Chapter 166 The Night of Preparations for the Finals Begins
Chapter 166 Preparation, the final night begins
After confirming the guest singers, Fang Xing spent the next few days actively preparing for the "Singing" finals.
The song I am going to sing this time has a scale that belongs to the baritone range.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary audiences, baritone songs are not difficult, but from a vocal perspective, it's just the opposite.
This time the baritone's theme song of the Three Kingdoms is ridiculously difficult.
The whole song spans two octaves, from F2 to F4.
F4 is not difficult for professional singers, but F2 is difficult.
In the pop music world, generally speaking, the golden range for male singers is four groups, namely C4 to B4.
Since the fourth group is the golden range for male singers, most pop songs are in this range.
F2 is a second set of scales, two octaves lower than the male singer's golden zone.
Even professional singers find it difficult to sing F2 well.
It may be okay to pronounce this sound, but singing a high-quality F2 is much more difficult than blasting a High C.
After Chen Chaonan was confirmed as a guest singer, as a doctoral supervisor of vocal music, the requirements for performances are naturally very high.
Therefore, for the first rehearsal, Chen Chaonan hired the Dongyin No. 1 Symphony Orchestra to accompany him.
The last time we sang Qilixiang and invited the First East Symphony Orchestra, we mainly invited the string section.
This time the theme song of the Three Kingdoms will be accompanied by the entire symphony orchestra, with special emphasis on brass instruments such as tubas and French horns.
In addition, national musical instruments such as guzheng and gongs and drums are also used.
Chen Chaonan attached great importance to this performance and almost evacuated all the big names in Eastern music instruments.
If Chen Chaonan hadn't been the guest singer, Fang Xing, with his weight, would never have been able to invite so many Dongyin professors and students.
Since there are so many masters of Eastern music instruments, accompaniment for one song is accompaniment, and accompaniment for two songs is also accompaniment.
Fang Xing changed his mind and simply handed over the accompaniment of the second song to the Dongyin First Symphony Orchestra.
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The day for the "Battle of the Singers" in the "Singing" finals is getting closer and closer.
The program team also began to release various news to stir up the topic.
The first is the identity of the singing guest.
This part of guessing the guest singer has raised a lot of popularity.
The program team first released the silhouettes of eight groups of singing guests. The singing guests include men, women, and even more than one person.
The silhouettes of the guest singers were released, but they did not identify who the guest singers were.
It whets the audience's appetite.
Many netizens took to Weibo to speculate on the identities of the guest singers.
Basically, I guessed the singers in the music industry one by one.
There are also some Weibo celebrities arranged by the program team to release confusing news.
[According to reliable information, the singing guests include singers at the level of kings and queens.]
As soon as the news came out, the audience became even more interested.
There are not many singers in the music world who can be called kings and queens, and the number of kings and queens in their prime can be counted on one hand.
Therefore, netizens began to speculate on who this king or queen-level singing guest was.
[Zhang Huiying, it must be Zhang Huiying, the song signed by Fang Xing has not been returned yet.]
[Is it possible that it is Qi Xiuna? I think the relationship between Qi Xiuna and Liu Hongsheng is okay.]
[Do you only consider the kings and queens of China? Have you ever thought that they might be the kings and queens of South Korea? Zhong Yuanxun boasted that he invited the most powerful singers in South Korea to sing. 】
[Program team, you have successfully whetted my appetite. If there are no kings and queens to sing in the end, you will know. 】
[What do you know? Isn’t the program team doing a lot of walking around? 】
Even before the finals started, the popularity remained high and it even made several hot searches.
Since the "Song" finals are live broadcast, there is no notice in advance.
However, the program team cut the unbroadcast content of the previous eleven episodes into trailers and posted them on the video website.
In the trailer, each singer's preparation was released and they talked about their views on the finals.
The first one to be released was Li Caiwei’s.
Director: "Caiwei, as a replacement singer, finally succeeded in breaking through and entered the finals. What do you want to say?"
Li Caiwei: "I'm really happy to advance to the finals of "The Voice". I cherish this opportunity very much and will definitely go all out."
Director: "The theme of the first round of the PK competition in the finals is 'The Dust of History'. As far as I know, there are no songs that fit this theme among your previous songs, so how did you plan to select the song this time?
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Li Caiwei: “I haven’t thought about this yet. I can’t decide until I return to the company and discuss it with the team.”
Director: "Will that other singer also produce songs for you in the finals?"
Li Caiwei: "This is not certain yet. When it comes to making songs, it doesn't mean that you will have inspiration right away. Moreover, he also has to make his own final song, so he can only do his best."
