94: Chapter 94 Tacit Ignoring

Gu Jianfen's words were recognized by the other judges.

Fang Wenshan felt a sudden enlightenment. "Teacher Gu is right. No wonder I felt like something was missing when I was listening to the song just now."

"Yes, yes!" Han Hong echoed with a smile. "And a woman like me can't sing the feeling of lovesickness in this song, because I don't understand love."

"Only those who are deeply in love can truly sing out the essence of the song."

Han Hong's words made the audience laugh, but what she said was indeed reasonable.

Zhou Bule could only scratch his head awkwardly. Although he could sing in a female vocal range, he was a real man.

He accepted that he couldn't fully express the emotions of this song.

Seeing the song receive an excellent score of 49 votes from the judges and 98 votes from the judging panel, for a total of 147 votes,

he walked off the stage with satisfaction.

Next up was the combination of Qu Yang, Fang Shuo, and Fang Mingjie.

Their song was titled "Lovesickness is Like the Sea."

Qu Yang's stage performance was almost perfect, without a single flaw, pushing the atmosphere to a climax once again.

After the song, Host walked to the center of the stage and continued to Host.

"Teacher Li Zhongsheng, please comment on this song."

Li Zhongsheng was not very active tonight and didn't say much.

He glanced at some thoughts he had hastily jotted down while listening to the song.

He began, "This song is very good, and the stage performance is also good."

"The only shortcoming is that the lyrics could be refined further; they are a bit too internet-like now."

"If the lyrics are not changed, the song might be popular for a while, but it won't be considered a classic."

At this point, he added with a serious smile,

"I can affirm that the lyrics of this song were not written by Elder Fang Shuo, but by Fang Mingjie."

On stage, Qu Yang nodded, tacitly acknowledging that Li Zhongsheng's words were correct.

On stage, Fang Shuo turned to look at Fang Mingjie. "Xiao Jie, did you hear that? You need to work even harder in the future."

"I will, Second Uncle." Fang Mingjie was happy; although he was criticized by the judges, it also meant his work had appeared on the CCTV stage.

Chen Shaoping frowned.

He felt that Teacher Li Zhongsheng's 'internet-like' comment was too conservative; it was simply vulgar.

In the end, "Lovesickness is Like the Sea" only received 135 votes.

42 votes from the judges and 93 votes from the judging panel.

"Next is our last group tonight. They also achieved an excellent third place in the previous episode."

"Let's welcome Xu Kun to the stage with warm applause."

Host's voice was loud, and he drew out the final syllable when he said Xu Kun's name.

Xu Kun walked onto the stage amidst thunderous applause.

The song he was going to sing was called "Grief."

Just from the title "Grief," one could tell that its melody was mostly sorrowful.

After Xu Kun finished singing, he took a few heavy breaths, waiting for the judges' comments.

He felt very good about himself.

Both his singing and dancing were perfect.

"Which judge would like to comment first?" Host asked tentatively.

"I'll do it." Han Hong was not at all ambiguous.

Although she had been attacked by Xu Kun's fans after the last episode, she didn't care at all.

"This song is very good, especially the concept of lovesickness, which is unique and novel."

"Xu Kun, you sang it quite well, too."

"But what was with that dance?"

"Is it appropriate to pair such a sorrowful song with a dance that has such strong rhythm?"

"A work that could have scored 9 points, now even 70 points feels too much."

"It gives off a mismatched feeling."

As soon as Han Hong finished speaking, Xu Kun eagerly began to defend himself.

"Teacher Han Hong, I don't think there's anything wrong with that dance."

"This dance allows me to better interpret the content of this song, and it does the same for the audience."

Han Hong frowned slightly, a faint smile still on her lips. "Then I'd like to ask, how does your dance interpret the song? Can you elaborate?"

"Teacher Han Hong, I know you don't understand dance, and I don't blame you for not seeing it."

"Even if I explained it to you, you probably wouldn't understand, so I think it's better to just forget about it."

Xu Kun looked disdainful, glancing away, feeling that talking to Han Hong was a waste of time.

Han Hong was speechless, her hands trembling with anger.

She silently recalled, she didn't say anything too excessive, did she? Just a normal comment.

Why was Xu Kun reacting so strongly?

Host, seeing the awkward situation, had to step in to smooth things over.

If a contestant and a judge started arguing on a live broadcast show,

he estimated his career would be over.

His fate might be even worse than Lin Xin's.

"Thank you, Teacher Han Hong, for your comments."

"Let's hear what the other teachers have to say."

"Teacher Liu Huan, what do you think of this song 'Grief'?"

Liu Huan was originally just observing, but unexpectedly, the trouble suddenly fell on him.

Knowing that Teacher Han Hong was verbally attacked by Xu Kun's fans after the last episode,

he adopted the attitude of avoiding trouble whenever possible.

He simply didn't want any entanglement with these so-called top-tierTraffic stars (traffic stars).

Lest he lose his reputation in his old age.

However, what needed to be evaluated still had to be evaluated!

"I admire Teacher Liu Xue and Teacher Ji Ping very much."

"The song they wrote is excellent. I even want to sing 'the great yellow river' which they wrote in the first episode."

"I hope after the show, we can find a place to have some late-night snacks and a small drink together."

Liu Huan directly invited Teacher Liu Xue and Teacher Ji Ping to collaborate on a song during the show, which showed his high regard for them.

As for Xu Kun, he didn't mention a single word.

Anyway, this song seemed to have nothing to do with Xu Kun.

Then, the other teachers followed Liu Huan's example, giving high praise to the song "Grief."

However, not a single teacher mentioned Xu Kun again.

When Liu Huan spoke, Xu Kun didn't react and didn't think much of it.

But when Li Zhongsheng and Fang Wenshan also commented only on the lyrics and music in the same tone,

he suddenly realized that these teachers seemed to have reached a silent understanding.

All the judges had effectively blocked him out.

They treated him as if he were invisible, isolating him.

His face was ashen, filled with immense anger.

But he still had to stand obediently on stage, like a monkey.

He didn't have the courage to just walk off the stage.

He still had to show respect to CCTV.

He couldn't afford to offend them.

Host, as a new Host, was not very experienced.

Faced with a situation like today's, he didn't have many good solutions.

To break the deadlock, he could only announce the start of voting.

As the countdown began, the final votes were revealed.

Xu Kun's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Each of the five judges gave 7 votes.

And Teacher Han Hong clarified that all 7 votes were for the lyricists and composers, and had nothing to do with the singer.

Ultimately, "Grief" received only 13 votes, ranking last in this episode.

Director Wu Tao in the control room also looked displeased. He knew the five teachers hadn't discussed it beforehand.

But how did it turn out this way?