When Happy Boys want to be girls

By Wu Jin
May 11, 2010

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-05/11/content_20017116.htm

A satellite TV talent show has caused minor sensation in China by featuring boy bands dressed as girls.

Contestants wearing makeup, short skirts, silk stockings and high-heels wowed audiences of the Happy Boys talent show with falsetto renderings of popular numbers.

Judges were astounded the singer's convincing appearance, feminine gestures and soft voices.

Liu Zhu, from Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, won rave reviews for his performance of the Faye Wong hit Legend. But he was angered when some commentators described him as a "fake girl."