Yunnan Netnews (reporter Yun Xiaoji) On the afternoon of September 26, the English version of the singer audition activity of the original super cute public welfare nursery rhyme "Little Elephant Treasure" in Yunnan province ended successfully, from nearly 100 participating young singers, after the preliminary round, the rematch, the final, and finally, Ma Zilu's children in the second grade of Haibei Chinese and English Primary School stood out and became the singers of the English version of "Little Elephant Treasure".
In the evening, Wen Xing and Zhang Wendong, the copyright holders of the nursery rhymes, together with the relevant leaders and experts of the Yunnan Provincial Musicians Association, the Yunnan Kaiming Literature Institute, the Yunnan National Culture and Art Promotion Association and the auspicious network, held a creative planning meeting overnight, and the creation of the English version of "Little Elephant Treasure" MV was intensively promoted.
Ma Zilu, 7 and a half years old, finally won the championship and became the singer of the English version of "Little Elephant Treasure". Photo by Chen Zhengyu
English version of the audition: nearly 100 small singers in the province participated
Since its official debut on August 12 in the World Elephant Day special program of CCTV's "Common Concern", incomplete statistics have shown that the number of hits on the whole network of the nursery rhyme "Little Elephant Treasure" (Chinese edition) has exceeded 100 million, becoming a phenomenon-level cultural and creative IP refined and sublimated by a news event ("elephant moving north").
On September 13, the creation of the English version of "Little Elephant Treasure" was officially launched, and the audition of English singers began synchronously. A total of 93 young singers from the primary school stage recorded english versions of the singing sample and came to register. As far as the school situation is concerned, it covers a wide range of primary schools, including the affiliated primary schools of Yunnan Normal University (Jinniu, Jin'an, Runcheng, Renze, Qicai Yunnan Campus), Haibei Chinese and English Schools (1903, Dianchi one, Dianchi Huafu Junyuan Campus), Kunming University of Science and Technology Affiliated Primary School, Wenlin Primary School, Wucheng Primary School, Gaoxin Yixiao, Hailun International Chinese Primary School, Mingtong Primary School, Baijiawan Primary School, as well as Xishuangbanna, Zhaotong, Qujing and other related primary schools.
The preliminary examination (preliminary round) was led by Wen Xinghe, the lyricist of "Little Elephant Treasure", vice chairman of the Kunming Literary and Art Critics Association, and Zhang Wendong, the composer and director of Wenshan Qiubei County Radio and Television Station, and 24 young singers entered the review (rematch). After judging by the jury, six of them "broke through the siege" and advanced to the top six, including: Xue Yaxuan, Yu Peixuan, Liu Xinxuan, Wang Sibo, Ma Zilu and Huang Xinke.
Group photo of the top six "little elephant treasures". Photo by Chen Zhengyu
The jury set up a four-dimensional evaluation index. Zhang Wendong, the composer of "Little Elephant Treasure", who came from Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture, introduced, including "sound quality", "pitch", "English pronunciation" and "singing", of which the sound quality is the most core, because it is best to sing nursery rhymes with young children's voices.
In the final, the judges felt too many surprises.
"The music foundation of the six children is very solid, and the live performance is also remarkable, so good that it is a bit unexpected." The famous singer Dapo Maggie said.
"The overall level is quite high, the English singing and artistic feeling are very good, and these six children are very good seedlings." Qian Ying, a famous guzheng performance artist, said.
In the end, Ma Zilu's children from the second (1st) class of Haibei Chinese and English Primary School Dianchi One Campus won the championship with the highest score of 97.1875 and became the little singer of the English version of "Little Elephant Treasure".
In the certification and evaluation of the judges, from the right, they are Dapo Maji, Qian Ying, and Wen Xing. Photo by Chen Zhengyu
"The most cute little elephant treasure": a good voice to pick one out of a hundred
As soon as this child opened, several of our judges almost immediately blurted out: This is the kind of child's voice that is looking for, full of childishness, and a little milky, so good! That's the sound of one in a hundred! Lyricist Wen Xing said that the judges unanimously agreed that the sound quality of this child was most in line with the setting of the "protagonist" in "Little Elephant Treasure".
Among all the 24 young singers who entered the rematch, Ma Zilu was the youngest, just seven and a half years old. Zhu Danhua, the instructor who brought her to the final that day, said that Ma Zilu officially studied vocal music with herself since she was 6 years old. In the first grade, he joined the Haibei School Choir, serving as the lead singer in the class chorus, and participated in various on-campus and off-campus performances with the choir many times. She has won the Silver Medal of the 14th International English Style Exhibition in Yunnan Division, the Gold Medal in the Children's Group of the 1st "Stars of The Clouds" Children's Talent Contest, and the winner of the 51st World Children's Art Exhibition in Japan.
Zhang Wendong, composer and judge of "Little Elephant Treasure", announced the results of the final audition. Photo by Chen Zhengyu
"My daughter loves animals, especially elephants." Ma Zilu's mother, Wang Huan, said that since she learned that a baby elephant that had just been born had "traveled" with her mother over the mountains and mountains, her daughter had been concerned about it and worried about it. When she heard that she could come to the audition for the English version of the nursery rhyme "Little Elephant Treasure", she was super excited, and she was the first to raise her hand to sign up.
"I'm the cutest little elephant, haha!" After the final, Ma Zilu,a very lively child, immediately amused everyone. She bounced and said, "I like that little elephant treasure very specially!" Watching it roll in the mud pond, be naughty in the bunker, play with friends, sleep on the comfortable lawn, lie on the back of the mother and snore, I think it is just as naughty as me, haha! ”
"In music class, when Mr. Zhu Danhua first taught us to sing 'Little Elephant Treasure', I fell in love with this song. I recognized it at a glance, and the song wasn't singing about that cute little elephant treasure! It's mischievous and mischievous, like I've seen on TV. The melody is very good, singing and singing, as if I am the little elephant treasure! ”
Attached: "Little Elephant Treasure" English edition of the audition jury
Dapo Maji, Han ming and Qiu Xiang, singer, national first-class actor, member of the Yunnan Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature
Qian Ying, Guzheng artist, national first-class player, executive vice president of Yunnan Guzheng Association, executive vice president of Yunnan National Culture and Art Promotion Association
Wen Xing, lyricist of "Little Elephant Treasure", reading promoter, writer, vice chairman of Kunming Literary and Art Critics Association, vice president and secretary general of Yunnan Kaiming Literature College
Zhang Wendong, composer of "Little Elephant Treasure", deputy director of the Rong Media Center of Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture, and director of Qiubei County Radio and Television Station