After binding the entertainment system, she made countless top stars

All attention was focused on the newly added online voting component.

Until Xiwen announced the end of the first part of the competition.

What was the focus of the first part of the competition again?

It doesn't seem to be a ranking of the guests.

Instead... it's about challenging them.

Now, everyone's attention returned to where Lydia was.

Xiwen immediately announced loudly:

Congratulations, Lydia!

"Challenge successful!"

A thunderous applause erupted instantly.

Despite everyone's excitement, Xiwen had to announce another piece of news a moment later:

"It's a pity that Dolly has been eliminated in this round of the competition."

"But she will return to the stage as a 'challenger' in the second part of the competition."

"Then, the second part, the 'Defense Match,' shall officially begin!"

As the lights changed, the guests had all returned to their seats.

The seating arrangement changed again.

Clephia sat in the very center, marked with the number 1.

On either side are Chen Yubai and Lydia.

All other seats are slightly behind by half a body length.

She exudes a strong sense of being in the center position.

"Before that, the seven challengers backstage will draw lots to determine their order of appearance."

Before Xiwen could say anything more, the big screen had already switched to the backstage area.

To maintain the mystery, the production team presented the seven dressing rooms to the public, instead of the seven challengers, including Dolly.

Each of the seven lounge doors has a different sign.

The "lottery" mentioned by the production team actually involved several staff members entering the room at the same time with the same lottery device, allowing the seven people to draw numbers simultaneously.

This scene drew a barrage of criticism from the audience.

The production team really has secrecy ingrained in their DNA.

[Please, won't you even let us see Dolly?]

[These six are mostly ordinary people, what's wrong with watching them?]

[Speechless, the production team is a master at building suspense.]

The other show didn't have so many fancy tricks.

[As expected of a young director, he has so many tricks up his sleeve.]

[Blind guess: Room number one is Dolly]

I'm curious to know who Dolly will challenge; the others all seem difficult to deal with.

[The draw will determine who I can challenge; it all depends on Dolly's luck.]

……

The lottery process thus ended in a somewhat veiled manner.

The camera pans back to the stage.

Xiwen received the lineup from the staff.

He pretended to steal a glance.

"The way everyone was looking at me made me feel like I had found some priceless treasure."

Xiwen joked, "But unfortunately, the precious horse is not worth that much right now."

After saying that, he became serious and said, "First of all, please welcome our first challenger tonight!"

The process is similar to the previous episode.

After the host finished speaking, a video clip was played.

The location where this video was recorded was quite special; the background was a construction site.

Such a place is clearly frequented by ordinary people.

[The production team is really daring and resourceful; they actually brought in so many ordinary people?]

[It seems like one of the ordinary people who appeared in the last episode has signed with a company.]

[You sang really well; the production team put a lot of effort into it.]

[Who would be at the construction site? Workers?]

[They might also be civil engineering interns, because that's me.]

[Here it comes]

……

While the comments section was filled with wild guesses, a middle-aged man wearing a safety helmet and a fluorescent green vest appeared in the center of the screen.

"Hello everyone, I am an architectural designer."

Another new profession has been unlocked for amateurs.

He has a proper job and doesn't easily switch jobs, so many people speculate that his abilities might be average.

Some viewers were more focused on the fact that architects actually visit construction sites...

The man introduced himself, and then the scene shifted to his audition.

It was still that same intensely competitive audition scene.

The man ultimately received 23 votes in favor.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared on the scene.

His refined and gentle demeanor made his appearance seem less ordinary.

As usual, Xiwen chatted with him for a couple of minutes before getting the conversation back on track:

"Have you decided in advance who you want to challenge?"

"Have."

"who is it?"

The beam of light swirled around the seven 'champions'.

The man answered decisively, "Sean."

"Could you explain why?" Xiwen asked.

"Because it's suitable?"

His tone carried a hint of uncertainty.

Xiwen didn't delve into it further, but simply asked Sean to go backstage to prepare.

Soon, only the challenger remained on the stage.

Although the first person to perform wasn't very lively or outgoing, and didn't have much of a 'variety show sense,' their singing was indeed good.

Moreover, his performance was very steady, showing no signs of nervousness or anxiety typical of someone performing on such a big stage for the first time.

From this perspective alone, he is somewhat similar to Sean.

His casual remark about "suitable" actually made some sense.

After the song ended, it was Sean's turn to perform.

He also chose a love song.

The steady vocals were filled with repression and pain, as if releasing the bitterness in his heart into the melody.

As Lu Wanxing listened, she couldn't help but sigh, "The amateur sang quite well, which is exceptionally good among ordinary people. He also used a lot of techniques, but compared to professional singers, he falls short."

When a middle-aged man sings, many people focus on how well he sings and what techniques he uses.

When it was Sean's turn, they felt more the emotions conveyed by the singing, and the technique returned to its simplicity and became unimportant.

It's clear that the difference in quality is obvious.

The final result speaks for itself.

Sean won a crushing victory in both the voting and scoring by the two juries.

In just two minutes of online voting, Sean garnered over 100,000 votes, overwhelming the amateur who only received over 20,000 votes.

Thus, the first round of the challenge ended in victory for the reigning champion.

Next up is a band from West Continent University.

There were three men and two women, with one man and one woman serving as the lead singers.

The video also showed several of their performances at the university.

In the preliminary selection, they passed with a high vote of 28.

This time, Xiwen didn't ask them who they wanted to challenge, but instead guessed:

"I guess you guys want to challenge a metal band."

The drummer who was speaking nodded: "Yes."

"Because we plan to debut as a band, we want to challenge our seniors and see how big the gap is between us."

They openly expressed their desire to debut, yet remained humble and polite, which earned them a good impression from many people, including metal bands.

Both sides gave it their all in this match.

The campus band gave it their all.

The songs they chose were very youthful and energetic, which suited their identity perfectly.

Metallica wanted to leave a lasting impression on the newcomers.

So this time they weren't singing metal rock, but rather the same kind of campus-style song, clearly aiming to outperform them in the same musical style.

In the end, the metal band emerged victorious in this contest.

Just like the first game, it was a one-sided victory.