Chapter 320 Handsome guy sings a sweet song
The dance music challenge was only the first round of today's competition, and Zhang Wei's votes had already crushed the other three contestants.
It's not the performance of the other three contestants that pulled them apart, but the domestic entertainment in 2007, which really couldn't withstand the attack of the Korean Wave.
In that era, it was an indisputable fact that the Korean entertainment industry was far more developed than domestic entertainment.
At that time, many young artists would go to Korea specifically for training, and there were several of them in this issue of Kuainan alone.
Popular domestic programs such as "Run", "Where Are We Going, Dad", "The Voice", and "The Challenge" are also imported from Korean entertainment.
Fortunately, there was Jay Chou, who held up the banner of anti-Korean music in the Chinese music scene. Among mainland singers, before TFBOYS became popular, no one could withstand the invasion of Hallyu.
Although many people think that TFBOYS has a lot of stupid fans, one thing is that TFBOYS has really attracted a lot of Korean fans.
After a short commercial, the competition entered the second round. The four contestants took turns singing "Yilian Youmeng", the theme song of the TV series "Another Dream". This can be regarded as a customized advertising placement for this TV series.
When this drama premiered, it was indeed very popular. The ratings in the first week reached 1.99%, just shy of breaking 2, ranking first in the country during the same time period.
However, this TV series has also been questioned by many netizens. The young actors in the TV series were still newcomers at the time and their acting skills were immature. The old actors also had no outstanding points. Compared with the original version, there is a certain gap.
Of course, the most controversial thing is the lines. Everyone knows the lines of Qiong Yao's drama. There are all kinds of idiotic lines in an endless stream. The disgusting dialogue will make people's skin crawl.
Such lines were not a problem in the early 1990s when romance novels were popular, but more than ten years later, when the audience's film and television appreciation level has generally improved, it will not work.
However, the negative reviews did not affect the ratings of this TV series. On the contrary, the TV series became more popular with the more criticism, and the actors in it became household names overnight.
The second stage is advertising placement. Players will not be eliminated and no one will advance. But the third stage is the real promotion round.
After each of the four contestants finishes singing, one person will be directly promoted, and the right to advance will be given to the nine contestants who have been eliminated.
It feels like this is more like a competition for popularity. Those with good popularity will definitely get more votes, while those with poor popularity will definitely get more votes.
Chen Sheng, who was the first to appear, sang "Hometown" by Xu Wei. This song is also considered one of Xu Wei's classic songs.
Chen Sheng is also worthy of his timbre, holding a guitar and sitting on the stage playing and singing to himself. Although he is not as hoarse and powerful as Xu Wei, he is more pure.
In the same song "Hometown", if Xu Wei's singing is telling personal experiences and emotional stories, then Chen Sheng's singing is healing people's hearts.
The song Wei Chen sang was "Have You Ever Loved Me" by Sun Nan, which is the theme song of the TV series "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind". From the current perspective, this TV series is definitely full of big names. In the end, this TV series It also became a super hit item in 2001.
With the popularity of the TV series, the theme song is naturally very popular, not to mention the singer is Sun Nan.
Sun Nan's singing skills are obvious to all, and Sun Nan's songs are also notoriously difficult. Singing his songs often requires singers to have excellent voice conditions, vocal skills, emotional expression ability and sense of rhythm. For ordinary singers, it is not easy to sing Sun Nan's songs well.
Among the thirteen contestants, Wei Chen's singing skills are definitely in the first echelon. His singing style is more Korean, which was very popular among young audiences at the time. His voice does not have outstanding characteristics, but neither does his singing skills. The obvious shortcoming is that he is a small hexagonal warrior.
However, this trumpet hexagonal warrior was not able to perfectly control the song "Have You Ever Loved Me". He did not sing Sun Nan's sharp and majestic feeling like a blade at all. Instead, he sang in several places. Singing broke out.
Sun Nan's songs are quite provocative, and not everyone in the Chinese music scene can sing about salvation. Wei Chen's characteristics are indeed not suitable for singing Sun Nan's songs.
Su Xing still chose the English song he is best at. This time he sang "SoSick", the representative work of the black American singer Neo.
Neo is a singer. Not many people in China may be familiar with him, but in the United States, he is a very popular singer. Not only does he sing, he also appears in many movies. He is often invited to sing on important occasions such as the White House dinner. .
