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A trailer for the upcoming new season of SNH48/SNHG's regular variety show, in which you can get a feel of its content:


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A couple of members of SNH48's 1st team, including the team's "sexy queen" (the one in a yellowish dress), walking the red carpet of a fashion event tonight:


The veteran 1st-generation members are a also a long well-known couple in the group/team.

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A pretty cool promotion video for an upcoming special theater performance of CKG48:

闲看数着烂樵柯，涧草山花一刹那。五百年来棋一局，仙家岁月也无多，#CKG48# 英雄招募令，第一卷开启[心]4月7日#丝芭偶像节# 公演，一声令下，少女集结，江湖来见[小黄人高兴]

A trailer for an upcoming new variety/reality show of SNH48 specializing on leisure tour as well as local delicacies & food cultures around the country & the world, hosted by a couple of group members from their newer generations & also featuring non-regular appearances of other group members:

花样妹妹宣传片：旅游找不到绝味美食？让SNH48美少女带你逛吃逛吃～_综艺_高清1080P在线观看_腾讯视频

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Official behind-the-scenes footage of the various shootings for the current latest spring single of CKG48, which's also played in the background, released today:

A surprising & moving appearance of the current, newly promoted captain of SNH48's 2nd team (in black casual wear) at the birthday special theater performance of GNZ48's 2nd team for a prominent member of the team today (GNZ48 is based in the capital of the Cantonese captain's native province - she took the bullet train to arrive there from Shanghai, the home city of SNH48 ) - despite her present status as the leader of the most powerful team of SNH48, the mild-mannered 2nd-generation member of the group, who's long been known for her being very kind to & able to get along w/ younger-generation/newbie members, hasn't forgotten that GNZ48 member, who's also a fellow Cantonese & a former 6th-generation member of SNH48:


^ That captain & the birthday member are rendering a song written by the former herself, who's majoring in vocal rendition & music education - you can readily tell who's the better singer.

I seldom mention about the merchandise of the SNHG groups here, even tho there're tons of them, in a huge variety, but these mugs of SHY48, featuring caricatures of the group members, look so cute - note that no special visual effects are applied on the mugs in this promotion video, as the caricatures are made to appear only at the right temperature: lol

SHY48周边 水杯

^ BTW, the one donning an overall is their group ace.

Another one, for the upcoming 2nd episode, shot in a southwestern inland border province:

花样妹妹第2期预告：SNH48美少女云南泡温泉，张怡坐热气球吓哭_综艺_高清1080P在线观看_腾讯视频

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Another, even cooler one:

临颍美人在白帝，一舞剑器动四方。霍如羿射九日落，矫如群帝骖龙翔[haha]#CKG48# 英雄招募令，少女已集结完成，将开启《江湖来见》最终话[心][星星]4月7日下午14:00，#丝芭偶像节# 公演，CKG48新成员，初绽舞台[小黄人高兴]

A preview of the upcoming 2nd episode, released today:


^ Note that this new season is, quite suitably, hosted by the "big brother" of SNH48's 2nd team, who's pretty good in hosting shows/events & can command the respect, if not fear, from other members.

^ That "big brother" also stars in this upcoming detective movie set in the Republican Period & also featuring several leading members from BEJ48, GNZ48, & SHY48 - its trailer:

Just some photos from the sports tournament of SNH48 today:

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^ Members of their 3rd team at one of the events, w/ the emblem of their team seen behind them at the right.

https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/61add42aly1fq4h634g7gj21kw11xqv9.jpg

^ Members of their 1st team celebrating their win, w/ the emblem of their team seen at the top right.

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/61add42aly1fq4h65z2rmj21kw11x7wl.jpg

^ Members of their new 5th team doing a cheerleading performance, as the newly formed team doesn't participate in the events - the emblems of all their four participating teams are seen at the top.

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^ Members of their 4th team celebrating their win, w/ the emblem of their team seen at both the top left & top right.

^ Their 1st team entering the venue:


BTW, the team has won the position of overall grand champion in the tournament.

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^ Their 2nd team entering:


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^ Their 3rd team:

Offshot footage of selected members from various SNHG groups shooting in Thailand recently:


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[Re: The preceding post] Many pics of the tournament on this page of their official site:

SNH48 第一届偶像运动会 4月7日精彩集锦

A self-explanatory poster posted by them today:

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/006ved5pgy1fq7bxcw5m4j30zk1hckbx.jpg

It's taken them so long, but it's finally happening.

BTW, it's quite possible that "Team SH" ("SH" stands for Shanghai, where they're based) would perform along w/ all the AKBG groups around Japan & Asia at the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Some classy pics of a prominent 5th-generation member in SNH48's 3rd team, who doubles as a member of their subgroup COLOR GIRLS, posted by her today:

http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006cOrpVgy1fq6kwaiqcrj31i56n1kjq.jpg

http://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/006cOrpVgy1fq6kvzro5ej31bu4ruhdt.jpg

http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006cOrpVgy1fq6kw2jl08j31i747me81.jpg

The charismatic girl is actually much younger than her looks & styles.

