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Chapter 1547 Setting Sail (Part 8)

The CB television program "Special Voices"... was officially renamed "Voices Abroad" in its second season, seemingly to deliberately distinguish it from the domestic "Special Voices".

This is normal.

As for why the first season wasn't changed, it's possible that CB TV wasn't confident at first, and it's also possible that they wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the domestic show "Special Voices." Although "Special Voices" primarily targets foreign audiences overseas, the domestic audience is not small either. Before they were certain of success, the domestic audience would at least guarantee "Special Voices" a minimum viewership rating.

But things were different in the second season.

With such high ratings for the first season, CB naturally wanted to redeem themselves, so changing the name while producing the second season is perfectly reasonable.

Whether it's a remake of a TV series or a remake of a movie, you definitely can't use the original name.

CB TV only changed its tune in the second season, which already seemed quite shameless. It's like a prostitute who has gone ashore and is now trying to change her image and pretend to be a chaste and virtuous woman.

There are seven contestants in total: Taylor, Katie, Mars, Adam, Zhang You, Bin Bu, and Li Zhen. Among these seven, Taylor and Katie are local singers, Mars is from Australia, and Adam is from England. The latter two came here to develop their careers after achieving success in their own countries.

However, compared to singers from other countries, these two come from English-speaking countries, which gave them a natural advantage in their development. After a series of hard work, they have gained great fame in this place known as the center of the entertainment industry.

The remaining people are Zhang You, Bin Bu, and Li Zhen.

Neither of them were particularly good-looking. When Zhang You first saw them, he thought he had mistaken them for someone else because they looked very different from their profiles. This is probably one of the characteristics of the "Queen of a Thousand Faces"—that is, it is impossible for people to accurately recognize them.

Having learned from his agent that he had refused to help her with the adaptation, Li Zhen became somewhat cold towards Zhang You. What surprised Zhang You, however, was Bin Bu, the queen of the Japanese city, who was quite polite.

Upon meeting him, he immediately expressed his love for his composition "The Street Where the Wind Dwells," which made Zhang You feel a little uncomfortable. Judging from the presence of singers from so many countries, CB TV seems to have big ambitions this time, as if it wants to make "Voices from Abroad" a world-class music variety show.

Taylor was the most famous and influential among them.

She is arguably the most popular female singer abroad in recent years, and is recognized as a top-tier female singer globally. Next is Katie Holmes. Although she has not won any major awards, her five consecutive wins are enough to place her in the near-top-tier category. The remaining two, Mars and Adam, are slightly above the second tier.

It meets the first-tier threshold, but falls short of expectations.

The songs they released all sold well, but none of them were the kind of songs that made a lasting impact. Then there are Zhang You, Binbu, and Li Zhen. It's hard to categorize the three of them. All three are top singers in their own countries, but on a global scale... compared to Binbu and Li Zhen, Zhang You might still be a little lacking.

Since both of them have been in the industry for many years, the reach and influence of their songs are naturally much greater than Zhang You's. The best songs... aside from those that become hits worldwide as soon as they are released, they all need time to develop. Zhang You's disadvantage is that he has been in the industry for too short a time.

To put it bluntly...

If it weren't for his high status and strong creative ability in the domestic music scene, which makes many artists hesitant to treat him as a newcomer, then after such a short time in the industry... what else could he be but a newcomer?

Xiao Yan, whom Xu Qingya is infatuated with, has been in the entertainment industry for seven or eight years.

And then there's Xu Qingya... According to the rules of the entertainment industry, both of them are Zhang You's seniors.

However, if we really want to categorize them, we can do so based on the country's population and the sales volume of the singer's songs within their own country. Zhang You's country has a large population... which seems to place him in the top tier globally, but in reality, he only falls into the lower-second tier. This lower-second tier status is simply due to his debut time. Zhang You believes that even if he doesn't work now, based on the songs he's released, in a few years or a decade, those songs alone will be enough to elevate him to near-top-tier status globally.

As time goes by, fans have grown up over the past two years, which has given rise to different moods and feelings, which in turn has elevated the singer's status.

After they met each other.

Time quickly came to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Many music judges entered the stage one after another. After everyone was seated, about half an hour later, Katie, wearing a super short mini skirt, appeared on stage and sang her hit song "Teary".

The woman sang and danced at the same time.

Sitting in the lounge, Zhang You watched intently... Katie's voice had a unique husky quality, and when she sang and danced on stage, she was full of energy and passion, which is also one of the characteristics of many foreign singers.

The perfect combination of vocals, dance, costumes, and props greatly enhanced the stage's appeal. However, the skirt was a bit too short, reaching almost to the upper thigh.

After she finishes singing, it will be Lee Jung's turn to appear.

Today was just for recording promotional content and drawing up the songs that needed to be adapted and created for the first episode. It was basically like each person singing their own hit song.

Next up was Adam. When it was Zhang You's turn to go on stage, he immediately sang "Fairy Tale." While he was performing, Taylor, sitting in the dressing room, said to Mars next to her, "Zhang's live version is even better than the released recorded version."

"kindness"

Mars nodded.

A few days ago, when he received the information of other contestants, this "Zhang" made him feel pressured, and even his agent told him to cheer up.

It is said that Zhang has a very strong creative ability.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, but after reading the information, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He had never heard the pop songs released by "Zhang", but the instrumental music was widely circulated in Yingcheng, especially "Croatian Rhapsody", which could only be described as amazing. The first time he heard it, he was so shocked that he couldn't express it because he could also play the piano.

Mars felt both honored and nervous to compete on the same stage with someone who possessed the ability of a "musical magician," especially since his manager had said that this "Zhang" was very good at adapting other people's songs.

Because of what his manager said, he even dug out and listened to Zhang's remixes of other people's songs, but unfortunately... all of his remixes were in Chinese, and he couldn't hear the difference.

This relieved him.

It's possible that this Zhang is only good at adapting songs from his own country, and not so good at adapting English songs.

(End of this chapter)