"It must be difficult for Wings Group to participate, right? The members have very full schedules, with performances and endorsements to attend to."
"+1, Super Idol is essentially an online variety show, and 'Yi' no longer needs to participate in such programs to increase their exposure."
"Wen Xiang's schedule has already been revealed. He has to film 'Modern Times' this weekend, so it's impossible for him to accept the invitation from 'SuperIdol'."
Super Idol is an online variety show that was launched on Yinghuo TV. Its popularity is not particularly bad, after all, talent shows have always been very popular among young fans. Of course, compared with Idol Generation, Super Idol is slightly inferior - in the eyes of many industry insiders, Idol Generation has already successfully created a god.
The guest performer for this episode, Super Idol, has been kept in suspense by the show's producers, allowing fans to speculate for a week and thoroughly digging into the schedules of the already debuted contestants from Idol Generation.
Even so, fans still don't believe that "Tsubasa" will participate in this program.
While idols may be a source of dreams, no matter how beautiful the dream may be before debuting, the entertainment industry is ultimately a brutal arena of competition. Stars with different net worths and statuses will participate in very different activities and attend very different occasions.
Despite being contestants who debuted from "Idol Generation," the members of "Tsubasa" have already created a huge gap between themselves and the other contestants. Even though fans are looking forward to "Tsubasa" appearing on the "Super Idol" stage, they have to admit that "Super Idol" is no longer worthy of "Tsubasa."
"Hurry up and announce the list, production team!"
"Give me some inside information!"
"I just want to know who Yu Jiuze will partner with. But I think that although the contestants of 'Idol Century' are seniors, they probably haven't performed on stage for a long time, right? They've all gone off to act, even though they all said they had a dream of performing on stage when they participated in the competition."
Take Wen Xiang as an example. When he participated in the competition, although his popularity could not beat Xie Mingxuan, Lu Wei and Fang Yu, who were debut group contestants, he was still among the top six in popularity among all contestants. His development is now quite smooth. However, at this year's New Year's Eve concert, Wen Xiang sang a song with his senior from the same company. As soon as he finished singing, the word "awful" became a trending topic.
Although Wen Xiang's management company later covered up the matter online and shifted the blame to another idol with even lower popularity, fans were still disappointed by what they saw.
What they love is Wen Xiang from the show "Idol Century," who fought for his dreams. His youthful spirit and hard work deeply moved them. Now, although Wen Xiang is richer and more famous than before his debut and has gained more fans, they find it hard to connect the young man who acted slacking off on stage with the Wen Xiang who practiced alone until late at night when the show aired.
...
Fans have been waiting for a long time, and the new season of "Super Idol" has finally aired on Firefly TV.
At the beginning of the show, the contestants' groups and the identities of the guest performers were finally revealed—
"Zhang Quanmo is here!! This fan is completely satisfied and has decided to watch this episode!"
Zhang Quanmo is ranked 5th on the popularity chart of "Idol Century". He is a recognized cool guy with a cold face. Ji Yan and Fang Yu once debated whether Xie Mingxuan or Zhang Quanmo was cooler. In the end, Zhang Quanmo won by an overwhelming advantage because they felt that Xie Mingxuan was just using his coldness to hide his motherly nature.
Zhang Quanmo is now pursuing a cool solo singer image. It is said that many companies have approached him to act in movies, but he has rejected them all.
"Luo Yang! The first senior is actually Luo Yang!"
The reason why fans were shocked was not because Luo Yang was so strong. In fact, it could be said that Luo Yang's poor skills were a well-known fact during the "Idol Century" era. At that time, his strength ranked last among the 32 contestants, with Ji Yan ranking last.
Luo Yang is very good at promoting himself, and his fans are extremely loyal. Although his skills are lacking, he always manages to come up with something new and interesting during matches, constantly surprising his fans.
"Luo Yang and Zhang Quanmo are both here. The Super Idol production team has really put in a lot of effort. The next senior is..."
When the tags "creative talent", "cool captain" and "popular idol" appeared on the screen, the contestants of "Super Idol" couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, because these words easily reminded them of a contestant from "Idol Generation", but in their minds, this contestant would not appear in this episode of "Super Idol".
When the third guest performer appeared on camera, the contestants and fans erupted in cheers simultaneously.
"Xie Mingxuan!!"
"It's actually Lao Xie!!!"
"Now that Xie Mingxuan is here, could the rest be..."
The fans' speculation didn't last long, because the next moment, the list of another guest performer was revealed—
"Lu Wei!!!!"
"The entire Wings Squad actually came!!"
"Hahaha, Teacher Ji was hiding at the very back, and she said she was terrible when she introduced herself. But Teacher Ji isn't terrible at all now, okay?"
