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Chapter 285: Three periods have passed, Xiao Zhou is steadily counting down

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, "Singer" has aired 3 episodes.

In these three episodes, except for the first episode where the singers were not yet fully accustomed to this live competition format as it was their first time participating in it, their performances were mixed.

However, the performance in the next two periods was relatively stable.

It is this ranking that makes Chinese fans feel distressed.

the second term:
1. Whitney Houston

2. Teresa Tsui
3. The Beatles
4. Avril Lavigne
5. Yao Beina
6. Taylor Swift

7. Jay Chou
8. Dao Lang

Third issue:
1. Whitney Houston

2. Avril Lavigne
3. The Beatles
4. Yao Beina
5. Taylor Swift

6. Teresa Tsui
7. Jay Chou
8. Mantis (eliminated)

Starting from the second episode, Whitney Houston must have found the secret to getting high scores on the "Singer" show, frequently using high notes, vibrato, and other singing techniques to show off her basic skills.

Many judges who are not native English speakers found the queen’s singing very shocking just by listening to the song.

Xu Xiaofeng, a veteran singer in the Hong Kong music scene who is over 50 years old, has won second place despite the pressure from Grammy singers in Europe and the United States.

But after all, he was getting older, and his performance was not very stable. In the third episode, his vocal cords were tight due to nervousness, and some high notes were sung very dryly. As expected, his result dropped to sixth place.

The two Beatles performed steadily, hovering around third place, allowing many fans around the world to appreciate the sense of relaxation when they sang.

It is this sense of relaxation that allows them to perform stably in the competition of "Singer".

The most surprising thing is Avril Lavigne, a non-Grammy singer who was previously only slightly famous in the European and American music scene.

Yes, many people have noticed one thing now.

That is, among this group of European and American singers, only Avril has not won a Grammy award.

The only time was two years ago when he received five nominations but did not win.

But her performance amazed fans all over the world.

It is hard to imagine that a girl who is only 20 years old, relatively small among Europeans and Americans, only about meters tall, can have such strong explosive power on a stage like "Singer" that even Grammy singers feel pressured.

Can you imagine a petite girl wearing heavy makeup and dressed in punk style singing rock and roll on the stage?

Avril did it.

"Singer" is all about who can impress the many judges on the scene.

Avril's rock music has a natural advantage in this regard.

And starting from the second episode, many fans also felt that Avril seemed to be stimulated by something, and the story in her singing became much stronger.

Except for the second episode which was aired right after the first episode, her performance was a bit abnormal, causing her to drop to fourth place. However, she quickly caught up in the subsequent third episode and was only behind Whitney, a powerful singer.

The most important thing is that she released "Under My Skin" in May this year, which includes various elements such as adult alternative, post-grunge, and teen pop.

The album not only won the 34th Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year and the 19th Japan Gold Disc Award for Rock or Pop Album of the Year, but also won the Billboard Album Chart with weekly sales of 38 copies in the United States.

It's not just Jay Chou who brought new songs here, but also Avril Lavigne, the Billboard album chart champion singer.

So it’s not surprising that she achieved such results.

In addition to European and American singers, there is also the veteran singer Teresa Teng.

The only one who can give Chinese audiences some comfort is Yao Beina.

At least it can hover around fourth or fifth place. It is not the best, but it is stable.

The ones who suffered the most would probably be three singer-songwriters.

Taylor Swift is okay. Although she is still young, her stage presence is very strong, which helps her make up for many of her shortcomings in singing skills, so her performance has always been around fifth or sixth.

As for Jay Chou, the most popular Asian pop star in the past two years, and Daolang, who became popular this year because of the song "The First Snow of 2002".
Many netizens have quarreled over this:
"This is crazy, this is crazy. The Grammy Awards are going crazy in our country. Isn't there a singer with stronger talent to save the situation?"

"In the first two episodes, Xu Xiaofeng was in the top three, which was enough to save her face, but you guys put too much pressure on her, and she dropped directly to sixth place in the latest episode."

"When the show first aired, I was quite looking forward to Dao Mang's singing, but it turns out that his singing skills are really hard to describe. It turns out that studio singers are not suitable for participating in this kind of show."

"He is in his thirties now. He used to work behind the scenes, and The Voice of China was still recorded, but he is no longer able to perform on the live stage of Singer."

"I don't know who likes to listen to his songs. The melody and lyrics are rustic. I admit that they are quite catchy, but foreigners can't understand the lyrics at all!"

