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A variety of variety shows have always been the focus of mass entertainment, however, some programs have been exposed to shady and fake scandals.
The country couldn't bear it anymore and decided to take action to rectify, and in the end, these four programs were punished by forced suspension of broadcasting.
Today, let's take a look at the unknown secrets of these "suspended" programs.
Deformation Meter
"If one day, my ideals are wet by wind and rain, are you willing to turn back and help me?"
This is the opening monologue in Hunan Satellite TV's "Metamorphosis" program, which has touched countless audiences.
This program adheres to the method of "empathy", interchanging the lives of urban children and rural children, and the form of the program is very novel at that time, and has attracted the attention of countless audiences.
The urban children who participated in the show, because they have lived a pampered life since childhood, have more or less problems.
And those rural children in the countryside, although poor but very hard-working, this program through the exchange of living environments between urban and rural children to experience different lives.
Urban children came to the countryside, although they were very uncomfortable, but under the influence of their rural parents, they still understood the difficulty of life and changed their ways.
And the children in the countryside also enjoyed the experience of eating a big meal and taking a plane through this program, which broadened their horizons.
The show also had a strong program effect, and the ratings went all the way up, however, as the show's fame rose, so did the controversy about it.
Some netizens broke the news that in order to win higher ratings, the program team actually instigated the protagonist to deliberately violate discipline and go against the teacher, thus attracting higher attention to the show.
Not only that, but this show has also harmed a lot of rural children, most of whom find it difficult to accept the poor rural life after seeing the bustling metropolis.
As the saying goes, "it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality", which is well reflected in rural children.
Finally in 2019, the show "Metamorphosis" was officially forced to stop broadcasting amid everyone's condemnation.
The source comes from Baidu Encyclopedia - "Metamorphosis" - negative controversy
"Happy Camp"
"Happy base camp, good mood every day!"
"Happy Camp" used to be a feast of entertainment for the audience, and every Saturday night, many interesting games of the stars will be seen on the show.
The form of the show is rich and colorful, and the five people of the "Happy Family" have also formed a wonderful chemical reaction, resulting in many famous scenes of variety shows that make people laugh.
This show has also become the trump card variety show of Hunan Satellite TV, accompanying the growth of countless audiences.
However, in 2021, this show suddenly announced that it would stop broadcasting, which shocked countless netizens.
And when we dig deep into the reasons behind the suspension of broadcasting, we find that everything is excusable.
Because of the high popularity of the show, many celebrities will choose to appear on this stage in order to promote their works.
And many fans chose to give gifts to the host in order to be "taken care of" by their idols in the show, ranging from bread and drinks to big-name luxury goods, and even valuable gold bars.
This bad gift-giving culture was eventually criticized by the official, and the show was forced to stop broadcasting due to the gift-receiving scandal.
The source of this paragraph comes from People's Information "Happy Camp" officially bid farewell, and the new program "Hello Saturday" is still hosted by He Jiong
The Voice of China
"The Voice of China" used to be an ace program of Zhejiang Satellite TV.
A group of star mentors were invited to the program to discover amateur singers with musical strength through blind audition to help them realize their music dreams.
Today, the well-known Zhou Shen, Zhang Bichen, and Ji Ke Junyi all became famous through this show, and since then they have become among the Chinese singers.
However, what is unexpected is that this popular music program was exposed to be "shady" in the program.
In August 2023, the recording of Coco Li's complaint about the Voice program was exposed, which caused an uproar on the Internet for a while.
In the recording, Coco Li said that he felt the unfairness of the competition system in the show and wanted to protest to the program team, but the program team not only did not correct it, but almost did something to Coco Li.
Coco Li mentioned in the recording that he couldn't stand because of a serious leg disease at the time, but he chose to stand and sing in high heels for the sake of the show's choreography.
Coco Li also said that she had discussed with the students offstage, and asked the students to support her during the singing.
However, when it came to the performance site, the program team let the students stand on the other side of the stage, causing Coco Li to fall.
As soon as this incident came out, a large number of fans denounced the program team, but in the face of netizens' doubts, the program team called the recording a "malicious editing", however, the response did not quell the controversy.
Under the pressure of negative public opinion, Zhejiang Satellite TV announced the suspension of the recording of "The Voice of China".
As a former national program, it was scolded by the audience in the end, which can't help but make people feel embarrassed.
The source of this paragraph comes from the Beijing News Zhejiang Satellite TV: The "Voice of China" program has been suspended
"Chase Me"
Competitive variety shows have always been Zhejiang Satellite TV's strength, and since "Run, Brother" became popular, they launched "Chase Me".
"Chase Me" is an outdoor competitive variety show with cool devices, in order to reflect the tension and excitement of the show, the participating guests have to carry out a series of challenges to fly the eaves and walk the wall.
The program team blindly wants to pursue the effect of the program, but ignores the life safety of the artist, which leads to a catastrophe.
On November 27, 2019, during the recording of the ninth episode of "Chase Me", Taiwanese artist Gao Yixiang ran with all his might on the two-kilometer-long track under the pursuit of the program team.
After that, Gao Yixiang shouted "I can't do it" because of his physical exhaustion, and then fell to the ground and fainted.
However, even if such a thing happened, the staff of the program team did not take it seriously, and thought that Gao Yixiang was doing the effect of the show.
In this way, Gao Yixiang, who was unconscious, missed the golden rescue time, and when the staff contacted the ambulance, it was already useless.
Gao Yixiang finally passed away at the age of 35 after three hours of rescue.
Subsequently, the hospital determined that the cause of Gao Yixiang's death was sudden cardiac death, which was inseparable from the tense competition system of "Chase Me".
Gao Yixiang's unfortunate death made the "Chase Me" program a target of public criticism and was abused by the whole network.
Although the program team publicly apologized on social platforms afterwards, no amount of words could save Gao Yixiang's young life.
This tragic incident also aroused public concern about the safety of the show, and finally in the audience's doubts, "Chase Me" was finally forcibly stopped by the official.
Variety shows were originally to make the audience happy, but the above four programs broke through the moral bottom line for the sake of profit, and their forced suspension was a warning to the industry.
We hope that future variety shows can assume social responsibility and provide healthy and positive entertainment content to meet the needs of the audience.
The source of this paragraph comes from Sina Entertainment Gao Yixiang's fans sent 20 questions, and "Chase Me" was permanently suspended 3 days later