Super Girl was based on an annual national contest held by HST since May 2009. A similar TV talent show that was seen as the forerunner of Super Girl ran for five years and swept through the nation.
“快乐女声”是由湖南卫视基于一项全国年度赛事的基础之上创办的，于2009年5月拉开帷幕。而在此之前，一个类似的选秀节目曾风靡全国5年之久，该节目也被视为是“快乐女声”的前身。
This year, the contest began on March 30 and lasted into July, until all the national-final players were selected to go on the air.
今年，该比赛从3月30号开始，一直持续到7月，最终所有进入全国总决赛的选手通过层层选拔，与电视机前的观众见面。
However, the first show - aired on July 15 - lasted about 182 minutes, which is 90 minutes longer than the SARFT cap.
然而，于6月15日播出的首期节目就长达182分钟，超出广电总局规定时长90分钟。
"The administration did set a telecast time limit in 2007, but in later approval documents it did not mention the limitation, so we did not attach enough attention to the time at first," said a staff member of the TV station, who declined to be identified.
“广电总局曾于2007年制定‘限时令’，但在随后的批准文件中并未提到该限令，所以起初我们我们并未给予足够重视。”一位不愿透露姓名的湖南卫视工作人员说道。