Text/Wang Xinxi
The Voice of China is currently very controversial, and the incident continues to ferment.
At present, Han Hong has also stood up to speak for Li Min, and more and more students, including Yang Can and Xu Haixing, have come forward to speak for Li Min.
Zhejiang Radio and Television Group responded to the recent controversy caused by the "The Voice of China" program, saying that it would further investigate and verify, and sincerely welcomed the supervision of the audience and netizens.
Changchun Radio Station 1063 also announced that it would never cooperate with The Voice of China. It is reported that this radio station is the designated cooperative media of The Voice Northeast Division, including the judges from the station. It can be said to be the outpost of the Good Voice local selection. Changchun Radio Station 1063 stopped working with The Voice, which may trigger more local radio stations to follow suit. In addition, at present, there are also brands that have come out to boycott the good voice of China.
The root cause behind The Voice becoming what it is today lies in the fact that a good program from abroad was smashed by the program group's good hand, and lost the core competitiveness of the program - fairness for the sake of interests.
China's good voice, success is also "fair", defeat is also "fair"
The Voice of China has been running for 11 years, and the popularity of the first season of The Voice is not an exaggeration to say that it has caused a sensation throughout the country. A large number of grassroots singers such as Ping An, Jin Zhiwen, Liang Bo, and Li Daimo are well known to audiences across the country, but after almost the fourth season, basically not many people watch it.
Later, few singers were able to become popular. Most of the contestants were short-lived, and after the show ended, people basically disappeared from the music scene.
The core value of The Voice's original popularity is that the format of "only listening to the sound to turn the seat" has created a fair atmosphere, not looking at the appearance of the players, only listening to the voice, eliminating the unfair tendency to take people by appearance. We know that fairness is scarce and desirable in many sectors of China.
In China, no matter where you are, no matter what the program is, as long as you really do it fairly, it will definitely be hot, because it places people's expectations and sustenance on this society.
Before The Voice of China, there were fast men and fast women talent shows, but it was precisely because of the regular draft that too much attention was paid to appearance, appearance and some factors preferred by the program producer or some tricks, resulting in a lack of fairness, great controversy, and then it slowly could not be done.
And the emergence of China's good voice, at that time, gave people a refreshing feeling, the back to the contestants to listen to the voice of the mode of turning the seat, caused a great impact on the entire music talent market, that kind of impact, just like Zhang Mazi entered Goose City and said: I came here just to do three things, fair, fair, or fair.
In the first season, people believed that it was fair, because it did select a lot of good singers, and many contestants' new interpretations of the classic songs were refreshing, even beyond the original singers, and if you look back, the first season will be more grassroots than the later good voices, and the students' voices will be more recognizable and personalized, and there is a power of dreams at the bottom.
This can make the public feel a cry for fairness and dreams, and at that time people seem to see a real fair talent show.
But from the perspective of the later operation of The Voice, it began to use the signboard to maximize profits, including the various dark box operations that we saw later, shady scenes, catsiness, etc., ruining its original most precious thing: fairness.
From the content of Li Min's recording, which directly pointed to the dispute between Li Min and the "Voice of China" program team before his death, Li Min repeatedly mentioned that "there was a problem with the format", which made her extremely disappointed, and she was treated badly because she objected to the "unfair format", including passive hands driven off the stage, stage falls, and shots were cut. She also mentioned that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer when the show was recorded, but insisted on recording because she loved music.
Judging from Li Min's complaint, it is likely that this show has created a "fair" atmosphere, which makes Li Minxin believe that it is true, preconceived that this is a fair and just competitive program, and is willing to join the mentor camp.
But then The Voice's series of operations shattered her original vision. Because the core of this show is to be able to make money and have entertainment attributes, it is not a youth song competition.
What do the countrymen hate? The answer is unfair. And if you appear in the name of fair competition from the beginning, carrying people's trust in fairness, but privately use the fake "fair" format to earn the last copper plate, but completely ignore social influence and public opinion guidance, then the decline of your show is inevitable.
