With the arrival of August, Taiwan's talent show has also entered the final round. The top ten in the six sub-competition areas will go to Taiwan for the finals to decide the champion and runner-up.
With the arrival of contestants from these sub-competition areas, Taiwan has also ushered in a wave of tourism boom, because fans of contestants from various sub-competition areas have also come to Taiwan with the start of the finals to cheer for their idols or other contestants from their own regions!
Because the funds for publicity and promotion are very sufficient, advertisements have been continuously displayed on all advertising platforms since the preliminary rounds. Coupled with the gimmick of a national talent show, this talent show has become very popular in Taiwan.
Now, with the arrival of contestants and fans from other regions, topics related to this program are being discussed on the streets.
"Have you seen that show 'The Most Beautiful Girl'? The little daughter of the noodle shop owner mentioned above also participated. I heard from the owner's wife that her daughter went with her classmates. The girl's classmates were eliminated in the first round, but the little daughter of the noodle shop owner made it through the preliminary rounds. The owner's wife even told everyone that her daughter was going to be a star on that variety show!"
"Oh? That's the show her daughter's on! I keep seeing ads for this variety show in the newspapers. It seems to be using the gimmick of a 'national talent show'! I heard a lot of people signed up for it. Even my colleague said her daughter wanted to sign up, but unfortunately she's not old enough to sign up, so she's sulking at home! Is this show so popular?"
"It seems to be quite popular! And I heard that this show is not only held in Taiwan, but also in Hong Kong, Singapore, Southeast Asia and other regions! I heard that the top ten in each region will be selected, and then they will come together in Taiwan to decide the champion!"
"Wow! Why does this sound like the Asian Games? So many different countries and regions are competing together! Hey, what if the champion isn't a Taiwanese athlete? What if the championship is won by a athlete from another country on our home turf? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for us?"
"That... shouldn't be possible! I heard that the reason this talent show is held under the gimmick of a 'national talent show' is because the contestants are truly chosen by popular vote! Ordinary people can vote for their favorite contestants using the 'ballot papers' printed in daily newspapers, and the final contestants are ranked based on the votes counted by the program team! The one with the most votes is the ultimate champion! Look, this newspaper is distributed locally. As long as our local people vote for the local contestants, won't they definitely win over contestants from other regions?"
"I see! The champion is decided by a nationwide vote. No wonder it's called a 'national talent show'? But what if another contestant is so talented that even the local Taiwanese think they're amazing and vote for them? What then?"
"Ah! This... our contestants can't be that bad! I'll go vote for my favorite Taiwanese contestant later!"
With the influx of a large number of tourists from other regions, the debate over which region's players are stronger has gradually increased!
Everyone thinks that their favorite players are better, or that players from their own country/region are better!
As a result, there were more and more quarrels and frictions, and several pushing and shoving incidents occurred, which were finally resolved by calling the police.
Local news media also seized on the controversial social issues and "fanned the flames" in their newspapers every day. Many news headlines in the media turned into "Which region's contestant will win the championship in the finals of the six major regions?", "Which contestant from the six major regions do you prefer?", "Is contestant XX from XX region the strongest contestant this year?", "Fans of contestant XX and fans of contestant XX fought in a restaurant", "XX fans cursed contestant XX, prompting a counterattack from fans of contestant XX", and "XX fans raised funds to hoard the day's Star Daily just to accumulate votes."
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