dkrc Chapter 94: Challenge Me?
Chapter 94: Challenge Me?
Chapter 96: Challenge Me?
The stage was brightly lit.
The challenger's seat is set up in the left corner of the stage.
Masked singers took turns performing on stage and competing against each other. The winners sat in the "Challenger" seats, while the losers went to the backstage public rest area to rest.
On the right corner of the stage, there is a "Singer's Throne"!
This is the seat of the previous season's winner.
Last week's champion will give a final performance, and their score will be compared with this week's strongest challenger. Whoever wins will be this week's champion.
This week's champion will face competition from seven other singers in the next week.
Since the previous champion performed last, the seven challengers in this episode will be challenging the previous champion's score.
If the challenger's support rate surpasses the previous performance of the King of Singers, then the challenger will be considered successful and temporarily take the throne of the King of Singers.
If the previous champion's score surpasses that of the challenger when they perform at the end of the week, they will remain the champion for this week; otherwise, the champion title will go to the challenger.
This is one of the selling points of variety shows, making regular programs more exciting to watch.
Li Shen was sitting on the throne of the King of Singers. Behind the throne was a separate display screen that showed:
[The King of Singers: My Days Living with a Female Celebrity.]
Overall online support rate: 92%.
Challenger: ——
Overall online support rate: --
The second episode had a different setup than the first. While the masked singers performed, the online voting channel opened, and voting ended as soon as the singing ended. The voting results were displayed to everyone in real time.
After the first episode of "The King of Singers" became a huge hit, the production team racked their brains trying to come up with all sorts of reasonable ideas to keep the show fresh and engaging.
During the live broadcast of the previous episode, the peak number of concurrent viewers reached 310 million.
But less than 20 minutes after the show started airing tonight, the number of viewers had already exceeded 400 million, and at that time, the first challenger had not yet taken the stage!
It must be said that the two trending topics of the author recommending his book to win the title of King of Singers and Wang Feng's elimination in the first episode played a significant role in promoting the show.
Especially when an author promotes his book and wins the title of "King of Singers," who wouldn't be curious about such a trending topic?
If you were an online novelist, you could use this as the opening line and start writing a novel!
Director Hong Feng looked at Li Shen on the throne of the King of Singers and nodded slightly: "What a damn genius!"
drop.
Liu Qing sent a message: [Old Hong, the person I introduced you to, isn't he awesome?]
Hongfeng replied: 【Awesome! What are you going to do next?】
Liu Qing: [I'm going to come up with another variety show, and continue to cling to his boots! Haha!!!]
Backstage.
Inside the seven separate dressing rooms, the masked singers were in various states of mind.
Although they wear masks or special helmets, and clothing that covers all their skin, you can still get a general sense of the singer's mental state from their body language.
The live broadcast interface of the show was divided into four parts, constantly switching between the singers and the judging panel.
【The bunny with pointed ears】sat quietly on the sofa. During the drawing for the stage, the photographer gave a close-up of her hands, which were wearing black gauze gloves.
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Her hands were very steady, as if she were holding a teacup at home, calm and composed.
The comments section was filled with speculation:
This is a pro!
[The song is grand and majestic, praising the rivers and mountains of the motherland; it's highly likely to be from the national team!]
[Lei Jia? Huang Qishan? Tan Jing?]
In the other lounge, when [Don't Always Meow Like a Cat] received the lottery ball, his hands were visibly trembling.
He wasn't tall, and he was very thin. Although he was wearing a tiger-shaped helmet, he didn't look fierce at all.
Netizens joked:
[Dude, you're not rock 'n' roll at all —]
What are you afraid of? Just sing! It's not like I can vote for you, is it?
[I know who it is! It's SeSe!]
Who is SeSe?
[I'm trembling with fear!]
[Da Zhang Wei, did you post those cheesy jokes in the comments just now?]
Lounge No. 5.
[66] Nestled on the sofa, her reactions were sometimes a beat slow, or she would often drift off, her demeanor full of laziness, like a kitten basking in the afternoon sun.
