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| image = Sisters Who Make Waves logo.jpeg
| caption = Series logo
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| genre = Reality
| director = Yan Ji
| creative_director = Wu Mengzhi
| presenter = Huang Xiaoming
| starring =
| country = China
| language = Mandarin
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 13
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 94–208 minutes
| company =
| network = Mango TV
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| related = Sisters Who Make Waves (season 2) (2021)| image_size = }}Sisters Who Make Waves () is a 2020 Chinese reality television show that was broadcast on Mango TV from 12 June to 4 September 2020. It features 30 female celebrities over 30 years old who must compete to debut in a seven-member girl group.
Concept
Touting the catchphrase "Thirty dark horses, return to youth", Sisters Who Make Waves follows the general formula idol group reality shows like Produce 101 and Idol Producer, but with the twist that participants are already well-known and veteran celebrities and are all aged 30 and above, with an average age of 35+. The contestants are to live with each other for 3 months while partaking in intense training. Huang Xiaoming is the official presenter of the final group. Additional cast members include Du Hua as female group manager, Huo Wenxi as general counselor, Zhao Zhao as music producer and Chen Qiyuan as stage producer. After the show's end, the winning group starred in "Lady Land" which followed the behind-the-scenes journey to forming a group.
Contestants
The contestants' English name is used in the list. If the English name is unknown, the pinyin version of the Chinese name is used. Top 7 contestants debuted as X-SISTER on the show's finale at 4 September 2020, but the announcement of disbandment was made on 1 January 2021, as members resume their own entertainment activities.
Notes:
Most contestants have more than one occupation. Their main occupation is the one listed.
*Part of the revival group in the fifth performance
**Eliminated in 2nd Performance, Successfully revived in 5th performance
***Eliminated in 3rd Performance, Successfully Revived in 5th performance
Episodes
Episode 1 (June 12, 2020) In the first episode, 30 contestants performed a personal preliminary stage and were rated by three mentors: personal traits, group potential were scored by Du Hua, vocal performance was scored by Zhao Zhao, and stage performance was scored by Chen Qiyuan.
Results
Episode 2 (June 19, 2020) The contestants are then asked to pick one of six songs for their first group evaluations, with the people with the highest scores allowed to pick first. The six songs are "兰花草" by YinShia, "推开世界的门" by Faith Yang, "Beautiful Love" by Tanya Chua, "得不到的爱情" by Yao Lee, "艾瑞巴迪" by New Pants, and "大碗宽面" by Kris Wu.
Each of the six groups then practice for their respective song, with the performance order determined by the initial stage results.
Episode 3 (June 26, 2020) Among the three-member, five-member, and seven-member performance pairings, the members of the losing group may face elimination. During the performance, 500 audience vote between the two competing groups for each pairing. 6 contestants were temporarily eliminated: Wang Zhi, Adia Chen, Zhu Jing, Hai Lu, Liu Yun and Xu Fei.
Results
Episode 4 (July 3, 2020) For the fourth round of implementations, the remaining sisters were divided into seven groups of eight. The performance order is decided based on the total of the first-round audience favorite of each group member. The groups practice for the performances, with pre-performances judged beforehand, and the result determines which team will have an advantage in choosing their order of performance.
Episode 5 (July 10, 2020) As the second round performance commences, and the audience votes determined the final rankings of each team. The top three teams earned "safe team" status and all of its members moved on to the next round. Among the other five "dangerous teams", the four least popular sisters faced elimination.