Li Caiwei's answers are more cautious. After all, she has been in the entertainment industry for a long time and her words are impeccable.
When the director asked questions, he wanted to cause trouble, but Li Caiwei cleverly avoided it.
The first part of the trailer is just a warm-up and has no explosive points.
Immediately afterwards, the second verse came out, and it was from South Korea's powerful singer Jong Yuanxun.
Director: "I won the first place in two issues. What do you think?"
Zhong Yuanxun: "If I had discovered the audience's preferences earlier, it would not be as simple as ranking first in two issues."
The director felt that the explosive point was coming, and continued to delve into the topic: "It means that if Fang Xing still participates in the regular season competition, you are also confident of winning first place, right?"
Zhong Yuanxun replied confidently: "Of course, Fang Xing has won first place a few times, mainly due to luck. If there is another competition, he can only get second place at most."
Director: "What if you meet in the finals? Are you confident that you can win?"
Zhong Yuanxun: "Of course, it is best to meet him in the first round. I can go all out to defeat him and prove that I am the real singer king in this season of "Song"."
Director: "This is a preparation. Mr. Zhong Yuanxun, are you sure we will broadcast this? Do you mind?"
Zhong Yuanxun shrugged and said confidently: "In the finals, I will invite the strongest singers in our country to help sing. It is best to meet Fang Xing in the first round, so that I can win more easily."
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After this section was released, the topic immediately became full.
The topic became a hot search topic, and countless viewers commented online.
【This neighbor and friend is very confident.】
[He is indeed confident in his ability and won the first place in two consecutive periods. His strength is indeed very strong.]
[That was only after Fang Xing was promoted, and he could take first place.]
[Didn’t he say that? At first, he was not familiar with the preferences of the domestic audience, so he did not deliberately raise his voice. Later, after discovering the pattern, he ranked first in two consecutive issues.]
[To be honest, for Zhong Yuanxun’s song in the 10th issue, even if Fang Xing sings it in person, there’s no telling who will take first place.]
[The smell of gunpowder is so strong that it makes me want to watch the finals now. 】
[The program team has learned Tong Fei’s ability to create topics. They have done a good job. Keep up the good work. It’s best to start a fight. 】
Netizens and fun-lovers are all people who just watch the fun and don't take it too seriously.
However, there are also some viewers who can't stand Zhong Yuanxun and expressed dissatisfaction:
[Now that I’ve said it, it’s best to meet Fang Xing in the first round and let Fang Xing do it. 】
[Support Fang Xing and Fei Zhong Yuanxun, we can’t let this guy be so arrogant.]
There are also some K-pop fans who have begun to defend Zhong Yuanxun:
[Even if Fang Xing and Zhong Yuanxun meet in the first round, it’s hard to say who will lose and who will win.]
[That’s right, Zhong Yuanxun said it himself that he would invite South Korea’s most powerful singer to help sing. If Fang Xing was smarter, he would avoid the first round.]
[I'm waiting to hear Zhong Yuanxun hit a high note, like the tenth episode of "Fall in Love", which is awesome.]
There were also some viewers who didn’t like Zhong Yuanxun and began to refute:
[Zhong Yuanxun can invite powerful South Korean singers, but can’t Fang Xing? Fang Xing and Zhang Huiying have invited singers, maybe Fang Xing is the one who invited the diva to help sing.]
[It would be interesting if Fang Xing really invited Zhang Huiying to help sing. Even if he faced off against Zhong Yuanxun, it’s hard to say who would win.]
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Amid the debate among netizens and viewers, time gradually came to Friday.
Tonight is the live broadcast night of the "Singing" finals.
Fang Xing arrived at Xiangjiang one day in advance and had a rehearsal with Chen Chaonan and the First Dongyin Symphony Orchestra.
Since this finals is a two-round competition, each singer has to rehearse two songs, and the time is very tight.
Therefore, the rehearsal lasted two days.
After rehearsal on Thursday.
Fang Xing was called to the preparation room by the director and did a preliminary preparation first.
Director: "Fang Xing, have you read the trailer at the end of the eleventh issue?"
Fang Xing: "Looked at it a little bit."
Director: "Then you should know that when answering the question, Zhong Yuanxun wanted to challenge you by name. What do you want to say about this?"
Fang Xing smiled and asked, "You just caught me looking for a topic. Just tell me, are you going to detonate this hot spot in the first round, or leave it to the last round?"
Director: "The director team has not specially arranged the script. You can just follow your own competition strategy. Since it is a competition, it is best to make winning the first goal."
Fang Xing had a "see-through" expression on his face and said with a smile, "Aren't you asking me these questions just to hint at something?"
