Ride the Wind 2026 (乘风2026), also known as Sisters Who Make Waves 7, has continued to generate a lot of buzz, whether negative, due to the showrunners, or positive, thanks to the sisters (celebrity contestants on the show). Recently, the show held an online vote for fans of the sisters to choose a song for their idols to sing. Actresses Li Xiaoran and Zhang Yue both wanted the same song, Na Ying’s Just Like a Dream, and their fans engaged in voting. However, Li Xiaoran suddenly took to Weibo with now-deleted posts seemingly expressing her frustration.
What Happened?
At the beginning of fan voting, Li Xiaoran’s team led for a time before being overtaken by Zhang Yue’s team, with the gap reaching nearly 100,000 votes. Li Xiaoran wrote three posts on social media, which she quickly deleted: “Can’t get it, can’t get it, let it be a dream,” “Don’t vote anymore, it doesn’t matter,” and “Really don’t vote, I sing badly anyway, I don’t deserve it.” Meanwhile Zhang Yue’s side later announced they have decided to stop any voting campaign to secure the song, which is being viewed as a decision to “exit” from the race. In the end, Li Xiaoran secured the song for her team with the most votes while Zhang Yue will be singing another song.
Li Xiaoran, age 50, is an established actress who has starred in many hit dramas. She went viral for her out of tune performance on Ride the Wind 2026, which was widely mocked yet also endeared her to many as she ranks among the popular contestants on the show. Zhang Yue, age 31, is an actress whose most-recognized role was the manipulative young graduate, Lin Youyou, in the hit 2020 Chinese drama Nothing But Thirty. She shot up to popularity on Ride the Wind 2026 due to her strong vocals covering singer Zhang Bichen’s Interstellar.
Netizens are now dissecting what happened behind the scenes as some fans of both are now at odds. Li Xiaoran was criticized for publicizing posts that would indirectly place Zhang Yue in a difficult position. There was also a rumor that showrunners had asked Li Xiaoran to change her song choice and that she teared up when she saw her fans later that day. Some praised her for being genuine and unfiltered and that her saying “I don’t deserve it” may just be self-reflection. Others believe Li Xiaoran simply did not want fans spending money on voting, that her posts were directed towards the show and not anyone else. Furthermore, the show’s voting mechanism was criticized for pitting contestants and their fans against each other.
Banu
Bit age gap between the two as an older and wiser person with many experience I would had assumed she give the song to her junior let her shine. Some people want endless fame and spotlight even after many years in the industry.
I don’t know them but her statment makes her seem less favorable in my eyes. Well good luck for both of them.