"A good song can resonate with the audience even if they don't understand the lyrics. Otherwise, how could Whitney and Avril Lavigne have such good results?"

"I don't care. I just think Daolang is the best! He represents our vast migrant workers. We just like his songs. His album sales are higher than most veteran singers. This is irrefutable evidence!"

"What is the ironclad evidence? Proof that the general public in our country has low musical literacy?"

"What the general public likes is the best. Anyway, Dao Mang is the best singer in many of our hearts!"

"Then where do you put Zhang Chen?"

"He is even better than Zhang Chen!"

"Brother, you are so brave!"

"Everyone has been eliminated, what's there to fight for? If you want to support him, just buy his album. What we care about now is whether the replacement singer can achieve good results. The current ranking is really shameful."

Naturally, Zhang Chen would not pay attention to the topic on the Internet that suddenly compared him to Daomang.

What's the point of comparing? If people like it, they like it, and he won't comment on it.

In addition, he himself wrote a poem "Appreciated by Both the Elite and the Popular" to express his attitude.

As for whether foreigners will buy into this,
Therefore, the most controversial figure in the show "Singer" is Daolang, the singer who suddenly became popular this year.

Although his performance on "The Voice of China" was mediocre, the song "The First Snow of 2002" did top the Chinese music charts at the beginning of this year.

In addition, this song has also become the ringtone of many Chinese people's mobile phones.

On the street, you can easily hear someone's cell phone ringing, which means "the first snow of 2002 came later than usual."

It was precisely because of his popularity that Chenguang Entertainment chose him as one of the guests of "Singer".

But I didn’t expect that his performance during the live broadcast would be so unsatisfactory.

You should know that this person is a contracted artist of Morning Glory Entertainment.

At this moment, he is undergoing devilish training from the company's vocal teacher.

It's because my basic skills are too poor.

As for the other one, it’s Jay Chou.

The King of Asia.

I didn’t expect that his performance on the stage of “Singer” would be as stable as Daolang’s.

The mantis is a stable tailgater.

Jay Chou was consistently ranked second to last, which was also jaw-dropping.

"It's fake, Jay Chou's songs are so unpopular in the world?" "Jie Lun is actually not suitable for such a stage. When he first debuted, he was questioned by others for not being able to sing a song well. First of all, there is a problem with his singing voice position. After a long time, the vocal cords are prone to problems."

"It's OK for us Chinese who can understand his lyrics. Many people in Southeast Asia also understand Chinese, so we can have a strong sense of substitution, and the music is also very innovative. But for Westerners, it's hard to say."

"Although his performance in Singer was not satisfactory, at least I like all the songs in his new album, especially "Seven Miles of Fragrance". What is Seven Miles of Fragrance?"

"Brother upstairs, Qilixiang is a delicacy in Taiwan. In layman's terms, it is chicken butt!"

"It doesn't matter if Westerners don't like Jay Chou's songs, as long as we like them, he is the god of our Chinese music scene!"

"Is there no one paying attention to Teresa Tsui? She is already over 50 and still has to resist the pressure from the Grammy Awards on stage."

"Call someone! We must call someone! Didn't they say that starting from the fourth period, there will be a challenger? Do you know who it is?"

Jay Chou was not well-received when he debuted, and from the very beginning, no one thought his voice was that good.

But what's strange is that everyone gradually began to like his unique singing style and vocal habits.

Moreover, in terms of the beauty of lyrics and music, he is even better than many big-name singers.

So in many cases, everyone will choose to ignore the issue of Jay Chou's vocal conditions.

And if you really want to talk about singing skills, Jie Lun at least has a passing score. After all, he sings his own songs, which are tailor-made for himself, so there is no problem of not being able to sing well.

I have done many global tours in the past two years and have gained sufficient stage experience.

So even though the performance in the competition was average, everyone could understand it.

At least, compared to the polarized comments about Daolang, the evaluation of Jay Chou is relatively mild.

The reason is that since Jay Chou made his debut, everyone has understood why he is loved by everyone.

The reason why Daolang does not receive the same treatment as Jay Chou is mainly because he has only been in the industry for a short time. Everyone's impression of Daolang only stays on the recorded program "The Voice of China" and the studio album that was just released this year. The filter is a bit too strong, and it is still unclear what his specific situation is.

Perhaps in the future, as he releases more albums, holds more fan meetings and concerts, he may be able to be on par with Jay Chou.