Agent Qu Meixia: "[66] Teacher, we can draw lots now."
[66] Slowly turned her head: "Huh?"
"I said, let's draw lots!"
"Please help me."
"I've been playing mahjong these past few days, and all I've done is give away points to others; my luck has been terrible. Why don't you just draw the lots yourself?"
66 shook its sparkling star helmet, lazily slumped into the sofa, and said languidly, "But stars don't have hands, you know."
【puff!】
Why do I see a resemblance to Shen Teng in this woman?
[A wriggling lucky star!]
Which female singer has Shen Teng's style?
Lounge No. 8.
[When you see injustice, step in quickly] I drew number 1 and will be the first challenger of this episode, challenging last episode's champion.
After opening the draw, he remained very calm, left the dressing room, and headed straight for the stage.
The program's agent followed closely: "Teacher, when you learned that the program would be broadcast live, did you hesitate?"
"If it weren't for the live stream, I wouldn't have come."
"Wow! No audio editing during the live stream, aren't you feeling any pressure?"
"I think this is the kind of stage that singers truly yearn for."
In the eyes of "Quickly Step Aside When You See Injustice," editing the vocals of singers in music variety shows is like a girl using a beauty camera when taking a picture—
He couldn't deceive himself, but he deceived the audience.
Therefore, true talent yearns for such a stage!
[Stay away from injustice when you see it] The moment Li Shen stepped onto the stage, the screen behind his seat also displayed the singer's information:
[Challenger: Stop right when you see injustice.]
Overall online support rate: --
"Hello everyone, the song I'm going to sing for you is called 'Wu Song'."
After the applause subsided, the song "[When You See Injustice, Quickly Step Aside]" began to be performed, and online voting commenced.
Li Shen listened intently with a furrowed brow.
The song "Wu Song" features a grand arrangement and unique rhythm, which is a great test of the singer's ability.
This singer is adept at using techniques, although there are occasional instances of voice cracking, which Li Shen speculates may be due to age-related functional decline.
This person must have been a top-notch singer in their youth.
However, this song is too niche and difficult to understand.
Those in the know can understand why the rhythm is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, why it uses opera singing, and even a spoken part. They can understand the purpose of his treatment and can hear his skillful musical technique.
However, for most people, this song is just awful!
When ordinary people listen to songs, they don't listen for the techniques, but for the emotions; they find emotional resonance in the songs!
Moreover, the emotions in the song should be conveyed directly, touching the listener at first listen.
This is one of the reasons why Mao Zedong became so popular in his previous life.
This is also why the previous episodes, "Me" and "Lost Beauty," were successful.
On the screen behind Li Shen, the support rate for "Stop injustice when you see it" kept changing.
[Overall online support rate: 61%, 63%, 59%, 65% —]
The online voting ends when the song's outro concludes.
The final approval rating for "Stop injustice when you see it" was 65%.
Four large characters were displayed on the stage's large screen:
Challenge failed!
The judging panel was completely dumbfounded; they hadn't expected the public to give such a low score.
Xue Ziqian: "Actually, this song is very difficult to handle, but this teacher sang it very well."
Ke Yimin: "What's going on? What? Are the audience deaf?"
Ding Dasheng: "It's time to raise the public's musical taste."
Zhang Xiaoxiao: "I don't understand this situation!"
The comments section immediately erupted with criticism:
[What do you, a host, possibly understand?]
Ding Dasheng, we don't need your lectures!
[If it weren't for his good musical skills, this song wouldn't even have reached 50% support!]
After listening to this song, for the first time, I hoped that Ximen Qing could turn the tables and kill Wu Song!
After the judging panel reviewed the song and guessed the contestant, [Lu Jianbu Ping Gan Kuai Zo] took his seat in the challenger's seat.
As the first challenger, he will temporarily sit in the position of the strongest challenger, regardless of his performance.
