The three-day auditions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Austin were a complete success, with a total of 260 students successfully breaking through.

On April 20th, all 260 trainees arrived in Austin, and Star TV rented a beautiful farm on the outskirts of the city as a training camp for the trainees.

All students are admitted to the camp. The fresh air, the green meadows, the herds of cattle and sheep, such a picturesque scenery on the farm immediately made all the students cheer.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, and when they learned that the program officially started recording three days later, the students began to seize the time to familiarize themselves with the competition system and prepare nervously.

The Voice's competition system is divided into four stages: Mentor Blind Audition, Mentor Choice, Mentor Battle and Annual Ceremony.

The first stage, "Blind Selection of Mentors": This is the initial stage of student selection, where the star mentors only select their voices and are not disturbed by any other factors. This link not only tests the students' singing skills, but also is a big competition for the decision-making power of many star mentors. Of course, even if you are not selected by the mentor at this stage, there is no need to worry, and the trainee can continue to receive training in the bootcamp and wait for the next opportunity.

At this stage, 56 outstanding students will be blindly selected.

The second stage, "Mentor Choice": After the four star mentors select their disciples, they will be specially trained, and finally the disciples will perform on the same stage.

At this stage, the top 16 players are selected through pairs and matchups.

The third stage, "Mentor Battle": This is a test of the "teaching ability" of the four star mentors, after the same amount of training, whose students play better will also be seen on the stage.

At this stage, the 4 players under each mentor are PK, and the top 4 will eventually be produced.

The fourth stage, the "Annual Ceremony": all the instructors and students will have a big concert in this grand ceremony. For the first time, the students will be tested on the big stage, and their musical talents will be tested by all audiences.

When all the students stayed in the training camp, Chen Lin and the four mentors also held a meeting on the TV station, at which everyone reached a consensus that any program has the basic criteria for selecting students, and the basic standard and core element of 'The Voice' is the voice, whether it is professional or amateur, you must sing well enough to participate in the recording, this is the core principle of the voice, and all fairness is based on this.

At the meeting, Chen Lin, the chief producer of the program, put forward requirements for the four mentors.

"Four mentors. I emphasize, first, there is no need for poisonous tongue comments; Second, there is no need for sensationalism. ”

"I hope this show is a show that really makes music, a warm and inspirational show, not a show that relies on scolding and noise to get people's attention."

Chen Lin paused, and after seeing that the four mentors all nodded in understanding, he then smiled: "But then again, don't be warm when competing for players." What kind of modesty and courtesy, it is best that the four of you start a 'fight' in order to win the favor of the players, and you must "grab". Of course, we are all civilized people, and we can't be the kind of vicious robbery, I need the kind of easy and gag each other. ”

Chen Lin emphasized 'fighting' and "grabbing", and the four judges looked at each other and smiled. They all understand that the core charm of a good voice is the subversion of celebrity identity. When the judges turned their chairs to face the contestants, they precisely transformed the star from the identity of a commentator to the identity of a teacher. They went from being condescending to being eager to be talented.

The identity of a star is distant to the general audience, but the teachers are very kind, especially the process of teachers arguing with each other for an excellent talent is even more cordial. You think, how charming it is when you find out that Mike and Whitney are both rushing to get you, and you still have the choice!

At the end of the meeting, Chen Lin also talked about the general division of labor and positioning of the four mentors. The show needs two big-name superstars, corresponding to Mike and Whitney, and needs a star that young people like, corresponding to Arthur the Kid; also needs a singer from the grassroots, corresponding to Liu Dehua.

How did Liu Tianwang become a grassroots singer when he arrived in the United States? The word grassroots really can't match the handsome Brother Hua.

In fact, the grassroots has nothing to do with whether they are handsome or not, the so-called grassroots singers, simply put, have experienced many ups and downs and twists and turns in music.

Liu Dehua is not a genius, everyone knows that he has suffered a lot of ridicule when he first stepped into the music scene. In terms of film, even though he has acted in countless blockbuster films, he has not won a worthy trophy so far.

As an actor, Liang Chaowei in his generation has overpowered him many times; As a singer, Zhang Xueyou, who is also one of the four kings, has always surpassed him in the hearts of fans; But as a public figure, as an idol, he has gained a reputation that is difficult for others to surpass.

In the 2011 Hong Kong chief executive election, a Hong Kong social networking site nominated a candidate for chief executive, and Liu Dehua unexpectedly topped the list with 32% support (Tao Jie with 28% support in second place, and Li Ka-shing with 23% support in third). At that time, many people took this "selection" as a joke. But in the second year, when the Hong Kong chief executive election was boiling over Tang someone's "illegal construction scandal", many Hong Kong artists and netizens began to support Liu Dehua as the chief executive, in the words of He Chaoyun, the daughter of the gambling king, that is, "Good proposal, I like down-to-earth and responsible people!" ”

It is with his indomitable spirit that he has become the status of the king of heaven and the spiritual symbol of Hong Kong.

With such an inspirational experience, it can reflect the emotional side when talking to the students. So The Voice needs a grassroots representative.

Three days pass in the blink of an eye, Friday, April 23.

After 2 months of preparation, "The Voice of America" finally began recording.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, with all 500 spectators entering, the first episode of The Voice began to be recorded.

"We're going to have a war on music tonight on this stage, and we're looking for a real singing talent, could it be you?" The opening remarks of the host in the recording hall caused a burst of cheers from the audience, and the atmosphere at the scene became warm.

Today is the first episode of the recording, and The Voice has no advertising sponsors, so the opening remarks of the host did not read advertising words such as "authentic good voice, authentic good ** brand". During the official broadcast, every student on stage will also record a MV for the introduction of the appearance, which must be added through post-editing.

At this time, there was another burst of cheers in the hall, as they saw the four instructors walk onto the stage and sit on the four red chairs.

At the same time, the moderator began to introduce the identities of the four mentors. (To be continued......)