The director suppressed his laughter and continued to ask: "Singer Zhong Yuanxun also said that domestic audiences like to listen to high notes. The harder you hit the high notes, the more votes you will get. What do you think of this statement?"
Fang Xing: "Your program team already knows what song I played in the first round. Now when you ask me this question, do you want me to answer like this?"
"Then let me cooperate with you. Since Zhong Yuanxun said that you can win by playing at a high pitch, then I will tell him with practical actions that I can win against him without playing at a high pitch."
The director was very satisfied with this answer, and when this part was released, the effect was absolutely amazing.
After the chief director Zheng Tao saw this preparation, he immediately asked the editing team to simply cut this section and prepare it for inclusion in the preview before the live broadcast.
Friday night at 7:30 p.m.
The live broadcast channel of Xiangguo Video was launched first.
However, the live broadcast has not officially started yet, and the live channel is playing some highlights of this season's program that have not been broadcast.
Among them, many are the evaluation of singers by professional judges, as well as the preparation of singers.
In the singer's preparation, the key content is the preparation of Fang Xing and Zhong Yuanxun.
These two sections are ready to be mined and released.
The barrage of Sha Diao netizens and Lezi people began to flood the screen:
【Fight! Fight!】
[Fang Xing, you have won the whole season. If you lose tonight, I will turn black. 】
【It’s impossible to lose, right?】
[It’s hard to say. I saw a piece of news before that South Korea’s national treasure female singer Park So-mi arrived in China on a flight. If she came to be a guest singer for Zhong Yuanxun, then things would be very serious.]
It's almost eight o'clock.
Many viewers across the country are waiting in front of the TV to watch the finals of "Song".
As usual, Ni Hongdan opened the live broadcast room and watched the program with netizens, and by the way, she received a wave of traffic and earned a wave of milk powder money.
Lu Xiang'er and Ning Xiaoyun also made an appointment to watch the live broadcast of the finals together.
"Fang Xing is not here, you finally think of me?" Ning Xiaoyun looked jealous.
"Who said that? Don't we meet every day?" Lu Xiang'er looked disapproving.
"I met you in class at school. You disappeared after class." Ning Xiaoyun corrected.
"I have to prepare for the Paganini Violin Competition. Of course I have to take the time to practice. I don't have time to accompany you." Lu Xiang'er looked very serious.
Amid the laughter of the two, the program officially began.
The first thing to be broadcast was the singer’s entrance.
Zheng Tao began to announce the competition rules for the first round of the finals:
"Welcome to the "Singing" finals. Tonight's first round of competition, the theme is "The Dust of History", I believe everyone already knows it.
"In addition, the first round is a two-by-two PK match, which everyone knows in advance.
“However, we were not notified in advance of who was competing against whom and what the order of competition was.
"The reason why we haven't notified everyone is because the opponents and the order of the competition have not been determined yet.
"In the seventh episode of the show, I said that every competition in this season of "Singing" is very important.
"The more votes you get, the greater your advantage in the finals.
"Now is the time to show your advantage.
"The singer with the highest total number of votes has the right to choose his opponents and the order of the competition.
"This is the advantage that the singers here have gained through a season of hard work.
"Then, the singer with the highest total votes is..."
Zheng Tao didn't need to announce it, everyone turned their attention to Fang Xing.
"That's right. Everyone should know that the singer with the highest number of votes is Fang Xing, so Fang Xing has the right to first select his opponent for the PK competition..."
After Zheng Tao announced the singer with the highest number of votes, he continued to explain the rules: "In other words, Fang Xing, you can now choose one of the other seven singers as your competition opponent for a two-by-two PK.
"The winning side of the PK will advance to the second round of the championship battle. The losing side will be directly eliminated and lose the qualification to participate in the championship battle."
Upon hearing this rule, all the singers present took a deep breath nervously.
Tonight's finals will be live broadcast, and each singer will have to rehearse two songs.
However, if you lose the first round of PK, there will be no second round, which means you cannot sing the second song.
After Zheng Tao explained the rules, he asked again: "Fang Xing, who do you want to choose as your opponent?"
Fang Xing looked around and asked, "Can anyone choose?"
Zheng Tao nodded and replied: "Yes, anyone can choose. According to the competition strategy, your best strategy is to choose a singer who you think can win steadily. Of course, if you want the show to be more enjoyable, a strong showdown is also
a good choice."
A smile appeared on Fang Xing's lips, he had already guessed the show crew's routine: "What if I don't follow the show crew's routine?"
Zheng Tao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. This is a competition. Of course, we must make choices according to the optimal strategy of the competition."
