From Dao Lang's irony to Li Min's accusation, the behind-the-scenes industry chain of entertainment programs is far from simple

On the evening of August 17, a 9-minute audio of Li Min's accusation against "The Voice of China" was divided into three segments and exposed on the Internet, directly on the hot search.

01. The good voice kicked the iron plate?

In 2012, The Voice of China was born.

The four instructors sat on chairs, turned their backs to the contestants, and turned their favorite contestants with their voices, which once became the benchmark of music programs because of their novel format.

It has also launched singers such as Liang Bo and Zhang Bichen.

It is impossible for talent shows to be without controversy, and the program team has been questioned unfairly along the way, but no matter how many doubts there are, they are only the conjectures of the audience, and in the end, they can only be ignored.

But Li Min's recording gave these doubts a basis for the first time.

In the recording, Li Min expressed that he agreed to come to this show because he liked this show and liked music.

But what disappointed her was that for the sake of love, for the sake of love for the music of young people, she lost to the unfairness of the program group.

What made her even more angry was that in the process of arguing with reason, the staff even had to do something to her, calling security guards and tearing clothes, which was an insult she had never encountered in her 28 years of artistic career.

If her accusation of unfair competition can be explained by everyone's different understanding of the game, then in the third recording, the truth of her alleged fall is somewhat incomprehensible.

She mentioned that although her own legs are not good, for the stage effect, she still specially chose to wear 7 cm high heels, before the performance, she specifically communicated with the program team about this, and also communicated with the trainees: "I want him to stand by my side and support me." ”

But when the final recording was made, the director team cue the trainee to the other end of the stage, resulting in her lack of support and eventually falling.

She also mentioned that after the news of her dissatisfaction with the program group, the program group asked her to post a whitewashed Taiping news on social media, otherwise, her students could not continue the competition, in order to protect the students, Li Min was forced to publish the news according to the requirements of the program group.

She finally cried and said, my unstoppable voice directly broke many people's defenses.

Because the amount of information and the content was sharp, the "Voice" program team quickly responded.

It's just that they didn't explain or explain the content, but directly said that all the content was malicious editing, and there was a kind of self-cleansing.

Just after the program group said that the recording was maliciously edited, an uncut video of Li Min at the scene of "The Voice" was exposed again.

Li Min in the video is very angry, and the staff of "The Voice" has been persuading her to calm down, and several times wanted to let her leave, she directly questioned the fairness of the format, bluntly saying that "The Voice" is not better than anyone's singing, but more than whom.

She said excitedly that her student scored 88 points, which was obviously higher than the opponent's 73 points, but because of the large number of opponents, her players could not continue the competition even if they scored high, and asked to explain the format.

The on-site director did not explain the format, but directly said: We have recorded, the teacher you can go, we are going to clear the scene, and directly let Li Min leave.

At this moment, many staff members warned Li Min: "These things cannot be put on the table, not everything can be put on the table." ”

Li Min said that she knew that what she said now would definitely be reduced in the later stage, but she still insisted: "This is unfair." ”

Seeing that Li Min refused to leave, the staff of the program group began to pull Li Min, wanting Li Min to leave, Li Min shouted: "Don't touch me, don't touch me, don't touch me, don't touch me." ”

She finally asked very puzzled: "You all said let me calm down, but you just wanted to drive away my trainees, why is that, how to calm down in such a situation?" ”

The whole video was completed in one go, without any traces of editing and splicing in the middle, Li Min was emotional, and his appeal was simple, that is, to fight for a fair competition opportunity for his students.

As Li Min expected, after the program was broadcast, the program team cut Li Min's footage left, and she also expressed her anger after watching the show.

Celebrities and platforms or program groups are arguing, it has always been fair to say that the public is reasonable, and the public is rarely one-sided, but this time is somewhat different.

First, whether it is a recording or a video, Li Min is not fighting for his own interests, but a fair format, which is precisely the core demand of the audience and players.

