At the end of the last episode of "Infinite Challenge", it was already announced that the next episode will be the "Gayo Festival" after two years. At that time, it already caused a great response on the Internet after the program was broadcast.
Although it was announced at the end that this episode would be a music festival, it did not reveal who the guests were. Several edited shots of the guests were also wearing masks, making it impossible to figure out everyone's identity.
What interests the audience the most in each episode of the Music Festival is the lineup of guests and the songs that the MC and the guests collaborate on. Therefore, there have been many loyal fans of "Infinite Challenge" enthusiastically commenting on it in many online forums these days.
When discussing who will be invited to this year's music festival, many familiar names were mentioned.
"Let Yoon Jong Shin participate, I really want to see him! I want to laugh when I see his face."
"IU! IU! IU! The music festival is incomplete without IU. You must let me see IU this year!"
"GD probably won't come this time. He has come several times. But I still hope to continue to participate. The previous songs were very good, and Big Bang is very popular now."
"Will there be an EXO? The most popular one right now is EXO."
"Probably not. Although XO is indeed extremely popular, song festivals require collaboration between guests and MCs. As for XO, the only one who is more famous in this aspect is Yuan, but I don't think Yuan will come to participate.
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In addition to some veteran musicians, including Girls' Generation, who have participated in several GD shows, and even IU and EXO, the most popular idols at the moment, have been mentioned. Even though many of them are baseless speculations, they still attract many viewers.
Everyone is happy about it, and the popularity has increased in the past week.
Even though "Infinite Challenge" has experienced some turmoil recently, the ratings have not improved significantly and are on a downward trend after the addition of new MCs. As MBC's flagship program, it cannot guarantee that it will be among the top four in ratings during its time period.
The recent ratings have been hovering back and forth between 12% and 13%. They can't go down, but they can't go up either. They are far from the nearly 30% ratings of the "Tutu Song" special episode at the beginning of the year.
But the Gayo Festival brand is still very bright. After watching the preview of the last episode, the July 4th episode has just started to air. Although the average has not been calculated yet, the real-time ratings calculated in the background immediately increased.
Nearly fifty percent.
This is just the beginning.
Cha Chengyuan turned on the TV on time and switched to the MBC channel.
As a member of the regular flight team, he is an old viewer of "Infinite Challenge", but he doesn't always watch it on time. He is usually only interested in some special episodes, because the few episodes after changing the MC have been boring, so recently
I didn’t do much live broadcasting, and I would make up for the replay videos later when I had time.
He didn't watch the last episode either, but after seeing the news on the Internet that the next episode would be the biennial Gayo Festival special episode of "Infinite Challenge", he immediately became interested, so he watched the live broadcast at home on time today.
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"Unlimited challenge!"
"The next step is the 2015 Infinite Challenge Music Festival!"
"Oh oh oh oh..."
Several MCs came on the stage, made some exaggerated physical comedy, then took off the masks on their faces, each of them posed in a pose and shouted the show's slogan, officially announcing the start of the show.
After playing the VCR review of previous years' music festivals, MC Yoo Jae Suk officially announced today's guest appearances with the theme of 'Masked Ball'.
Amidst the exciting music, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, the three special judges walked out of the screen door with cheerful faces, and were greeted by a silent sigh:
"Oh, why is it you again?"
The three special judges, Yoo Hee-yeol, Yoon Jong-shin and Lee Di, are all powerful musicians who have been guests at the music festival. At the same time, they are often active in variety shows and are good at making jokes. Everyone was extremely disappointed.
His eyes were indeed very calm, and he waved to the camera very stylishly.
After a while of laughing and joking, Yoo Jae Suk carefully introduced the three special judges, and then officially entered the guest appearance session of the 'Masquerade'.
Park Jin Young, who was the first to appear, was recognized as soon as he entered the station, and then there were all kinds of jokes and sarcasm without mercy:
"Is it really okay for a company representative to come out casually like this?"
"The next guest won't be brother Lee Soo Man, right?"
"Are you here to select me? But I'm not interested in him. I won't go anywhere except SM!"
Finally, it seemed that Huang Guangxi's words made Park Zhenying unable to bear it anymore and took off his hood.
