Chapter 208

Backstage, several mentors were all hugging their arms, watching the trainees' performance on the screen.

Although they couldn't go on stage during this time, the mentors didn't have nothing to do.

Thinking that their task was not light, they had to record the performance of each team of trainees and then announce the trainees' stay or leave at the beginning of the fourth episode.

Of course, this task was mainly the responsibility of Wen Xia and Jin Zihao, and the others were more of a reference.

The first half of the third episode had already been aired. With Miss Luo Quan's passionate assistance, the real-time playback volume once exceeded one million, and the subsequent live broadcast popularity also reached a terrifying 44 million-plus. The number of bullet comments and gifts exceeded the top streamers on all live broadcast platforms in the same period. Even Miss Luo Quan, who broke the record on Bilibili a few days ago, could not be compared.

With such popularity on the internet, the scene of "Chuangshao" was also very lively. Many fans had already occupied their positions in the stadium early in the morning.

The Jiangnan Stadium, which could accommodate 60,000 to 70,000 people, was filled by enthusiastic fans. For a show that had only been online for half a month, this was definitely a major manifestation of its national popularity.

And the excellent opportunity to show their faces by dancing the opening dance was arranged by the production team for the Anxin team.

Anxin, Yue Wei, and Xu Yulin of this team were all among the most popular and strongest domestic trainees. Their fans had exceeded one million. After the team was formed, it had always been called the strongest team by netizens.

Whether it was passersby show fans or team member fans, including the production team, they all had very high expectations for them, otherwise they wouldn't have let them dance the opening dance.

The song chosen by the Anxin team was the debut song of a girl group that came out last year. It had been on the hot song list for a period of time, was full of rhythm, and the melody was also good.

The trainees' movements were also clean and neat, uniform, and everyone had long legs. In the dance, they fully displayed the beauty of the girls' graceful figures, and there was a burst of screams and shouts in the stadium.

Yue Wei's strength was indeed the current number one among domestic trainees. Because she was a bit slack in the last episode, she was severely criticized by the mentor. After she got serious, her spirit was like a different person compared to before. She actually faintly had the momentum to compete with Jiang Yuner, and Anxin, who was the captain and stood in the C position, was also overshadowed by her.

In the bullet comments, Yue Wei's fans were naturally having a carnival, and bullet comments like "Yue Wei the Great Demon King" and "Yue Wei is the best in the world" were immediately brushed up.

After the second episode aired, Yue Wei, who was criticized by the mentor, once suffered great public opinion pressure. As the strongest Chinese trainee in the show, most people had very high expectations for her.

But at the same time, any mistake she made would be magnified, and the blame she suffered was naturally incomparable to ordinary trainees.

Especially the competitive relationship between her and Lin Yuxiao, which was almost put on the table, and the fans on both sides had always been at odds.

And after the second episode aired, Yue Wei, whose performance was unsatisfactory, was overshadowed by Lin Yuxiao, and Yue Wei's fans were also lower than Lin Yuxiao's fans. These days, they had been ridden and outputted, and even their own super topic was in a semi-autistic state.

And today, Yue Wei used her strength to tell everyone that she was just a little slack before. When she got serious, was there any dispute about who was the number one domestic trainee?

Performance on stage cannot lie. No matter whether Yue Wei performed beyond her level today, the dance skills, singing skills, and even stage presence she displayed were visibly strong!

Just like the performance of Jiang Yuner and Liu Sheng Chunzi before, there were not so many bells and whistles, just strong!

The camera cut to the backstage, and several mentors also nodded and praised Yue Wei's performance.

After the song ended, the trainees each finished their last movement, stood still, and then enjoyed the surging applause from the audience like a tide.

At the same time, Yue Wei became the first trainee whose votes exceeded three million!

From the airing of the second episode to the airing of today's show, the highest number of votes was Jiang Yuner, with a total of 1.77 million votes. Because Yili had not yet sold "Chuangshao" joint milk at that time, fans had no other way to help Jiang Yuner vote, so they could only vote ten times a day.

And now, as soon as the show aired, Yue Wei's performance was so explosive. With the dual support of fans and passersby, the number of votes immediately surpassed Jiang Yuner.