Second, as a singer, Li Min has no black spots and perfect artistic ethics, so it is difficult for people to question their voices.

The statement of the program group did not have an effect, they probably did not expect that they kicked the iron plate this time.

02, is it success by covering the mouth or Rashomon?

Shortly after Li Min's video and recording were exposed, Li Jiajie, a contestant who had participated in "The Voice", posted a message in support of Li Min.

He made several points.

500,000 to buy a seat is not out of nowhere; The top 10 can be bought for money; If you want to go far in the show, you must first sign a contract, starting in 10 years; The seat of the contestants in the blind audition stage can be adjusted at will, and so on.

But this support magically disappeared less than 2 hours after it was released, and it was suspected to have been deleted.

Subsequently, Li Jiajie himself said that this dynamic was not deleted by himself.

What's more interesting is that the next day, Li Jiajie issued a statement again, saying that what he said had no factual basis, expressed his apologies to the program group, not only set his Weibo to be visible for half a year, but also deleted a large amount of content, and there are only 37 left.

Then another blogger said that he spoke for Li Min on his front foot, and received a call from the Blue Platform staff on his back foot.

The two incidents are like Rashomon.

03. The tutor turned around and marked the price clearly?

Not long after the fermentation of the matter, Xu Haixing, a contestant who had participated in "The Voice", stood up again and frankly said that the program team used deception, threats and other means to ask the contestants to sign a contract.

The Na Xin mentioned by Xu Haixing in the text should be Na Ying's sister.

"The Voice" 12 years, Na Ying has been a mentor for at least 10 years, and coincidentally, Na Ying has the most champions in the group, and several controversial things are also related to her.

In 2013, at the time of the finals, Na Ying asked Yao Beina to change her song and let her sing a song that was extremely difficult and did not match her style and had not been rehearsed to participate.

Although Yao Beina was firmly opposed, she finally sang the song according to Na Ying's request, and was eliminated miserably.

After the game, Yao Beina cried bitterly, Na Ying tried to hold Yao Beina's hand and give a speech, but Yao Beina cried and walked away.

Yao Beina's strength was outstanding among the players in that industry, so her failure was questioned at the time because of the signing problem.

And the other time, was to eliminate Zhou Shen, although Na Ying gave Zhou Shen a very high evaluation before the game, vowing that "I can train you into a male Qi Yu", but during the competition, she still said categorically "I like Levi." ”

It is said that the reason why Zhou Shen was eliminated was because there was no champion phase, but before that, Zhou Shen had already won the championship of the Internet Singer Competition, so the champion phase is a matter of opinion, and it can be seen from this reason that the selection of mentors and singing strength are not the most important measure.

So what exactly are the criteria for selecting these mentors?

Eason Chen said one thing, there was a singer who performed generally after the competition, and the mentors did not turn their heads and were directly eliminated.

But after a while, he heard the voice of the eliminated singer again, and what puzzled him was that the three mentors who had not turned around before turned their heads in unison this time.

Just when Eason Chen hesitated, the director's voice came out of the headset: "You press, press it." ”

This also indirectly shows that the choice of mentor really seems to have nothing to do with singing skills.

During the broadcast of "The Voice", there has always been a legend that the selection of the mentor's swivel chair was clearly priced, and Li Jiajie also mentioned this in the deleted content.

After the first episode of "The Voice" in 2023 was only broadcast, the list of the top 24 was exposed in advance, from blind audition to the final list, from the band to the song, all have been decided.

Coincidentally, the sentence in Dao Lang's "Rakshasa Sea Market" before, "Before speaking, turn your stomach first", is suspected of being an allusion to the show, some people say, before singing, they turned around, doesn't it just mean that they are acting?

04. The variety show effect all depends on acting skills

In fact, ordinary audiences have always had a misunderstanding, thinking that reality shows and variety shows are real and have no performance component.

But in fact, most reality shows and variety shows have their own established scripts, whether hosts or guests, they all have fixed processes and personalities.

