“A truly splendid performance of 《怎样》! Many of my female colleagues backstage were brought to tears. Were you all moved?”
Ni Hao, smiling, stepped onto the stage and interacted with the audience.
“Yes~!” a girl in the front row, who was crying the most, answered loudly.
Alright, the camera also focused on her, with tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms. How much emotional pain must she have endured before this?
“Understood, understood! It seems this song has quite the lingering impact. Wu Anjun, what do you think of Qingtian’s song?”
Ni Hao waved his hand, directly drawing everyone’s attention to Wu Anjun.
At this moment, the bullet screen comments were already going wild, all requesting Wu Anjun to comment on Su Yu’s song.
Apparently, in the eyes of netizens, the first official encounter between the two newly emerged “Kings” of the music scene should spark quite a bit of fire, right?
“Qingtian’s singing has improved, and her expression of this song is very on point! If 10 points is a perfect score, I can give her 9 points! The 1 point deduction is because you lost emotional control a bit towards the end of the song, Qingtian. You know that yourself, right?”
Wu Anjun’s review was more direct and strict than anyone had imagined, because most netizens thought Wu Anjun would give face to Su Yu’s lyrics and music, and thus wouldn’t be too critical.
But what happened? Wu Anjun even directly pointed out issues that many people hadn’t noticed.
This is a new song; how could ordinary audience members discern the specific emotional expression?
Even musicians unfamiliar with this song could only find fault with the singing technique!
But Wu Anjun, your move is a bit puzzling! What if “Qingtian” suddenly said, “This song was designed this way?”
However...
“Thank you, Teacher Wu Anjun, for your guidance. I will definitely strengthen my emotional control, definitely!”
Qingtian on stage was incredibly well-behaved at this moment. After speaking, she even remembered to bow deeply in thanks?
What on earth is this? Shouldn’t you be defending Su Yu and Su Shen’s reputation?!
Netizens had no idea that after watching so many episodes of “Who is the Singer,” both Xue Qing and Bi Huo had guessed that Wu Anjun was their junior, Su Yu!
After all, Su Yu had personally guided them in singing before, during the last freshman welcoming party.
Perhaps Su Yu had even forgotten at the time, and Han Jiangxue was worried that he would suddenly act like Wu Anjun and expose himself.
But for Xue Qing and Bi Huo, who understood Su Yu very well, they naturally spotted the anomaly immediately!
And considering their unexpected qualification for the “Who is the Singer” replacement spot, doesn’t that explain everything?
So when Xue Qing heard Wu Anjun’s comments about her and his mention of her shortcomings, how could she have any dissatisfaction?
Let alone trying to save face for Su Yu, that would be a joke!
She was still hoping that if she performed well this episode and satisfied Su Yu, he would give her another new song.
After all, the pressure on the “Who is the Singer” stage was too great. If she didn’t have Su Yu’s new songs as a safety net, she truly worried she wouldn’t last until the next episode.
Well, Su Yu had not anticipated at the time that the battle would escalate to its current level.
As Ye Mei and Han Jiangxue began to ask Qingtian questions, the bullet screen comments were also surging wildly.
“What’s so hard to guess? Someone who can sing Su Shen’s songs must be a female singer from Tianxing Entertainment! My blind guess is Liu Ruyan!”
“Tianxing Entertainment has too many female singers. I actually feel her voice sounds a bit like that ‘Giant Lung’ young lady who sang ‘balloon’!”
“It really does sound a bit alike, but that’s a newcomer, right? How would she qualify for a competition like this?”
“Yeah, who exactly is this Qingtian? It’s too baffling.”
Looking at the bullet screen content, Su Yu was also a bit surprised. It turned out some people could still remember Xue Qing’s voice.
It’s just that they couldn’t connect Xue Qing, a newcomer, with such a high-profile stage.
After all, this variety show had already gone crazy. First-tier artists being eliminated was a regular occurrence, and even The King of Singers and Queen of Singers weren’t necessarily safe.
“We guess Qingtian is Tianxing Entertainment’s first-tier singer, Liu Ruyan!” Ye Mei finally gave an answer against her conscience.
In fact, Ye Mei had already guessed that Qingtian was Xue Qing, but Su Yu was clearly promoting Xue Qing, right? She couldn’t expose the other party’s identity.
“Sorry, the guessing panel failed this round of guessing! Teacher Qingtian, please proceed to the public area! One thousand audience friends here, you can now vote. The voting channel will close in two minutes.”
Ni Hao smiled and announced the result, then exited the stage with Qingtian.
Three minutes later, Ni Hao returned to the stage, holding the results of this round’s performance.
“Been waiting long? Let’s directly announce tonight’s rankings! Seventh place for this round...”
As Ni Hao announced the results, the two first-tier male singers who had joined as replacements tonight reluctantly stood up and walked towards the unmasking area.
After all, if they could stay, who would want to be eliminated in the first round?
And as they left, they all very tacitly glanced in Qingtian’s direction.
It was quite clear that among the three replacement singers, the only one who remained was Qingtian, the mysterious female singer who performed Su Yu’s song.
“Fifth place for this round, with 499 votes, is Robot!” The moment the fifth place was announced, the venue and the bullet screen exploded.
It wasn’t dissatisfaction with the result, but rather the feeling that Robot, The King of Singers, could only get fifth place!
Isn’t that incredibly absurd?
But thinking about the performances of the other singers, Robot’s fifth place didn’t seem too out of place. Was it well-deserved?
“Fourth place for this round, with 518 votes, is Teacher Big White Goose!”
Big White Goose and Robot’s votes weren’t actually that far apart, but around 500 votes is truly too few.
It was clear that the vast majority of votes were absorbed by the top three.
At this point, the only ones whose rankings hadn’t been announced were Na La, Xiao Jingyu, and Qingtian.
The most surprising result was actually Qingtian. As a replacement singer, she managed to get into the top three in her very first appearance on stage. How could the other singers feel about that?
Was it because they didn’t have a strong backer like Su Yu? That’s definitely it!
“Third place for this round, with 903 votes, let’s congratulate Teacher Qingtian!” As Ni Hao announced the third-place result, enthusiastic applause immediately erupted in the venue.
It was clear that the audience was very happy to see this result.
Meanwhile, Qingtian in the public area looked a bit stunned, as if she hadn’t heard the result.
Xue Qing was indeed shocked by the third-place finish. In fact, her original expectation was around 4th-5th place.
This was already a bold prediction, due to the boost Su Yu’s song gave her!
But who would have thought that her song 《怎样》 would directly surpass even The King of Singers and Queen of Singers?
Madness. At this moment, Xue Qing could only feel an unreal sense of madness.
“First place for this round! She received 968 votes! That’s a really high number of votes. She is...”