Only one episode was broadcast, and "Singer 2024" dominated the hot search for several days.
In the first episode, American singer Chante Moore and Canadian singer Faouzia temporarily ranked in the top two of all singers, followed by 57-year-old singer Na Ying in third place. In addition, some of the local singers who appeared on the scene had problems in their performances to varying degrees, resulting in a low ranking, which also detonated the hot search stalk of "fifty-year-old lady guarding the country".
Subsequently, under the promotion of netizens, many singers recommended themselves to participate in "Singer 2024" through social media, and said that Na Ying could not be carried alone.
In fact, is there really such a big gap between Chinese and foreign singers? None of the local singers can fight? The truth may not be as simple as rankings.
Chante Moore sings in Singer 2024. Photo/Hunan Satellite TV singer's official Weibo
"No sound repair, full open mic, over and over again"
The internet has a memory.
Since the music competition variety show "I Am a Singer", which premiered in 2013, the last time it met the audience was in 2020, when the show had been renamed "The Year of the Singer" (also known as "Singer 2020").
Some passages of that program were recorded in the cloud, but there were obvious differences in the bands, recording equipment, mixing equipment and sound editing parts used in various filming locations, which were complained about by the audience a lot, and finally ended hastily.
At that time, many viewers thought that the "Singer" series was over and there would be no more. In fact, in the 3 years after "The Year of the Singer", although there are still some music competition variety shows, the "Singer" series has been silent.
The biggest difference between the "Singer" series of variety shows and other music variety shows is that it does not carry the function of traditional drafts or the selection of trainees, and the requirements for cultivation are low. The "Singer" series is not like other music comprehensives to attract young people through copyright and contracts, provide a platform and nourish their growth, but is more like a simple competition stage.
It is the way to see each other on the stage on the mule, which also makes the "Singer" series less suspenseful like other music comprehensives. Because of the lack of various elements, enough powerful singers to participate have become the core requirement of the "Singer" series.
As the show aired season after season, the roster available for "The Singer" became increasingly poor. There are two factors here: the live performance market is heating up, and established singers will no longer need the stage of the music complex to prove themselves in order to reap the rewards; And the track of young idols is not in the music itself, they can maintain fan stickiness and reap dividends in many ways.
The decline of "Singer" comes from this, with more and more familiar faces, making the audience lose their freshness. So much so that before the start of this year's "Singer 2024", not many viewers would think that this old dead tree could be spring.
Judging from the results, the production team's main "true" word is the right bet. "No sound repair, all open mic, go over and over" and the way of live broadcast is very bold, and the uncertainty brought by live broadcast will cause the production team to be uncontrollable in terms of cost and risk. The benefits of live streaming also exist, allowing the audience to feel the sincerity and respect that they have not seen for a long time.
"Singer 2024" is gambling on the value of its last IP, betting on whether the audience is really disgusted with lip-syncing and sound repair, and betting on whether fans really think that a good face is enough, and they will support it no matter what they sing.
One thing to think about here is that the production team's theme this time must not have been figured out after the broadcast, but had been set in the planning stage. Then a new question will arise, is it the singers who come to participate "can't play", or some singers who think the public "can't play" don't come to participate?
Na Ying. Photo/Hunan Satellite TV singer's official Weibo
In the live broadcast environment of full-open microphone real singing and no sound repair, as long as the singer has a small flaw and a slight pitch change, it will be amplified by the live broadcast footage and short video transmission, and become the talk of external comments, and even jokes. In this scenario, even singers who are known for their singing skills will be afraid of three points, because if they sing well, the outside world will take it for granted, and if something goes wrong, it will leave a "stain" and affect their "brand image".
There are naturally many factors for a singer who "can play" not to participate, such as price, schedule, physical condition, etc., but how many of them are "afraid to come", it is unknown.
So simply after the first episode was broadcast, he arbitrarily concluded that none of the local singers could play, and it was still sloppy.
"Quantity & Sample"
In fact, many people who eat melons did not watch the first episode of "Singer 2024" in its entirety, but only saw a ranking on the Internet, and then immediately participated in the meme.
The first round of the first episode of the program is called the Zhang Bang Competition, and there are seven contestants, namely American singer Shanti Moore, Canadian singer Fanxia, Na Ying, Wang Sulong, Secondhand Rose, Rainie Yang and Hailai Amu.
