Chinese audition program 'Birth of a Star' blatantly plagiarizes 'Produce 101'

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Chinese audition program 'Birth of a Star' is under fire for blatantly plagiarizing South Korean competition series 'Produce 101'.

 

'Birth of a Star' was broadcasted on Chinese video site IQIYI from November of 2016 to January of 2017. A total of 65 contestants participated in the competition to become the final 8 of the debut group. The concept is greatly similar to 'Produce 101', where 101 trainees compete to become the final 11 debut members. In addition to the general concept, 'Birth of a Star' blatantly plagiarized the small segments within the show. 

 

 

Some are the great similarities of the two programs are:

 

Rankings

 

 

Picking the top visuals: 

 

Hidden camera prank:

 

 

Practice by levels

 

 

Ranking announcements

 

Theme songs - ''Push Me''/ ''Pick Me''

The only major difference between the two programs is that 'Birth of a Star' has both male and female contestants. 

 

iQiyi had previously purchased exclusive rights for some Korean dramas, however, in regards to 'Produce 101,' Mnet commented, "We have never sold the licensing rights to China. We're currently looking to find out which production company created the show."

 

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[MomsLeftNipple]

There were literally TV shows in the '90's that already did it, Produce 101 is already very hardly original

[KUMA-MON]

wow 

the n°1 girl is cute 

[versace]

atleast theyre doing a co ed season

 

yikes

[sungjins]

there's even a moonbok lookalike in there

[Sakurah]

It's not that shocking to be honest and wow they didn't even try to hide it. but produce 101 took a bunch of ideas from the akb48 elections too though. 

[Acer]

let's not act like P101 is original   

[Deâ„“phina]

Chinese program ........ plagiarizes............

 

 

Water is wet.

[where my hood unnies at]

lmaooo the fact that some of yall are defending this mess 

 

no, mnet did not invent elimination shows, but this is literally a complete copy. even the stylistic/aesthetic choices are exactly the same like??? how is china gonna ban hallyu, only to plagiarize it when it's profitable lol

[noctua]

Blatant plagiarism, pretty much a copy and paste

[Neoui Oppa]

Lmao the visuals in the Chinese one are so bad

P101 shouldn't worry because it's 100x better.

[Lipsync Queen]

ret*rd .. so many program like this before

[Chimez]

Dunno how many time I have to say this. If you look at the staff listing for both shows, you will realize that they are do e by the same people. You are essentially accusing people of copying themselves.

 

Also, this show started airing in December 2016 and finished airing in March. I'm pretty sure time machines haven't been invented yet.

[where my hood unnies at]

Dunno how many time I have to say this. If you look at the staff listing for both shows, you will realize that they are do e by the same people. You are essentially accusing people of copying themselves.

 

Also, this show started airing in December 2016 and finished airing in March. I'm pretty sure time machines haven't been invented yet.

 

then explain: 

 

Mnet commented, "We have never sold the licensing rights to China. We're currently looking to find out which production company created the show."

[Haus of Tzu:Lai]

Surprised this wasn't picked up sooner considering it aired like 6-8 months ago.

Does anyone have the clip of their Pick Me (Push me)?

[Chimez]

then explain: 

 

Mnet commented, [/size]"We have never sold the licensing rights to China. We're currently looking to find out which production company created the show."

Then let's wait for what they find out. A lot of the names on the credits are the same and the show did air before season 2 started, those are facts.

 

Let's wait for the results of Mnet's investigation then.

[Seo sunghyuk]

The real question is where can I watch this show ? I need a link

[SeeYaWithYou]

There have been like 4 other Chinese shows that have already copied P101

[柿崎芽実]

I actually kinda wanna watch this stuff..

[Khyler]

I actually kinda wanna watch this stuff..

same, I need the chinese name

[blank_stare]

P101 copy of AKB48. What's next?

[Vanilla Cupcake]

Lol that's like one for one copy and paste. Though the Chinese one looks a lot worse in terms of quality of production. I read an article the other day about the exact same issue on how the Chinese would blatantly copy the content and format of popular Korean variety shows. But because the Chinese are so rich, some Korean executives are afraid pressing charges would mean less profit from the Chinese... Just terrible. 

[ASS]

I actually kinda wanna watch this stuff..

  

same, I need the chinese name

Chinese name: 明星的诞生

[Rizelmine]

  

Chinese name: 明星的诞生

Thanks

[Britneybrightly]

There were literally TV shows in the '90's that already did it, Produce 101 is already very hardly original

I agree but some of these details...I mean come on...