Xue Ziqian lamented: "The public is different now than it was a few years ago; they don't buy into the tech-driven approach anymore."
Da Zhangwei: "Regarding technical skill, I'm reminded of a lot of singers in music variety shows who loved to hit high notes."
One netizen commented, "If hitting high notes sounds good, then why not just bring a donkey on stage? What's the point of having singers then?"
Laughter erupted from the audience.
"Hey, the punchline landed!" Da Zhang Wei turned around, clasped his hands together, and said, "Thank you for your support, everyone!"
Pop diva Wang Fei said, "On the competitive stage, is sensory stimulation more important for a song, or emotional resonance?"
Ten years ago, the sensory stimulation from high notes might have made it easier to achieve better results, but in the last two years, people's musical tastes have been constantly changing.
In fact, techniques should serve the purpose of emotional expression, not be used for the sake of showing off skills.
Da Zhangwei: "It's like two female singers hitting high notes, their mouths practically trying to swallow each other whole. Sorry, excuse me!"
The second masked singer, "Don't Always Meow Like a Cat," took the stage and performed a pop-rock song.
This original song is so-so. The singer's singing skills are okay, but he seems a bit nervous and occasionally cracks his voice. He wanted to put on a high-energy performance, but the performance was flawed.
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Ultimately, it garnered 73% of the support.
On the big screen:
Challenge failed!
[They all burst into laughter and collapsed onto the stage.]
She has a good voice and decent singing skills, but her original songs are just average.
Support rate: 76%.
Challenge failed!
【Pointy-Eared Rabbit Sister】Having learned from the lessons of the previous episode, she brought a song full of homesickness.
She has an excellent voice, superb singing skills, and her original songs are also quite good.
However, the Spring Festival is still a long way off.
Four large characters were displayed on the big screen:
Challenge failed!
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Her final approval rating: 90%!
【Pointy-eared bunny sister】sat in the seat of the strongest challenger, looking at Li Shen on the singer's throne opposite her with a puzzled expression.
It's only 2 points away, why does it feel so hard to get past?
The recording of the show was very long. Li Shen sat blankly in his chair, watching the singers' performances intently. He gradually grew tired and exhausted.
He suddenly felt envious of the other singers in the lounge.
He only perked up when he took the stage at [66].
The song he wrote for Tian Xiwei has a beautiful and melodious tune with a touch of romance. However, some parts of the lyrics did not meet Tian Xiwei's requirements, so Li Shen made appropriate changes to the lyrics.
When Tian Xiwei walked onto the stage in her long dress, the atmosphere immediately became lively.
The comments section was also full of anticipation:
[The song from last week's episode brought back many fond memories.]
[66's songs are truly heartfelt and moving.]
Listening to her songs evokes a strong sense of emotional expression.
I savor the lyrics of her songs line by line; that's what makes her unique.
[Turn off the live comments. Now, just listen to the music in peace.]
【66】Walking to the center of the stage, a sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.
Of course, that smile was hidden by the star-studded helmet.
Xue Zhiqian asked, "[66] Who is this song for this time?"
I won't tell you.
"So, what did the songwriter and composer want to express, or what did you want to express?"
I won't tell you.
[66] I thought to myself, I made it too obvious in the last episode, especially by emphasizing "a gift for friends who have been waiting for a long time". This makes it easy for netizens to find clues!
Besides, if Li Gou hears too much of my inner thoughts, wouldn't he become smug and bully me like Mai Lin bullied Liang Ge?
snort!
We can't let him get too cocky!
If he hears any of my songs in the future and asks me, "Was this song written for me?", I'll just reply, "It was written by 88. Who knows why he wrote this song?"
Let Li Gou guess wildly, let his heart race, let him be anxious and uneasy.
Haha!
Xue Zhiqian then asked, "So what can you tell us? It won't be like last time, where you could only tell us one thing, and then tell us nothing at all?"
66: "No, I want to use this song to tell everyone to be patient. Each of us has our own unique luck."
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