Of course, the voting time for the third episode would continue until three days later, which was next Tuesday, so the order of trainees going on stage did not affect their results, and it was not impossible for Jiang Yuner, who appeared later, to surpass her.

The Anxin team, who went on stage first, could be considered to have set an example for other trainees, and at the same time, it also raised the popularity of the live broadcast to a higher level.

"Chuangshao's stunning stage!"

"Yue Wei's explosive performance!"

Two searches directly reached the top three of the trending search list. Yue Wei's fans, who had been "playing dead" for several days, were instantly revived with full blood on the spot and began to confront Lin Yuxiao's fans head-on again.

Then, the "not human" production team added a bucket of fierce oil to this fire again.

The second one to go on stage was the Lin Yuxiao team led by Lin Yuxiao. One after the other, if anyone danced badly, it would simply be a public execution.

However, Lin Yuxiao also knew her own shortcomings. Her singing skills were much better than Yue Wei's, but her dancing was much worse.

Simply, she specifically chose a song and choreography that could fully utilize her strengths.

The dance movements were relatively simple, but there were quite a few high-pitched parts in this dance song, and the difficulty coefficient was very high. As the captain, Lin Yuxiao completed the singing of all the high-pitched parts with her own strength, leaving a deep impression on everyone.

Compared to dance skills, singing is the performance that is easiest for ordinary people to understand, and making ordinary people feel that singing is powerful is also very simple—just hit high notes.

Although singing is far from being so shallow, most people in this world don't have so much professional music theory knowledge. Seeing Lin Yuxiao sing so high and so well, they naturally praised her crazily.

On the other hand, Lin Yuxiao sang very well indeed. Except for a slight lack of technique, the quality of the high notes and the pitch reached the top level of the production team. Except for Anxin, who was professionally trained, no one dared to say that they could steadily suppress her.

In the voting for the second episode, Lin Yuxiao had a slight upper hand compared to Yue Wei, with 820,000 votes, and after the third episode's performance, her votes came from behind and suppressed Yue Wei again.

There is no way; it is said that Yuehua and SNH48 are the two major idol giants in China, but SNH48 has been focusing on being idols for so many years, with a huge fan base and enough old fans. Plus, Lin Yuxiao is also the face pushed by SNH48 in recent years, so the fans' ability to spend money is far beyond the fans of other trainees.

As soon as her voting channel opened, it directly rushed to more than 4 million, instantly surpassing Yue Wei.

The fans on both sides also confronted each other again and started a line battle.

The next few teams, although their overall strength was slightly inferior to the first two groups, because this was already the knockout stage, they would have to leave if they didn't fight hard.

Therefore, every trainee who went on stage brought out their strongest strength and best state, which made the overall strength of all teams very strong.

No matter what their final results are, judging from the current stage performance, "China's number one idol talent show" is well-deserved.

In fact, besides these star trainees, many other trainees also accumulated a considerable number of fans after the show aired. Perhaps they were not as strong as Jiang Yuner and Yue Wei, nor as beautiful as Lin Yuxiao, and even less liked by passersby than Luo Luo Chu Yi.

But they all had their own characteristics. These trainees actually also supported a sky for the show to be so colorful.

Even if they couldn't debut in the end, they could be considered to have earned the first traffic to step into the idol circle through the show. In the future, whether filming or singing, or continuing to be an idol, they would have more advantages compared to others.

Speaking of Luo Luo Chu Yi here, then I have to mention this lucky girl who is liked by everyone.

Although her performance this time was not as stunning as Yue Wei, Lin Yuxiao, and others.

But as soon as she appeared, the cheers she caused were not smaller than the former, and the number of bullet comments and gifts was not inferior.

Her votes in the second episode were ranked fifth, with 790,000 votes, and after this performance, the fans' vigorous spending also helped her gain more than 2.7 million votes!

If she continues to maintain it, she can not only stay in the show smoothly but even have a chance to go further!

She is also not a trainee who only knows how to eat her old capital. Her performance in each episode has been steadily improving. From when she first went on stage, she couldn't even remember the movements and needed to count the beats to dance.

Now she can do singing and dancing without delay, and the rhythm, movements, and other aspects have reached the passing line. After polishing for another month or two, it is definitely up to the standard for a girl group debut.

