August 1st, 8pm.

CCTV No. 1 Studio Hall is brightly lit.

After nearly half a month of intense competition, more than 120 contestants stood out from more than 20 divisions across the country and finally reached the final of the 8th CCTV Youth Singer TV Grand Prix!

TV Youth Singer TV Grand Prix is ​​recognized as the highest authoritative event in the domestic vocal music industry. Over the years, a group of famous singers including Yan Weiwen, Guan Mumura, Mao Amin have been trained. These singers who have emerged from the Youth Song Competition have now become the backbone of the domestic music scene. After continuous improvements, the Youth Song Competition has formed a scientific and standardized system in terms of organizational form and competition system. At the same time, the position of the Youth Song Competition in the minds of singers and audiences is becoming more and more important.

For a singer, if he can get a top three score in the Youth Song Competition, it is almost certain that his (her)'s career will definitely be bright. The top three contestants in each Youth Song Competition, including those who did not enter the top three but performed well, can almost sign contracts with record companies with very good strength after the competition. This shows the influence of the Youth Song Competition and its importance to a singer! In the minds of some singers, the importance of the Youth Song Competition is almost no less than that of the Spring Festival Contact Gala.

Such an important event has naturally become an important way for CCTV to improve its viewership. From the day the Beijing Finals officially started on August 1, CCTV's three, nine and music channels began to broadcast the entire process! The competition site also gathered well-known domestic authoritative mainstream music media and major entertainment media such as "Philharmony" and "People's Music". At the same time, record companies across the country, even record companies in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, have sent strong star visits to discover singers who performed well in the competition. Therefore, this competition can be said to have gathered the most elite music power in the mainland and was an absolute music feast!

This competition consists of four competition events: Bel canto, national, popular and combination. From August 1st to August 7th, a total of seven competitions will be held. In the end, 12 players in each event will stand out from the cruel knockout round. After a day off, 12-to-9, 9-to-6 and the final gold, silver and bronze medal competition will continue! The four participating events will be randomly disrupted every night. The relevant judges will score them.

The judges of this competition also created the largest number of judges in previous sessions, including judges of bel canto, ethnic and popular singing style, from performances, music education, songwriters, literary and artistic workers, forming a huge judge seat. The competition took the form of judges scoring on the spot and highlighting the spot, ensuring the fairness, justice and openness of the scores to the greatest extent.

At about eight o'clock, with a burst of passionate string music, Dong Qing, wearing a light blue evening dress and Zhang Zequn, in a black suit, walked onto the stage.

"China Central Television!"

"China Central Television!"

"This is the competition site of the 8th CCTV Youth Singer TV Grand Prix Beijing Finals. I am Dong Qing!"

"I am Zhang Zequn!"

"Welcome to everyone!"

The passionate voices of the two hosts immediately aroused the enthusiasm of thousands of viewers below the audience.

Sitting in the audience, Lu Wei looked at Dong Qing, who was emitting dazzling glory on the stage, and couldn't help but sigh. It seems that in a short time, Dong Qing will truly become the second female lead actress in CCTV after Zhou Tao. Now Dong Qing is much more mature than when Lu Wei just saw her. She has a faint sense of everyone's style.

There was no Lu Weidi performance mission on the first night. However, if you want to get familiar with the atmosphere of the competition as soon as possible, Lu Wei still bought tickets to the previous few games. You must do your best. This has always been the code of conduct for Lu Weidi.

In fact, there are not a few singers who have the same idea as Lu Wei. Although only 16 singers and groups participated in the competition tonight, the contestants who came to watch accounted for nearly 80% of the contestants. Most of them reported the same idea as Lu Wei.

From this perspective, the players who participated in the first game were actually at a disadvantage. According to the experience of previous games, the highest score would not appear in the first or second game. In the audience, Lu Wei's group was quite conspicuous. More than a dozen singers, including Tengge and Han Hong, and the staff of Ailing Entertainment, sat together, like a small group full of stars, which also made many nearby reporters point the camera in their hands at this group of people.

"Friends of viewers, this Youth Song Competition is held by the Ministry of Culture and hosted by CCTV. At the same time, the competition has also received strong sponsorship from many companies including Lenovo Group, Samsung Electronics, Wahaha Beverage Co., Ltd., and Tengxun Network Co., Ltd.."

