CCTV releases list of celebrities to perform at Spring Festival Gala

China Central Television has released a partial listing of celebrities confirmed to perform at the 2015 Spring Festival Gala.

Singer's David Tao and Karen Mok will perform, and actor's Zhang Fengyi, Zhu Yawen, Tong Dawei and his wife Guan Yue have also been confirmed as some of the celebrity guests.

The broadcaster has also hinted that Nigermaidi Zechman, may be one of the hosts for this year's show.

Earlier this month six photos were posted on the official Sina Weibo of CCTV 3, of hosts who work for CCTV, along with a thread, asking the world to send in videos of them singing Can't Forget Tonight, the song that has always been sung at the end of each Spring Festival Gala since it started.

CCTV has broadcasted Spring Festival Galas on the eve of the lunar new year annually since 1984.