"My fault, my fault." Shen Hanquan raised his hands in surrender, then steered the conversation towards the trainees, asking with a smile, "Then let's interview the trainees: what type of girls do they like?"

Dan Zihang: ...

Shen Hanquan laughed heartily, "Just kidding. Tell me, have you encountered any creative blocks during your creative process?"

The votes have already been tallied during the interaction between the mentors and trainees.

Next up, an original choreography.

Pei Kai and another trainee's choreography broke with convention and featured bold arrangements.

Based on K-pop, it is uniform and consistent.

A separate sword dance was choreographed for Pei Kai.

A man's spirit fills the mountains and rivers; a single sword strikes, its frost chilling fourteen provinces.

The audience was amazed.

It wasn't until the group dance ended that the audience came to their senses, some clapping and others cheering.

The two groups led by Shi Xi had almost no popular players.

However, the performances of both groups were extremely impressive.

Whether it's Shan Zihang's original lyrics and music, his high-pitched vocal skills, or Pei Kai's solo sword dance, they are all worth revisiting.

However, these two groups just happened to collide.

It's really hard to choose between the two!

"Please vote for your favorite trainee!" Shen Hanquan controlled the voting and asked Shi Xi, "I remember that the sword dance in the middle was suggested by Instructor Shi Xi."

Shi Xi nodded, "The music arrangement in the middle is magnificent. I think it wouldn't be very interesting to perform it in K-pop, so I suggested that Pei Kai learn this sword dance."

Shen Hanquan looked Shi Xi up and down and said, "Instructor Shi Xi is quite knowledgeable about dance styles!"

Shi Xi: "Professor Shen and Professor Shuo Nan have done more research."

"Does Shuo Nan like their performance?" Shen Hanquan looked at Shuo Nan again.

Shuo Nan picked up the microphone and praised their choreography and hard work, complimenting them from top to bottom.

Shi Xi listened from the side and wondered if Shuo Nan had been replaced with a different soul.

Why are you suddenly being so kind?

After the mentors' comments, the winning group will be announced.

The winning group is—

The large screen flashed, indicating that the vote counts for the two groups were about to be displayed.

[120-second countdown to the ad]

[Take a break, we'll be right back!]

The comments section erupted in angry criticism: "An ad is inserted right when the show is at its most exciting moment???"

"Seriously, officer? At least announce the vote count first!"

"The production team has finally succeeded; they've finally included commercials."

"Now that you mention it, I realize that the production team seems to have actually invested in the show."

"I was on the edge of my seat watching it, worried that the original team wouldn't do well and everyone would criticize Shi Xi. Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"The original group's performance was absolutely amazing! I definitely have to watch their performance again after the live stream!"

"Li Jinfan's group sang very well too, release their individual shots soon!"

"Why hasn't Bai Cangyang come out yet? Waaaaah, is he really going to be the last one to go on stage?"

"Pei Kai's sword dance is so cool! I'm totally into this handsome guy! Anyone want to recommend him?"

"Are you talking about Pei Kai, the quiet, handsome dance performer who only does what he does?"

"..."

In just two minutes, netizens chatted happily in the comments section, answering questions, recommending their own teams, and guessing which group would win.

The long two minutes finally passed.

"Welcome back. This is the live broadcast of the first performance of 'Star Selection Idol'." Shen Hanquan looked at the camera and continued to act as the host.

The chat was filled with comments like, "Okay, okay, announce the results already!"

"A man should talk less and do more, Shen Hanquan, do you hear me?"