The arrival of "Wings" undoubtedly boosted the popularity of this episode of "Super Idol". When Xie Mingxuan and his group appeared on the set, the "Super Idol" production team and "Wings" were both trending on the real-time hot search list.
"Ah! The Wings Group are actually guest performers. Xie Mingxuan and Yu Jiuze are in one group, and Lu Wei and Yu Shi are in another group... This is a configuration I never expected."
"Looking forward to it! Looking forward to it! Keep watching!!"
The format of "SuperIdol" is similar to that of "Idol Generation," both using a performance + practice process. The list of guest performers was only announced when this episode aired, but the interaction between the guests and the contestants had already been recorded.
Many fans got to know Wings through the album "Misty", but this episode of "Super Idol" showed them a more lively side of the members, as well as their hard-working and serious side.
"The Wings Group members are all very humble and have no airs at all, even though Xie Mingxuan looks very serious during practice."
"Each of them is much stronger than during the 'Idol Generation' era, amazing!!"
"Haha, poor Teacher Ji, she's been assigned to the group with the most dances again."
Before the event: =^_^=; After the group activities: (OO), what is a face-changing act? This is a face-changing act!
Only half of the contestants in Ji Yan's group were good at dancing, including Ji Yan himself, who was a guest performer. So during the recording of the show, Ji Yan would often peek into Xie Mingxuan's rehearsal room. Whenever Xie Mingxuan was free, Ji Yan would pull him out and help him learn the dance moves.
Every time Ji Yan appeared at the rehearsal room door, the contestants from Xie Mingxuan's group would shout loudly, "Senior Ji, don't steal Senior Xie away!"
"That's going too far!"
Ji Yan showed no shame in poaching people, and instead waved to Xie Mingxuan's group of contestants: "Come on, let's all come together!"
"Hahahaha, what kind of new team building is this? It's one thing that Lao Xie ran away, but even the contestants in his group were taken away."
"Hilarious! So this is how Ji Yan and Xie Mingxuan usually get along? Old Xie, you're the captain, can't you have some captain's authority? Don't just run around whenever someone calls you."
"The one who gets bullied by the Wings Group is actually Fang Yu? 23333, it feels like the Super Idol program team really understands what we fans want to see."
Moreover, fans can feel that the interaction between the members of "Tsubasa" is very natural. There is no fakery in their attitudes towards each other, and they even speak openly about their bad points.
Ji Yan's group has a total of 6 contestants. The song they are going to adapt is "Lie" by female singer and dancer Xuan Qi. The song has a faster tempo than "Keepon" and includes a long rap section. The dance difficulty is the highest among the six groups.
While the contestants were practicing their dance routines, Ji Yan was also diligently practicing along with them. After all, he had been invited as a guest performer, and he couldn't possibly show his worst side on the show.
Ji Yan brought Yi's usual practice habits to the "Super Idol" program team.
—This is a side of Ji Yan that fans have never seen before.
When “Yi” was interviewed, Xie Mingxuan, Lu Wei and Fang Yu always used the word “serious” to describe Ji Yan. But perhaps because Ji Yan’s appearance is outstanding enough, fans find it hard to associate him with the word “serious”, and naturally they can hardly imagine what he looks like when he is serious.
But now—they've seen it.
Although the program's edited content wasn't long, only about 20 minutes, the way Ji Yan diligently memorized the lyrics and learned the song, and how he painstakingly learned each dance move... Ji Yan often squatted in a corner, which was very different from his radiant stage persona. But in the eyes of his fans, he was just as dazzling.
Even—this is the Ji Yan they like.
He is very low-key in private and doesn't really use his appearance to his advantage. He is even a little shy when interacting with other contestants besides the "Tsubasa" members. But when he works hard, is dedicated to his performance, or takes his role as a senior seriously, it's really hard for fans to take their eyes off him.
...
After the rehearsal footage of Ji Yan and the contestants finished playing, the stage performance of the song "Fierce" was finally presented to the audience.
The moment the camera focused on the center of the stage, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience—
"Wow, so handsome!!"
Backstage at SuperIdol, contestants from other groups even whistled, while Lu Wei and Fang Yu looked on with expressions of anticipation.
"Keepon is on Firefly TV, lol. Teacher Ji is finally going to take this path."
"An inescapable dance nightmare; Teacher Ji's luck with the draw is truly unbeatable."
Compared to other groups, the contestants in the "Fierce" group all wore black leather jackets and tight pants when they came on stage. With the hot atmosphere on stage, the audience couldn't help but scream even before the performance started.
Under the dim lighting, Ji Yan slightly raised his head, his indifferent gaze fixed on the camera, his dark eyes seemingly reflecting a glimmer of water.
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