A number of  photos from the first rehearsal day of the Spring Festival Gala were leaked on Tueday. China Central Television has confirmed that the leaked photos were not released by the production.

The leaked photos show popular Chinese personalities rehearsing for the gala. Among those photographed were Dong Qin, Zhu Jun and Zhou Tao, who are rumored to be hosting the show as a trio. 

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Other leaked photographs show comedy sketch actor Qiao Shan and singer Anson Ping rehearsing for their segments in the Spring Festival Gala. The participants list was also leaked.

Every year the gala invites popular Chinese personalities in the area of comedy, singing, hosting and acting. The leaked list shows a number of popular performers for this year's gala including singer Gigi Leung, Jason Zhang, TFBoys, Hu Ge and actress Zhao Wei. 

The Spring Festival Gala is also known as the CCTV New Year's Gala. It is held annually by China Central Television and televised on the eve of the Chinese New Year, The show mainly gets audiences because of the numerous performances all throughout the show and can usually be viewed on the network flagship channel, CCTV-1. 

The gala has the largest audience for any entertainment gala in the whole world and has been described as the "Most watched television program." Tickets are in demand and are rumored to cost more than 90,000 Yuan this year. However, officials at the Gala have denied this rumor and said that there has not yet been a public sale of tickets.  

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