After participating in variety shows, many stars also said that variety shows have scripts.

Taking "Running Man" as an example, even if it seems to be a random activity such as "tearing the famous brand", there is a process arrangement in advance, the director will arrange the interactive route and characters, and when the shooting starts, the star does it, and the result and process are without suspense.

After Zhao Liying participated in it once, she directly complained: "Some scripts will always be arranged." ”

Da Zhang Wei also said that many shows to find things are to amuse the audience, at the beginning things were not put there at all, and after letting the actors find a circle, the program team put things over to create effects, and he himself felt that such a show was particularly boring.

Yang Di also said that the shock and fear in the show are interpreted according to the script, which is similar to filming.

Li Xueqin, who seems to be careless in "Peachblossom Dock", said every sentence is also carefully designed, and in the behind-the-scenes footage exposed, she made a simple appearance, "I still have to go back to get the goose", and filmed it four times.

Zhang Dacang in "Metamorphosis" also said many years after the end of the show that he took the script of the male second.

For variety show effects, senior program producer Zhao Linlin clearly said in 2019 that in the later stage, "it is very normal to cut things in the afternoon until morning." ”

Even in a slow variety show like "Longing for Life", it is necessary to adjust the rhythm in order to increase the watchability, cut and splice the characters' dialogue clips, and create different atmospheres and characters.

For the traffic that many people criticize, he also bluntly gave an explanation: it is to let the traffic carry the volume.

In order to make the show hot, it is normal to create conflicts in the script, do character relationships, and do CP.

The program team worked hard to do this, in addition to wanting the program to have high quality, the main purpose is to drive the topicality of the program and the commercial interests behind it.

In other words, the program you think is to heal the heart, embody the truth, goodness and beauty, and select talents; But what the program team has to do is to complete KPIs, complete investment data, and meet customer needs.

These operators are also well aware that Chen Peisi said many years ago: "This is the TV effect, fake is right." ”

When content and economic interests are completely linked, content and investment promotion must be strongly related, and a high degree of binding is an unavoidable fact, and under the business framework, obtaining funds must be put in the first place.

Variety shows, film and television all need a lot of funds as support, the audience sees the beauty of the star, and the producer may have to pay sky-high salaries and huge production fees.

Best-selling content is not necessarily of high quality, but it must be topical and can attract businesses to enter, and for a show to be successful and go a long way, it must meet both artistry and commerciality.

Therefore, when the performance of the artist is inconsistent with the commercial attributes that the program wants, in order to balance the effect of the program, sacrificing the demands of some artists or the original intention of the program seems to have become something that has to be done.

05. Whether to take care of the overall situation or a personal grudge

But the story of Li Min and "The Voice" does not seem so simple, and Li Min seems to have touched the anti-scale of the program group this time.

Someone broke the news that when the scene was recorded, for 8 hours, Li Min Shui Rice only ate a bite of banana before entering, and was pointed at by the director and scolded with red eyes.

It doesn't seem to boil down to program effects and processes.

Some audience members told that Li Min sang on the stage after falling in the final, and the director did not let the backstage personnel help her after she fell, and the final group photo of the show did not have her.

Other programs create conflicts in order to increase material in the later stage, but most of the artists themselves are cared for, and the production unit directly conflicts with the artists, and it is extremely rare to attack the artists at the production site.

In the elimination link, even if there are only 3 students in Li Min's group, a good editing may not be ineffective, and there is no need to artificially create conflicts.

The reason for such a big conflict may be that the program team said that "some things cannot be said on the table" was brought to the table by Li Min.

If the cheating in the competition, threatening and insulting the artist, if true, is beyond the scope of the production of the program.

And the attitude of the program group to Li Min, after watching it several times, is more like a personal grudge, and Li Min's two sisters also said in an interview after the incident that what Li Min said in the video was true.

The program team has not further responded, what is the truth of the facts, outsiders should not easily stand in line at present, I hope there will be more direct evidence in the follow-up to prove the innocence of both sides.