"Well, yes, here we express our sincere thanks to these companies that sponsor the competition. Then, let us present the warm applause to all our judges!" Zhang Zequn said, reaching out to the judges on the east side of the stage, and the audience's eyes also looked at the judges with Zhang Zequn's gesture.

"Wow, apprentice, there are so many judges, I'm afraid there are not 30 or 40 people." Xiaoling said with a striking look at the judges sitting neatly on the metal-filled stepped judges' seats, full of six rows of judges, who were sitting in a row.

"Haha, there are fifty-four judges in each category, and there are eighteen judges. This is a big formation." Lu Wei sighed.

"Didn't you say there are four items? Then if there are 18 judges in each category, there should be 72?" Xiaoling asked in confusion.

"Ha? Master, you are good at math." Lu Wei asked in surprise, but a look of teasing flashed in his eyes.

"You're itchy, you're itchy." Xiaoling said with a blank look.

"Haha, no, that's it. The rating of the group singer is composed of judges from the ethnic group and judges from the popular group." Lu Wei explained.

"Oh, I'm talking." Xiaoling said with some clarity.

At this moment, Dong Qing and Zhang Zequn on the stage have begun to introduce the judges one by one, one by one, and one by one, familiar musicians appeared on the big screen behind the stage one by one with the introduction of the two.

"The judges who serve as national singing methods for this competition include: Vice Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and tenor singer--------Wu Yanze!"

"Director of the Music Department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, famous tenor singer------Li Shuangjiang!"

"Vice Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and a famous soprano singer in our country------Li Guyi!"

"China Railway Art Troupe, composer-----Meng Weidong!"

"Tianjin Song and Dance Theater, famous meteoric singer Guan Kimura!"

"General Political Department Opera Troupe, famous baritone singer Yang Hongji!"

In front of the audience, with the introduction of the two, they stood up from the judges and waved to the audience below.

Listening to these thunderous names and looking at these vivid and familiar faces, the applause from the audience was like a tide, and became more and more intense! In the following introductions of the singers from the popular and bel canto groups, many famous singers and singers appeared in people's sight, such as Yin Xiujiu, Yan Weiwen in the bel canto group, Liu Huan, Guo Feng, Na Ying, etc. Everyone stood up and would arouse applause and cheer from the fans below the audience.

In addition to these three groups of judges, there is also a unique judge group. They are not responsible for the singing rating of each singer, but each contestant has to pass their "tip". This is the contestant's comprehensive quality judge group. Compared with the other three groups, which often have more than ten people, the number of judges in this group is pitifully small, with only two people, but when it comes to these two people, they are all people in the weight group.

The famous composer Xu Peidong, who serves as the judge of the contestants' cultural quality score, is the famous writer Mr. Yu Qiuyu. It is the first time in the Youth Song Competition that the contestants have a strong interest in this "creative move" both the contestants and the audience.

The final introduction is the supervision team of the competition. There are even fewer people in this group, only one person, with gray hair and a serious face, which really matches his name. This old man in military uniform is from the Air Affairs Art Troupe, a famous Chinese lyricist - Yansu!

Like the contestant's comprehensive quality judges, this supervision and audit team is also a highlight of this Youth Song Competition. The so-called supervision and audit team naturally has the meaning of supervising the competition. The dozens of hotlines set up on the spot are ready to answer questions and suggestions from enthusiastic audiences at any time. As a new business network, Teng Xun, currently the online interactive platform with the most registered users in mainland China, has also participated in the competition this time and set up an online forum. Netizens can write their opinions or opinions on it at any time. The persons who are specifically responsible for this will also summarize these opinions at any time. For some common issues, they will submit them to the supervision and audit team, and the specific judges will be appointed to answer them by the serious person.

With so many new elements in hand, I believe that this Youth Song Competition will definitely bring people a more comprehensive audio-visual experience.

After introducing the judges, at the instructions of the two hosts, the sixteen contestants who participated in the competition that night walked onto the stage one by one.

Although Lu Wei himself does not have a competition task, as Ailing Entertainment, as a full bloom, there will be three contestants participating in the competition tonight. Sun Nan and Phoenix Legend will participate in the competition in the popular group and the song combination respectively!

With the beautiful and generous Dong Qing proclaiming the name of the first contestant, this highly anticipated Youth Song Competition finally kicked off!
Chapter completed!