BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China bans talents show to be broadcast during prime time from Oct. 1, according to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).

    The SARFT issued detailed regulation to strengthen its administration of China's mushrooming talent shows here Thursday.

    Since the "Super Girl" competition, Chinese versions of "American Idol" created miracle for the Hunan TV Station in 2006, many local TV stations have followed suit to hold talent shows to win their audience in the last two years.

    "All talent shows with mass participation should not be broadcasted from 19:30 to 22:30 via satellite TV channels at provincial or vice-provincial level," the regulation said.

    "All the votes for the talent show candidates should be cast inside the studios and those out of the studios such as votes by text message of mobile phones, votes by fixed line phones or online votes are all banned," the regulation read.

    "Hosts are prohibited from taunting, flattering, flirting with each other, making inflammatory or sensational remarks or spreading negative news or rumors about the talent show candidates," according to the regulation.

    "The TV stations must select qualified candidates to show the characters such as perseverance, maturity, confidence, healthy and the hair style, dress, remarks of candidates should accord with aesthetic value of the great mass," the regulation said.

    It also demand the TV stations to choose authoritative and professional judges for talent shows and required the TV stations make application for approval three months before any talent show is broadcasted.

    Last month, "The First Heartthrob" aired by the Chongqing TV was banned by SARFT due to its vulgar content and "low taste".

    "There are too many talent shows popping up in recent years," said Jin Wenxiong, a SARFT official.

    "With these stricter rules and higher standard, inferior talent shows and contests are unable to be staged," Jin said.

    "At the same time, without votes by short messages, phones, and Internet, some show only held for commercial purposes will be aborted," he said, noting some families spent almost all their money to support their children to participate in these shows since votes outside the studio cost lots of money.

    After the release of the regulation, several TV stations have voiced their support to the SARFT decision.

    He Wei, deputy head of Chongqing TV Station said, "this is a regulation released by the SARFT and we will abide by it."