However, despite this, as the person being compared, Jay Chou still has something to say.

The top floor of Chenguang Entertainment is Zhang Chen’s independent office area, which is also the office of the chairman of the group.

Zhou Jielun knocked on Zhang Chen's office door early in the morning.

"Brother Chen, why don't you eliminate me? I really can't afford to lose this person."

Jay Chou's entire upper body was lying on Zhang Chen's desk, and Zhang Chen could see that he was filled with a gloomy aura.

The blow seemed to be quite heavy indeed.

"No, without you, how can the show gain popularity?"

"They said I could only participate in three episodes and leave after promoting 'Seven Miles of Fragrance', but why did they want me to participate in the fourth episode?!"

"It's not the last place, it doesn't meet the criteria for elimination."

Zhang Chen was frightened by Xiao Zhou's sudden jump and almost pressed the security button under the desk.

"Brother Chen, tell me the truth, did you do anything wrong?"

Zhou Jielun supported himself on the desk with both hands, leaned forward, and stared at Zhang Chen, as if trying to find the answer from Zhang Chen's face.

This program was entirely invested and produced by the Morning Glory Group. Jay Chou didn't believe that Zhang Chen had no control over the voting results of the program.

Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Jay Chou is no longer a rookie who just debuted.

The behind-the-scenes manipulation of some programs is also clear.

"How is that possible? Absolutely not! The Singer program is based on fairness and justice!"

Zhang Chen had a righteous look on his face and spoke with righteous words.

"Alas," Zhou Jielun slumped down on the chair, "How about you do something behind the scenes and eliminate me?"

"How can this be done behind the scenes? You'd better prepare yourself." Zhang Chen glanced at Zhou Jielun and gave him a suggestion, "You can also take the initiative to expose the flaws, then you can get what you want, right?"

"If I'm defeated, I'll admit it, but if I take the initiative to admit defeat, that's definitely not okay."

"Oh, you're quite courageous."

"That's it!" Jay Chou seemed to have thought of something and sat up straight in an instant, "No, I have to let all the fans in the world know that Chinese pop is the coolest!"

After saying that, he didn't say goodbye to Zhang Chen and just started walking out.

"Is this...an inspiration?" Zhang Chen touched his chin, thinking.

The term "musical genius" is not an exaggeration when used to describe Jay Chou.

If everyone can see his creative ability through the program "Singer", it seems that it will also allow Jay Chou to achieve a different result in the world music scene.

His songs can only be "borrowed".

However, he is not very clear about the specific creative process of a true singer-songwriter.

But I hope that in the next episode of "Singer", Jay Chou will show everyone a different look.

"But if there really is a song that is obviously going to win, it will be hard to suppress it."

Zhang Chen muttered softly.

That’s right, pressure.

Just as Jay Chou thought, he has absolute control over the "Singer" program.

Because no news is more eye-catching than the topic of "Asia's King of Pop comes last in the competition".

If Zhang Chen hadn't been suppressing him, Zhou Jielun's result should have climbed to fifth place in the second episode.

The third period should be in fourth place.

The fact that he was able to stay firmly in the second-to-last place for three consecutive periods was all thanks to Zhang Chen's behind-the-scenes tricks.

After all, all those concerts in recent years were not held in vain.

When it comes to stage performance, Xiao Zhou is also very good at it.

Therefore, on the stage of "Singer" competition, Jay Chou's acting and singing were both up to standard.

It is because of the "villains" that the results are so bad.

Sure enough, someone is a dirty capitalist.

However, allowing Xiao Zhou to release more songs and do more business seems to be a benefit for Xiao Zhou's fans, right?
After Zhang Chen found an excuse for his dirty behavior, he picked up another document and started reading it.

"I don't know if it will work if this guest is the replacement."

　Regarding the question about Dao Mang, I don't know if my book has any fans. The comments in the book were written based on the needs of the book and do not represent my own views.

　　Regarding his singing skills, when he first debuted, his live singing ability was indeed average, and very average. You can search for videos online to see this yourself.

　　So it is normal for him to be questioned at this point in time. I hope everyone will speak rationally.

　　I stayed up late to code the first chapter, and today’s second chapter will be released in the evening. I promise there will be 2 updates today!
　　It's almost the end of the month, so please vote with the monthly tickets you have. I have never gotten a chance to win the monthly ticket draw, so let me, a newbie, try it out!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)