, 2019-2021, successor to Idol Producer; three seasons produced UNINE, THE9, and IXFORM before the 2021 milk-dumping scandal ended the format.", "snippet": "Youth With You (青春有你) is iQiyi's Chinese idol survival show, 2019-2021, successor to Idol Producer; three seasons produced UNINE, THE9, and IXFORM before the 2021 milk-dumping scandal ended the format.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_reality_franchises.reality_franchises_overview", "markdown": "# Youth With You (青春有你)\n\n**Youth With You** (青春有你) is a Chinese reality idol survival show produced by the streaming platform iQiyi, in which a large field of trainees lives and trains together while viewers vote to decide which members debut in a new idol group. It ran for three numbered seasons from 2019 to 2021 and was the renamed continuation of iQiyi's 2018 hit *Idol Producer* (偶像练习生)[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show) • [2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Group survival show: over 100 trainees enter closed training, and viewers vote to select the 9 members of a debut group[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show) • [3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542) |\n| Seasons | Season 1 (2019, male, debut group UNINE), Season 2 (2020, female, THE9), Season 3 (2021, male, IXFORM)[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/) |\n| Youth Producer representatives | Zhang Yixing (2019), Cai Xukun (2020), Li Yuchun (2021)[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/) |\n| Season 2 scale | 109 trainees, launched March 2020; first-week heat scores on iQiyi both broke 9000[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542) • [4](https://www.jiemian.com/article/4263457.html) |\n| Season 1 finale | Total viewer votes of 58.92 million, less than the previous year's Idol Producer finale; top-20 fan fundraising totaled 4.84 million yuan against 14.5 million a year earlier[5](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0415/c40606-31029161.html) |\n| End of the series | Season 3 was halted in May 2021 after the \"milk-dumping incident\", and new regulations ended this type of survival show in mainland China[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542) • [2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Season 1 (2019)\n\nThe first season aired in the first quarter of 2019 as a \"youth inspirational\" variety show under the slogan \"the harder you work, the better you become\" (越努力，越优秀)[6](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrgxouw1.html?fromvsogou=1). Zhang Yixing served as the Youth Producer representative, with mentors including [Jolin Tsai](https://www.edgepedia.org/jolin-tsai) (蔡依林), Li Ronghao, MC Jin (欧阳靖), and rapper Ai Fujenie[6](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrgxouw1.html?fromvsogou=1) • [7](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?lid=176571020). The season ran 12 episodes from January to April 2019[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show).\n\nThe season's first evaluation awarded no trainees an A rank, but after re-evaluation the combined A and B class numbers exceeded those of *Idol Producer* at the same stage[8](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201903201307601036_1.pdf). The finale on April 6, 2019 produced the nine-member group UNINE with Li Wenhan (李汶翰) at center, but the season's commercial energy fell well short of its predecessor: total finale votes were 58.92 million, and the top-20 fan fundraising total was 4.84 million yuan against 14.5 million the year before[5](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0415/c40606-31029161.html) • [2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). The season's theme song choreography was handled by a Korean team, and viewers recognized the demo video as filmed in an [SM Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/sm-entertainment) practice room[9](https://tech.sina.cn/2020-05-18/detail-iirczymk2258091.d.html).\n\n### Season 2 (2020)\n\n**The breakout season.** *Youth With You 2* premiered in March 2020 as the series' first female season, gathering 109 trainees with the goal of forming a girl group in a market where such groups were underdeveloped[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542). [Cai Xukun](https://www.edgepedia.org/cai-xukun), who had debuted from *Idol Producer*, returned as Youth Producer representative, with mentors including [Lisa](https://www.edgepedia.org/lisa-rapper) of Blackpink, Ella Chen (陳嘉樺), and rapper Jony J[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). The season ran 24 episodes from March to May 2020[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show).\n\nThe season dominated conversation in a variety market depressed by the pandemic: both first-week episodes broke a heat score of 9000 on iQiyi, and moments such as Yu Shuxin's persona and the widely memed \"light yellow dress\" line kept the show on Weibo and Douyin trending lists[4](https://www.jiemian.com/article/4263457.html). Its premiere set a record high for iQiyi variety heat value[10](https://m.fx361.com/news/2021/0201/16408120.html). The season also drew controversy from its first episode, including accusations of unflattering editing of [SNH48](https://www.edgepedia.org/snh48) members' first stages and debate over whether the production prioritized buzz over genuine selection[4](https://www.jiemian.com/article/4263457.html).