666. From the perspective of the whole play: chemical reactions inside and outside the arena
Andrzej's eyes fell on a Polish judge on Argerich's right, and the Polish judge also looked at him.
The two looked at each other.
Their eyes met briefly.
It's just that everyone else's focus was on the notary, and no one noticed these two small actions.
"After final calculation, the final score of player No. 56 is 16.9."
The old notary's tone was as normal as saying, "Today's weather is not bad." The two 16.9 points didn't make him feel anything strange.
He should know what will happen next, he has seen this scene more than once.
The atmosphere at the scene finally became a little subtle, and Argerich's quiet exclamation brought everyone's attention back to the scene.
As the old notary put away the report in his hand and put it into a new document bag, the judges looked at each other and then started discussing.
The conference room suddenly became lively.
After a minor commotion over re-scoring, the current situation has become obvious.
The British player in row '39' advanced to the next round unharmed after this minor incident.
Similarly, the Canadian player in row '42' has bid farewell to his trip to Xiaoxing.
No one present doubted the data provided by the notaries. The old notary who announced the results had not only been responsible for counting votes for five Chopin Competitions.
The two contestants with a score of 16.9 will be voted on by the judges again in the next few minutes, and the one with the highest vote will advance to the next round.
This is not the first time in the history of the Chopin Competition that the phenomenon of “re-scores” has occurred.
In the 4th Chopin Competition, a German player and a French player obtained the same number of yes and average score in the third round.
They are ranked the last two in the promotion line, and there is only one spot between them to advance to the finals.
The situation is similar at this time.
The moment Robert's new score was announced, the scene was destined to happen again.
Fortunately, this is only the first round, so it seems that the selection should not be difficult?
But in fact this is not the case. Just as the contestants are all composed of a group of living young people, the 17 people present at the judges' table are not cold scoring tools.
Among them are 7 local Polish authorities and 4 Russian Chopin masters. Due to historical reasons and Chopin competition history, Polish judges and Russian judges always occupy the majority of the judges in each competition.
The remaining six judges are all from other countries. Among them are competition champions such as Argerich and Deng Taishan, gentleman piano instructors such as Tali Baker, and Hewitt, a keen ear who focuses on recording records.
After a short discussion, the scene became quiet, and everyone looked at Branjano in unison, with their own plans in mind.
The review work was once again on the agenda as Branjano spoke up, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fabbri." He first expressed his gratitude to his husband, the judge, and then stood up and announced the start of the 're-score' voting session.
The voting ceremony is very simple. The judges only need to raise their hands, but only 14 people can participate in the entire re-voting process.
Due to the problem of red and blue contestants, two Polish judges and one Russian judge could only sit aside and wait for the results.
After voting, more than half of the 14 judges believed that there was no need to review the videos of the two contestants.
This includes 4 Polish judges, 1 Russian judge, and 3 judges from other countries.
Among the judges who did not raise their hands, some may have forgotten the performance of the two contestants in the first round, so they want to re-see the performance of the two contestants. Perhaps some did not win for the two contestants in the first round at all.
Anyone who has voted does not want to be involved at this moment.
At this round table, it is not like writing "yes" in the judges' box at the competition venue. Just raising your hand means expressing an attitude that everyone can see.
Not raising your hand makes it harder for people to guess.
As for the current situation, in the next promotion voting——
Since the ratio of the number of Polish judges to Russian judges who can vote is 5:3.
Therefore, the Polish players' promotion hopes are obviously higher than that of the Russian players in this 'pure voting' session.
Of course, this is only theoretical, after all, there are judges in the 'neutral area'.
at last.
Branhanu looked around again, paused, "Then please vote again."
According to the previous ranking of players, the first voting was conducted for Russian player No. 67.
The Russian contestant only received 8 votes in this live voting, which was 1 vote less than the number he received in the first round.
Among the judges who voted for him were 3 Polish judges, 3 Russian judges, and 2 neutral judges.
A basic guess can be made here. If Russian contestant No. 67 received all the above 8 votes during the first round, then the following conclusion can be drawn - there must have been a judge who voted for him on the field just now.
He lost one vote, so he lost one vote.
Judging from the votes at the venue, it is not surprising that all the Russian judges raised their hands.
What is surprising is that Andrzej and the other two Polish judges raised their hands at the same time.
This accident occurred almost subconsciously, including Branjano and Argerich, who were not among the 8 votes.
Official Husband noted down the new votes for the Russian contestants and the source of each vote.
Next came the voting session for Polish player No. 56.
Branjano announced again with a calm expression, "Start."
He said and raised his hand first.
then.
One hand after another was raised from around the round table.
Sister raised her hand.
Gentleman Tarry Baker raised his hand.
A curly-haired Russian judge raised his hand.
Two more Polish judges, including Andrzej, raised their hands. One of these two did not raise his hand in the voting session for the Russian contestants just now.
At this time, Contestant No. 56 had received 7 votes, and the expressions of the three judges who could not vote as mentors changed.
Especially the Russian judge who couldn't vote. His pretending to be relaxed didn't look natural.
Voting is not over yet.
But in such a scene, almost every subtle movement of the judges will be noticed and magnified.
At this moment, the young Polish judge next to Argerich leaned back and leaned lightly on the back of the seat. His move attracted the attention of those around him, and Andrzej's old eyes also turned sideways for a moment.
to him.
But he looked much more relaxed than the Russian judge. He smiled and shrugged.
But no other actions were taken.
So far.
5 seconds have passed.
No one raises their hand anymore
Polish player No. 56’s journey to the 17th Chopin Competition ends here.
Everything is like a script written from the beginning.
In this secret turmoil, he struggled, but he still did not escape his status as the 41st 'lucky man'.