From a later point of view, the overall development of The Voice of China went in another direction, including revealing that the transfer fee was 500,000 yuan, and the contestants were hinted by the program group to 100,000 sponsorship fees. Xu Haixing, a contestant and singer in the first season of "The Voice of China", also posted on Weibo to break the inside story of "The Voice of China", claiming that he was coerced into signing false contract terms when he participated in the competition.
Previously, Li Jiajie, one of the students of "The Voice of China", posted a Weibo message of support for Li Min and broke the news of the unfair treatment he had encountered on The Voice of China program:
"First of all, 500,000 seats I believe is not out of nowhere. Each big casting director in the program group has its own interests, and the top ten positions in the finals can be bought, and the amount is beyond your imagination. I want to go back in the show, sign a contract, and lay the bottom for ten years. Secondly, the program team did not respect the contestants at all. During the blind audition recording, the position of the students can be changed at will, very, very arbitrary. ”
Later, the student was forced by some unknown pressure to delete Weibo, and the next day Li Jiajie spoke out again to apologize.
However, some industry insiders revealed that all The Voice students must pay money to get turned around or get on the top? Not necessarily. The production unit itself has a record company, and it also needs to find some powerful and potential students to sign for packaging and promotion. Companies need popular trainees to make money. Only the production unit does not want it very much, and wants you to try, maybe you have to pay money.
A few days ago, China's good voice suspected of adding new material, and some Taiwan media broke the news that in a certain program, Pan Weibai did not shoot the light, but the chair turned around by itself, in order to avoid suspicion, Pan Weibai looked innocent and put his hands on his thighs.
In fact, Eason Chen participated in "China's New Song" (The Voice of China changed its name), and also admitted in an interview that he participated in the show to see how many shady scenes there were in the program group.
Once hearing a female singer who was "not bad, but not up to the point of turning around with a keystroke", all the mentors did not turn around. But in a rematch, he heard the program team urging him to press it from his headset, and the female contestant on the stage was the one who was "eliminated" last time.
Wang Feng has also suffered from unfairness in the format of "The Voice" many times. The most outrageous time, the singer with considerable potential for the championship in Wang Feng's group was scheduled to appear last. And before he came on, the promotion quota was full.
In general, in this program, the so-called mentor does not have the right to decide the whereabouts of the trainees, at most only provides a reference. The decision is held by the production unit behind it, which is the most important unspoken rule of the show. Whoever advances, which team wins, is a calculated benefit.
This is also why Li Min complained in the program group: The director please give me a rule of the game, why does a 73-point have a second chance, and a score of 88.3 has no second chance?
At present, a lawyer has sent a video saying that it is no problem for The Voice to accept sponsorship from businesses and government grants, but if they openly or covertly accept or ask for student transfer fees or other large fees, it is a bribe by staff, which is a criminal offense.
The Voice of China may not need to continue
The Voice of China reflects precisely some aspects of China's social reality. The current situation of The Voice of China also proves that even a talent show that advertises fairness has so many shady scenes behind it, which shattered the little hope for fairness in the hearts of many people, including Li Min.
Teacher Li Min may be too perfectionist and too serious, but in an environment like internal entertainment, he will pay wrongly. And the good voice gives the public an illusion of fair competition, once the audience feels played, it must also bear the audience's anger, this time is a total outbreak.
The Voice of China is a show from the Netherlands, formerly known as "The Voice of the Netherlands", the original setting of the show to turn the seat is to avoid dark box operation, but the show may not have imagined that in China, it can still be played like this.
In other countries, it can be relatively fair, completely in accordance with the fair rules of the game, how come it has become a local characteristics and localized program in China? This may be worth pondering, our soil, why can't a fair entertainment competition show be bred?
In fact, as it stands, people have lost the most basic trust in the show in fair play, which means that the show has lost its most precious things.
Judging from the current fermenting public opinion, if the audience knows that they have been consuming a show that spends money to buy a turnaround, from mentors to trainees, they are all puppets, which are full of black box operations related to greed and monetary interests that Chinese people hate, people will realize that supporting this show is essentially a connivance of unfair social phenomena. From this point of view, The Voice of China may not need to continue.
Author: Wang Xinxi TMT Senior Reviewer This article is not reprinted without permission