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Girl group T-ara will appear on famous Chinese variety show 'The Brain - Season 3.' Citing Jiangsu Satellite’s reporter from China’s Sina.com, “T-ara will be recording for The Brain - Season 3." According to Chinese media, T-ara will be expected to appear on the show with one of the top Chinese singers, Jay Chou. The Brain is a national variety show that explores the world’s mysteries by inviting famous professors and geniuses to test their knowledge and mind power. Top Chinese stars such as Zhang Zi Yi, Tao Ching Ying and many others, together with Hallyu stars such as Kim Soo Hyun, etc., will be appearing on the show as well. *** Source: XSportsNews

T-ara released their Chinese soundtrack for World of Warships which they are endorsing and are the ambassadors of. They received a lot of shares from fans which created a lot of discussion on the Internet. Most of the comments towards T-ara’s first official Chinese song gave recognition to T-ara’s effort. Some netizens even said that their song aroused interest in the game, especially when the Chinese language is supposedly one of the most complicated language in the world. Some of the comments include, “for a few Korean girls to sing a Chinese song at this standard, they must have put in a lot of effort. Thumbs up for you, wish you success in your Chinese endeavours,” and, “the song sounds pretty good, they quality of the game that T-ara are ambassadors of is a high-quality game too. I’m quite interested in the game and T-ara,” and many more. Nevertheless, there are a few “black fans” (sceptical or anti-fans) who gave a few negative comments such as, “I don’t think their outfits give off an appropriate sailor/navy vibe,” “having male celebrities as ambassadors would seems more appropriate.” However, some netizens pointed out that T-ara is one of the most influential K-pop group and have a young fan base - T-ara are the "divas/goddesses” of many 90-liner males. The game provider must have gone through a lot of consideration and planning before deciding to engage T-ara as their ambassadors. There must be a reason why they chose immensely popular T-ara over other Chinese celebrities. Only time will tell if T-ara’s future plans in China would succeed. *** Source: YeYou News

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Girl group T-ara is really hot within China, no one can compete with them. Combined with a strategy to localise T-ara's image, they are also apparently becoming a trending girl group. T-ara had previously released a remake of China's Chopstick Brothers' song Little Apple. Ever since then, they received a love call from China and officially debuted. They appeared and performed on various TV programmes. This resulted in T-ara quickly becoming a group with a strong competitive advantage. T-ara drove up the atmosphere further by having a China Tour, holding concerts in various cities. Members took up roles in dramas and even movies, receiving a lot of attention. Extraordinary beauty, exciting music, upbeat choreography etc, T-ara is becoming a group that is more familiar than distant to Chinese audiences through their various activities. Other groups are temporarily promoting their performances and events, but T-ara is having a lot schedules that are actively taken up by their Chinese agency, be it individual or group activities. Last year, T-ara signed a contract with a Chinese entertainment management agency, making them the first ever Korean group to officially step foot in China. It is a huge contract agreement worth 30 million Yuan (5 billion KRW/4.7 million USD) and sales are expected to exceed 100 million Yuan (16.5 billion KRW/15 .6 million USD). However, T-ara have moved to an even bigger scale agency this year. Wang Si Cong, son of one of the wealthiest man in China, set up a new media agency Banana Project and signed a contract with T-ara, who can expect to receive numerous contracts in China according to local Chinese news reports. Furthermore, T-ara will appear on various famous TV shows in China periodically. Among them is a TV programme by CCTV Spring Festival Gala Express in which celebrities, or anyone for that matter, who like spring night (first night of the Spring season) can participate in. It is the biggest-scale TV programme that is specially aired to celebrate China's Spring season. However, only those that are of certain recognition in their fields can appear on air. T-ara will appear on the Spring Festival next year during the Spring season in China. *** Source: TV Daily

Wow, I'm really impressed by how their Chinese activities are going. If I'm thinking of the same one, I think some Super Junior/ EXO members have gone before.

[WEIBO] Hyomin Update (11/29) Spring Festival Gala~ Spring Festival Gala~ Credit: Hyomin + red4summer + TiaraDiadem

[iG] Nui04 Update feat. Eunjung (12/01) Credit: Nui04 + red4summer + TiaraDiadem

Update: The recording happened this afternoon and in addition to the medley, T-ARA performed 6-member Little Apple too. In the end, T-ARA got the votes (Eunjung cried) and proceeded to the next (final) stage (直通春晚) which will be held in 11-14 Jan. (I think it will be broadcast live.) Let's wait for the actual broadcast of today's performance. T-ARA Go! Here are the photos from the recording today.

[VARIETY] T-ARA Recording @ CCTV Spring Festival Gala Express (11/30) T-ARA just appeared on stage. (I will continue to update as and when images are uploaded.) Besides the (SC+SL+BP) medley, T-ARA also did Little Apple. I will post the result here too when it is out. The result is out and shared below. The Result Credit: 晴_sunshine + 孝敏的bunny + red4summer + TiaraDiadem

Credit: 唯刑之静 + lianshuiwuhui + weibo.com/270011676 + Qripretty_小邪 + QuererQul + Lvxin + Lemondot + Eunzzang + S50KyulRealDot + 唯刑之静 + JeonBoramBar + Unique + 安_kai_queens + H_Yue + XTrail + SsoMignonDot + red4summer + TiaraDiadem @vancew90 Not DaBar this time, I got them from QiBar etc. Not yet the Gala night but T-ARA made it to the next stage (直通春晚) on 11-14 Jan. If they are selected by the show director, we will get to see them on CCTV in Feb.

[iG] MicroLove Update feat. Eunjung (11/29) "The Making of MicroLove" Photo Book Credit: MicroLove + red4summer + TiaraDiadem