Starting with Super Girl, he began to train the Chinese entertainment industry.

Chapter 41: The Cruel Competition
"Welcome back. You are now watching the live broadcast of the first round of the 2005 Mengniu Yogurt Super Girl Top 10 Entrance Competition."

"Next, the remaining 9 contestants will be divided into three groups. Each contestant has a chance to advance, but of course, the decision rests with us judges."

"Everyone should hurry up and send text messages to support their favorite contestant. It could be just one vote that determines whether a contestant stays or goes."

"Please welcome the first group of contestants to perform."

……

Li Xiang spoke for half a minute straight.

Standing next to her, Wang Han looked like a greenhorn, unable to get a word in edgewise with Li Xiang.

Where is the commanding presence you had when you hosted the Hangzhou competition?
Shen Qing, watching from the audience, was worried for Wang Han. "So it turns out that Wang Han's hosting skills were only so-so when he was young..."

at the same time.

The first contestant to appear was Li Na, the third-place winner from the Guangzhou region, who performed Penny Tai's "Waiting for You to Come Back".

This song has a country rock style, which suits Li Na's image quite well; she is also a girl with a somewhat androgynous style.

With short hair, a T-shirt, and shorts, and a black apron-like decoration tied around her waist, she dressed in a very hip-hop and dynamic style.

Throughout the performance, her stage presence was excellent.

Luo Luo generous.

Pretty cool.

However, her singing wasn't very relaxed; her throat sounded tight, as if something was stuck in it.

It lacks a bit of the country rock vibe.

……

The second performer was Guo Huimin from the Zhengzhou region, who sang Su Rui's "The Feeling of Heartache".

This contestant doesn't have any special characteristics.

She's neither androgynous nor sweet, and her singing skills are just average.

Two words to describe it: bland.

These types of players are easily eliminated.

He Jie from the Chengdu division was the third to appear, and the applause she received was significantly louder than that of the previous two.

This speaks volumes about her popularity.

He Jie performed A-mei's "Maybe Tomorrow," and she made a slight adaptation to the original song.

I once indulged in pleasure, but in the end, there was nowhere to escape.

The more heartbroken you are, the happier you feel; the more you crave happiness, the lonelier you become.

Maybe tomorrow

"No one"

"..."

Shen Qing listened for a while and nodded silently.

He Jie truly lives up to her reputation as a contestant from the Chengdu region.

The strength is impressive.

Her singing is very powerful, with sound waves crashing over you like a tidal wave, which is very impressive.

To be honest, this song is better than A-mei's version.

However, it was much worse than the version sung by Yao Beina. It seems that Yao Beina's singing ability was still stronger than He Jie's.

He Jie has a very obvious problem: she can't sing the high notes continuously, which is because her technique is a bit lacking.

She uses her throat to produce sound when singing high notes.

The continuous exhalation combined with high-frequency vocal cord vibration couldn't be sustained for long, causing her to be unable to reach high notes.

and.

In his critique, Hei Nan pointed out incisively, "If you continue to sing high notes using your throat, you may develop vocal cord problems in the future."

after that.

Ke Yimin gave He Jie a proper demonstration, teaching her how to use "chest voice and head-turning voice" to overcome the high-note barrier.

Chest voice is a sound produced by the vibration of the chest cavity. It has a lower vibration frequency, is more powerful and resonant, and has a lower pitch, making it suitable for singing in the middle and lower range.

Head voice is produced by the combined action of head muscles and vocal cords. The vocal cords are almost completely closed, vibrate at a high frequency, produce a higher pitch, and are easy to control, making it suitable for singing in the high register.

Many talented singers, such as Jane Zhang, Tan Weiwei, Shan Yichun, and Han Hong, are very skilled at singing with their head voice.

Some might say, "If you can't reach the high notes, you can use falsetto!"
However, falsetto is actually a type of head voice. When singing with head voice, if there is a lapse in air (the vocal cords are not completely closed), the airflow passes through the gap in the vocal cords, causing the vocal cords to vibrate, which can produce falsetto.

It's difficult to control a falsetto for a long time, since you can't keep leaking air.

Therefore, people who sing in falsetto can easily become oxygen-deprived.

After commenting on He Jie, all three members of this group finished their performance.

If all three judges vote for the same person, that contestant will advance; otherwise, no one will advance.

Ultimately, Ke Yimin voted for Li Na, while Hei Nan and Xia Qing voted for He Jie, resulting in no direct qualifiers.

