In the top five to top four competition, all contestants sang in turn and played in a round-robin battle. One contestant was selected to advance directly, and then two contestants were selected from the four pending contestants to enter the PK competition. In
the pre-match draw, Ye Cang was drawn fifth, and coincidentally, he was ranked behind Jiang Junyan.
After the last competition, although Jiang Junyan also confronted Ye Cang, he was treated completely opposite to Uncle Squid. He was considered to be true to his nature and gained a lot of fans.
In this competition, he was lucky and drew a love song that he was very good at, which made him look very confident.
The first singer was Li Zihang. Li Zihang always sang and danced fast on the stage, but he drew a slow song in this competition. However, surprisingly, his performance in this game was very good.
Although he was at a disadvantage as the first contestant, Li Zihang defeated two contestants in a row until the fourth contestant Jiang Junyan.
Perhaps because he had gained confidence from the last contest, Jiang Junyan performed even better than in the rehearsal. He sang a song with great charm and moved people's hearts.
After discussing for a long time, the judges chose him.
Xia Fei explained: "Although Li Zihang performed well in this contest, we think Jiang Junyan performed better in terms of the song."
Li Zihang has been a seed contestant since he entered "Star of Tomorrow" and has always been promoted directly. However, this time on such an important stage, he was defeated by Jiang Junyan, who was not as dazzling before, which was really surprising.
But the audience had to admit that Jiang Junyan's performance was excellent. Although Li Zihang was not bad, he sang a song that was not his forte in the final, so he had to lose regretfully. This shows the importance of song selection.
The leaves thought of Ye Cang who would be on stage soon, and they felt even more distressed.
Cao Yun clenched her fists and muttered to herself: "God bless Ye Cang to advance to the next level. I am willing to contribute ten pounds of fat from my body..."
Jiang Junyan sat on the promotion platform and watched Ye Cang walk out of the aisle. He couldn't help but hold the handrail tightly.
He was not expecting to beat Li Zihang, but after defeating him, he couldn't help but have the ambition to advance to the semi-finals. But the last contestant to appear was Ye Cang. He knew that Ye Cang's song "Meow Meow" was too limited and he couldn't possibly beat him, but facing this opponent who didn't play by the rules, he was always a little nervous.
In addition, the mysterious trailer before the game, no matter how he comforted himself that this was a deliberate effect by the program team, could not cover up his nervousness facing Ye Cang at this moment.
The host came over and asked Ye Cang: "Ye Cang, you are the last contestant to appear. If you can beat Jiang Junyan, you can get a direct promotion. Will you be very nervous?"
Ye Cang shook his head: "Not nervous."
Host: "..."
The screen was full of laughter, and even the audience and judges were amused.
The host quickly responded: "So Ye Cang, are you confident about the song you are going to sing?"
Ye Cang: "I'm fine, but I think you should ask the band on the spot about your question."
The director immediately switched to the band on the spot, just in time to catch the guitarist's eye roll. It reminded people of the fierce reactions of the musicians on the spot in the pre-match trailer.
[Hahahaha, did you see that ZQSG's eye roll?]
[The guitarist must have been really annoyed by it]
[The camera just scanned over and I found that Boss Yu's hair is a little thinner]
[Are you a devil?]
[So, this competition is not actually testing the players, but the musicians on the spot? 】
But no matter what, the audience was looking forward to Ye Cang's song more and more, and even the judges looked more serious. Apart from anything else, Ye Cang was like a fish in water on the stage, and this relaxed attitude alone was far better than other contestants.
After the conversation ended, the host walked off the stage and the lights dimmed.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the blurry figure on the stage, and the scene was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard. Everyone was looking forward to what kind of performance he would bring, and how such a cheesy online hit would be adapted to make the musicians and music directors on the scene show such expressions.
In such anticipation, the guitarist plucked the strings, but when the first sound came out, Xia Fei's eyes widened.
——Because this is not "Meow" at all!
This song is very popular on the Internet because it is so popular. They have also heard it. It is definitely not the one Ye Cang is performing now. Did he change the song? !
Tang Ruoyi seemed to hear the voice in his heart and denied it: "No, he didn't change the song. He... wrote a new song with the same chord!"
Xia Fei's eyes widened. It's not that he has not thought about this possibility, but it is really too shocking.
From the end of the last competition to the rehearsal, there were actually only three or four days. In such a short time, writing such a complete and beautiful song, coupled with such a complex and difficult arrangement, this is simply not something that a human can do!
