The week passed quickly, and Wednesday came as promised.
That evening, after dinner time, Serena brought snacks to her friend Linda's house.
Linda had already tuned the TV to the ITV channel, and commercials were currently playing on the TV. This program will be broadcast on ITV and Irish TV, and will be rebroadcast on ITV2 and ITV3 tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
"When does the show start?" Serena put the snacks on the coffee table, "Are there any other good shows before this?"
Linda sat in front of the computer and replied: "The show starts at eight o'clock, and there is still more than half an hour left."
"What are you looking at?" Serena asked.
Linda pointed to the computer screen and said, "Look at everyone's discussion about the program. Didn't the TV station release some trailers in the past two days? Everyone is discussing this."
Serena laughed and said, "At least judging from the trailer, the contestants' singing is worth listening to, but it's just too little, basically just one or two lines."
"Otherwise, how can we call it a trailer? However, even though it is a trailer, people on the Internet have already begun to support the contestants. The boy wearing the peaked cap has been welcomed by many people."
"Because he is handsome, I think his singing is average and not as good as that chubby girl. Although her "My Heart Will Go On" only has two or three lines, I can hear it very well."
"Hey, it looks like you have someone you're paying attention to."
"It's okay, I have to wait until after watching the show."
Linda said with a smile, "If you really support that girl, I can vote for him later. I bought a lot of songs in the past two days and spent more than thirty pounds. I can vote for three more
."
Serena asked curiously, "What song did you buy and spend so much money on?"
"Come here and listen."
Linda waved to Serena, and when Serena came to her side, Linda handed an earphone to Serena, who took the earphone and put it into her ear, and then slowly narrowed her eyes, because she listened
Come to "Dad, I'm Back".
"This is a song from Jay's second album "Fantasy"."
"anything else."
"Hey, don't cut the song."
Serena was already too late, Linda had already cut to the next song.
Next is a song called "Lady", which is earlier than "Dad, I'm Back".
Later, Linda took Serena to listen to more than 20 songs, including songs from every Jay Chou album.
"After you left last time, I searched for Jay Chou's songs to listen to. Some of the songs were very weird. I didn't like them at first and couldn't understand the lyrics. But the rhythm was quite comfortable and the lyrics seemed like
It doesn’t matter. I bought these songs after listening to them and feeling good about them. Most of the more than thirty pounds were spent on him, am I considered his fan now?”
"It's a fan, he prefers the term fan." Serena said with a smile.
She was in a very good mood at this time. It was hard to describe the feeling when her good friend accepted her recommendation and fell in love with her favorite singer.
Serena even excitedly wanted to give Linda her collection of Jay Chou's signed albums, but she still didn't say it because she really couldn't bear to part with it. She had to wait in line for a long time to get it.
Jay spends most of her time in the United States and China, and rarely comes to Europe, even less to hold autograph sessions, so it was not easy for her to get this signed album.
After thinking for a while, she said, "Jay's Unparalleled World Tour will come to London in February next year. Let's go watch it together then."
"Oh, is he coming to London to hold a concert? But it's still a long time until February. Have the tickets started selling out?"
"No, tickets will not go on sale until December. I have already made a reservation online at the ticket office. I will be notified before the tickets go on sale. There are enough tickets online at the ticket office, so I should be able to buy them."
Linda nodded, "Okay, we will watch it together then, then we..."
"Look, the show is about to start."
Linda turned around to see that the show had indeed started. The two of them paused the topic of the concert and hurriedly packed up their snacks and ran to the sofa to sit down.
After the show started, the contestants did not come on stage to sing immediately, but there was an introduction about the show and the highlights of the early auditions.
The episode broadcast today is the TV audition stage of the London Division.
According to the process, the jury first auditioned in London. After several rounds of auditions, some contestants were finally selected to enter the TV selection stage. There were auditions in seven cities, and one episode was broadcast in each city. Today
Tonight is London, and the next episode will be broadcast tomorrow night, which is the audition in Manchester.
After the competition system was introduced, a video of the offline audition in front of London was played. In the video, some contestants performed very well, and some were tone-deaf and very funny.
Seeing those tone-deaf contestants, Serena curled her lips and said, "There are really people like this signing up to participate. They will only increase the judges' workload."
Linda laughed and said, "At least with their comparison, it seems that those normal singers sing better, right?"
Serena suddenly said, "What you said makes sense."
What Linda said does make sense. This is also the main reason why the program team released these poor performers. Of course, in addition, the program team also wants to encourage everyone to sign up bravely even if they don't sing well.
Participate in the competition.
Some people may ask, if a video of someone singing in a very unpleasant way is released by a TV station and then made fun of by the audience, it will not encourage everyone at all, but it will hurt ordinary people.
But this is not the case. As long as many people can be on TV, it doesn't matter whether they perform well or not. Besides, everyone makes a fool of themselves, and it doesn't matter who makes a fool of themselves.
After the video ended, the program team began to introduce the judges. There were three judges in total. Except for Phil Collins, the other two, Simon Cowell and Paula Abado, were not actually singers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But when it comes to music industry status, these three people combined are enough. Of course, the reason why it is enough is that Phil Collins alone is indeed enough.
As a singer who has won seven Grammy Awards, Phil Collins is more than qualified to serve as a judge on a talent show.
There are three judges, each with one vote. There are three sets of lights on the anchor table where they sit, each set has two lights, one red light and one white light.
After a contestant performs on stage, if the judges think the contestant's performance is up to standard, they can take a white light to indicate passing. If they think the contestant's performance is not good, they can take a red light to indicate failure.