All three contestants are pending.

……

Second Group.

The contestants taking the stage are Ye Yiqian from the Hangzhou division, Feng Jiamei from the Chengdu division, and Huang Yali from the Changsha division.

If Zhang Liangying went to the Chengdu division, then Feng Jiamei wouldn't have had the chance to come; she was fourth place in the Chengdu division that year. This year's Chengdu division had two very attractive contestants: Feng Jiamei and Chen Xibei.

Feng Jiamei, in particular, has excellent singing skills.

However, even someone as strong as her couldn't get the chance to participate in the national competition in the fiercely competitive Chengdu region back then.

After the Super Girl competition ended, she continued to work in the entertainment industry.

She married a wealthy young man in 2011 and had a daughter, but her daughter died at the age of two. She divorced shortly afterward and has not remarried since.

……

Feng Jiamei was the first to go on stage, singing A-mei's "Dancing Alone." Her singing was fine, but her outfit was a bit outrageous.

A young girl with an afro that even grandmothers would find tacky—who is she trying to impress?

Shen Qing shook his head at this.

Even her stunning looks couldn't save her hairstyle; no wonder she couldn't beat He Jie in the Chengdu division and ended up in third place.

after that.

Ye Yiqian sang Coco Lee's "True Lover". She really likes Lee and has sung several of Coco's songs.

but……

The singing was quite ordinary, relying solely on good looks; it lacked the explosive power and infectious energy of the contestant from the audition below.

As for Huang Yali, the last contestant from Changsha, she sang "Sha Po Lang," the theme song for the TV series "Chinese Paladin," which aired in early 2005.

This song is considered Huang Yali's signature song.

Even many years later, her performance of "Sha Po Lang" is still being broadcast on major video platforms.

It has to be said that her outfit was quite cool, and in 2005 it was quite trendy. Shen Qing also thought it was pretty good.

"We are born to prove..."

"Traces of Love's Existence"

"A greater life emerges after the fire burns."

"Killing is for the sake of praising."

"The magnificence before destruction"

"..."

None of the three contestants in this group have advanced to the next round.

The last group.

Yi Hui from the Guangzhou region performed Wen Lan's "Blue Rain".

The lyrics were written by Vincent Fang and the music was arranged by Michael Lin. Both of them are long-time collaborators of Jay Chou.

of course.

It sounds very much like Jay Chou.

The second contestant to appear was She Manni from the Changsha division, who performed the theme song of "The Legend of the Mermaid".

Many people say she's not good enough...

The third performer was Ji Minjia from the Hangzhou region, who sang Phoenix Legend's "Above the Moon," showcasing her expected level of skill.

In this group, no one advanced in advance either.

……

Since no one else advanced, the judges had to choose the best among the worst.

All nine contestants took to the stage.

Awaiting the final verdict.

among them.

Three people can advance to the next round of elimination, three people are pending (temporarily safe), and three people will compete against each other, with one person being eliminated.

Ultimately, He Jie, Huang Yali, and Ji Minjia advanced to the top 12 ahead of schedule.

These three are indeed the best.

At this moment, the judges were not blinded by Tianyu's "jujubes" and selected the most suitable contestant.

The three players who are currently safe are Ye Yiqian, Feng Jiamei, and Li Na.

The three contestants who will compete are She Manni, Guo Huimin, and Yi Hui. One of them will be eliminated.

After the first round of campaigning and performances, Yi Hui received 9896 votes, She Manni received 2906 votes, and Guo Huimin received 2393 votes in the off-site voting.

Guo Huimin from the Zhengzhou division was eliminated.

The two contestants eliminated in the first two rounds were both from the Zhengzhou division. Could it be that people from Henan can't get used to the chili peppers in Changsha?

……

Now only five contestants remain to be determined. They will sing a song with the champion of their region to make a final appeal for votes.

However, the runner-up and third-place winner from the Zhengzhou division have already been eliminated, so there are two contestants from the Guangzhou division in this round: Yi Hui and Li Na.

One of them will sing a duet with Zhu Yan, the champion of the Zhengzhou division.

now.

Ye Yiqian looked at Zhang Liangying with expectant eyes.

Whether she sings well or not depends entirely on whether Zhang Liangying will give her face. She thought to herself, "Liangying, help me out. Don't sing too hard, or it will make me look bad."

(End of this chapter)