Novel Full Chapter 1172 114 Overwhelming
Chapter 1172: Chapter 114: Overwhelming Chapter 1172: Chapter 114: Overwhelming Afternoon.
The Blue Songlympics competition is about to begin, and the opera group contestants are warming up their voices in their own ways, as the opera group competition is the opening event of this Songlympic Games, covering quite a few categories:
Men’s opera solo.
Women’s opera solo.
Men’s opera duet.
Women’s opera duet.
Mixed quartet.
Mixed sextet.
The so-called ‘duet’ is one of the forms of vocal music performance, referring to two or more performers singing the same piece of music, each according to their own voice part. It can be divided into duets, trios, quartets, up to sextets, based on the number of parts or performers. Certainly, there could also be trios, quintets, and the like if expanded arbitrarily, but that would give opera an overly significant proportion of gold medals, and so limitations have been set.
One main category.
Six competition events.
Actually, that’s quite a lot.
It means that the opera competition will ultimately yield a total of six gold medals!
Whirr!
Enthusiasm from all continents is mobilized!
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Qin Continent.
On the blog.
“Six gold medals for the opera group, wondering how many we can take.”
“Looking forward to the first gold!”
“Just the first round of opera solo has five judges. The later duets will probably have even more judges.”
“And there’s a lot of contestants too!”
“Just for the men’s opera solo, each continent has three spots. Add them together, that’s a whopping twenty-four contestants.”
“Is Wei Haoyun in the opera group?”
“She’s actually participating in three opera events including a woman’s solo. Can she really handle it?”
“If it’s arranged this way by the top, then there should be no problem.”
“Let’s cheer for the contestants!”
“It’s starting!”
“The first event is the men’s opera solo!”
Netizens are fervently discussing!
The media is also analyzing the strengths of each continent!
Because of the controversy that the entire Yu Dynasty team made it onto the big list, Wei Haoyun received some attention.
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At the competition venue.
The host is introducing the rules.
The men’s opera solo competition only has three rounds!
The first round is twenty-four contestants from eight continents performing separately, determining eight to advance.
The second round, the eight who advanced perform separately, determining three to advance.
The third round, the three finalists perform separately, deciding the gold, silver, and bronze medalists of the event.
The rhythm is very fast!
The rounds are very few!
In such intense competition, even a slight mistake is fatal!
After introducing the rules.
The competition officially begins.
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Qin Continent.
Inside the live broadcast room.
The commentator excitedly starts: “Dear viewers, what we will witness next is the first event of our Blue Songlympics, the men’s opera solo. At this critical moment, we have also invited one of the nine master coaches of our Qin Continent, Teacher Zheng Jing, to offer commentary on the performances of the contestants in this opera competition!”
“Hello everyone.”
Zheng Jing greets the camera.
The official competition soon begins, and the order of appearance is determined by draw. A contestant from Han Continent draws the chance to perform first and heads straight to the stage to sing.
After the performance.
The five judges score.
The first judge gives a score of 81.
The second judge gives a score of 85.
The third judge gives a score of 79.
The fourth judge gives a score of 83.
The fifth judge gives a score of 77.
Several commentators discuss briefly, then ask Master Coach Zheng Jing what he thinks.
Zheng Jing begins, “The performance wasn’t bad, but by the standards of a top-level competition like the Blue Songlympics, it falls short. The contestant might have been nervous, being the first to perform. There was some trembling in the voice as it began, otherwise his score…”
Zheng Jing explains and popularizes from a professional perspective.
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At the competition.
After singing, the contestant from Han Continent looks at the score with a somewhat dispirited expression.
Although there’s no reference from other participants’ scores due to being the first performer, he knows he didn’t perform well in the first round and is likely to be eliminated.
After all.
There are only eight spots to advance in the first round!
As expected.
The following male solo performances all did better than him.
Among them, a contestant from Zhong Continent named Meng Wei gave a stunning performance, with all five judges unanimously scoring him above ninety!
As for the three contestants from Qin Continent, their performances were a mixed bag.
The best one from Qin Continent, named Mu Li, achieved an average score of eighty-eight.
Although not as high as the one from Zhong Continent, it was still pretty good.
The remaining two only scored a bit over eighty.
The cruelty of the Blue Songlympics is revealed to the audience for the first time!
There are no second-chance rounds!
The first round is crucial!
Only eight spots to advance!
Zhong Continent secures two, and the remaining continents each grab one!
The most unfortunate is Zhao Continent, whose contestants were all wiped out in the first round!
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After the first round ends.
The male commentator gives a wry smile, “The opera competition is too cruel, the pace too fast, utterly unlike the rules of the music variety shows we’re accustomed to. If the contestants don’t perform well, there’s no second-chance competition, everyone only has one shot, lose and you’re out, with three rounds deciding everything!”
“That’s right.”
Zheng Jing speaks up: “This is also what tests our coaching team the most because we need to strategize accordingly with such a cruel competition format. Take this men’s opera solo for instance, if you want to save your best songs for the finals, what if you lose before you get there? Even the best song won’t get a chance to be sung. It’s the same with many card games, keeping big cards for later is standard play, but sometimes, you need to play your big cards early, because if you don’t play them now, you might not get a chance to play them later.”