Knowing the show's usual practices, no one said anything and just prepared in the living room.
[This segment is a challenge segment. Guests are requested to choose their own challenge partners. The male and female winners can freely choose their partners for the evening; the remaining losers will have their partners randomly assigned.]
The challenge is to determine who comes in third place based on audience votes.
The top three challenges for the guests are: 1. Singing the same song in a karaoke room, with the winner determined by the system's score; 2. Taking the same set of multiple-choice math questions from the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao), with the winner determined by the score; 3. A speed contest in a swimming pool, with the first to reach the finish line winning the same number of laps.
[A reminder to all guests: the specific rules are as follows: male guests form one group, and female guests form another. The first person to issue a challenge will be determined by drawing lots. For example, if Xu Qianyao draws lot number 1, she can challenge any of the other three female guests. If she wins, the loser will be eliminated. Xu Qianyao can then challenge the next guest. During her challenge, the other three guests are not allowed to challenge her. Only after she fails can the guest with lot number 2 challenge the remaining guests.]
This competition format sounds brutal. Suppose Xu Qianyao wins against two people, but loses to the last person in the PK. Then the last person doesn't need to challenge anyone else and wins directly, thus qualifying for the competition.
In comparison, this rule is very useful for creating stars. If Xu Qianyao is indeed very capable and beats the other three female guests, then her charm will be immediately apparent.
That's exactly what the production team was planning.
Wherever there are people, there is a world of its own.
Even though Jiang Tian is very popular on the show, she was just there to make up the numbers at the beginning. They promoted her, but she won't have much commercial value.
Xu Qianyao is different.
Both parties signed an agreement that if she shines on the show, it will be a win-win situation for both the production team and Xu Qianyao's company.
Of course, this is on the premise that she really has that ability.
The first thought that everyone had was that the production team was getting increasingly adept at creating drama.
However, a huge temptation lies ahead: the winner can choose to partner with their favorite guest.
Nighttime is a great time for bonding, and no one wants to miss it.
[The challenge will begin in ten minutes. Guests are requested to choose their own challenge and complete one of the three tasks.]
Soon the staff brought up the lottery equipment.
Xu Qianyao looked at the other three female guests: "Who wants to draw first?"
Fang Qingyan, Wei Chuchu, and Jiang Tian stayed together and didn't separate when the program team announced the rules.
Fang Qingyan nudged Jiang Tian and Wei Chuchu, but neither of them responded, so she made a polite gesture: "Why don't you go first?"
Xu Qianyao nodded slightly, a smile on her face, and went up to draw lots.
She opened the number card, her eyes showing just the right amount of surprise: "I didn't expect to be number 1, what a coincidence."
Whether it's a coincidence or not, that's hard to say.
After Xu Qianyao finished drawing her number, Fang Qingyan hesitated and drew number 2, Wei Chuchu drew number 3, and Jiang Tian drew number 4.
But actually, number 1 is the most important. If number 1 beats the other three, then all the other numbers will be useless.
However, from another perspective, Jiang Tian's chances of winning are still quite small.
On the male guest's side, Chen Chi drew number 1.
The audience knew what was going on with the draw and didn't say much.
One of these two is a major internet celebrity, and the other is a big star. They bring their own traffic and popularity. As long as the production team makes some minor adjustments that don't affect the overall situation, it's fine.
However, they drew number 1, and it would be hilarious if they were eliminated right at the start.
Soon, the broadcast reminded Xu Qianyao to choose a challenger.
Xu Qianyao's gaze swept over the three people. Many viewers thought she would choose Jiang Tian, after all, the two had been compared countless times today.
But she chose Fang Qingyan.
"Qingyan, can I sing with you?"
Xu Qianyao is quite particular about the art of language.
Fang Qingyan was speechless.
Ever since she became friends with Jiang Tian, she has treated this show purely as entertainment, eating and drinking every day and being a spectator is quite nice.
As a young lady who grew up without any worries, she didn't experience many setbacks from childhood and received a top-notch education. She is open-minded and easygoing.
But she had only been enjoying herself for two days when Xu Qianyao dragged her out of the picture.
Fang Qingyan said that she was tone-deaf and that it would be better to kill her than to make her sing.
But a show is a show, and no one can just say no.
She could only nod to indicate that she could.
So the four of them went to the karaoke room together.
Xu Qianyao was very considerate and let Fang Qingyan choose the song.
Fang Qingyan can't sing any songs, so choosing her is pointless.
So, just to get by, she randomly picked a song.
The result was, of course, disastrous.
Xu Qianyao sang even better than the original singer. As for Fang Qingyan... the fact that the other two girls didn't cover their ears was the biggest comfort to her.
Without a doubt, Fang Qingyan was eliminated.
After eliminating Fang Qingyan, Xu Qianyao stood in front of Wei Chuchu: "Can we do math problems together?"
Wei Chuchu had no right to say no.
She was originally a liberal arts student, and if she hadn't done poorly on her college entrance exam in mathematics, she would have gone to a higher level of university.
Asking her to do high school math problems she had long forgotten was like torture, so she simply gave up and handed in a blank paper.
Actually, the production team didn't make things difficult for them; they only gave them a few questions.
Xu Qianyao finished quickly and got them all right.
Wei Chuchu was also eliminated.
Finally, Xu Qianyao stood in front of Jiang Tian.
Although the production team did not say whether the selected items could be selected again, Xu Qianyao would not give up any opportunity to show herself.
She politely asked Jiang Tian, "Can you swim?"
If she can't swim, then there's no point in starting this competition.
Xu Qianyao seemed to want to win unfairly, so she asked beforehand.
Jiang Tian maintained her usual calm smile: "I will."
"Shall we have a match?"
Jiang Tian nodded: "Of course."
It was already evening, and the temperature was actually quite low at night, but today was unusual. For some reason, it was a bit cold on the way back for Jiang Tian and the others, but now it was rather hot outside.
It's no big deal to have a competition in the swimming pool.
The production team has already quickly prepared the swimsuits for them and is just waiting for them to start the competition.
Xu Qianyao's fans were already overjoyed in the live stream.
If Jiang Tian had said she couldn't swim, there would have been a glimmer of hope. But she nodded anyway. Doesn't she know that our Yao Yao almost got selected for the swimming team in middle school?
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