Temporary judge for 'Talent'

NETIZENS will get a chance to choose a new temporary judge for "China's Got Talent," in place of songwriter Gao Xiaosong, for the program's new episode recording on May 19, officials of the TV reality show said yesterday.

Gao was detained for drunk driving in Beijing on Monday and he might face detention of between one to six months.

Producers of the show temporarily appointed Antonio Chen, a Taiwan music producer and composer, to fill Gao's slot on the judges panel for the recording on Tuesday.

But the recording for the next episode on May 19 will have a new temporary judge, selected largely based on online votes on the program's Sina microblog by May 18.

The 10 candidates are mainland film directors Lu Chuan and Feng Xiaogang, singer/composer Wang Feng, actress Xu Jinglei, pop idol Faye Wong, Hong Kong music producer Harry Hui, Taiwan singers Jonathan Lee, Lo Ta-yu and Fei Yu-ching, as well as Antonio Chen.

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