\n\nThe season's central concept was \"X\", an unknown quantity standing for unlimited possibility, paired with the slogan \"however far, you can arrive\" (多远都可以到达). General director Wu Han, a producer at iQiyi's program development center, said the production deliberately refused to define in advance what kind of girl group it would select, leaving viewers to define X for themselves after the finale[11](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_6999133). Trainees such as Liu Yuxin and Shangguan Ai, whose images differed from conventional girl-group expectations, sparked wider discussion about how a girl group should be defined[4](https://www.jiemian.com/article/4263457.html).\n\nBecause of the pandemic, the more than 100 trainees were confined for three months of closed recording in a single building at [Chimelong Paradise](https://www.edgepedia.org/chimelong-paradise) in [Guangzhou](https://www.edgepedia.org/guangzhou), with the amusement park outside empty[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542). The final nine formed THE9 with Liu Yuxin (劉雨昕) at center[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). The season also traveled: its covers of K-pop songs such as EXO's \"MAMA\" and \"The Eve\", and Lisa's mentorship, made it popular with K-pop audiences overseas[9](https://tech.sina.cn/2020-05-18/detail-iirczymk2258091.d.html).\n\n### Season 3 (2021) and cancellation\n\nThe third season returned to male trainees in February 2021, with Li Yuchun as Youth Producer representative and mentors including Li Ronghao, Lisa, and Will Pan (潘瑋柏)[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). It ran 22 episodes from February to May 2021[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show).\n\nIn May 2021 the season was halted amid the \"milk-dumping incident\" (倒奶事件), in which fans bought dairy products in bulk to obtain the voting codes printed inside the packaging and dumped the milk itself. The halt marked the end of the 101-style survival format that iQiyi, Youku, and [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) had run since 2018, and new regulations from China's National Radio and Television Administration brought this type of idol survival show to a stop in mainland China[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542) • [2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). The season's debut group, IXFORM with Luo Yizhou (羅一舟) at center, was formed from the abbreviated run[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/).\n\n## Origins and format\n\nThe series descends directly from *Idol Producer*, which premiered on January 19, 2018 and brought together 100 trainees from 31 different entertainment companies and talent agencies, including individual trainees with no agency; 9 of the 100 debuted through viewer voting[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show). The production team and model carried over, but official season numbering under the *Youth With You* name began in 2019[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/). The show was jointly produced by Yujia Culture (鱼子酱文化) and iQiyi's Fancy Monster studio[2](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/).\n\nThe format follows the Korean \"101-series\" model: viewers, addressed as \"Youth Producers\" (青春制作人), vote online for trainees, and both rank movements and the final lineup are decided by vote counts. The show reinforced this viewer power with rituals; after each ranking announcement, trainees lined up by rank and called out \"Youth Producers, join me\" to the camera[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542). This broke from earlier mainland talent shows such as Hunan TV's *Super Girl*, where judges decided outcomes and fans voted only at special checkpoints[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542).\n\n## Legacy\n\nThe series produced three debut groups, of which THE9 became the most prominent. The group held its disbandment concerts in Nanjing on October 27 and 28, 2023, closing out the limited-run group's lifecycle[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542). A scholarly retrospective describes *Youth With You 2* and THE9 as the last \"successful and complete\" 101-series survival case in the mainland entertainment market, with the 2021 cancellation marking the format's end there[3](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542). Across the series' run, the franchise is credited with incubating 27 idols by the standard count of final debut members and top-three finishers, including Cai Xukun, Li Wenhan, and Liu Yuxin[12](https://23813463.s21i.faiusr.com/61/ABUIABA9GAAgurr2gwYowJW7wQY.pdf).\n\n## References\n\n1. [Youth With You (青春有你), TheTVDB.com](https://thetvdb.com/series/340187-show)\n2. [青春有你有幾季？完整回顧歷屆賽制、導師陣容與出道團體興衰史, UpToGo](https://uptogo.com.tw/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%AD%A3%EF%BC%9F/)\n3. [网络民族志｜《青春有你2》：女性偶像养成类综艺的游戏性与神话性, 澎湃新闻](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26182542)\n4. [《青春有你2》：一档\"社会实验\"综艺, 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/4263457.html)\n5. [选秀类综艺抢学员大战白热化 练习生资源被透支, 人民网](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0415/c40606-31029161.html)\n6. [青春有你第1季, iQiyi](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_19rrgxouw1.html?fromvsogou=1)\n7. [青春有你, 搜狗百科](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?lid=176571020)\n8. [视频行业2月专题报告 (2019)](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201903201307601036_1.pdf)\n9. [内地偶像选秀，正在借K-POP的东风\"出海\", 新浪科技](https://tech.sina.cn/2020-05-18/detail-iirczymk2258091.d.html)\n10. [偶像养成类综艺的比较研究——以《青春有你2》《乘风破浪的姐姐》为例, 参考网](https://m.fx361.com/news/2021/0201/16408120.html)\n11. [《青春有你2》：节目顺应了这个时代, 澎湃新闻](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_6999133)\n12. 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