Chapter 024 First Performance Individual Ranking
But after the reaction shots were taken, everyone's steadfastness and patience did not work. The song selection session was delayed and the big screen on the stage remained the same.
Logically speaking, since the program team has already clarified the rules for selecting songs for the next round of performances, they will reveal the songs for the next round of competitions after announcing the group rankings.
However, the large screen in front did not change, and star promoter Lee Jae-hyun did not give any explanation.
This was a very strange phenomenon, and no one knew if it was a malfunction of the props or an intentional one. Therefore, everyone restrained their facial expressions, allowing their emotions to connect with their previous serious concentration, so as to avoid a noticeable disconnect when the camera panned over them.
The basic qualities of a professional idol are instantly raised to the highest level.
Lu Wei had a premonition that the other of the two chances and several options was about to be revealed.
The long silence made the atmosphere tense. Everyone's heart began to beat fast, but their facial expressions did not show any drastic fluctuations.
I have to say that the idols who have debuted are somewhat talented and have mastered the skill of facial expression management to perfection.
Lu Wei, who hadn't taken any relevant courses, bit her tongue tightly, trying to muddle through with some simplistic method. To her, this wasn't a competitive variety show; it was clearly a competition to hold back laughter.
Endure again and again, stretch again and again.
I think about the sad things again and again. Before my good qualities disappear, I want to find a rocket to launch myself into the sky, for fear that my face will be twisted into a mask of pain and appear in the emoticon paradise.
The chief director sitting behind the monitor narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't expect the contestants to be so capable that they didn't leave any room for the editor to perform.
If the previously recorded material had not been sufficient and the program theme was not a bloody and dramatic one, everyone would have been given a script. She had only one request: tear it up...tear it up hard for the audience leaders.
Haven’t you seen that the more Siba content a TV series has nowadays, the more crazy the protagonists are, the higher the ratings are, and the more enthusiastic the audiences are in following the series? The fact that the Korean people are far ahead of the competition is not just talk.
The director shook his head regretfully, picked up the intercom and told Lee Jae-hyun to continue following the process without deliberately creating a tense atmosphere.
Lee Jae-hyun received the instruction from his earphones and nodded slightly towards the camera. Then he smiled and said, "I know everyone is very curious and looking forward to the song selection for the second public performance, but before the competition songs are announced, there is one important news I need to share with you."
Important news?
Hearing these words, the contestants all recalled their individual rankings from the first stage performance. If their rankings were meaningless, why would the production team complicate something so simple?
A hint of surprise flashed across Lu Wei's pupils, and she turned her head vigorously twice. She seemed to know what the second master was going to do.
But...knowing and doing are two different things. Anything beyond her usual routine would be a fatal blow to her.
Lee Jae-hyun looked intently at the contestants in the audience, and spoke clearly, word for word, "Life is full of crossroads, and every opportunity and choice will lead us to an unknown path. I believe many people have experienced difficult moments when they were unable to make a decision. If one day we could take both the left and right crossroads at the same time, try them all at the same time, and proceed simultaneously, then perhaps we would be able to find the path that truly suits us. The first opportunity of the second stage belongs to both the team and you, and you can fully display your personal charm on the performance stage. But the second chance of the second stage is different. It belongs only to you, only to each individual, and only to everyone who loves the stage. I hope that among the two opportunities and multiple choices in this stage, everyone can make the choice to return to their original aspirations."
After being instilled with a long list of concepts about the second public, most people had already guessed the answer, and only a few people nodded as if they understood.
Lu Weixin was disappointed. The production team was very greedy. They wanted both the substance and the appearance. They wanted to play here and catch the werewolves and undercover agents when it gets dark.
Good, good..... We could have eliminated her directly, but instead we gave her another chance to survive.
Seeing no objections from the contestants, Lee Jae-hyun quickly explained: "In the next performance, each team will first need to perform one song from the ten competition songs according to the group ranking order from the first public performance. Each contestant will then perform another song from the remaining nine competition songs, excluding the song chosen by the original team, according to the individual ranking order from the first public performance. The winning team performing the same song in this round will receive an additional 20,000 votes. If both teams win, they will receive an additional 40,000 votes. In addition, after the second performance stage is officially released, the ranking of the 77 to 55 teams will be announced. Do you understand?"
Lu Wei: I understand. I understand very well.
This round of competition is also known as: Who is the traitor?
The song or the person, or... there is something wrong with everything.
Although the contestants had some guesses, they were still stunned for two seconds when the answer was revealed, and their voices were much lower when they answered, "I understand."
