Zhang Lei and Li Sisi are both hot young hosts of CCTV at present, and they are the best female hosts of CCTV after Dong Qing. Both of them stood out by participating in the host contest, and then entered CCTV to start work. Both of them have also hosted CCTV Spring Festival Gala programs. However, in terms of popularity, Li Sisi's current popularity should be above Zhang Lei. ?

In 2005, the program "Challenge the Host" hosted by Ma Dong was in full swing. This year, the first eight-segment champion appeared, and this person was Li Sisi, a talented woman of Peking University. In the program, she is versatile, versatile, especially bookish, and unique among all the contestants. In the blink of an eye, in 2006, CCTV held a host challenge contest, which was not only a special program to challenge the host, but also a national contest to select a new host for CCTV. It was through this contest that Li Sisi gained more attention and entered CCTV. Li Sisi only won the third place in this competition, but his performance was also brilliant enough. ?

Li Sisi graduated from Peking University, majoring in journalism rather than broadcasting and hosting. In contrast, Zhang Lei comes from an ordinary school. She studied broadcasting and hosting in Beijing Broadcasting Institute, and now she is the Communication University of China. Before taking part in the contest, Zhang Lei had hosted the program "China Alert" of the Ministry of Public Security for many years with rich experience. Therefore, he won the first prize in hosting the contest and entered CCTV. Most of the variety shows hosted by CCTV, such as Happy China and Variety Festival, often stand on the same stage for cooperation.

In terms of popularity, there is actually not much difference between the two. A very important background is that the influence of CCTV's variety shows is far less than that of Dong Qing era, or even less than that of Ni Ping era, so it is difficult to have an absolutely influential hostess. Not to mention variety shows, even the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which had been highly anticipated before, is now less concerned by so many people.