Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 211 The Fox Transforms into a Young Master

According to the definition of the program team, a four-star trainee means that on average, four mentors each give one star, which means that he or she is recognized by most of the mentors at the same time and is considered "excellent".

For five-star trainees, on this basis, they must obtain special recognition from at least one mentor and be given a two-star rating to be considered "particularly outstanding."

"Kimura-senpai's rating is so accurate, it's like he predicted my prediction."

After Hirano Yuta left the scene, Yayoi Tsuki looked at Kimura Goro meaningfully.

"It was just a coincidence... I was a little excited when my junior paid tribute to my own song. I'm glad I didn't waste the star."

Kimura Goro turned his head and avoided her sight.

The four mentors put the stars into the box in advance, and then displayed and commented on them one by one. This seems to be a very fair "blind evaluation" method.

But Goro Kimura, as the "producer representative" who showed the stars last, actually had a specially made box, just like the dice box used for cheating in ancient times, with a mechanism that could secretly adjust the number of star badges.

Therefore, according to the list drawn up by Manjiro Akimoto, Yuta Hirano, who appeared first, was destined to get five stars.

This is not only the program team's deliberate care for the "seed players", but also a consideration to improve the content of the program.

Although the order in which the contestants appear can be adjusted through post-production editing, Hirano Yuta, as a contestant with experience in forming a group overseas, can bring an excellent performance when he is the first to appear on stage, which will bring an impact that will make the audience "brighten their eyes".

At the same time, his performance and score will leave an initial impression on the mentor, which will invisibly raise the scoring standards for the entire initial stage, widen the star gap between trainees from the very beginning, and intensify the tension in the show.

"Then, what kind of surprises will the trainees who will appear later bring us? Let us wait and see..."

After Hirano Yuta, the rest of the trainees, both local and foreign, took the stage one by one to perform in an orderly manner from behind the vermilion torii gate.

The first stage performance only had an old stage and the most basic accompaniment, without any exaggerated lighting and stage effects, and even the sound equipment did not have any "background sound" processing.

This can be called a "simple" stage. Not only does it not have any "additional effect" on the performance, the trainees have to rely on their personal abilities to make up for the shortcomings of the stage. It can be said that if they are not careful, the performance will become "awkward".

Therefore, in addition to their hard-working stage performances, the contestants rely on their looks, weird costumes, funny styles, or greasy and exaggerated facial expressions, trying desperately to make the audience remember them.

Only with traffic can one survive. This is the awareness that idols must have in the era of streaming media, and this is even more true for trainees participating in talent shows.

They are well aware that the performance time that seems to be tens of seconds to one or two minutes may only be shown on camera for one or two seconds during the official broadcast.

The contestants racked their brains to design the "highlights" of the program, and the program team was happy to present them all, resulting in the trainees' first stage performances where, in addition to the performance content itself, even expressions and movements such as "winking", "making a heart shape", "smiling" and "licking lips" were all out of the ordinary.

But with the "standard template" of Yuta Hirano as a precedent, except for a few contestants with solid basic skills and outstanding personal characteristics, the first stages of most of the subsequent trainees were more like "poor imitations."

"The rivets on the shoulders are so long, it must have hurt me. No wonder my voice was cracked the whole time. I suggest you choose your clothes carefully when singing and dancing later..."

"Hey, eel, Watt cuts the shorty? With your stiff balance, are you dancing or doing calisthenics?"

"This contestant has solid rap skills, but please pay attention to 'saliva management', it's spraying all over the mentor seat."

As for the mentors, facing the first stage filled with "facial tics", "greasy expressions" and "exaggerated costumes", their patience began to wear thin.

Masaru Oda, Shota Hirai and Goro Kimura are okay. Although they are not very nice in their words, they will still give at least one star to programs that are not too bad.

"The expression is too oily, sporadic." "The eyes are evasive, sporadic."

"The movements are not in place and are sporadic."

“I couldn’t find a rhythm at all. It was sporadic.”

"Poor taste in clothes, sporadic."

“Sporadic.”

But for Yayoi Tsuki, the performance has gone from "bad reviews" to "lack of good reviews". More than 50 trainees have performed their first stages, but she only has more than 20 stars in her hand.

However, thanks to the "efforts" of several other mentors, especially Goro Kimura, most of the trainees selected by the three JAS companies were rated three or four stars.

The "seed players" with outstanding temperament and excellent strength, such as Kishi Shiyao, Takahashi Yu, and Nagase Kaito, successfully won the five-star rating.

By the way, S-company's replacement trainee and Xia Fan's schoolmate Makoto Shibata, won the mentors' evaluation of "fake ROCK" with a guitar-playing song and received a two-star rating.

Of course, because they want to protect their reputation and do not want to be scolded by the audience when the show is broadcast, the mentors are also very careful not to do things like calling a horse a zebra or telling lies with their eyes open.

Among the international trainees who competed for the star award based on their actual abilities, Jack, an American trainee with blonde hair, blue eyes and three-dimensional facial features, was promoted to a five-star trainee with his appearance and pure European and American pop music singing skills.

The androgynous Thai trainee Basong also won a five-star rating with his unique neutral appearance, amazing body flexibility and sweet singing voice.

The "fake non-Chinese" trainee Martin Luther Silver who talked to Xia Fan sang a very authentic "Kansai dialect rap" and shocked several judges with his strong stage contrast, earning him a four-star rating.

As for the rest of the foreign trainees, many of them couldn't even sing the lyrics in District 11's language correctly, and some of their performances were so exotic that it was difficult to understand, resulting in an overall stage performance style that was incompatible with District 11's conservative aesthetics, and the average score was only two to three stars.

Just as one foreign trainee after another failed and left the stage, wailing everywhere, Xia Fan, wearing a black T-shirt, pushed open the vermilion torii gate and walked in...

"Humph……"

Yayoi Tsuki, who was a little distracted, sat up straight with a beautiful smile on her lips.

"this person……"

"It's him."

The other three instructors took a closer look and their expressions became serious.

This international trainee, whose "personal interview video" has the most views and whose stage performance lasts a full three minutes, is naturally known to everyone in advance.

Compared to when he was queuing outside, Xia Fan's hairstyle, eyebrows and sideburns were carefully groomed, and his facial features looked more refined and three-dimensional because of the foundation and shadows...

If Xia Fan is a natural handsome guy on weekdays, he looks even more dazzling like a flawless work of art after putting on makeup.

The fresh and graceful boy walked slowly towards the old wooden stage along the Edo-style streets, which reminded people of a haiku...

The fox transformed into a young man and enjoyed the spring night lights.

(End of this chapter)