Even though everyone is unpopular in different ways and has their own strengths and weaknesses, most of the contestants have never thought about disbanding or reorganizing before participating in the show.
When a new opportunity presents itself, it is inevitable to brainstorm and consider the pros and cons.
Lu Wei could already imagine the outside world's reaction after the second public performance rules were released.
Phew.....
It’s so funny!!!
Could it be that the planner is the legendary hot search genius?
The truth is revealed, no one can escape.
In a public execution, everyone, whether human or ghost, will be blamed.
Is it that the song is just too bad? Or that the artist lacks any spark? Or is it that the group members just don't mesh well and aren't synergizing?
A paradise for people who enjoy having fun was created. If the contestants who have already debuted cannot beat the team that was put together from scratch, it would really become the joke of the year.
Lu Wei could imagine the turmoil involved. Honestly, if she weren't a member of the show, she would have been obsessed with watching the variety show "Hu Tuan Da Luan Zhan Zhu".
Moreover, the program team was very smart. They took care of the fan groups who wanted their idols to escape from the misery as soon as possible, and also took care of the fan groups who really liked the original group.
When the time comes, we will talk about it based on the real ranking, and no one will be able to find fault with it.
But...does anyone really care about the lives of those in Chaos Fun? One performance stage becomes two, and if the debuted contestants don't want to be ridiculed and go to another life early, they can't blatantly slack off and mess up.
Who should I go to for justice?
Looking for God's milk?
Save my life! This is out of the question!
Lu Wei's head was buzzing, and her eyes were filled with endless resentment. She didn't see her teammates' new tricks, but she did appreciate the production team's level of entertainment.
Some contestants who felt that they were dragged down by their original group now had great expectations for the second performance.
At the direction of the director's team, Lee Jae-hyun didn't keep the secret any longer and announced the individual rankings directly. This gave the contestants some time to prepare for the competition, so that if their desired repertoire differed from their team's preferences, they could also prepare alternative plans based on their rankings.
"The individual rankings for the first performance will be announced soon. Please be prepared, contestants. The contestants ranked 77-66 are..."
As Li Zaixian's voice sounded, the background of the big screen on the stage changed into the shape of a pyramid. The squares in the last row were lit up one by one, and the number of votes and names were clearly displayed in each square.
The contestants shifted their gazes, searching for their names on the screen. For talent shows, priority was incredibly important; any improvement in a contestant's ranking was a plus.
No. 77 Zheng Tianyuan received 4 votes, No. 76 Li Xueer received 5 votes, No. 75 Li Huimin received 6 votes... No. 69 Jiang Shanxiao received 7 votes... No. 66 Zhang Haixi received 8 votes.
Among the first 12 contestants announced, no one received more than double-digit votes, but several contestants with the same number of votes tied for the upper and lower rankings. The program team also deliberately eliminated the boundaries on the left and right sides of the pyramid squares.
Seeing his three teammates appear on the 77-66 list, Lu Wei looked at his nose and his heart without any extra thoughts.
Although she had long since drawn a line between herself and her teammates through a series of events, she was very self-aware. She knew she was so bad at it that she had no right to judge others.
They are not "experts or scholars" who have nothing to do after eating every day and just talk without any hesitation, criticizing this and commenting on that.
Regardless of the purpose behind the performance, the effort and sweat put in before could not be faked. Just for this, the hours of practice that had tormented Lu Wei to death, she couldn't possibly complain in her heart.
Humans are always extremely sensitive to their own names. Almost at the first glance at the screen, Li Huimin, Zhang Haixi, and Jiang Shanxiao saw their rankings.
The heart that was originally filled with expectations has completely frozen.
I didn't shed tears, but I was definitely reluctant. To be able to debut among tens of millions of trainees, everyone had some ability and was not necessarily much worse than others.
A large number of contestants who ranked lower suffered from the poor choreography of the songs.
Li Jae-hyun waited for a moment and saw that all the squares in the bottom row of the pyramid were lit up, and then the ranking of 65-55 was announced.
There were more names on the screen. Almost all of Lu Wei's remaining teammates were on the list, with only Kim Na-yeon and Han Hyun-jin missing.
The ranking of 54-44 soon appeared in front of everyone. Except for Lu Wei, all the members of "Miracle Girls" occupied seats in the pyramid.
Mental arithmetic for hundreds digits is very simple. Lu Wei can easily get the answer with just a glance. The other team members are naturally not stupid either. They calculated the remaining votes in minutes.
The total number of votes for the group is 361, minus the total number of votes for teammates, 152, which equals 209.
In other words, Lu Wei alone received more than 200 votes based on his public opinion alone, which was many times more than the individual votes of others.
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