"Oh oh oh, JYP!!"
Immediately the whole audience burst into cheers, which gave Park Jin Young a lot of face.
The viewers who were watching, such as Cha Seung-won, were also impressed. As the first guest to appear, Park Jin-young's fame and status are both a musician and a singer, as well as the president of JYP.
There, his appearance seemed to immediately set the tone for the guest lineup, and it also seemed to highlight the difference between this year's music festival and previous ones.
Subsequent guests Zion.T, IU, Yoon Sang, and the hyukoh band appeared one after another. Each appearance of a guest would cause a discussion in the audience, either excitement or frustration.
Among them, independent bands like hyukoh, although they may be very popular in their own small circles, are less famous among the public. Not many people know their names. Some viewers have no idea who they are after seeing them.
, naturally there will be some disappointment.
However, IU's appearance surprised many people. Although there had been a lot of negative news in the previous years, the scandal in 2012 made many people happy at the time, and the reputation suddenly became very bad.
However, as the albums released in the past two years have become more successful, she can now be regarded as the most popular solo female singer in the peninsula.
The image is also getting better and better. Except for the anti-fans who really hate her from the bottom of their hearts and all SJ fans, few people now mention the previous negative news.
After all, it is not something illegal. Artists or singers still have to rely on their songs and works to speak for themselves, and the people of the Peninsula are very tolerant of artists with outstanding abilities and talents.
Otherwise BigBang would have disbanded long ago.
The appearance of IU has greatly improved the dim starlight situation caused by the appearance of Zione.
The popularity manager specially invited by the group felt that this time's music festival was half stable in terms of popularity and topics.
Until the last guest appeared.
"The last guest, 'The Overhungry Cat', sang Taeyeon's "If". It is said that he also made some special arrangements of his own..."
Following Yoo Jae Suk's enthusiastic and exaggerated introduction, all the audience cheered up and watched with great interest the last guest who walked onto the stage.
Although the order of appearance of the guests this time is not arranged according to popularity or seniority, no matter what, the last person to appear always has his own halo, both in terms of importance and attraction to the audience.
A little higher than before.
But I didn't expect it for two seconds. The accompaniment of "If" that brought back memories had just started, and I immediately became speechless.
"If I get close."
"ah……"
The guest on the stage only sang two lines before he seemed to have forgotten the words and started to say "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". He deliberately put his hands on his lower abdomen in a singing posture, and even though he was wearing a mask, he still created a
The expression on his face was in sharp contrast.
For such a lyrical and timeless song, the singer clearly seemed so serious and dedicated, but the performance where he forgot the words throughout the entire performance made the audience and judges unable to help but laugh out loud.
"Kind of like Hyori."
"How is it possible? He must be a man with this height."
"It can't be Rain, right?"
"Maybe XO?"
The judges' random guesses, one by one, were completely devoid of any margin or logic, and even Lee Hyori's name could be mentioned. However, through various editing and contrasts on the stage that made everyone laugh, it still made all the audience feel...
Strong interest and expectations.
In particular, IU seemed to have guessed the identity of this guest after only listening to a few words, which made many people wonder.
After watching this carefully adapted version of "If", Kim Taeyeon praised and cheered for it. After the stage, a group of people knew who the guest was, but they had to make random guesses. After guessing for a long time, they still couldn't find a reliable name.
Just when the curiosity of all the audience had been brought to its peak by various suspense and editing, the last guest to appear finally took off the mask on his face under the command of Yoo Jae Suk.
In the close-up, I saw him lowering his head and forcefully taking off the silly big-faced cat hood. His black hair was pulled up by the tight mask straps, and then fell down again.
Some of it was messy on the front of his forehead. He lowered his head and shook it vigorously to sort it out. Then he raised his head and looked at the camera, pursed his lips, and forced a smile.
When they recognized this familiar face of one of the most popular artists who has frequently appeared on TV and the Internet recently, the eyes of many viewers and fans in front of the TV lit up and they immediately exclaimed:
"Omo! Yuan?"
"Chi Jingyuan?"
"Ahhhhh!"
I'm stuck and it's too late. I haven't finished it yet. I still have half a chapter to update later.