Neo's songs are all R&B, which is rhythm and blues. This is a music style that combines jazz, gospel music and electronic blues music. It originated from black music and has always been popular in the United States, even winning Grammy awards. There will also be various awards dedicated to R&B. Neo is a frequent attendee of the Grammy Awards R&B Music Awards.
This song "SoSick" is Ne-Yo's masterpiece and helped Ne-Yo get his first Grammy Award nomination in his life.
Su Xing himself probably prefers R&B music. This can be seen from his performance. He sang "SoSick" very well and must have gone through a lot of practice.
The song was good and the singing was good. This performance instantly conquered the judges and the audience.
It was Zhang Wei's turn to appear on the stage. This time he did not sing JJ Lin's song, but chose "Mercury" by Guo Ding.
From the audience's perspective, "Mercury" is undoubtedly a high-quality song. The overall melody of this song is a bit low, giving people a cold and depressing feeling, but it sounds good.
From a professional point of view, the music style of this song is both modern and full of emotional depth. The melody has both delicate expression and passionate climax. The song has very distinct layers.
For a love song, if it has delicate emotional expression and rich emotional levels, the song will be full and it will easily touch people's hearts. This song is more than half of the success.
In terms of lyrics, "Mercury" is also very good. Although it is not as gorgeous as Fang Wenshan, it uses Mercury as a metaphor to build a surreal emotional world.
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but Mercury can never get out of its orbit and get close to the sun. This is like being close to your lover, but never being able to touch it. You can only accompany them, but you can't love them.
Perhaps this is the reason why the song is so popular. When you calm down and listen quietly, this song will enter your heart bit by bit, reminding you of your own stories and recalling your past. Pity.
In addition to the excellent quality of the song, another reason why Zhang Wei chose this song is that the song is not difficult to sing. Anyone who has studied vocal music can sing the song relatively completely.
The singing is not difficult, which means there will be no singing accidents. As long as the performance is performed normally, the performance will be very good.
Previously, Zhang Wei had gained high popularity through "TroubleMaker". In any competition, the best choice for the leader is to seek stability. Trying to change a bicycle into a motorcycle is used to make a comeback when falling behind.
What's more, the choice to advance in this round is given to the contestants. The nine eliminated contestants have to vote for one person to advance.
On the surface, this looks like a popularity battle. Whoever has a stronger relationship with other people will have a higher probability of promotion.
But in fact, this is still the organizer controlling the game. The players have already signed a contract with the organizer, so it is not up to the organizer to decide who they will be awarded. At the very least, it is unlikely to vote for Zhang Wei, because only Zhang Wei has not signed a contract with the organizer.
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In previous competitions, Zhang Wei has already produced more than a dozen golden songs. Although this song "Mercury" is also very nice, it is more like the icing on the cake. For viewers who are familiar with Zhang Wei, golden songs are just Zhang Wei's routine. .
But this song did not live up to the audience's expectations for Zhang Wei. It's like you know that shooting three-pointers in the midfield is Curry's regular operation, but every time Curry hits a three-pointer in the midfield, you Still can't help but exclaim and give Curry a thumbs up.
However, when it came to voting, Zhang Wei did not get the highest vote.
Among the four contestants, Su Xing received the highest number of votes, with four votes, Zhang Wei and Chen Sheng each received two votes, and Wei Chen only had one consolation vote.
This result is not beyond Zhang Wei's expectation. In the round of performances just now, Su Xing's performance was indeed better than Chen Sheng's, and Wei Chen's performance was indeed the worst. The organizer did not want Zhang Wei to advance, so they could only let Players vote for Su Xing, which will be much less controversial.
Next, the host announced the number of SMS votes from the audience. Although Zhang Wei was ahead by a wide margin and had more votes than the other two combined, it was of no use.
According to the rules, the person with the lowest number of votes will select a player for the final PK, and the one who is not selected will advance directly. In other words, the choice to advance is decided by the person with the lowest number of votes.
The one with the lowest number of votes was Wei Chen. His song "Have You Ever Loved Me" just failed and he lost a lot of text message support.
The microphone was handed over to Wei Chen, and the host asked: "Wei Chen, please choose your final PK opponent. Those who are not chosen by you will directly advance to the top three in the country!"
