"You know, the judges are already quite full, so the fact that they can still eat so much of this guy's cola chicken wings shows that the judges think this dish is extremely good."

"It seems another genius has emerged. I thought he had no chance, but reality has given me a slap in the face."

"You can't judge a book by its cover. I thought he was just a teenager addicted to the internet, but I never expected him to be able to make such dishes. I'm really impressed."

"This is a bit hard to predict. I really don't know what score he'll get, but he's definitely going to be in the top few."

"I never expected the last one to bring us such a big surprise. It seems this competition really has a lot of talented people!"

"I feel like Tang Haohan is in danger this year."

…………

At this moment, the five judges also began to give scores.

[Contestant No. 44, Yuan Hua.]

[Scores: 90.1, 90.4, 92.1, 91.4, 90.5]

Total Score: 454.6

The moment the score was announced, the crowd erupted in cheers once again.

Because of this score, which was neither more nor less, he was tied for first place with Lu Rong.

That's not the point. The point is that both of them scored exactly 0.1 points more than last year's champion, Tang Haohan.

That tiny 0.1 point immediately propelled Tang Haohan to third place.

How can anyone not be angry?

Tang Haohan was sitting in the audience when the score was announced, and he jumped up immediately.

His eyes were glued to the score on the screen, his lips clenched so tightly they were practically grinding. Although he was very dissatisfied, he didn't dare say anything more about the scores given by these top scorers.

He clenched his fists, all of his pre-match confidence and arrogance now gone.

He was already finding it hard to accept that Lu Rong had scored slightly higher than him, and now this was a double blow.

"Depend on……"

He couldn't help but curse the national essence, but there was nothing he could do.

He was so angry that he turned and left.

However, Shen Lanxin, who was not far from him, couldn't help but smile and giggle when she saw this.

"It seems this competition is really full of hidden talents. I should have taken it more seriously. That Tang Haohan is too narcissistic. I really can't stand him."

"Hehe, then why don't you just beat them to a pulp tomorrow? My dear sister," Shen Tao chimed in from the side.

"Brother, really, how could a little woman like me possibly beat them?"

Shen Tao: "Don't try to fool me. Do you think I don't know your level?"

"Oh, I just think it's unnecessary to take it so seriously on the first day. Let's see how strong they are first," Shen Lanxin pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction with her brother.

“You can’t do that tomorrow. The family has high hopes for us just because we’re here to participate in the competition. We must do our best to bring the championship back.” Shen Tao continued, “Brother, I don’t think I have the ability to do this. But you are different. You are our Shen family’s secret weapon.”

"Okay, I got it, bro."

at the same time.

In the stands.

With the scores for the final dish announced, the rankings of all participants were finalized.

[First Place: Lu Rong & Yuan Hua, Score: 454.6]

[Third Place: Tang Haohan, Score 454.5]

Fourth place: Shen Tao, score 424

Fifth Place: Ding Dacheng: Score 415.3

.............

The large screen displayed the list of those who advanced to the next round, arranged by their scores; a total of 113 people were listed.

This means that all contestants will be cut in half.

Only 113 people will participate in the competition tomorrow.

The contestants who advanced were all very excited. Although their scores might be lower than they had imagined, advancing meant that they would have more opportunities later.

But the eliminated contestants can only turn back and go home dejectedly.

In other words, they only have one chance to appear in this national culinary competition, and they won't have any more opportunities to show their faces after that.

Just as the event was about to end, Li Shangui suddenly stood up, cleared his throat, and shouted:

"Based on tonight's match, and after deliberation by the organizers, I am now announcing a new rule that will eliminate the vast majority of you tomorrow night."

These words immediately caused everyone present to tense up...