A trailer for an upcoming episode of an SNH48-exclusive variety show about leisure tour & local cuisines around the country & the world - the episode features three prominent 1st-generation members in their 1st team (including the team's captain & its "dancing/fashion queen") visiting London for attending the London Fashion Week earlier:

腾讯视频

A 2nd-team member of SHY48 performing a classical Chinese dance at the cafe inside their exclusive theater lately:

#SHY48##丝芭偶像节#live show回顾：Team HIII@SHY48-程戈 带来古典韵味十足的民族舞，红袖舞动，翩若惊鸿。

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An MV for a solo version of the title number of the current stage of GNZ48's 1st team, rendered by a prominent member of their 2nd team, who doubles as a member of CKG48's 1st team & is featured in the MV:


The MV was shown for the 1st time at a theater performance of CKG48 just lately.

And a brief but funny behind-the-scenes footage of the MV: lol

#CKG48# 哔...........这里将插播一则，关于国瑞STF联合少女偶像@GNZ48-熊心瑶 “搞事情”的通告[二哈]有时候，比视频内容更值得我们用心去感受的，是每一个拍摄背后那些鲜为人知的辛酸故事！美丽的背后是辛苦和付出[并不简单]“官博娘，你真的要配这么鸡汤的

The fanclub of the group ace of SHY48, which's based in the capital of a northeastern province bordering N. Korea, has bought ad spaces at a subway station in Shanghai, where SNH48 is based, for her birthday:

http://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/006yUouDly1fqb2e5r17aj33402c0npd.jpg

http://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/006yUouDly1fqb2e6sg0nj33402c0hdt.jpg

Is that meant to be a show of challenge to the oldest SNHG group?

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An awesome Chinese dance performance by the group ace of GNZ48 at her team's theater performance today:

I haven't linked the preview of the 3rd episode this week, but am linking the whole thing below instead, since it's relatively shorter (just over 20 mins., due to a large section of it having been cut to keep it w/i 30 mins.) & is pretty fun to watch (even if you don't speak the language - as most of it is quite self-explanatory):


^ I'd call it an "animal episode" - "animal" refers to both the cute ones & otherwise.

A 2nd-team member of SHY48 performing an English contemporary Christian song at the cafe inside their exclusive theater lately:

#SHY48##丝芭偶像节# live show 回顾：

^ Her vocal rendition is quite good.

Behind-the-scenes footage from the recent sports tournament of SNH48 that I've covered in the posts above, exclusively released by a media today:

A trailer for the next upcoming episode, which's the 2nd part on their London tour:

英伦早茶、大英博物馆、时装周……@SNH48-许佳琪 @SNH48-吴哲晗 @SNH48-戴萌 的伦敦之行还在继续！4月19日（周四）中午12点，#SNH48# 自制综艺 “#花样妹妹# 第四集·伦敦篇” 将在@腾讯视频 上线，敬请期待！

^ Those B/W footage at the beginning are from the last episode.

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A very brief but a lil bit creepy (yet uber cool ) short featuring the captain of SHY48's 1st team (the one w/ longer hair) & her identical twin sister, who's also a member of the same team, produced specially for their birthday earlier:

遗忘在邮箱里面的生日小花絮（有的恐怖片的感觉）

A poster of the movie, featuring the group ace of SHY48, who plays a cruel thief in it:

http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006QvhzRly1fqgt64lqcrj31kw2dce8d.jpg

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^ Ah, note that "Daisy" is her character's name, not hers. lol

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A couple of pics of a prominent member of CKG48's 1st team posing as an ancient woman, posted by herself just after midnight tonight:

http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006XsRoNly1fqh92qbsy6j31og2iob2f.jpg

http://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006XsRoNly1fqh92wy7urj31og2iob2h.jpg

The MV for a song on the current latest EP of 7SENSES, an elite subgroup of SNH48, shot in Saipan earlier & released today:


^ So many product placements. lol

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A promotion video for an upcoming mini live of the captain of SNH48's 1st team at the cafe inside their exclusive theater, in which you can see her rendering a famous Beatles song:

http://p.weibo.com/show/channerWbH5/1034:8fcef47ce19baa4120b2b17c3bf6133d

The English & German speaking holder of a laws degree (LLB) is also the de facto General Director of the entire group & the spokesperson-member of their elite subgroup 7SENSES (the subgroup doesn't have a captain or leader, as all its seven members are considered as equals w/i it), & is one of the group members w/ a driver license - you can see her driving in the MV linked above.