Sara Liu Xijun (; born 30 April 1988) is a Chinese pop singer who rose to fame through televised singing competitions. Liu was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong province to a Hakka family and began as a singer by ranking fifth in the fourth season (2009) of a singing contest in China, Super Girls (), or Happy Girl. Super Girls 2009 main page.
Career life In 2009, Liu Xijun decided to take part in the famous Hunan TV show Super Girl, but she failed to rank with the Hunan TV Super Girl nationwide top 3. Her musical experience is listed below. Personal experience: In 2003, Liu Xijun started to show her shining talent: she was awarded as a top 10 school singer in a Shenzhen shatoujiao school singing competition. In February 2004, when the little Xijun was only fifteen years old, she won the championship of a local famous singing competition, which was hosted by Shenzhen Aoqi Music Inc, and then was signed by this music company.
Super Girl
In March 2009, she attended a TV show hosted by Zhejiang TV, representing Shenzhen City. Liu Xijun joined the Super Girl 2009 competition. Her goal was to be in the top 20 in Guangdong Province and top 300 nationwide. She became one of the top 60 nationwide on June 13, 2009. With her outstanding talent, she later ranked with the top 20 nationwide. On June 26, 2009, Liu Xijun beat Zeng Yike by just one vote at Super Girl national competition and became the third Super Girl top 10 competitor. On July 17, 2009, she competed with Yu Kewei to be the cover girl for the fashion magazine Elle. On July 24, 2009, Liu Xijun was ranked fourth in Round 2 of the Super Girl National final competition. On August 1, 2009, she was voted fourth in Round 3 of the Super Girl National final competition; advancing past Tan Lina to become one of the nationwide top 7. On August 8, 2009, Liu Xijun sang "Sky", and moved all the judges and brought them to their feet; however, she failed to become Elle cover girl that week. On August 15, 2009, she beat Tan Lina in the final PK and became one of the top 5 finalists at Super Girl. On August 22, 2009, Liu Xijun together with Yu Haomin, sang the classical song "Embrace" and high acclaim from the judges and the audience. Unfortunately, Liu Xijun lost her challenge to Yu Kewei with her song "I Only Care for You".
Name Song Origin Outcome Guangzhou elimination competition 《崇拜》 Fish Leong Safe 《那些花儿》 Pu Shu / Christine Fan 《把耳朵叫醒》 Jin Haixin Guangzhou elimination competition 30/50 《下一个天亮》 Guo Jing Safe Guangzhou elimination competition 20/30 《伤痕》 Lin Ylian Safe National elimination competition 60/300 《到不了》 Christine Fan Safe National elimination competition 20/60 《我期待》 Zhang Yusheng Safe 《疯子》 Xu PeizheNational elimination competition 10/18 《暧昧》 Hou Xiangting Safe 《爱笑的眼睛》 Vivian Hsu National elimination competition 7/10 round 1 《祝福》 Sally Yeh Through 《下一个天亮》 Guo Jing National elimination competition 7/10 round 2 《南海姑娘》 Teresa Teng Through 《怎样》 Dai Peini National elimination competition 7/10 round 3 《万水千山总是情》 Wang Minggui Safe 《大海》 Zhang Yusheng National elimination competition 6/7 《野百合也有春天》 Michelle Pan Safe 《天空》 Faye Wong 《等你爱我》 Chen Ming National elimination competition 5/6 《亲爱的小孩》 Su Rui Safe 《Think of Me》 Emmy Rossum 《Zai shui yi fang》 Teresa TengNational elimination competition 4/5 《深情相拥》 Winnie Hsin & Leslie Cheung Eliminated 《牵手》 Su Rui 《枉凝眉》 Chen Li
Musical style Liu Xijun has high personal music recognition accuracy in terms of her voice, therefore, people can easily distinguish her voice by listening to her songs. Liu Xijun's musical style could be categorized as classical pop music, such as Deng Lijun, she owned nearly all the characters which Chinese traditional singers have had. Even though her songs still have her own features, taking "Love Garden" for instance, this song is standard pop music, depicting a tale of a girl's first love. Having experienced Super Girl 2009 as her precious fortune, Liu Xijun improved her singing skills greatly when she signed with EEMEDIA after Super Girl, and started her new music career.
Discography
Albums and EPs (extended plays) Album typeAlbum informationTrack listing1st EPSara Released: December 1, 2007 Label: AO Music2nd EPSara's Sky()Released: July 1, 2008 Label: AO Music |style="font-size: 85%;"| |- |align="left"|1st Studio |align="left"|The Love Garden()Released: February 11, 2010 Label: AO Music |style="font-size: 85%;"| |- |align="left"|2nd Studio |align="left"|Morning()Released: May 25, 2011 Label: Liyin International |style="font-size: 85%;"| |- |align="left"|3rd Studio |align="left"|Cherish· Jun()Released: December 15, 2012 Label: Liyin International |style="font-size: 85%;"| |- |align="left"|4th Studio |align="left"|When everything around was empty()Released: November 13, 2015 Label: Asia Muse Entertainment |style="font-size: 85%;"| |- |5th studio |I Like it () Released: December 29, 2017 Label: Ocean Butterflies3rd EPHard shell beauty (硬地之美)
Released: September 4, 2019 Label: Ocean Butterflies
Singles The Highest of All () February 27, 2010 The Rhododendron Flower Blooms Again () August 12, 2010
Promotional songs YearSong 2005 Free Bird QQ正传 高高至上 快乐为你2007 冬季 Free bird Crazy summer2008 Just one night 爱你的人 Love Garden2009 退出2010 高高至上 羊角花又开2011 怎么唱情歌 拂晓
References
External links Sara Liu's blog HunanTV Super Girl page for Sara Liu