The hosts He Jiong and Hu Haiquan introduced very clearly in the program that after the 7 singers take turns to appear, they will be evaluated by 500 public judges and the international hearing on the cloud, and finally ranked among the 7 singers, and there will be no elimination.
According to the recruitment information officially released by "Singer 2024", the number of on-site public judges and cloud judges is 500, and they are all open recruitment, and there are no thresholds, age, gender and other requirements in the recruitment notice.
In other words, the final ranking of live singers is based on these 1,000 "judges" to evaluate. These 1,000 judges are not professional music practitioners, nor are they professional music critics.
There is no problem with the rules and requirements of judging absolutely subjectively through visual and auditory sensations, and under such standards, it is fair to every singer who takes the stage.
Judging from the results, in the end, Shanti Moore, Fanxia and Na Ying were the top three who were tested by 1000 pairs of ears. If the number of 1,000 judges becomes 10,000 or 100,000, it is difficult to say whether this ranking will change.
Under such evaluation standards, singers like Hailai Amu who use short videos as their soil are particularly disadvantaged, because his soil is not on such a stage. Even if he can conquer the 500 pairs of ears on the scene, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win the favor of the 500 pairs of ears on the other end of the network cable in terms of song content. This deviation is even more pronounced after Shanti Moore chose a song "If I Ain't Got You" set in "911". Of course, Shanti Moore's singing itself is not too problematic.
In the same way, the same is true of "Monkey Play" brought by Second-hand Rose, the choice of this work is destined to express attitude rather than competition, which may be a rock and roll spirit in the eyes of Second-hand Rose and Diplodocus, but from a purely auditory point of view, Second-hand Rose is not here to advance.
Na Ying chose the most simple and direct way, singing her own "Mo", which has both emotions and expression skills, as long as she maintains a stable state, she may not need the 1000 pairs of ears to evaluate her ears if she wins the top three.
Therefore, just by the ranking itself, there is still no way to conclude that local singers are lagging behind Grammys across the board. It's just that some people choose the wrong stage, some people just come to the catwalk, some people are not suitable for singing live, and some people are not suitable for singing at all.
Some people say that if XX, XXX or XXX appear on the stage, will these two foreigners not win so easily? It's not easy to say, but from the perspective of public psychology, the scores of these two foreigners in the next round may not be too high.
After all, the atmosphere has been set off here, and face is much more important than voice.
Hailai Amu. Photo/Hunan Satellite TV singer's official Weibo
Is it hype?
When the stalk of "Fifty-year-old lady guarding the country" became popular all over the Internet, some voices believed that the current public opinion fermentation of "Singer 2024" is the hype of Mango Channel's self-directed and self-acting, the purpose is to revitalize its own IP and make the project that is no longer profitable turn again.
But judging from the effect, the audience heard the long-lost real singing, the variety show got the long-lost traffic, and the musicians also got the long-lost opportunity to think.
"Sing if you want to sing" and "Brother is the best" have affected a group of musicians and audiences, a large number of artists who have not undergone systematic professional training have entered the market, but they can gain a lot of capital, and the singing itself needs a lot of sound repair and post-adjustment before it can be put into the market. The long-term expulsion of bad money from good money has long since come to think about it.
The popularity of music comprehensives such as "Singer 2024" also reveals a cruel reality. At present, musicians who don't want to focus on the sinking market want to be seen, discovered, and recognized, and there is still only one way for variety shows, because only the volume of variety shows can receive more sponsorship and hot money, which is also the biggest value of music variety shows today.
The vast majority of musicians can only be rewarded by their creations when they are seen, discovered, and recognized. The same goes for the singers who raised their hands on social media, not ashamed to see two foreigners in the top two, but to see an opportunity beckoning to them.
Of course, there is no shame in this, and there is no shame in it. Because no matter what the reason, they chose to make money with real singing, which is far more upright than those "musicians" who rely on sound repair to go all over the world.
It is not so much that the fifty-year-old lady guards the "country", it is better to say that Na Ying guards the bottom line and ethics of a veteran singer, but this bottom line and ethics should not be guarded independently by a few singers.
Behind the excitement, I don't know if anyone is thinking, how did these things we protect now be lost back then?
Source: China News Weekly