Of course, she still has many shortcomings now, but she has already crossed the hardest hurdle. Now the production team wants to push her, and the camera gives her a lot of shots during the live broadcast. The number of passersby turning into fans is also among the best of all trainees.

As for the two teams that appeared in the gums, they were undoubtedly led by Chunzi and Jiang Yuner.

The production team created conflicts and topics for Yue Wei and Lin Yuxiao, but the relationship shown by Chunzi and Jiang Yuner was not as intense as the former two.

It felt quite like "the strong cherish each other." The edited shots of the two getting along were also as warm as possible for the audience to feel, trying to make their fans get along harmoniously.

It can be said that there are many fans who like Chunzi, and they are also Jiang Yuner's fans, and vice versa.

The identities of the two are actually very similar.

However, in terms of stage performance this time, Jiang Yuner was generally better, and also better than any team of trainees who appeared before.

There is no way; the strength is there, and she is more hardworking than most people. She was not at all carried away by the mentor's praise. In the same team, every time the collective rehearsal ended, she would stay behind to practice alone for a while longer.

With such an attitude and such good conditions, it would be unreasonable if she didn't become popular.

The same situation can also be placed on Chunzi. Both are representatives of strength and hard work. At present, the biggest restriction on whether they can debut in the future is their nationality. If they were Chinese, they would have already been scheduled to debut.

Speaking of which, although both have high popularity, the overlap of fans is relatively large, and they had no foundation before participating in the show, so there are not enough die-hard fans willing to spend money for them.

Therefore, the votes obtained this time were not particularly ideal, less than Lin Yuxiao in first place and Yue Wei in second place, ranking third and fourth with 3.15 million and 2.91 million respectively.

Compared with the results of both breaking one million in the second episode, this can be considered a regression.

However, there are still three days left, and everything is not yet a foregone conclusion. Maybe the votes of the two will usher in a wave of explosion tomorrow?

Amidst the incessant shouts and screams, the third episode gradually came to an end.

This episode can be considered to have set a record for the number of simultaneous viewers of online variety shows in recent years. There were seven trending searches on Weibo, occupying the top three, and related discussions were all over Weibo, Zhihu, Douban, Hupu, Tieba, and Bilibili. If you say it is a whole-network participation, I believe no one will raise questions.

Now calling "Chuangshao" a hit is no longer very appropriate, but if you use "national variety show," it feels like it's still a bit short. However, with the continuous airing of the show, becoming a national variety show should only be a matter of time.

Seeing the real-time data report on the internet, the production team backstage was also cheering and started celebrating.

The show has a total of twelve episodes, with three episodes as one stage.

The first stage has now been perfectly concluded, breaking various records and harvesting countless praises. Various advertisements and endorsement notices are now hitting like raindrops, and they are all domestic first-line big brands. Even from the perspective of Penguin's size, it is definitely not a small business.

The person in charge, Zhou Yangwen, has already happily gone to report the work to his superiors, and the director and deputy director are also discussing with everyone where to drink a celebration wine.

As for the mentors, while happy, they also silently packed their luggage, preparing to return home.

Miss Luo Quan and Wen Xia planned to return to Beijing directly, while Gao Liang and Seifert had other itineraries. The next stop was Shanghai, and the next time they returned to Beijing would probably be when all itineraries ended and they were ready to return home.

The two sides parted ways here. Seifert had originally prepared a lot of words for this farewell, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his mouth was covered by Gao Liang, and he was dragged away directly. Miss Luo Quan and Wen Xia watched from behind, laughing their heads off.

Their plane would also take off in an hour and a half. They were walking towards the exit in the corridor of the stadium, just about to take a taxi to the airport, when Miss Luo Quan, who was dragging her suitcase, suddenly saw a familiar figure.

It was Jiang Yuner. She looked solemn, covering her phone and walking quickly into the bathroom.

"Wen Xia, I need to pee, can you watch my luggage for me!" Miss Luo Quan said, and also stepped forward to follow.

"Lazy donkeys go to the mill, and there are many shits and urines!" Wen Xia looked at Miss Luo Quan's back and pouted, complaining.