Chapter 156: What follows is the real beginning
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Cai Qingde picked up the microphone in front of him, cleared his throat, and prepared to comment on the team competition that had just ended.
The players have all left.
Those who should be preparing for the finals all converge in a large dressing room to rest and wait to play. The other contestants took their seats in the studio and watched the upcoming Grand Final.
Prior to this, Cai Qingde, the chairman of the jury, will represent the ten judges tonight, appropriately comment on the respective tables of the three teams in the team competition, and at the same time announce the scoring principles of the finals.
First, there is a need for this.
The team competition was very tight, and there was no judges' scoring. After the three teams finished singing, the judges met when the guests were singing, and the champion was directly determined.
Although the Shencheng team obviously beat the Guangdong Provincial team and the Xiangjiang team, what exactly did the Shencheng team win? I'm afraid this is what the audience wants to know and want to know, and this is what the judges should tell the audience.
It is a necessity.
There is also a need for the audience and the audience in front of the TV to understand how the judges will judge tonight's finals.
Since the organizing committee hopes to make a "fair, just and open" competition, it is absolutely necessary to make the evaluation method public.
Second, the time for commenting and announcing the plan is also the time for the first contestant to change his clothes.
He had to hurry up with this time, and the costume assistant and stage manager were already waiting for him backstage.
In the midst of intense tension? Before the start of the finals, this period of time to review and announce the judging plan will be the last quiet time before the storm.
Next, there will be lightning and thunder, and a violent storm! The eight contestants will show their skills and abilities, and do their best for the final championship trophy!
"Friends from the audience. Hello everyone, I am Cai Qingde, the chairman of the judges of tonight's finals. Now, let me give you a look back at the exciting team competition that just ended. β
Cai Qingde began his comment with such a statement.
"Before commenting, on behalf of the judging team of this competition, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the 15 young contestants from Shencheng, Guangdong Province and our own port in Xiangjiang."
"It is precisely because of your wonderful singing that we can enjoy a team event of dragon and tiger."
"Thank you!"
One up. Cai Qingde first thanked the players for their efforts. This sounds like an official clichΓ©, but Cai Qingde's tone is sincere, not like a completely empty word.
Judging from the tables of the teams in tonight's team competition, they deserve Cai Qingde's praise and gratitude.
After a pause, Cai Qingde continued.
"First of all, let's talk about the Xiangjiang team that came on the field last."
"To be honest, I wasn't very optimistic about the Xiangjiang team before they played. Before them, the Guangdong team and the Shencheng team have already given two high-quality group performances for everyone, and I don't think the Xiangjiang team can beat them. β
"But I was wrong. The Xiangjiang team's performance tonight was very much beyond my expectations. β
The audience was quiet, and everyone in the audience was listening carefully to Cai Qingde's comments.
Cai Qingde's voice was gentle and steady, and he said slowly.
"The Pearl of the Orient sung by the Xiangjiang team is a very familiar song, the lyrics describe our Xiangjiang, its melody is simple and smooth, full of beauty, this is a very excellent work."
"The singing of the Xiangjiang team has done the best job in 'bringing voice with love'. The two lead singers, Chen Yichen and Liu Feifei, who appeared at the beginning, set the tone for the singing of the whole song. That is 'true affection, true affection'. I noticed a detail in their singing, when Liu Feifei sang the phrase 'Pearl of the Orient, my love'. Tears welled up in his eyes. Audience friends, this is a Xiangjiang person's true feelings for Xiangjiang's mother, and it must not be faked. β
Speaking of this, Cai Qingde nodded silently and stopped for a while.
All the audiences who know the background of the songwriting of "Pearl of the Orient" are all silent. Subsequently, neat applause resounded throughout the studio hall. (ps: The background of this song can't be written more, if you are interested, you can search it.) For the people of Xiangjiang, this is a "spiritual song" that belongs to them. οΌ
"The best thing about the Xiangjiang team's singing tonight is the word 'love'. They sang about their love for Hong Kong, their outlook for Hong Kong and their vision for the future. I'm going to yell 'yes' for them!" β
Cai Qingde also revealed his true feelings.
The audience applauded again.
The applause gradually stopped, and Cai Qingde continued to comment.
"If the Xiangjiang team wins with love, then the Guangdong team is cleverly conceived and has a charming treble."
"The song 'Let the World Be Full of Love' may not be familiar to friends in Hong Kong, but this is a choral work composed by outstanding musicians in the mainland for the '1986 International Year of Peace', and this is the first part of this work that you will hear tonight."
Everyone also saw on the stage that there was only one female singer in the Guangdong provincial team. In such a situation, the only option to complete the performance of the team competition and win is to conceive it cleverly. β
"The Guangdong provincial team did that. They used the only female contestant to the limit, and they used it in the right place and in the right way, and the result was that we didn't feel the lack of female vocals when we enjoyed their singing. β
"This is commendable!"
"Deservedly appreciated!"
"In addition, I would like to give special praise to this female player from the Guangdong provincial team. In this team competition, her singing really achieved the transparency of the high notes, and compared with the semi-finals, her table XiΓ n was more than a notch higher. β
"I'm looking forward to hearing this contestant's wonderful singing in the next finals."
Cai Qingde's comment once again attracted bursts of applause from the audience.
Reaching out and pressing down, Cai Qingde smiled.
"Here, I want to criticize the Xiangjiang team."
"You see how smart the Guangdong provincial team is, and all the links that can be used have been utilized. And you know that the stuffy head sings, and the five members of the harmony group are there. Everyone is from Xiangjiang, isn't it hard to speak? β
"What a bunch of silly girls!"
Cai Qingde's humor made the audience laugh.