No wonder Yu Ke had such an expression, no wonder the musicians on the scene said such words.
This is not only a new song, but also a very difficult new song. The band was amazing to be able to stay up all night for several days to rehearse it.
When Ye Cang started to sing, the three judges' expressions were no longer shocked.
Adapting the Internet hit song into rock, so adapting the lyrics is not a big deal. At least compared to the song, the lyrics can still be heard.
However, the three judges at least knew Ye Cang's intention. If it were ordinary audiences, they would have been confused. It's like a beautiful girl who was originally fresh and cute suddenly lifted her skirt to reveal a pair of hairy legs.
The contrast is too big! !
[Is this a meow? ? ? Why do I feel like I heard a tiger roar? 】
【Although I don’t know what he is singing, it sounds pretty good...】
【Wake up! This is a meow, listen to the lyrics!!】
【Are you kidding me! This is a meow? 】
【You rubbish, you can’t even recognize this song!!】
However, although I don’t know what Ye Cang is singing, the explosive performance and high-quality singing still let the audience enjoy the ultimate audio-visual feast.
By the end of the performance, the atmosphere on the scene had been completely brought up.
After the judges had their fun, it was their turn to argue. To be honest, Ye Cang used a new song, but the same chords. He insisted that it was an adaptation and there was nothing wrong with it.
More importantly, their program of this type of music is to select talented singers, and Ye Cang performed so well, wouldn't it be a pity to eliminate him?
Just as the judges were hesitating, Jiang Junyan, who had been sitting in the promotion position, came down.
"Teacher, I have a question!"
The director's face darkened when he saw him: "Quick, turn the camera away! Let the host change the topic."
But before he could do so, Jiang Junyan had already spoken.
"The song Ye Cang sang in this competition was not "Meow Meow" at all, it doesn't comply with the competition rules!"
There was an uproar at the scene. Although everyone thought the song was nice, they also felt that Jiang Junyan was right. They didn't know that Ye Cang had adapted the song, they just thought that Ye Cang had found another song to sing. If that was the case, it was indeed against the rules.
This was exactly why the judges hesitated before. After all, Ye Cang had played a marginal ball. After discussing it, they originally decided to keep him on hold, but they didn't expect Jiang Junyan to suddenly rush out and say these words.
This made them very passive. Jiang Junyan acted like there was something wrong with them, the instructors.
Xia Fei frowned, and the male instructor who had always been optimistic about Jiang Junyan also looked unhappy.
Listening to the discussions below, Jiang Junyan's tense heart relaxed a little. He thought that since netizens like straightforward personalities, he received a lot of attention in the last round, and this time should be similar. In this way, even if he is eliminated in the future, the company will give him more resources because of his popularity.
After all, Jiang Junyan is still young and can't hide his expression. He is completely immersed in his own little calculations, so naturally he didn't notice that the faces of the three judges are getting worse and worse.
The judges discussed for a while, and finally Xia Fei spoke.
"Ye Cang, I can hear that you used the chords of the original song to recompose a new melody and changed the song into a completely different style, right?"
As soon as Xia Fei finished speaking, a burst of exclamations rang out at the scene.
Although the audience were not music professionals and could not understand the chords, they knew that Ye Cang had written a new song in a short time. From what Xia Fei said, this was more difficult than composing a new song. Not to mention, this song was so good that many audience members decided to download it and play it on repeat.
Ye Cang also guessed what the judges meant and smiled, "Yes."
Xia Fei asked again, "I also heard that you arranged the music for this song all by yourself. You can do it like this, which is already the top arrangement level in the country."
The audience below began to exclaim again.
If Jiang Junyan didn't know that the judges had opinions about him and even deliberately praised Ye Cang, then he would be a fool. But he could do nothing at the moment and could only grit his teeth.
After Xia Fei finished praising, Tang Ruoyi came on stage. She also smiled and praised Ye Cang first, and then changed the subject: "You performed so well, I shouldn't let you wait, but I heard that you prepared a PK song, but you never had a chance to sing it. And there will be no more PK opportunities from the semi-finals, which makes me feel very sorry, why not sing this song in this game."
Ye Cang used this method. He didn't think he could advance directly, so he nodded immediately: "Okay."
Tang Ruoyi: "Then we'll wait and see."
So far, the wheel battle ended. Although Jiang Junyan got the direct promotion spot, no one paid attention to him either on the scene or online. Everyone was looking forward to what song Ye Cang would sing in the subsequent PK competition.
At this time, Jiang Junyan already realized that he had made a wrong calculation, but it was too late.