Wei Chen was seen looking at the other two people hesitantly, as if he was making a difficult choice. At the same time, the accompaniment of the live music also sounded, which further intensified the tension in the scene.
The camera focused on Wei Chen and gave him a big close-up. The audience stared at him intently, waiting for his choice.
Finally, Wei Chen took a deep breath and seemed to have made a decision. He picked up the microphone and said, "I choose Zhang Wei!"
The audience was immediately in an uproar.
Zhang Wei's strength is clearly stronger, and the SMS votes also clearly beat the others. Although the final PK is to clear the votes and let the audience vote again, who knows what kind of top-notch song Zhang Wei will come up with.
If Zhang Wei comes up with another top-quality original golden song, then the audience will have to vote in an uproar, and Wei Chen will definitely lose.
From this perspective, choosing Chen Sheng as the final PK opponent would definitely have a greater chance of winning.
However, Wei Chen chose Zhang Wei as his opponent in the final PK, which was obviously a tough move. Between Donnie Yen and Andy Lau, I decisively chose to challenge Donnie Yen.
Therefore, the audience was surprised. They did not expect that Wei Chen would make such a choice. When it came to the final promotion quota, he did not choose the normal difficulty, but chose the hell difficulty.
Even the host couldn't help but ask: "Wei Chen, are you sure you want to challenge Zhang Wei in the final PK?"
"I confirm!" Wei Chen nodded firmly, and then continued: "I know that Zhang Wei is the strongest among us, but it is precisely because Zhang Wei is the strongest that I want to Challenge him!
Because I know very well that if you want to win the championship, you must have the courage to challenge the strongest, and you must defeat Zhang Wei. And for me, this is also a process of self-transcendence. I also want to break through my limits through this challenge! ”
The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. In the eyes of everyone, Wei Chen at this time was like a warrior about to go on an expedition. Although he was lonely, his heart was burning with blazing fighting spirit and endless courage. His almost stubborn attitude seemed to tell everyone Even if a person falls, he can still stand up firmly.
Zhang Wei couldn't help but cast an approving look at Wei Chen. At this stage of the competition, it was really like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
If Wei Chen chooses Chen Sheng, he may be able to advance, but when he meets Zhang Wei again later, his confidence will be weak. Facing an opponent who is stronger than himself, he has no momentum and has already lost more than half of the game.
It's better to have a last-ditch fight and fight with all your might. Once you win, it will be a breakthrough for you. Maybe you can get to a higher level. If you encounter the same opponent again, you won't be mentally discouraged. .
This situation is very common in sports competitions. After the weak defeats the strong, or the weak team defeats the strong team, not only the morale is boosted, but it is often like opening up the Rendu line and defeating the subsequent strong teams one after another.
This is how Dark Horse was born.
And if you think from the beginning that you can't compete anyway and don't plan to fight, you will end up at a disadvantage and be killed by other dark horses.
This is the virtue of the national football team. It has no fighting spirit. When facing a strong team, it does not fight. As a result, it loses a big score and gives a huge blow to fans across the country;
When facing a weak team, the opponent fights to the death, but he begs for nothing. As a result, he loses the game and gives fans all over the country a huge blow.
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Wei Chen's attitude of being willing to fight and dare to challenge the strong is indeed very popular. When the final PK began and the SMS votes were cleared, Wei Chen's votes quickly led Zhang Wei.
As the challenger, Zhang Wei also took the lead on the stage.
On the big screen at the scene, the title of the song performed by Wei Chen appeared.
"Marshmallow?" Zhang Wei looked at the song title and was slightly surprised: "Could it be that song "Marshmallow"!"
Immediately afterwards, the prelude sounded, and the familiar melody entered Zhang Wei's ears.
"Recalling the first time I met and sat next to you, who once said that too much happiness will lead to lack of oxygen..." Wei Chen began to sing.
"Sure enough, it is the song "Marshmallow" by Supreme Lihe. No, Supreme Lihe must not have been established at this time, right? And the song "Marshmallow" is from 2008, why did it appear now? Coming!”
While Zhang Wei was confused, his expression also became solemn.
This song "Marshmallow" is also a TOP-level golden song, and now it appears in advance as an original song, which offsets the advantage of Zhang Wei's original songs.
More importantly, this is a very sweet song.
And Wei Chen is a handsome guy.
The handsome guy sings sweet songs, and the damage is really huge!
(End of chapter)