If two or more judges take the white light that means passing, the contestant can advance to the next round. On the contrary, if there are less than two white lights, the contestant will be eliminated.
Just when Selena and the others were a little impatient because of the introduction of these rules, the host announced that the first contestant was about to enter.
Before the players enter the venue, there are interviews with the players.
The first person to take the stage was a seventeen-year-old boy, average-looking and slightly chubby. During the interview, it could be seen that he was very shy. It was also clear from his clothes that his family background was not very good.
The young man walked onto the stage very nervously. When he got there, he just lowered his head and looked at the ground.
Simon said: "Hello."
The young man replied, but his voice was too low and no one heard him.
Simon reminded: "Please pick up the microphone."
After Simon reminded him, the boy picked up the phone and said, "Hello."
Simon: "What's your name?"
Contestant: "Andrew."
Simon: "Andrew?"
Andrew: "Andrew Johnston."
Everyone could see the boy's nervousness, and the camera also cut to the background, where Andrew's mother was covering her chest and looking nervously at her son.
When the scene of Andrew's mother appeared, Linda also covered her chest and said, "He was too nervous, and I was a little nervous too."
Serena nodded, "He is indeed a little nervous."
On stage.
Simon continued: "Andrew, how old are you?"
Andrew: "Seventeen."
Simon: "Are you going to sing for us?"
This is obviously nonsense, because this is a singing show, but Andrew still answered honestly, "Yes."
Simon: "When did you start singing?"
Andrew: "Since the age of six."
Simon: "Six years old? Okay, Andrew, what is your dream and why are you here on this stage?"
Andrew: "I'll sing."
Before this, the program was pretty routine. Except for the shy contestants, everything else was the same as what the audience expected.
But the subsequent development exceeded the audience's expectations.
Simon: "Did you get support from your friends when you came on stage?"
Andrew: "No, I was bullied a lot."
As soon as these words came out, the audience at the scene let out a burst of surprise.
Serena and Linda in front of the TV also let out the same exclamation.
Simon frowned: "Where were you bullied?"
Andrew: "At school."
Simon: "At school?"
Andrew nodded: "Ever since I started singing, I have been bullied. They don't agree with the songs I sing."
Simon: "Then how did you do it?"
Andrew: "Keep singing."
Simon smiled and nodded, "That's exactly what it should be."
The screen then cut to an interview with Andrew. He said under the camera: "My father passed away when I was very young. I live with my mother in government low-cost housing. I don't want to wander on the streets in the future. I hope I
I can achieve something, so I came to this stage."
…
This program, which lasted just over a minute, immediately aroused the emotions of the audience.
Linda and Serena clenched their fists tightly, looking forward to Andrew's performance. Linda, who had developed tear ducts, even had tears in her eyes.
On stage.
Simon: "Now is your moment, start singing for us."
Andrew nodded and then started singing.
When the first line of "Merciful Jesus" came out of his mouth, the scene fell into a brief silence.
The most famous song in the musical "Requiem" created by the famous musical writer Andrew Loyweber was tailor-made for his then-wife Sarah Brightman and also in memory of his then-wife Sarah Brightman.
Some children who lost their families due to the war.
This kind of mass music has very high requirements on vocal singing.
Andrew's voice was very ethereal, so the audience and judges were stunned as soon as the first sentence came out.
Mainly because of the huge contrast between Andrew's appearance and voice, coupled with the foreshadowing of the previous conversation, it immediately hit everyone's heart.
At this moment, the tears in Linda's eyes finally couldn't help but flow down.
Not only was she in front of the TV, but the TV cameras also showed many viewers at the scene, and they also began to wipe away tears.
When Andrew's song ended, the audience burst into loud applause, and many people stood up from their chairs.
The applause continued for a while.
After the applause gradually stopped, Simon said: "Okay, okay, Paula, please say a few words."
Paula Abado wiped her tears, "Before coming to this stage, I told myself not to shed tears, but... Andrew, I am fascinated by you, I can't take my eyes away from you, yours
Your voice can destroy all doubts about you."
Phil Collins: "All those people who bully you, they do those things for one reason only, and that is because you have talents that they have no way of having in this life."
Simon: "I think you are better than you think. I hope to see a little more confidence in you in the next time. Okay, now it's voting time, mine is passed."
He patted the white lamp.
Paula: Passed
Phil Collins: Passed.
The scene erupted into warm applause and cheers, and Linda and Serena in front of the TV also hugged each other excitedly.
Touching Linda's back and listening to her sobbing, Serena never imagined that they would burst into tears because of a music program.
After crying for a while, Linda suddenly said, "I'm going to see if this song is available in the BenQ store, and I want to vote for it."
"But, the show has just aired, so it shouldn't be available in BenQ stores," Serena said.
Linda wiped her tears and said, "You'll know if it's there or not."
With that said, he turned on his computer, logged into the BenQ store, and clicked on "Pop Idol".
Then she really saw the song "Merciful Jesus". Among the latest songs, there was only one song on the entire page. There was a button behind the song that said "Vote for it".
Linda gave all her votes to this song without even thinking about it.
Then he saw that the total number of votes was displayed on the song. It turned out that she was not the first to vote. There were already ten votes for this song. At least one person had voted before her.
The speed of BenQ store is very fast, and the speed of netizens is even faster.
Seeing that Linda had used up all the tickets, Serena smiled and said, "Hurry up and watch TV, the next contestant is about to take the stage."
"Oh yes."
Chapter completed!