"Okay, okay, no kidding. But then again, as long as the rules of the competition do not explicitly prohibit it, why not use the resources that can be used by a qiΔ? β
"This. You really should think about it. β
Cai Qingde's voice was solemn, and the audience was all thoughtful.
Cai Qingde continued to play along this topic.
"The arena is, in a sense, the battlefield. In order to win, one should strive for the resources that one can use to help oneself. β
"Of course, this is not to let you concentrate on cheating, abduction, and black-box operations, this is just the advice of an old man in the music world. In principle, the best possible use of a qiΔ resource is the way to win. β
Wow~~~
Cai Qingde's temporary play attracted a wave of applause.
"Finally. Let's talk about the Shencheng team's table. Cai Qingde sped up his speech a little, and the audience fell silent again.
"I was amazed by the Shencheng team's performance tonight. After the team competition, when we, the judges, got together to discuss, everyone was full of praise for the Shencheng team's performance. Why is this happening? Now, I will explain it from a few aspects. β
"The first thing is the selection and connection of songs."
Cai Qingde raised his right index finger.
"The idea of using two folk songs as the repertoire is imaginative, but extremely ingenious."
"These two songs are very well chosen. "Little River Flowing Water" and "Half Moon Climbs Up" are both classics in our Chinese folk songs, and you will find it if you read the lyrics carefully. Both of these folk songs revolve around the theme of the moon, and one is from a woman's point of view. One is a male vision, and these two songs naturally have the characteristics of being connected together. β
The Shencheng team discovered this feature and cleverly connected them in the form of homophony. In order to switch between the different rhythms of the two songs, they chose to sing a cappella trio and quartet to make the transition between rhythms more natural. From this point of view. The Guangdong provincial team and the Xiangjiang team have already lost one point before the match. β
After listening to Cai Qingde's detailed analysis, the audience immediately had a deeper understanding of the Shencheng team's performance just now.
Cai Qingde continued.
"The second point is that the accompaniment is just right." Cai Qingde raised his index finger and middle finger.
"This is more professional, so I won't say more."
"I'm just going to tell you one thing. The two players who accompanied the scene of the Shencheng team already have the skills of professional performers in their instrumental performances. β
Cai Qingde's words came out. There was a burst of "oh" and "ah" exclamations from the audience.
Professional performer?
No wonder!
Cai Qingde raised a third finger.
"The third point is that the whole piece is cleverly conceived, and the charm of harmony is fully revealed."
"I've already talked about the ingenuity of the ideas, such as the choice of songs, the concatenation and repetition between the two songs, the ratio of solo singing and duet singing, etc., I won't say more about the time relationship."
"Next, I'm going to focus on the harmony thing."
"In this team competition, the Shencheng team was the only team to show the charm of harmony to the audience. This is precisely what the other two teams lack the most. β
The Guangdong provincial team also took into account the arrangement of harmony, but it was limited to the song itself, and the proportion of harmony in the singing of the Guangdong provincial team was not enough, and it was difficult to show the beauty of harmony. The Xiangjiang team did the worst job on this point, and basically didn't think about it. β
"Look at the Shencheng team again. The Shencheng team has put a lot of effort into the harmony arrangement, they borrowed the harmony arrangement in the chorus, and made a certain amount of adaptation to make the harmony more suitable and richer. β
"It's rare!"
"To be able to hear such a wonderful harmony display in the team competition tonight, all our judges unanimously agreed that the Shencheng team deserved to win the championship, and there was no suspense!"
Wow~~~
Beep beep ~~~
With the sound of whistles, applause once again resounded throughout the studio. The audience once again applauded Cai Qingde's wonderful comments and the excellent performance of the Shencheng team.
At this time, Tian Ye, the first Xiangjiang player to appear and sing, was fully prepared and came to the bottom of the central passage to wait.
"Okay, thank you all for your applause and encouragement."
Cai Qingde smiled and beckoned to the audience and continued.
"Next, I will give you a brief introduction to the judging method of tonight's finals."
The audience immediately fell silent.
"Tonight, we will use the method of on-site scoring and on-site direct scoring to judge the game."
"After each contestant sings, our 10 judges will immediately announce the score. At the same time, after removing the highest score and the lowest score, the score is calculated and broadcast. The final score will be reported as the average score of the eight judges, which will be rounded to two decimal places and the third decimal place. β
"The player with the highest score will win tonight's championship and take home his trophy."
"In the event of a tie, the contestant will be given the highest score among the remaining eight judges, and the highest score will be the winner."
"After the judges score, one or two judges will be selected to comment on the contestants who sang just now."
At tonight's scene, three industry elites from Shencheng, Guangdong Province and Xiangjiang were specially invited to serve as the supervision and review of the competition. They will supervise the whole competition to ensure the normality, fairness and reasonableness of the judges' scores. They will have the right to challenge the score in question and, together with the organizing committee and the full judges, make a final decision. β
"Finally, on behalf of the ten judges, I solemnly promise to the audience and the audience in front of the TV that we will uphold the principle of 'fairness, justice and openness', based on our own professionalism and our own moral standards, and do a good job in the evaluation of tonight's competition."
"Please wait and see."
Cai Qingde's voice was sonorous and powerful, and every sentence was put into practice.
The audience applauded again.
Sima Minghui nodded heavily, his interest was completely hooked by the evaluation method and Cai Qingde's promise. Out of the sensitivity of journalists? sense, he is more interested in the front and back of the stage of this finals.
Perhaps, can you try to find out?
Sima Minghui said secretly.
In the applause, Cai Qingde said out loud the news that the audience wanted to hear the most.
"Then is the real beginning of tonight."
"I announce that the finals of the 'Huamao Cup' Shen Yuexiang Three Singers Singing Contest -
"Let's get started!" (To be continued......)