Zhang Ziyi went directly to the Spring Festival Gala without rehearsals.

At the press conference on the morning of January 31, Chen Linchun, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, assured the media: "Zhang Ziyi will definitely participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala, but the specific performance form has not been determined yet. However, she will certainly attend the fifth rehearsal on February 2." Chen Linchun spoke too soon, as Zhang Ziyi did not show up at the rehearsal site in the afternoon of the previous day, which made many audiences who went to the scene to see Zhang Ziyi very angry. It is understood that Zhang Ziyi not only missed this rehearsal, but also would not participate in the recording of the backup tape on the 4th. She would not appear until the New Year's Eve, setting a record for being the most "big-name" in the history of the Spring Festival Gala. Because all Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, including Jay Chou, Fei Yuqing, and S.H.E., participated in the rehearsals, except for Zhang Ziyi, who did not participate in any rehearsals before directly performing on the Spring Festival Gala.

Zhang Ziyi will appear in the ninth program of the Spring Festival Gala and will definitely sing.

Song Dandan was in poor condition and made a verbal slip at the beginning. After the exposure of "Torchbearer," the "Shandan" duo participated in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala again in the afternoon of the previous day. As expected, just as Zhao Benshan said earlier, "too many rehearsals can lose confidence," the "Shandan" duo seemed a bit nervous during the rehearsal the other day. Song Dandan made a verbal slip right when she came on stage, and Zhao Benshan's performance in the last section was a bit unnatural. Soon after Song Dandan came on stage, she threw out the first "joke": "Stretching the left hand means water supply, stretching the right hand means shut up, lifting the left foot means rubbing the leg, lifting the right foot means kissing one, old ghost." Unexpectedly, Song Dandan got nervous, and her mouth became clumsy, accidentally saying "lifting one foot" instead of "lifting the right foot." As soon as the lines were spoken, Song Dandan realized her mistake and corrected it after hesitating for two seconds. The audience gave her applause despite the failure of this "joke."

Sun Nan and Sa Beining joined the disaster relief program. After the fourth rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, it exceeded the time limit by 30 minutes. Subsequently, the director team decided to immediately remove Li Qi and Zhao Liang's sketch "Sending Red Envelopes" and Da Bing and Zhao Weiguo's crosstalk "Learning to Dive." Judging from the zero-point countdown, the Spring Festival Gala still exceeded the time limit by about four or five minutes. If these main programs hurry up a bit, the time won't be a big problem.

As for the newly arranged disaster relief program "Warm 2008" for the Spring Festival Gala, new faces have joined. The poetry recitation segment was still hosted by Bai Yansong, with Zhu Jun, Zhou Tao, Li Yong, Dong Qing, Zhang Zegun, Li Ruiying, Kang Hui, Ju Ping, and more than a dozen CCTV hosts completing it together. Different from the previous rehearsal, Sa Beining joined the recitation segment. Although this program was hastily prepared, the performances of these hosts were flawless. After the recitation segment, Sun Nan and Wei Wei led the singing, followed by all reciters singing the song "Sisters and Brothers" together. While the recitation and songs were taking place, the large screen on the stage continuously played VCRs of military and civilians fighting against snowstorms in southern regions, which was quite touching.